Gigi Proietti

Acting • Born 1940-11-02 – Died 2020-11-02

Acting1Rome, Lazio, Italy

Biography

Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter. After several stage works, in 1966 Proietti debuted both in cinema, in Pleasant Nights, and on television, in the TV series I grandi camaleonti. His first personal success came in 1971, when he replaced Domenico Modugno in the stage musical Alleluja brava gente by Garinei & Giovannini, starring alongside Renato Rascel. In 1974, after playing the role of Neri Chiaramantesi in the drama La cena delle beffe, alongside Carmelo Bene and Vittorio Gassman, in 1976 started a fruitful collaboration with playwright Roberto Lerici, with whom he wrote and directed his stage plays, starting with the one-man show A me gli occhi, please (Give me your eyes, please, 1976, reported on the scene in 1993, 1996 and 2000, in a memorable performance at the Olympic Stadium in his hometown). Initially planned to be performed 6 times, the show exceeded 300 performances, with an average audience of 2,000 per performance. He took part in several international movies, including The Appointment (1969), directed by Sidney Lumet, A Wedding (1978), directed by Robert Altman, and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), directed by Ted Kotcheff. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Proietti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

95 credits

Luigi Proietti detto Gigi

Movie • 2022

Self

The Howl

Movie • 1970

Carlo detto 'Coso'

A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi

Movie • 2015

Sé stesso

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Movie • 1978

Ravello

Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti

Movie • 2005

Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000

Movie • 2000

Life Is a Wonderful Thing

Movie • 2010

Claudio

Piccoli borghesi

Movie • 1968

Nil

The Jokes

Movie • 2004

il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra

FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'

Movie • 1983

Curtatone

Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting

Movie • 2002

Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti

The Appointment

Movie • 1969

All at Sea

Movie • 2011

Smemorato

Bambina

Movie • 1974

Saverio Mazzacolli

The Libertine

Movie • 1968

Sandro Maldini

A summer at the sea

Movie • 2008

Giulio / Narrator

Beach House

Movie • 1977

Gigi

Sue Me

Movie • 1985

Luigi Marchetti

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

Movie • 2010

San Filippo Neri

Bubu

Movie • 1971

Giulio - the Thief

The Misanthrope

Movie • 1967

Acasto

Mille bolle blu

Movie • 1993

Narratore

Pleasant Nights

Movie • 1966

Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)

Catch As Catch Can

Movie • 1967

Truccatore

Lady Liberty

Movie • 1971

Michel Bruni

Vietnam guerra senza fronte

Movie • 1967

Voce

Chi dice donna, dice donna

Movie • 1976

Sonia / Filippo

La Tosca

Movie • 1973

Mario Cavaradossi

House of Pleasure for Women

Movie • 1976

Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)

I Don't Understand You Anymore

Movie • 1980

Alberto Spinelli

Voi siete qui

Movie • 2011

Self

Orders are Orders

Movie • 1972

Mario Pasini

Edipo Re

Movie • 1977

Dirty Linen

Movie • 1999

Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri

Ma tu di che segno 6?

Movie • 2014

Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis

A Wedding

Movie • 1978

Dino Corelli I

Horse Fever

Movie • 1976

Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti

Meo Patacca

Movie • 1972

Meo Patacca

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

Movie • 2010

Self

We Are Cinema

Movie • 2021

Self (archive footage)

The Sex Machine

Movie • 1975

Prof. Enrico Coppola

Il veterinario

Movie • 2005

Gigi Garulli

Speciale Ulisse: Viaggio senza ritorno

Movie • 2022

Soldier's Girl

Movie • 1967

Cesare Bottazzi

Dropout

Movie • 1970

Cieco

A Summer In The Caribbean

Movie • 2009

Alberto

I 7 Re di Roma

Movie • 1989

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