Gigi Proietti
Born: 1940-11-02 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died: 2020-11-02
Known For: Acting
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
2021
- I Am Santa Claus as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
- We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Fellini of the Spirits as Self
- TV Story Superstar as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Pinocchio as Mangiafuoco
2017
- Il premio as Giovanni Passamonte
- Cavalli di battaglia as Self
- Gigi Proietti in Edmund Kean
2015
2014
- Ma tu di che segno 6? as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
- Una pallottola nel cuore as Bruno Plamieri
2013
- Istintobrass as Self
- Indovina chi viene a Natale? as Leonardo Sereni
- Alberto il grande as Self
- L'ultimo Papa Re as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
2011
- Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films as Professor Silenzio
- Voi siete qui as Self
- All at Sea as Smemorato
- The Lord of the Scam as Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico
- Il signore della truffa
2010
- Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore as Self
- Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven as San Filippo Neri
- Life Is a Wonderful Thing as Claudio
- Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven as San Filippo Neri
2009
- A Summer In The Caribbean as Alberto
2008
- Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia as Giovanni Rocca
- A summer at the sea as Giulio / Narrator
2006
- The Cesaronis as Se stesso
2005
- Il veterinario as Gigi Garulli
- Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti
2004
- The Jokes as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
- Mai storie d'amore in cucina
2002
- Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
2001
1999
- Dirty Linen as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
- Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? as Ospite
1998
- Un nero per casa as Lorenzo Paradisi
1997
- L'avvocato Porta as Antonio Porta
1996
- The marshal Rocca as Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca
1994
- D'Artagnan's Daughter as Giulio Mazarino
- Italian Restaurant as Giulio Broccoli
1993
- Mille bolle blu as Narratore
1990
- Club 92
- Villa Arzilla as Il giardiniere
1989
- I 7 Re di Roma as Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto
1985
- Sue Me as Luigi Marchetti
- Sogni e bisogni as Pompeo
1983
1982
- Di padre in figlio as Self
1980
- I Don't Understand You Anymore as Alberto Spinelli
1979
- Two Pieces of Bread as Albergatore
1978
- A Wedding as Dino Corelli I
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as Ravello
1977
- Beach House as Gigi
- Edipo Re
1976
- Chi dice donna, dice donna as Sonia / Filippo
- House of Pleasure for Women as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)
- The Inheritance as Pippo Ferramonti
- Languidi baci... perfide carezze as Orfeo Scardamazzi
- Horse Fever as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
1975
- The Sex Machine as Prof. Enrico Coppola
1974
- Bambina as Saverio Mazzacolli
1973
- La Tosca as Mario Cavaradossi
- Property Is No Longer a Theft as Paco
1972
- Meo Patacca as Meo Patacca
- Orders are Orders as Mario Pasini
1971
- Great Performances as Ferguson
- Bubu as Giulio - the Thief
- Lady Liberty as Michel Bruni
1970
- The Howl as Carlo detto 'Coso'
- Dropout as Cieco
- Brancaleone at the Crusades as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte
- La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia as Don Chisciotte della Mancia
1969
- The Appointment
- A Rather Complicated Girl as Pietro
1968
- The Libertine as Sandro Maldini
- Piccoli borghesi as Nil
- Tartarino sulle Alpi
- Il Circolo Pickwick as Jingle
1967
- The Misanthrope as Acasto
- Catch As Catch Can as Truccatore
- Soldier's Girl as Cesare Bottazzi
- Vietnam guerra senza fronte as Voce
1966
- Pleasant Nights as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)
1964
- Let's Talk About Women as Omero (uncredited)