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
2022
2021
- We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- I Am Santa Claus as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
2020
- TV Story Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- Fellini of the Spirits as Self
2019
- Pinocchio as Mangiafuoco
2017
- Warhorses as Self
- Il premio as Giovanni Passamonte
- Gigi Proietti in Edmund Kean
2015
2014
- Una pallottola nel cuore as Bruno Plamieri
- Ma tu di che segno 6? as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
2013
- Istintobrass as Self
- L'ultimo Papa Re as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
- Indovina chi viene a Natale? as Leonardo Sereni
- Alberto il grande as Self
2012
- L'Aquila - Cultura rinascente as Sé stesso
2011
- The Lord of the Scam as Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico
- Il signore della truffa
- Voi siete qui as Self
- Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films as Professor Silenzio
- All at Sea as Smemorato
2010
- Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven as San Filippo Neri
- 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
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
- Mai storie d'amore in cucina
- The Jokes as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
2002
- Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
2001
2000
- Monster Mash as Yorik (voice)
- Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000
1999
- Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? as Ospite
- Dirty Linen as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
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
- Sogni e bisogni as Pompeo
- Sue Me as Luigi Marchetti
1983
1982
- American Playhouse as Ferguson
- Attore, amore mio as Conduttore
- Di padre in figlio as Self
1980
- I Don't Understand You Anymore as Alberto Spinelli
1979
- Two Pieces of Bread as Albergatore
1978
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as Ravello
- A Wedding as Dino Corelli I
1977
- Beach House as Gigi
- Edipo Re
1976
- Languidi baci... perfide carezze as Orfeo Scardamazzi
- The Inheritance as Pippo Ferramonti
- Horse Fever as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
- House of Pleasure for Women as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)
- Chi dice donna, dice donna as Sonia / Filippo
1975
- The Sex Machine as Prof. Enrico Coppola
1974
- Bambina as Saverio Mazzacolli
- Sabato sera dalle nove alle dieci as Conduttore / protagonista
1973
- La Tosca as Mario Cavaradossi
- Property Is No Longer a Theft as Paco
1972
- Orders are Orders as Mario Pasini
- Meo Patacca as Meo Patacca
1971
- Great Performances as Ferguson
- Lady Liberty as Michel Bruni
- Bubu as Giulio - the Thief
1970
- The Howl as Carlo detto 'Coso'
- Brancaleone at the Crusades as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte
- La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia as Don Chisciotte
- Dropout as Cieco
1969
- A Rather Complicated Girl as Pietro
- The Appointment
1968
- The Libertine as Sandro Maldini
- Tartarino sulle Alpi
- Il Circolo Pickwick as Jingle
- Piccoli borghesi as Nil
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
- I grandi camaleonti as generale Moureau
- Let's Talk About Women as Omero (uncredited)