Gigi Proietti

Actor · 1940–2020 · Rome, 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.

Acted in 83

2020s

2022
Viaggio senza ritorno
Movie
2021
I Am Santa Claus
Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale

2010s

2019
Pinocchio
Mangiafuoco
68
2018
Wonders - The Peninsula of Treasures
TV · 4 Seasons · Documentary
2017
Il premio
Giovanni Passamonte
Gigi Proietti in Edmund Kean
Movie
2016
Playback - Il caso Malien
Movie
2015
A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi
Sé stesso
2014
Ma tu di che segno 6?
Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
Una pallottola nel cuore
Bruno Plamieri · 14 episodes
2013
Indovina chi viene a Natale?
Leonardo Sereni
L'ultimo Papa Re
cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno · 2 episodes
2012
Tale e Quale Show
Giudice stabile · 11 episodes
L'Aquila - Cultura rinascente
Sé stesso
2011
Il signore della truffa
Movie
The Lord of the Scam
Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico · 2 episodes
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films
Professor Silenzio
All at Sea
Smemorato
2010
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven
San Filippo Neri
77
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven
San Filippo Neri · 2 episodes
Life Is a Wonderful Thing
Claudio

2000s

2009
A Summer in the Caribbean
Alberto
2008
A summer at the sea
Giulio / Narrator
2006
The Cesaronis
Se stesso · 1 episode
60
2005
Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti
Movie
2004
Mai storie d'amore in cucina
Movie
The Jokes
il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
2002
Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting
Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
2000
Monster Mash
Yorik (voice)
Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000
Movie

1990s

1999
Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?
Ospite · 1 episode
Dirty Linen
Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
1998
Un nero per casa
Lorenzo Paradisi
1997
L'avvocato Porta
Antonio Porta · 8 episodes
1996
The Marshal Rocca
Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca · 30 episodes
1994
Italian Restaurant
Giulio Broccoli · 8 episodes
D'Artagnan's Daughter
Giulio Mazarino
57
1993
Mille bolle blu
Narratore
1990
Villa Arzilla
Il giardiniere · 1 episode

1980s

1989
I 7 Re di Roma
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
Luigi Marchetti
Sogni e bisogni
Pompeo · 11 episodes
1983
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
Curtatone
1982
American Playhouse
Ferguson · 1 episode
Attore, amore mio
Conduttore · 4 episodes
1980
I Don't Understand You Anymore
Alberto Spinelli