Actor profile

Gigi Proietti

2nd November 1940 Rome, Lazio, Italy Acting

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.

74 Movies 23 TV Shows 102 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Luigi Proietti detto Gigi 3rd March 2022 as Self

Viaggio senza ritorno 25th January 2022

We Are Cinema 16th December 2021 as Self (archive footage)

I Am Santa Claus 3rd November 2021 as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale

Fellini of the Spirits 31st August 2020 as Self

Pinocchio 19th December 2019 as Mangiafuoco

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia poster

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia 21st October 2018 as Self

Il premio 6th December 2017 as Giovanni Passamonte

Gigi Proietti in Edmund Kean 1st January 2017

Playback - Il caso Malien 1st January 2016

A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi poster

A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi 6th August 2015 as Sé stesso

Ma tu di che segno 6? 11th December 2014 as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis

Indovina chi viene a Natale? 19th December 2013 as Leonardo Sereni

Istintobrass 30th August 2013 as Self

Alberto il grande 16th February 2013 as Self

L'Aquila - Cultura rinascente 12th April 2012 as Sé stesso

Il signore della truffa 3rd October 2011

Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films poster

Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films 9th September 2011 as Professor Silenzio

Voi siete qui 8th September 2011 as Self

All at Sea 11th March 2011 as Smemorato

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven poster

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven 20th September 2010 as San Filippo Neri

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore poster

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore 1st September 2010 as Self

Life Is a Wonderful Thing 2nd April 2010 as Claudio

A Summer in the Caribbean 12th June 2009 as Alberto

A summer at the sea 27th June 2008 as Giulio / Narrator

Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia poster

Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia 3rd March 2008 as Giovanni Rocca

Il veterinario 30th January 2005 as Gigi Garulli

Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti 11th January 2005

Mai storie d'amore in cucina 9th May 2004

The Jokes 6th February 2004 as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra

Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting 31st October 2002 as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti

Monster Mash 29th August 2000 as Yorik (voice)

Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000 poster

Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000 2nd May 2000

Dirty Linen 29th January 1999 as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri

Un nero per casa 7th December 1998 as Lorenzo Paradisi

D'Artagnan's Daughter 24th August 1994 as Giulio Mazarino

Mille bolle blu 1st January 1993 as Narratore

I 7 Re di Roma 1st January 1989 as Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto