Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 2, 1940
Place of Birth:
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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.
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Year | Movie | Role |
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2022 | Luigi Proietti detto Gigi | Self |
2022 | Speciale Ulisse: Viaggio senza ritorno | |
2021 | We Are Cinema | Self (archive footage) |
2021 | I Am Santa Claus | Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale |
2020 | Fellini of the Spirits | Self |
2019 | Pinocchio | Mangiafuoco |
2018 | Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia | Self |
2017 | Il premio | Giovanni Passamonte |
2016 | Playback - Il caso Malien | |
2016 | Uberto degli specchi | |
2015 | A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi | Sé stesso |
2014 | Ma tu di che segno 6? | Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis |
2013 | Indovina chi viene a Natale? | Leonardo Sereni |
2013 | Alberto il grande | Self |
2013 | Istintobrass | Self |
2011 | All at Sea | Smemorato |
2011 | Voi siete qui | Self |
2011 | Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films | Professor Silenzio |
2011 | Il signore della truffa | |
2010 | Life Is a Wonderful Thing | Claudio |
2010 | Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven | San Filippo Neri |
2010 | Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore | Self |
2009 | A Summer in the Caribbean | Alberto |
2008 | A summer at the sea | Giulio / Narrator |
2005 | Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti | |
2005 | Il veterinario | Gigi Garulli |
2004 | The Jokes | il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra |
2004 | Mai storie d'amore in cucina | |
2002 | Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting | Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti |
2000 | Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000 | |
1999 | Dirty Linen | Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri |
1998 | Un nero per casa | Lorenzo Paradisi |
1994 | D'Artagnan's Daughter | Giulio Mazarino |
1993 | Mille bolle blu | Narratore |
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 |
1983 | FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' | Curtatone |
1983 | Gigi Proietti - La canzone del cane Milù | |
1982 | Di padre in figlio | Self |
1980 | I Don't Understand You Anymore | Alberto Spinelli |
1979 | Two Pieces of Bread | Albergatore |
1978 | Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Ravello |
1978 | A Wedding | Dino Corelli I |
1977 | Beach House | Gigi |
1977 | Edipo Re | |
1976 | Chi dice donna, dice donna | Sonia / Filippo |
1976 | House of Pleasure for Women | Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti) |
1976 | Horse Fever | Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti |
1976 | The Inheritance | Pippo Ferramonti |
1976 | Languidi baci... perfide carezze | Orfeo Scardamazzi |
1975 | The Sex Machine | Prof. Enrico Coppola |
1974 | Bambina | Saverio Mazzacolli |
1973 | La Tosca | Mario Cavaradossi |
1973 | Property Is No Longer a Theft | Paco |
1972 | Orders are Orders | Mario Pasini |
1972 | Meo Patacca | Meo Patacca |
1971 | Bubu | Giulio - the Thief |
1971 | Lady Liberty | Michel Bruni |
1970 | The Howl | Carlo detto 'Coso' |
1970 | Dropout | Cieco |
1970 | Brancaleone at the Crusades | Pattume; Colombino; la Morte |
1970 | La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia | Don Chisciotte della Mancia |
1969 | The Appointment | |
1969 | A Rather Complicated Girl | Pietro |
1968 | Piccoli borghesi | Nil |
1968 | The Libertine | Sandro Maldini |
1967 | The Misanthrope | Acasto |
1967 | Catch As Catch Can | Truccatore |
1967 | Vietnam guerra senza fronte | Voce |
1967 | Soldier's Girl | Cesare Bottazzi |
1966 | Pleasant Nights | Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti) |
1964 | Let's Talk About Women | Omero (uncredited) |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2020 | TV Story Superstar | Self (archive footage) |
2018 | Meraviglie - La penisola dei tesori | |
2017 | Cavalli di battaglia | Self |
2014 | Una pallottola nel cuore | Bruno Plamieri |
2013 | L'ultimo Papa Re | cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno |
2011 | The Lord of the Scam | Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico |
2010 | Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven | San Filippo Neri |
2006 | I Cesaroni | Se stesso |
2001 | Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta | Self |
1999 | Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? | Ospite |
1997 | L'avvocato Porta | Antonio Porta |
1996 | Il maresciallo Rocca | Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca |
1994 | Italian Restaurant | Giulio Broccoli |
1990 | Villa Arzilla | Il giardiniere |
1990 | Club 92 | |
1985 | Sogni e bisogni | Pompeo |
1971 | Great Performances | Ferguson |
1968 | Il Circolo Pickwick | Jingle |
1968 | Tartarino sulle Alpi |