Gigi Proietti
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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Acting
Movie
Pinocchio
as Mangiafuoco
2019
Movie
Horse Fever
as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
1976
Movie
Indovina chi viene a Natale?
as Leonardo Sereni
2013
Movie
Ma tu di che segno 6?
as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
2014
Movie
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films
as Professor Silenzio
2011
Movie
A Summer In The Caribbean
as Alberto
2009
Movie
A summer at the sea
as Giulio / Narrator
2008
Movie
Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting
as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
2002
Movie
Il premio
as Giovanni Passamonte
2017
Movie
Brancaleone at the Crusades
as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte
1970
Movie
I Am Santa Claus
as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
2021
Movie
D'Artagnan's Daughter
as Giulio Mazarino
1994
Movie
The Jokes
as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
2004
Movie
Life Is a Wonderful Thing
as Claudio
2010
Movie
Property Is No Longer a Theft
as Paco
1973
Movie
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
as Ravello
1978
Movie
Beach House
as Gigi
1977
Movie
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven
as San Filippo Neri
2010
Movie
A Wedding
as Dino Corelli I
1978
TV
The Cesaronis
as Se stesso
2006
Movie
All at Sea
as Smemorato
2011
Movie
Bambina
as Saverio Mazzacolli
1974
Movie
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
as Curtatone
1983
Movie
Let's Talk About Women
as Omero (uncredited)
1964
