Gigi Proietti
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.
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Acting (70 movies)
Luigi Proietti detto Gigi
2022
The Howl
1970
A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi
2015
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000
2000
Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti
2005
Life Is a Wonderful Thing
2010
Piccoli borghesi
1968
The Jokes
2004
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
1983
Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting
2002
The Appointment
1969
All at Sea
2011
Bambina
1974
The Libertine
1968
A summer at the sea
2008
Beach House
1977
Sue Me
1985
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven
2010
Bubu
1971
Mille bolle blu
1993
Pleasant Nights
1966
Catch As Catch Can
1967
Lady Liberty
1971
Vietnam guerra senza fronte
1967
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976
La Tosca
1973
House of Pleasure for Women
1976
I Don't Understand You Anymore
1980
Voi siete qui
2011
Orders are Orders
1972
Edipo Re
1977
Dirty Linen
1999
Ma tu di che segno 6?
2014
A Wedding
1978
Horse Fever
1976
Meo Patacca
1972
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010
We Are Cinema
2021
The Sex Machine
1975
Il veterinario
2005
Speciale Ulisse: Viaggio senza ritorno
2022
Soldier's Girl
1967
Dropout
1970
A Summer In The Caribbean
2009
I 7 Re di Roma
1989
Indovina chi viene a Natale?
2013
Il premio
2017
The Inheritance
1976
Two Pieces of Bread
1979
Brancaleone at the Crusades
1970
Let's Talk About Women
1964
D'Artagnan's Daughter
1994
Di padre in figlio
1982
Alberto il grande
2013
Un nero per casa
1998
Languidi baci... perfide carezze
1976
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films
2011
Pinocchio
2019
Playback - Il caso Malien
2016
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
2018
I Am Santa Claus
2021
Property Is No Longer a Theft
1973
A Rather Complicated Girl
1969
Mai storie d'amore in cucina
2004
Il signore della truffa
2011
Fellini of the Spirits
2020
Istintobrass
2013
La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia
1970
Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia
2008
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Un nero per casa | 1998 | Writer |