
Acting
Community Rating
6.0
TMDB estimate
Born
November 2, 1940
Died
November 2, 2020 (age 80)
Born in
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Proietti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Luigi Proietti detto Gigi
as Self
2022

Speciale Ulisse: Viaggio senza ritorno
2022

We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021

I Am Santa Claus
as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
2021

Fellini of the Spirits
as Self
2020

TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
2020

Pinocchio
as Mangiafuoco
2019

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
as Self
2018

Wonders - The Peninsula of Treasures
2018

Il premio
as Giovanni Passamonte
2017

Warhorses
as Self, Creator
2017

Gigi Proietti in Edmund Kean
as Director
2017
Uberto degli specchi
2016

Playback - Il caso Malien
2016

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

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

Una pallottola nel cuore
as Bruno Plamieri
2014

Indovina chi viene a Natale?
as Leonardo Sereni
2013

Istintobrass
as Self
2013

L'ultimo Papa Re
as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
2013