Gigi Proietti
Actor
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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As Director
Filmography
Pinocchio
as Mangiafuoco 2019
Horse Fever
as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti 1976
Indovina chi viene a Natale?
as Leonardo Sereni 2013
Ma tu di che segno 6?
as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis 2014
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films
as Professor Silenzio 2011
A Summer In The Caribbean
as Alberto 2009
A summer at the sea
as Giulio / Narrator 2008
Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting
as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti 2002
Il premio
as Giovanni Passamonte 2017
Brancaleone at the Crusades
as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte 1970
I Am Santa Claus
as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale 2021
D'Artagnan's Daughter
as Giulio Mazarino 1994
The Jokes
as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra 2004
Life Is a Wonderful Thing
as Claudio 2010
Property Is No Longer a Theft
as Paco 1973
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
as Ravello 1978
Beach House
as Gigi 1977