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Gigi Proietti
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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 dir…
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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.
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Gigi Proietti's Filmography
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Luigi Proietti detto Gigi
as Self
Viaggio senza ritorno
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Santa Claus
as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
Fellini of the Spirits
as Self
Pinocchio
as Mangiafuoco
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
as Self
Il premio
as Giovanni Passamonte
Gigi Proietti in Edmund Kean
No Poster
Uberto degli specchi
Playback - Il caso Malien
A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi
as Sé stesso
Ma tu di che segno 6?
as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
Indovina chi viene a Natale?
as Leonardo Sereni
Istintobrass
as Self
Alberto il grande
as Self
L'Aquila - Cultura rinascente
as Sé stesso
Il signore della truffa
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films
as Professor Silenzio
Voi siete qui
as Self
All at Sea
as Smemorato
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven
as San Filippo Neri
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
as Self
Life Is a Wonderful Thing
as Claudio
A Summer in the Caribbean
as Alberto
A summer at the sea
as Giulio / Narrator
Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti
Mai storie d'amore in cucina
The Jokes
as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting
as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
Monster Mash
as Yorik (voice)
Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000
Dirty Linen
as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
Un nero per casa
as Lorenzo Paradisi
D'Artagnan's Daughter
as Giulio Mazarino
Mille bolle blu
as Narratore
I 7 Re di Roma
as Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto
Sue Me
as Luigi Marchetti
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
as Curtatone
No Poster
Gigi Proietti - La canzone del cane Milù
Di padre in figlio
as Self
I Don't Understand You Anymore
as Alberto Spinelli
Two Pieces of Bread
as Albergatore
A Wedding
as Dino Corelli I
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
as Ravello
Edipo Re
Beach House
as Gigi
Languidi baci... perfide carezze
as Orfeo Scardamazzi
Horse Fever
as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
The Inheritance
as Pippo Ferramonti
Chi dice donna, dice donna
as Sonia / Filippo
House of Pleasure for Women
as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)
The Sex Machine
as Prof. Enrico Coppola
Bambina
as Saverio Mazzacolli
Property Is No Longer a Theft
as Paco
La Tosca
as Mario Cavaradossi
Meo Patacca
as Meo Patacca
Orders are Orders
as Mario Pasini
Lady Liberty
as Michel Bruni
Bubu
as Giulio - the Thief
Brancaleone at the Crusades
as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte
Dropout
as Cieco
The Howl
as Carlo detto 'Coso'
The Appointment
A Rather Complicated Girl
as Pietro
The Libertine
as Sandro Maldini
Piccoli borghesi
as Nil
Catch As Catch Can
as Truccatore
Soldier's Girl
as Cesare Bottazzi
No Poster
The Misanthrope
as Acasto
Vietnam guerra senza fronte
as Voce
Pleasant Nights
as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)
Let's Talk About Women
as Omero (uncredited)
