Gigi Proietti

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-11-02 (80 years old)

Deathday

2020-11-02

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

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 pla...

Acting

1970

The Howl

as Carlo detto 'Coso'

2004

The Jokes

as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra

2002

Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting

as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti

2011

All at Sea

as Smemorato

1974

Bambina

as Saverio Mazzacolli

1968

The Libertine

as Sandro Maldini

2008

A summer at the sea

as Giulio / Narrator

1977

1985

Sue Me

as Luigi Marchetti

2010

1971

Bubu

as Giulio - the Thief

1967

1993

Mille bolle blu

as Narratore

1966

Pleasant Nights

as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)

1967

Catch As Catch Can

as Truccatore

1971

Lady Liberty

as Michel Bruni

1976

Chi dice donna, dice donna

as Sonia / Filippo

1973

La Tosca

as Mario Cavaradossi

1976

House of Pleasure for Women

as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)

1980

2011

1972

Orders are Orders

as Mario Pasini

1999

Dirty Linen

as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri

2014

Ma tu di che segno 6?

as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis

1978

A Wedding

as Dino Corelli I

1976

Horse Fever

as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti

1972

Meo Patacca

as Meo Patacca

2021

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

1975

The Sex Machine

as Prof. Enrico Coppola

2005

Il veterinario

as Gigi Garulli

1967

Soldier's Girl

as Cesare Bottazzi

1970

Dropout

as Cieco

1989

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

2013

2017

Il premio

as Giovanni Passamonte

1976

The Inheritance

as Pippo Ferramonti

1979

Two Pieces of Bread

as Albergatore

1970

Brancaleone at the Crusades

as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte

1964

Let's Talk About Women

as Omero (uncredited)

1994

D'Artagnan's Daughter

as Giulio Mazarino

1998

Un nero per casa

as Lorenzo Paradisi

1976

2011

2019

Pinocchio

as Mangiafuoco

2021

I Am Santa Claus

as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale

2013

1970

Production

1998

Un nero per casa

as Director

1998

1970

The Howl

as Dialogue

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