Gigi Proietti

ActorDirectorWriter Nov 2 (died age 80) Rome, Lazio, Italy 1955–2022 (67 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Pinocchio

Mangiafuoco

Film

Horse Fever

Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti

Film

Brancaleone at the Crusades

Pattume; Colombino; la Morte

Film

Indovina chi viene a Natale?

Leonardo Sereni

Film

Property Is No Longer a Theft

Paco

Film

I Am Santa Claus

Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale

Film

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

San Filippo Neri

Film

Il premio

Giovanni Passamonte

Filmography

Acting (97)

Movies (76)

Speciale Ulisse: Viaggio senza ritorno

2022

Luigi Proietti detto Gigi

2022

as Self

7.4

I Am Santa Claus

2021

as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale

6.5

We Are Cinema

2021

as Self (archive footage)

9.5

Fellini of the Spirits

as Self

Pinocchio

as Mangiafuoco

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

2018

as Self

9.0

Il premio

2017

as Giovanni Passamonte

5.9

Gigi Proietti in Edmund Kean

2017

Uberto degli specchi

2016

Playback - Il caso Malien

2016

6.0

A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi

2015

as Sé stesso

Ma tu di che segno 6?

2014

as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis

Istintobrass

as Self

Alberto il grande

as Self

Indovina chi viene a Natale?

2013

as Leonardo Sereni

5.6

Voi siete qui

2011

as Self

Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films

2011

as Professor Silenzio

2.9

All at Sea

2011

as Smemorato

5.0

Il signore della truffa

2011

6.5

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

2010

as San Filippo Neri

7.3

Life Is a Wonderful Thing

2010

as Claudio

5.5

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

2010

as Self

6.2

A Summer In The Caribbean

as Alberto

A summer at the sea

as Giulio / Narrator

Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia

as Giovanni Rocca

Il veterinario

as Gigi Garulli

Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti

2005

10.0

Mai storie d'amore in cucina

2004

8.0

The Jokes

2004

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

4.6

Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting

2002

as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti

5.7

Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000

Monster Mash

as Yorik (voice)

Dirty Linen

as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri

5.4

Un nero per casa

1998

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

8.2

Sue Me

1985

as Luigi Marchetti

4.4

Gigi Proietti - La canzone del cane Milù

1983

FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'

as Curtatone

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

Beach House

as Gigi

Edipo Re

House of Pleasure for Women

1976

as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)

The Inheritance

as Pippo Ferramonti

Horse Fever

as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti

7.3

Chi dice donna, dice donna

1976

as Sonia / Filippo

5.7

Languidi baci... perfide carezze

1976

as Orfeo Scardamazzi

The Sex Machine

1975

as Prof. Enrico Coppola

4.5

Bambina

1974

as Saverio Mazzacolli

4.9

La Tosca

1973

as Mario Cavaradossi

7.1

Property Is No Longer a Theft

as Paco

Meo Patacca

as Meo Patacca

Orders are Orders

as Mario Pasini

Bubu

as Giulio - the Thief

Lady Liberty

as Michel Bruni

The Howl

as Carlo detto 'Coso'

4.7

Brancaleone at the Crusades

1970

as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte

7.2

Dropout

1970

as Cieco

4.8

La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia

1970

as Don Chisciotte della Mancia

The Appointment

1969

5.6

A Rather Complicated Girl

as Pietro

The Libertine

as Sandro Maldini

Piccoli borghesi

as Nil

Catch As Catch Can

1967

as Truccatore

5.8

The Misanthrope

1967

as Acasto

Soldier's Girl

1967

as Cesare Bottazzi

Vietnam guerra senza fronte

1967

as Voce

Pleasant Nights

1966

as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)

6.3

Let's Talk About Women

1964

as Omero (uncredited)

6.2

Il nostro campione

1955

Television (21)

TV Story Superstar

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Wonders - The Peninsula of Treasures

Warhorses

as Self

Una pallottola nel cuore

2014

as Bruno Plamieri

6.7

L'ultimo Papa Re

2013

as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno

7.0

The Lord of the Scam

2011

as Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

2010

as San Filippo Neri

The Cesaronis

2006

as Se stesso

7.1

Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery

2001

as Self

8.9

Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery

2001

as Self

8.9

Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?

as Ospite

L'avvocato Porta

as Antonio Porta

The marshal Rocca

as Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca

Italian Restaurant

as Giulio Broccoli

Club 92

Villa Arzilla

as Il giardiniere

Sogni e bisogni

1985

as Pompeo

Great Performances

1971

as Ferguson

5.8

La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia

1970

as Don Chisciotte

Tartarino sulle Alpi

1968

10.0

Il Circolo Pickwick

1968

as Jingle

Crew (5)

Movies (3)

Gigi Proietti in Edmund Kean

2017

Director

Un nero per casa

1998

Director

The Howl

1970

Dialogue

4.7

Television (2)

Italian Restaurant

1994

Idea

9.5

Villa Arzilla

1990

Director