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Luigi Proietti detto Gigi

as Se stesso

2022
I Am Santa Claus

as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale

2021
Pinocchio

as Mangiafuoco

2020
Istintobrass

as Self

2013
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films

as Professor Silenzio

2011
D'Artagnan's Daughter

as Giulio Mazarino

1994
House of Pleasure for Women

as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)

1976
Bambina

as Saverio Mazzacolli

1974
Bubu

as Giulio - the Thief

1971
Brancaleone at the Crusades

as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte

1970
The Libertine

as Sandro Maldini

1969
Gigi Proietti Gigi Proietti

Birthday

1940-11-02

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Proietti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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