Gigi Proietti
Birthday: 1940-11-02 | Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, ItalyLuigi "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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Se stesso
as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
as Mangiafuoco
as Self
as Giovanni Passamonte
as Self
as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
as Bruno Plamieri
as Leonardo Sereni
as Self
as Self
as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
as Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico
as Professor Silenzio
as Smemorato
as Claudio
as San Filippo Neri
as San Filippo Neri
as Giulio / Narrator
as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
as Lorenzo Paradisi
as Antonio Porta
as Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca
