Gigi Proietti

Gigi Proietti

1940-11-02 Rome, Lazio, Italy 74 Credits

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 ...

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Luigi Proietti detto Gigi

Luigi Proietti detto Gigi

2022

as Self

7.6
Acting

Documentary about the film and theater career of the roman actor, Gigi Proietti, who passed away on 2 November 2020

Speciale Ulisse: Viaggio senza ritorno

Speciale Ulisse: Viaggio senza ritorno

2022

Acting
We Are Cinema

We Are Cinema

2021

as Self (archive footage)

9.5
Acting

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

I Am Santa Claus

I Am Santa Claus

2021

as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale

6.5
Acting

Ettore has spent the last five years in jail for a robbery. Once out of prison, he has nowhere to go, his wife broke up with him and doesn’t want him ...

Fellini of the Spirits

Fellini of the Spirits

2020

as Self

6.6
Acting

2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director and one of the symbols of the insuperable cinematic heyd...

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

2019

as Mangiafuoco

6.6
Acting

In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pin...

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

2018

as Self

9.0
Acting

This brisk, engaging documentary surveys the life, work, and legacy of Vittorio Gassman, the Italian screen icon who began his illustrious career as a...

Il premio

Il premio

2017

as Giovanni Passamonte

6.0
Acting

After winning the Nobel Prize, Giovanni Passamonte decides to drive to Stockholm with his sons and assistant rather than fly.

Uberto degli specchi

2016

Acting
Playback - Il caso Malien

Playback - Il caso Malien

2016

6.0
Acting
A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi

A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi

2015

as Sé stesso

Acting
Ma tu di che segno 6?

Ma tu di che segno 6?

2014

as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis

4.7
Acting

Five searches for love unfold in interconnected stories in which fathers, daughters and male suitors try to perfect love matches based on astrology.

Indovina chi viene a Natale?

Indovina chi viene a Natale?

2013

as Leonardo Sereni

5.6
Acting

A very extended family gathers for the Christmas holidays, after the death of the breadwinner Leonardo Sereni, famous singer. The eldest son Julius, w...

Istintobrass

Istintobrass

2013

as Self

4.9
Acting

One of the most controversial, original and loved figures of Italian cinema. The most censored director of all time. An anarchist of the film, a gifte...

Alberto il grande

Alberto il grande

2013

as Self

7.5
Acting

Docu-film directed by Carlo and Luca Verdone realized on 2013 in occasion of the tenth anniversary from the actor’s death happened on 24th February 20...

Il signore della truffa

Il signore della truffa

2011

6.5
Acting
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films

Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films

2011

as Professor Silenzio

2.9
Acting

An Italian parody of the biggest U.S. blockbusters such as "Gladiator, " "Harry Potter", "Fast and Furious" and "The Da Vinci Code".

Voi siete qui

Voi siete qui

2011

as Self

Acting
All at Sea

All at Sea

2011

as Smemorato

5.0
Acting

Every morning, pushing the wheelchair of his mother, Maurizio along the walkway through the bush and tie him entrance to his kiosk on the beach. After...

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

2010

as San Filippo Neri

7.3
Acting

One of the most popular saints of all time, St. Philip Neri was widely known for his great charity, deep prayer life, and tremendous humor. Hoping to ...

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

2010

as Self

6.2
Acting
Life Is a Wonderful Thing

Life Is a Wonderful Thing

2010

as Claudio

5.5
Acting

A policeman who spies on the lives of others, an important banker married to a housewife who poses as a noblewoman. A precarious young masseuse and an...

A Summer In The Caribbean

A Summer In The Caribbean

2009

as Alberto

4.7
Acting

Several groups of Italians experience amusing adventures and tests of character on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Some of the characters are there s...

A summer at the sea

A summer at the sea

2008

as Giulio / Narrator

4.6
Acting

Set against the sun-soaked shores of Italy in the summertime, seven different tales unfold about life, love, loss, family, and friendship.

Il veterinario

Il veterinario

2005

as Gigi Garulli

5.1
Acting

Gigi Garulli is a veterinarian who lives with his wife and two children in a beautiful villa. In addition to being a veterinarian, Gigi is also the qu...

Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti

Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti

2005

10.0
Acting
Mai storie d'amore in cucina

Mai storie d'amore in cucina

2004

8.0
Acting
The Jokes

The Jokes

2004

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

4.5
Acting

In many small episodes, various characters represent the typical vices and comedy of Italian society in early 2000.

Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting

Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting

2002

as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti

5.7
Acting

Mandrake and his new friends still continue to bet (and lose a lot of money) on horse races. What will they invent for cheating money?

Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000

Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000

2000

Acting
Dirty Linen

Dirty Linen

1999

as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri

5.2
Acting

The Razzi family owns a small factory of sweets in Macerata. Their desire to enlarge their business to cope with the new Unified European Market bring...

Un nero per casa

Un nero per casa

1998

as Lorenzo Paradisi

Acting
Un nero per casa

Un nero per casa

1998

Director, Writer

Directing Writing
D'Artagnan's Daughter

D'Artagnan's Daughter

1994

as Giulio Mazarino

5.7
Acting

It is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where he's taken sanctuary and kill both the fugitive and th...

Mille bolle blu

Mille bolle blu

1993

as Narratore

6.4
Acting

The movie tells the little stories of a group of families who live in the same building in Rome as seen from the eyes of Sandrino, a little kid who is...

I 7 Re di Roma

I 7 Re di Roma

1989

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
Acting
Sue Me

Sue Me

1985

as Luigi Marchetti

4.4
Acting

Judge Pennisi deals with a lot of citizens every day, some of them criminals, but almost always ordinary people, suffering from a wide range of proble...

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

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

1983

as Curtatone

6.5
Acting

Gigi Proietti - La canzone del cane Milù

1983

Acting
Di padre in figlio

Di padre in figlio

1982

as Self

4.0
Acting
I Don't Understand You Anymore

I Don't Understand You Anymore

1980

as Alberto Spinelli

6.2
Acting

On entering her bathroom, Luisa finds a naked man showering. She calls the police at once and the man is arrested. At the police station Alberto, a ps...

Two Pieces of Bread

Two Pieces of Bread

1979

as Albergatore

4.0
Acting

Two minstrels singing for their supper in Rome discover they've both been lovers to the same woman, and one of them is the father of her infant son; a...

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1978

as Ravello

6.0
Acting

Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each...

A Wedding

A Wedding

1978

as Dino Corelli I

6.3
Acting

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as...

Edipo Re

Edipo Re

1977

Acting
Beach House

Beach House

1977

as Gigi

6.5
Acting

Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men wit...

Languidi baci... perfide carezze

Languidi baci... perfide carezze

1976

as Orfeo Scardamazzi

Acting

Italian romance starring Giovanna Ralli, Gigi Proietti and Cristiano Censi

Horse Fever

Horse Fever

1976

as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti

7.3
Acting

Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets ...

The Inheritance

The Inheritance

1976

as Pippo Ferramonti

6.4
Acting

In 1880 Rome, a patriarch closes the family bakery. His ambitious daughter-in-law manipulates her brothers-in-law to prevent their father's remarriage...

Chi dice donna, dice donna

Chi dice donna, dice donna

1976

as Sonia / Filippo

5.7
Acting

Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who become prostitutes, a worker who improvises a sexy bomb a...

House of Pleasure for Women

House of Pleasure for Women

1976

as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)

5.5
Acting

The United States of America, after the great success of Vietnam, Watergate and so on, have decided to expand their activities in Italy. Mr. Chips has...

The Sex Machine

The Sex Machine

1975

as Prof. Enrico Coppola

4.9
Acting

The year is 2037 A.D. Depletion of natural fuels has eliminated electrical power throughout the world. No light… no heat… no T.V., until a team of awa...

Bambina

Bambina

1974

as Saverio Mazzacolli

5.0
Acting

In order to convince Raimonda, a wealthy noble woman, to finance his project for a holiday resort, Saverio gets engaged to Clotilde, her mentally-dist...

Property Is No Longer a Theft

Property Is No Longer a Theft

1973

as Paco

7.2
Acting

A young bank teller, literally allergic to paper money, becomes the worst nightmare of his best customer, a wealthy butcher who manages his business u...

La Tosca

La Tosca

1973

as Mario Cavaradossi

7.1
Acting

Rome, 1800. Napoleon threatens the power of the Church and executions of Jacobins are constant. Angelotti, the most famous of them all has escaped fro...

Meo Patacca

Meo Patacca

1972

as Meo Patacca

5.9
Acting

Adapted from the mock-heroic poem in Roman dialect, tells the misadventures of the young trasteverino Bartolomeo Patacca that, because of the ambition...

Orders are Orders

Orders are Orders

1972

as Mario Pasini

6.0
Acting

Giorgia, an unhappy housewife tired of marriage with her husband Amedeo, starts to hear a voice that orders her to perform actions out of the ordinary...

Lady Liberty

Lady Liberty

1971

as Michel Bruni

5.5
Acting

An Italian woman faces challenges at JFK Airport when Customs confiscates the mortadella sausage she brought as a gift for her fiancé, leading to a hu...

Bubu

Bubu

1971

as Giulio - the Thief

5.3
Acting

Bubu leaves his job in a bakery, forces his girl-friend into prostitution, and from then on lives out of the money she makes. The young couple find th...

Brancaleone at the Crusades

Brancaleone at the Crusades

1970

as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte

7.2
Acting

After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Cru...

Dropout

Dropout

1970

as Cieco

4.8
Acting

Italian immigrant kidnaps a wealthy British woman, and they fall in love.

La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia

La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia

1970

as Don Chisciotte della Mancia

Acting
The Howl

The Howl

1970

as Carlo detto 'Coso'

4.7
Acting

A young bride escapes her wedding ceremony with a stranger and together they set off on an epic journey though increasingly bizarre lands. They encoun...

The Howl

The Howl

1970

Dialogue

4.7

A young bride escapes her wedding ceremony with a stranger and together they set off on an epic journey though increasingly bizarre lands. They encoun...

The Appointment

The Appointment

1969

5.5
Acting

Lawyer Federico Fendi has reasons to suspect that his fashion model wife Carla is secretly one of Rome's highest paid call-girls.

A Rather Complicated Girl

A Rather Complicated Girl

1969

as Pietro

5.3
Acting

Having casually overheard a confusing phone conversation between two women, Alberto manages to get in touch with one of the callers, Claudia, a painte...

The Libertine

The Libertine

1968

as Sandro Maldini

5.4
Acting

A sexy widow discovers her late husband had a secret apartment where he cheated on her. Now she decides to use the same apartment to explore her own s...

Piccoli borghesi

Piccoli borghesi

1968

as Nil

Acting
Catch As Catch Can

Catch As Catch Can

1967

as Truccatore

5.8
Acting

Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!

Soldier's Girl

Soldier's Girl

1967

as Cesare Bottazzi

Acting

Anita, a free Emilian girl falls in love with Salvatore, a Neapolitan bersagliere. The two would like to get married, but he drowns while bathing in t...

The Misanthrope

1967

as Acasto

Acting

Alceste hopes to be able to live his life without hypocrisy. However, he does not realize that social habits and the necessities of life do not fit th...

Vietnam guerra senza fronte

Vietnam guerra senza fronte

1967

as Voce

Acting

Documentary directed by Alessandro Perrone.

Pleasant Nights

Pleasant Nights

1966

as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)

6.3
Acting

A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.

Let's Talk About Women

Let's Talk About Women

1964

as Omero (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker ...