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Gigi Proietti
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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 19…
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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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2022
Luigi Proietti detto Gigi
Movie Self
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2022
Viaggio senza ritorno
Movie
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2021
We Are Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
I Am Santa Claus
Movie Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
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2020
Fellini of the Spirits
Movie Self
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2020
TV Story Superstar
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2019
Pinocchio
Movie Mangiafuoco
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2018
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
Movie Self
- 2018
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2017
Il premio
Movie Giovanni Passamonte
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2017
Warhorses
TV show Self
- 2017
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2016
Uberto degli specchi
Movie
- 2016
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2015
A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi
Movie Sé stesso
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2014
Ma tu di che segno 6?
Movie Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
More credits
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2014
Una pallottola nel cuore
TV show Bruno Plamieri
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2013
Indovina chi viene a Natale?
Movie Leonardo Sereni
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2013
Istintobrass
Movie Self
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2013
L'ultimo Papa Re
TV show cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
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2013
Alberto il grande
Movie Self
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2012
L'Aquila - Cultura rinascente
Movie Sé stesso
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2011
Il signore della truffa
Movie
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2011
The Lord of the Scam
TV show Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico
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2011
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films
Movie Professor Silenzio
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2011
Voi siete qui
Movie Self
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2011
All at Sea
Movie Smemorato
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2010
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven
Movie San Filippo Neri
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2010
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven
TV show San Filippo Neri
- 2010
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2010
Life Is a Wonderful Thing
Movie Claudio
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2009
A Summer in the Caribbean
Movie Alberto
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2008
A summer at the sea
Movie Giulio / Narrator
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2008
Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia
TV show Giovanni Rocca
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2006
The Cesaronis
TV show Se stesso
- 2005
- 2004
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2004
The Jokes
Movie il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
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2002
Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting
Movie Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
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2001
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
TV show Self
