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.
| 2022 | Luigi Proietti detto Gigi as Self |
| 2022 | Speciale Ulisse: Viaggio senza ritorno |
| 2021 | Noi siamo cinema as Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Io sono Babbo Natale as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale |
| 2020 | Fellini degli spiriti as Self |
| 2019 | Pinokyo as Mangiafuoco |
| 2018 | Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia as Self |
| 2017 | Il premio as Giovanni Passamonte |
| 2016 | Uberto degli specchi |
| 2016 | Playback - Il caso Malien |
| 2015 | A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi as Sé stesso |
| 2014 | Ma tu di che segno 6? as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis |
| 2013 | Indovina chi viene a Natale? as Leonardo Sereni |
| 2013 | Istintobrass as Self |
| 2013 | Alberto il grande as Self |
| 2011 | Il signore della truffa |
| 2011 | Box Office 3D - Il film dei film as Professor Silenzio |
| 2011 | Voi siete qui as Self |
| 2011 | Tutti al mare as Smemorato |
| 2010 | Preferisco il paradiso as San Filippo Neri |
| 2010 | Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore as Self |
| 2010 | La vita è una cosa meravigliosa as Claudio |
| 2009 | Un'estate ai Caraibi as Alberto |
| 2008 | Un'estate al mare as Giulio / Narrator |
| 2005 | Il veterinario as Gigi Garulli |
| 2005 | Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti |
| 2004 | Mai storie d'amore in cucina |
| 2004 | Le barzellette as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra |
| 2002 | Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti |
| 2000 | Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000 |
| 1999 | Panni sporchi as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri |
| 1998 | Un nero per casa as Lorenzo Paradisi |
| 1994 | D'Artagnan'ın Kızı as Giulio Mazarino |
| 1993 | Mille bolle blu as Narratore |
| 1989 | 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 |
| 1985 | Mi faccia causa as Luigi Marchetti |
| 1983 | FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' as Curtatone |
| 1983 | Gigi Proietti - La canzone del cane Milù |
| 1982 | Di padre in figlio as Self |
| 1980 | Non ti conosco più amore as Alberto Spinelli |
| 1979 | Due pezzi di pane as Albergatore |
| 1978 | Büyük Şefi Kim Öldürdü? as Ravello |
| 1978 | A Wedding as Dino Corelli I |
| 1977 | Edipo Re |
| 1977 | Casotto as Gigi |
| 1976 | Languidi baci... perfide carezze as Orfeo Scardamazzi |
| 1976 | Febbre da cavallo as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti |
| 1976 | L'eredità Ferramonti as Pippo Ferramonti |
| 1976 | Chi dice donna, dice donna as Sonia / Filippo |
| 1976 | Bordella as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti) |
| 1975 | Conviene far bene l'amore as Prof. Enrico Coppola |
| 1974 | I'll Take Her Like a Father as Saverio Mazzacolli |
| 1973 | La proprietà non è più un furto as Paco |
| 1973 | La Tosca as Mario Cavaradossi |
| 1972 | Meo Patacca as Meo Patacca |
| 1972 | Gli ordini sono ordini as Mario Pasini |
| 1971 | La mortadella as Michel Bruni |
| 1971 | Bubù as Giulio - the Thief |
| 1970 | Brancaleone alle crociate as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte |
| 1970 | Dropout as Cieco |
| 1970 | La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia as Don Chisciotte della Mancia |
| 1970 | L'urlo as Carlo detto 'Coso' |
| 1969 | The Appointment |
| 1969 | Una ragazza piuttosto complicata as Pietro |
| 1968 | Sekso Manyak as Sandro Maldini |
| 1968 | Piccoli borghesi as Nil |
| 1967 | Lo scatenato as Truccatore |
| 1967 | La ragazza del bersagliere as Cesare Bottazzi |
| 1967 | Il Misantropo as Acasto |
| 1967 | Vietnam guerra senza fronte as Voce |
| 1966 | Le piacevoli notti as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti) |
| 1964 | Se permettete parliamo di donne as Omero (uncredited) |
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