Gigi Proietti
Gigi Proietti was an acclaimed Italian actor known for his versatility in film, television, and theatre. He gained recognition for his roles in films like 'Il Sorpasso' and 'Fantozzi'. With a career spanning several decades, he was celebrated for his distinctive voice and comedic style,... Read More
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
Luigi Proietti detto GigiDocumentary about the film and theater career of the roman actor, Gigi Proietti, who passed away on 2 November 2020 |
Self | |
| 2022 | Unknown character | ||
| 2021 |
We Are CinemaAn Italian documentary about Italian cinema. |
Self (archive footage) | |
| 2021 |
I Am Santa ClausEttore has spent the last five years in jail for a robbery. Once out of prison, he has nowhere to... |
Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale | |
| 2020 |
Fellini of the Spirits2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director and one of the symbols... |
Self | |
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2019 |
PinocchioOld woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily... |
Mangiafuoco | |
| 2018 |
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commediaThis brisk, engaging documentary surveys the life, work, and legacy of Vittorio Gassman, the Italian screen icon who began his... |
Self | |
| 2018 |
Wonders - The Peninsula of TreasuresAlberto Angela takes us on a new journey, this time to discover Italy's "Wonders," those that make us a true... |
Unknown character | |
| 2017 |
Il premioAfter winning the Nobel Prize, Giovanni Passamonte decides to drive to Stockholm with his sons and assistant rather than fly. |
Giovanni Passamonte | |
| 2017 |
WarhorsesGigi Proietti's return to television with a show all his own that will see him perform his "warhorses", confront himself... |
Self | |
| 2017 |
Gigi Proietti in Edmund KeanA monologue featuring the actor himself rehearsing his part in his dressing room and reflecting on Shakespeare's words. Accompanying us... |
Unknown character | |
| 2016 | Unknown character | ||
| 2016 | Unknown character | ||
| 2015 | Sé stesso | ||
| 2014 |
Ma tu di che segno 6?Five searches for love unfold in interconnected stories in which fathers, daughters and male suitors try to perfect love matches... |
Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis | |
| 2014 | Bruno Plamieri | ||
| 2013 |
Indovina chi viene a Natale?A very extended family gathers for the Christmas holidays, after the death of the breadwinner Leonardo Sereni, famous singer. The... |
Leonardo Sereni | |
| 2013 |
IstintobrassOne of the most controversial, original and loved figures of Italian cinema. The most censored director of all time. An... |
Self | |
| 2013 | cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno | ||
| 2013 |
Alberto il grandeDocu-film directed by Carlo and Luca Verdone realized on 2013 in occasion of the tenth anniversary from the actor’s death... |
Self | |
| 2011 |
The Lord of the ScamThe life of Nicola Persico, a retired finance general, is marked by the morning walk, coffee at Totò's bar and... |
Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico | |
| 2011 | Unknown character | ||
| 2011 |
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of FilmsAn Italian parody of the biggest U.S. blockbusters such as "Gladiator, " "Harry Potter", "Fast and Furious" and "The Da... |
Professor Silenzio | |
| 2011 | Self | ||
| 2011 |
All at SeaEvery morning, pushing the wheelchair of his mother, Maurizio along the walkway through the bush and tie him entrance to... |
Smemorato | |
| 2010 |
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer HeavenOne of the most popular saints of all time, St. Philip Neri was widely known for his great charity, deep... |
San Filippo Neri | |
| 2010 |
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer HeavenOne of the most popular saints of all time, St. Philip Neri was widely known for his great charity, deep... |
San Filippo Neri | |
| 2010 | Self | ||
| 2010 |
Life Is a Wonderful ThingA policeman who spies on the lives of others, an important banker married to a housewife who poses as a... |
Claudio | |
| 2009 |
A Summer In The CaribbeanSeveral groups of Italians experience amusing adventures and tests of character on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Some of the... |
Alberto | |
| 2008 |
A summer at the seaSet against the sun-soaked shores of Italy in the summertime, seven different tales unfold about life, love, loss, family, and... |
Giulio / Narrator | |
| 2008 | Giovanni Rocca | ||
| 2006 |
The CesaronisGiulio is a widower, struggling to raise three sons, Marco, Rudi, and Mimmo, as best he can. He lives in... |
Se stesso | |
| 2005 |
Il veterinarioGigi Garulli is a veterinarian who lives with his wife and two children in a beautiful villa. In addition to... |
Gigi Garulli | |
| 2005 | Unknown character | ||
| 2004 | Unknown character | ||
| 2004 |
The JokesIn many small episodes, various characters represent the typical vices and comedy of Italian society in early 2000. |
il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra | |
| 2002 |
Horse Fever: The Mandrake StingMandrake and his new friends still continue to bet (and lose a lot of money) on horse races. What will... |
Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti | |
| 2001 |
Ulisse - The Pleasure of DiscoveryAlberto Angela leads the dissemination program dedicated to history, art and culture. A historical, archaeological, informative story, with the presence... |
Self | |
| 2000 |
Monster MashWhen old-school monsters Frank, Drac and Wolf are deemed "fun" by a court of elders, they're ordered to scare a... |
Yorik (voice) | |
| 2000 | Unknown character | ||
| 1999 | Ospite | ||
| 1999 |
Dirty LinenThe Razzi family owns a small factory of sweets in Macerata. Their desire to enlarge their business to cope with... |
Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri | |
| 1998 | Lorenzo Paradisi | ||
| 1997 |
L'avvocato PortaL'avvocato Porta is an Italian television series. |
Antonio Porta | |
| 1996 |
The Marshal RoccaThe adventures of the marshal of the carabinieri Giovanni Rocca, played by the great Gigi Proietti. Definitely one of the... |
Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca | |
| 1994 | Giulio Broccoli | ||
| 1994 |
D'Artagnan's DaughterIt is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where he's taken... |
Giulio Mazarino | |
| 1993 |
Mille bolle bluThe movie tells the little stories of a group of families who live in the same building in Rome as... |
Narratore | |
| 1990 |
Villa ArzillaVilla Arzilla is an Italian television series. |
Il giardiniere | |
| 1990 |
Club 92The program, hosted by Gigi Proietti and Giancarlo Magalli, is set in a nightclub and tells the stories of various... |
Unknown character | |
| 1989 | Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto | ||
| 1985 |
Sue MeJudge Pennisi deals with a lot of citizens every day, some of them criminals, but almost always ordinary people, suffering... |
Luigi Marchetti | |
| 1985 |
Sogni e bisogniA TV series composed of eleven episodes and a conclusion, it aired in six one-hour programs starting on October 6,... |
Pompeo | |
| 1983 |
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'Based on a supposed screenplay by Fellini that fell out of a window, Arbore tells the southern story of a... |
Curtatone | |
| 1983 | Unknown character | ||
| 1982 | Conduttore | ||
| 1982 | Self | ||
| 1980 |
I Don't Understand You AnymoreOn entering her bathroom, Luisa finds a naked man showering. She calls the police at once and the man is... |
Alberto Spinelli | |
| 1979 |
Two Pieces of BreadTwo minstrels singing for their supper in Rome discover they've both been lovers to the same woman, and one of... |
Albergatore | |
| 1978 |
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing... |
Ravello | |
| 1978 |
A WeddingMuffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the... |
Dino Corelli I | |
| 1977 | Unknown character | ||
| 1977 |
Beach HouseSummer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two... |
Gigi | |
| 1976 |
Languidi baci... perfide carezzeItalian romance starring Giovanna Ralli, Gigi Proietti and Cristiano Censi |
Orfeo Scardamazzi | |
| 1976 |
Horse FeverBruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in... |
Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti | |
| 1976 |
The InheritanceIn 1880 Rome, a patriarch closes the family bakery. His ambitious daughter-in-law manipulates her brothers-in-law to prevent their father's remarriage,... |
Pippo Ferramonti | |
| 1976 |
Chi dice donna, dice donnaFilm in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who become prostitutes, a worker who... |
Sonia / Filippo | |
| 1976 |
House of Pleasure for WomenThe United States of America, after the great success of Vietnam, Watergate and so on, have decided to expand their... |
Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti) | |
| 1975 |
The Sex MachineThe year is 2037 A.D. Depletion of natural fuels has eliminated electrical power throughout the world. No light… no heat…... |
Prof. Enrico Coppola | |
| 1974 |
BambinaIn order to convince Raimonda, a wealthy noble woman, to finance his project for a holiday resort, Saverio gets engaged... |
Saverio Mazzacolli | |
| 1974 | Conduttore / protagonista | ||
| 1973 |
Property Is No Longer a TheftA young bank teller, literally allergic to paper money, becomes the worst nightmare of his best customer, a wealthy butcher... |
Paco | |
| 1973 |
La ToscaRome, 1800. Napoleon threatens the power of the Church and executions of Jacobins are constant. Angelotti, the most famous of... |
Mario Cavaradossi | |
| 1972 |
Meo PataccaAdapted from the mock-heroic poem in Roman dialect, tells the misadventures of the young trasteverino Bartolomeo Patacca that, because of... |
Meo Patacca | |
| 1972 |
Orders are OrdersGiorgia, an unhappy housewife tired of marriage with her husband Amedeo, starts to hear a voice that orders her to... |
Mario Pasini | |
| 1971 |
Lady LibertyAn Italian woman faces challenges at JFK Airport when Customs confiscates the mortadella sausage she brought as a gift for... |
Michel Bruni | |
| 1971 |
BubuBubu leaves his job in a bakery, forces his girl-friend into prostitution, and from then on lives out of the... |
Giulio - the Thief | |
| 1971 |
Great PerformancesThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical... |
Ferguson | |
| 1970 |
Brancaleone at the CrusadesAfter saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby... |
Pattume; Colombino; la Morte | |
| 1970 |
DropoutDisillusioned English banker's wife Mary meets troubled Italian immigrant Bruno, with whom she is captivated by and they set off... |
Cieco | |
| 1970 |
La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della ManciaThe Mad Adventures of Don Quixote of La Mancha, a knight-errant of sad countenance, devoted to protecting the weak and... |
Don Chisciotte | |
| 1970 | Don Chisciotte della Mancia | ||
| 1970 |
The HowlA young bride flees the ceremony with a stranger and, together, they set off on an epic journey though increasingly... |
Carlo detto 'Coso' | |
| 1969 |
The AppointmentLawyer Federico Fendi has reasons to suspect that his fashion model wife Carla is secretly one of Rome's highest paid... |
Unknown character | |
| 1969 |
A Rather Complicated GirlHaving casually overheard a confusing phone conversation between two women, Alberto manages to get in touch with one of the... |
Pietro | |
| 1968 |
The LibertineA sexy widow discovers her late husband had a secret apartment where he cheated on her. Now she decides to... |
Sandro Maldini | |
| 1968 | Nil | ||
| 1968 |
Tartarino sulle AlpiTartarin sur les Alpes is a novel written by the French writer Alphonse Daudet in 1885. It is the second... |
Unknown character | |
| 1968 | Jingle | ||
| 1967 |
Catch As Catch CanBob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on... |
Truccatore | |
| 1967 |
Soldier's GirlAnita, a free Emilian girl falls in love with Salvatore, a Neapolitan bersagliere. The two would like to get married,... |
Cesare Bottazzi | |
| 1967 |
Vietnam guerra senza fronteDocumentary directed by Alessandro Perrone. |
Voce | |
| 1967 |
The MisanthropeAlceste hopes to be able to live his life without hypocrisy. However, he does not realize that social habits and... |
Acasto | |
| 1966 |
Pleasant NightsA trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages. |
Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti) | |
| 1964 |
Let's Talk About WomenVittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from... |
Omero (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | Unknown character |
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Got a question about Gigi Proietti?
Gigi Proietti is known for his roles in 'Il Sorpasso', 'Fantozzi', and 'La Piovra', which are among his most iconic films.
Yes, Gigi Proietti received several awards during his career, including the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his contributions to Italian cinema.
Gigi Proietti's first film was 'Il giorno della civetta' released in 1968, marking the beginning of his illustrious acting career.
One of Gigi Proietti's most successful films is 'Fantozzi', which became a cult classic in Italy and spawned several sequels.
Gigi Proietti was also a prominent theatre actor and director, known for his performances in classical and contemporary plays, significantly impacting Italian theatre.
Gigi Proietti's estimated net worth was around $10 million at the time of his passing, reflecting his successful career in entertainment.
Gigi Proietti starred in various television series, with notable performances in 'La Piovra' and 'Il Maresciallo Rocca', showcasing his versatility.
Gigi Proietti influenced Italian cinema through his diverse roles and contributions, becoming a beloved figure and a symbol of Italian comedy and drama.