Gigi Proietti
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Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, director, musician, singer, and television presenter.
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Selected filmography
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Cinema
- Let's Talk About Women (1964) - Omero
- Pleasant Nights (1966) - Mario Di Colli
- Catch as Catch Can (1967) - Make-up man
- A Complicated Girl (1968) - Pietro
- The Appointment (1969) - Fabre
- The Libertine (1969) - Sandro Maldini
- Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970) - Death / Pattume / Colombino
- Dropout (1970) - Cieco
- The Howl (1970) - Carlo "Coso"
- Lady Liberty (1971) - Michael Bruni
- Bubù (1971) - Giulio the thief
- Gli ordini sono ordini (1972) - Mario Pasini
- La Tosca (1973) - Mario Cavaradossi
- Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973) - Paco
- Le farò da padre (1974) - Saverio Mazzacolli
- Conviene far bene l'amore (1975)
- Febbre da cavallo (1976) - Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
- House of Pleasure for Women (1976) - Ivano Zuccoli
- The Inheritance (1976) - Pippo Ferramonti
- Languid Kisses, Wet Caresses (1976) - Orfeo Scardamazzi
- Beach House (1977) - Gigi
- A Wedding (1978) - Dino Corelli I
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) - Ravello
- Happy Hobos (1979) - The Hotel Keeper
- I Don't Understand You Anymore (1980) - Alberto Spinelli
- "FF.SS." (1983) - Curtatone
- Mille bolle blu (1993) - Narrator
- Revenge of the Musketeers (1994) - Cardinal Mazarin
- Dirty Linen (1999) - Professor Rodolfo Melchiorri
- Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata (2002) - Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
- The Jokes (2004) - God / Waiter / Mexican Singer / Farmer / Lawyer and his client / Conductor
- Un'estate al mare (2008) - Giulio
- Un'estate ai Caraibi (2009) - Alberto
- La vita è una cosa meravigliosa (2010) - Claudio
- All at Sea (2011) - Nino
- Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films (2011) - Professor Silenzio
- Stelle (2012) - The narrator
- Indovina chi viene a Natale? (2013) - Leonardo Sereni
- Ma tu di che segno sei? (2014) - Giuliano De Marchis
- The Prize (2017) - Giovanni Passamonte
- Pinocchio (2019) - Mangiafuoco
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Television
- The Tigers of Mompracem (1974) - Sandokan
- Villa Arzilla (1990–1991) - The gardener
- Italian Restaurant (1994) - Giulio Broccoli
- Il maresciallo Rocca (1996–2005) - Marshall Giovanni Rocca
- L'avvocato Porta (1997–2000)
- Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven (2010, TV Movie) - Saint Filippo Neri
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Dubbing roles
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Animation
- Genie in Aladdin
- Genie in The Return of Jafar
- Genie in Aladdin and the King of Thieves
- Sylvester the Cat in Looney Tunes (1960–1970)
- Bryan in Happy Feet Two
- Devon / Cornwall in Quest for Camelot
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Live action
- Gandalf in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Gandalf in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Gandalf in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Lenny Bruce in Lenny
- Inspector Ginko in Danger: Diabolik
- John "Johnny Boy" Civello in Mean Streets
- Monroe Stahr in The Last Tycoon
- Sam "Ace" Rothstein in Casino
- Johnny Kovak in F.I.S.T.
- Rocky Balboa in Rocky
- George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- King Arthur in Camelot
- John Morgan in A Man Called Horse
- Draco in Dragonheart
- Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock
- Sam Varner in The Stalking Moon
- The Sultan in Aladdin
- Paris Pitman Jr. in There Was a Crooked Man...
- Player King in Hamlet
- Mark Antony in Julius Caesar
- Weldon Penderton in Reflections in a Golden Eye
- Jim Beckley in Action Man
- Bob Larkin in Firecreek
- Cass Henderson in Any Wednesday
- Helmut Wallenberg in Salon Kitty
- James Langdon in The Undefeated
- Buffalo Bill in Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
- Godefroy in The Visitors
- Lorenzo St. DuBois in The Producers
- Enzo in The Art of Racing in the Rain
- Lucky in Lucky, the Inscrutable
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Awards and Nominations
- Nastro d'Argento Awards
- 1997: Nastro d'Argento for Best Male Dubbing for dubbing Robert De Niro in Casino
- 2003: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor for Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata
- 2018: Nastro d'Argento Lifetime Achievement Award
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