diff --git a/Pyro5/api.py b/Pyro5/api.py
index eaef1aa..cb5dd61 100644
--- a/Pyro5/api.py
+++ b/Pyro5/api.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 from . import __version__
 from .configure import global_config as config
 from .core import URI, locate_ns, resolve, type_meta
-from .client import Proxy, BatchProxy, SerializedBlob
-from .server import Daemon, DaemonObject, callback, expose, behavior, oneway, serve
+from .client import Proxy, BatchProxy, ConcurrentProxy, SerializedBlob
+from .server import Daemon, DaemonObject, callback, expose, behavior, oneway, serve, Functor
 from .nameserver import start_ns, start_ns_loop
 from .serializers import SerializerBase
 from .callcontext import current_context
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 
 __all__ = ["config", "URI", "locate_ns", "resolve", "type_meta", "current_context",
-           "Proxy", "BatchProxy", "SerializedBlob", "SerializerBase",
-           "Daemon", "DaemonObject", "callback", "expose", "behavior", "oneway",
+           "Proxy", "BatchProxy", "ConcurrentProxy", "SerializedBlob", "SerializerBase",
+           "Daemon", "DaemonObject", "callback", "expose", "behavior", "oneway", "Functor",
            "start_ns", "start_ns_loop", "serve", "register_dict_to_class",
            "register_class_to_dict", "unregister_dict_to_class", "unregister_class_to_dict"]
diff --git a/Pyro5/client.py b/Pyro5/client.py
index ee0e599..1333031 100644
--- a/Pyro5/client.py
+++ b/Pyro5/client.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 import logging
 import serpent
 import contextlib
+from threading import local
+from collections import defaultdict
 from . import config, core, serializers, protocol, errors, socketutil
 from .callcontext import current_context
 try:
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ def __dir__(self):
     # obj.__getitem__(index)), the special methods are not looked up via __getattr__
     # for efficiency reasons; instead, their presence is checked directly.
     # Thus we need to define them here to force (remote) lookup through __getitem__.
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs): return self.__getattr__('__call__')(*args, **kwargs)
     def __bool__(self): return True
     def __len__(self): return self.__getattr__('__len__')()
     def __getitem__(self, index): return self.__getattr__('__getitem__')(index)
@@ -626,7 +629,24 @@ def _pyroInvoke(self, name, args, kwargs):
         results = self.__proxy._pyroInvokeBatch(self.__calls)
         self.__calls = []  # clear for re-use
         return self.__resultsgenerator(results)
+    
+class ConcurrentProxy(Proxy):
+    """
+    Proxy for remote python objects. The `Proxy` must be explicitly passed across threads. This class handles automatically
+    creating new proxies for the current thread when necessary.
+    """
+    THREAD_PROXY_MAP = defaultdict(local)
+    def __init__(self, uri: str, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(uri, **kwargs)
+        ConcurrentProxy.THREAD_PROXY_MAP[self._pyroUri].proxy = self
 
+    def _pyroInvoke(self, methodname, vargs, kwargs, flags=0, objectId=None):
+        local_data = ConcurrentProxy.THREAD_PROXY_MAP[self._pyroUri]
+        if not hasattr(local_data, "proxy"):
+            local_data.proxy = self.__copy__()
+        return Proxy._pyroInvoke(
+            local_data.proxy, methodname, vargs, kwargs, flags, objectId
+        )
 
 class SerializedBlob(object):
     """
diff --git a/Pyro5/server.py b/Pyro5/server.py
index 6c91fda..934ea90 100644
--- a/Pyro5/server.py
+++ b/Pyro5/server.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import weakref
 import serpent
 import ipaddress
-from typing import TypeVar, Tuple, Union, Optional, Dict, Any, Sequence, Set
+from typing import Generic, ParamSpec, TypeVar, Tuple, Union, Optional, Dict, Any, Sequence, Set
 from . import config, core, errors, serializers, socketutil, protocol, client
 from .callcontext import current_context
 from collections.abc import Callable
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 _private_dunder_methods = frozenset([
     "__init__", "__init_subclass__", "__class__", "__module__", "__weakref__",
-    "__call__", "__new__", "__del__", "__repr__",
+    "__new__", "__del__", "__repr__",
     "__str__", "__format__", "__nonzero__", "__bool__", "__coerce__",
     "__cmp__", "__eq__", "__ne__", "__hash__", "__ge__", "__gt__", "__le__", "__lt__",
     "__dir__", "__enter__", "__exit__", "__copy__", "__deepcopy__", "__sizeof__",
@@ -138,6 +138,26 @@ def _behavior(clazz):
     return _behavior
 
 
+ReturnType = TypeVar("ReturnType")
+ParamsTypes = ParamSpec("ParamsTypes")
+
+@expose
+class Functor(Generic[ParamsTypes, ReturnType]):
+    """
+    A functor is a callable object that can be used as a function.
+    This is used to wrap functions that are not methods of a class.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, func: Callable[ParamsTypes, ReturnType]):
+        self.func = func
+
+    @expose
+    def __call__(
+        self, *args: ParamsTypes.args, **kwargs: ParamsTypes.kwargs
+    ) -> ReturnType:
+        return self.func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
 @expose
 class DaemonObject(object):
     """The part of the daemon that is exposed as a Pyro object."""
diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
index da79784..ff81a6c 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_server.py
@@ -1032,7 +1032,6 @@ def testIsPrivateName(self):
         assert Pyro5.server.is_private_attribute("___p")
         assert not Pyro5.server.is_private_attribute("__dunder__")  # dunder methods should not be private except a list of exceptions as tested below
         assert Pyro5.server.is_private_attribute("__init__")
-        assert Pyro5.server.is_private_attribute("__call__")
         assert Pyro5.server.is_private_attribute("__new__")
         assert Pyro5.server.is_private_attribute("__del__")
         assert Pyro5.server.is_private_attribute("__repr__")