Roberto Benigni
Department: Acting
Biography
Roberto Benigni, (born October 27, 1952, Misericordia, Arezzo, Italy), Italian actor and director known for his comedic work, most notably La vita è bella (1997; Life Is Beautiful), for which he won an Academy Award for best actor. Benigni was the son of a poor tenant farmer who had worked in a German forced-labour camp during World War II. The elder Benigni used humour in retelling his experiences, which helped shape his son’s comedic skill. Benigni briefly attended a Jesuit seminary in Florence, and, after a stint as a magician’s assistant, he joined an underground theatre group in the late 1960s.
Known For
Night on Earth
1991
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
Life Is Beautiful
1997
Down by Law
1986
Pinocchio
2002
The Tiger and the Snow
2005
Womanlight
1979
Francesco - The canticle
2022
The Monster
1994
Johnny Stecchino
1991
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
1999
The Magic of Fellini
2002
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984
In the Pope's Eye
1980
The Little Devil
1988
Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà
2023
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
1983
Close Up
2012
Son of the Pink Panther
1993
The Days Are Numbered
1979
Untouchable
2019
Tigers in Lipstick
1979
La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli
2001
To Rome with Love
2012
You Upset Me
1983
Seeking Asylum
1979
Berlinguer: I Love You
1977
Il resto del Pap'occhio
1980
The Voice of the Moon
1990
The Soup
1981
The most beautiful in the world
2012
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
The Last Laugh
2016
Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni
1983
Luna
1979
Cinématon
1978
Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
2019
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
1982
Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings
2010
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
We Are Cinema
2021
I magnifici 4 della risata
2022
Coffee and Cigarettes
1986
TuttoBenigni 95/96
1996
Caterina in the Big City
2003
Il parolaio
1978
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017
Evviva Giuseppe
2017
La voce di Fantozzi
2017
Pinocchio
2019
Cinque mondi
2016
Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After
2012
La commedia di Amos Poe
2010
Opinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni
2012
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
2021
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
2020
Towards the Moon with Fellini
1990
Vita da Cioni
1978
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
Cesare Zavattini
2003
Ladra di sogni
1978
The Singing Priest
2025
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
Roberto Benigni - Inno Di Mameli
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The dream
2025
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
1993
Pietro - A man in the wind
2025
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery
2001
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Oscars
1953
The ten commandments
2014
Wetten, dass..?
1981
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Roberto Benigni - Tutto Dante
2008
Sanremo Music Festival
1951
Sanremo Music Festival
1951
Onda Libera
1976
Beckmann
1999
Willemsens Woche
1995
Rockpolitik
2005
Vivement dimanche
1998
The biggest show after the weekend
2011
HARDtalk
1997