Roberto Benigni
- Acting
- October 27, 1952 · Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy
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
Filmography
- The Last Fellini
- Pietro - A Man in the Wind
- The Singing Priest · Dr. John
- The Dream
- Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà · Self
- Francesco - The Canticle · Self, Producer
- I magnifici 4 della risata
- We Are Cinema · Self
- Alida Valli: In Her Own Words · Self
- Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me · Self
- Pinocchio · Mister Geppetto
- Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana · Self
- Untouchable · Self
- Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer · Self
- Evviva Giuseppe · Self
- La voce di Fantozzi · Sé stesso
- Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary · Self
- Cinque mondi · Self
- The Last Laugh · Self
- The Ten Commandments · Self, Creator
- Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema · Self
- The Most Beautiful in the World · Self
- Opinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni
- Close Up · Self
- To Rome with Love · Leopoldo
- Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After · Self
- The Biggest Show After the Weekend
- La commedia di Amos Poe · Narrator (Voice)
- Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings · Self
- Roberto Benigni - Tutto Dante · Roberto Benigni, Creator
- I Vicerè · Thanks
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Collezione di risate
- Rockpolitik · Self
- The Tiger and the Snow · Attilio de Giovanni, Director
- Coffee and Cigarettes · Roberto (segment "Strange to Meet You")
- Caterina in the Big City · Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special · Self
- Che tempo che fa · Self
- Fellini: I'm a Born Liar · Self
- Cesare Zavattini · Self
- Pinocchio · Pinocchio, Screenplay
- The Magic of Fellini · Self
- La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli · Self
- Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery · Self
- Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar · Lucius Detritus
- Beckmann · Self
- Vivement dimanche · Self
- Life Is Beautiful · Guido, Screenplay
- HARDtalk
- TuttoBenigni 95/96 · Roberto Benigni, Director
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show · Self
- Willemsens Woche · Self
- The Monster · Loris, Director
- Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy · Narrator (voice, Italian version)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Son of the Pink Panther · Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli
- Look to the Sky · Thanks
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Night on Earth · Cab Driver Rome
- Johnny Stecchino · Dante Ceccarini / Johnny Stecchino, Screenplay
- The Voice of the Moon · Ivo Salvini
- Towards the Moon with Fellini · Self
- Mystery Train · Thanks
- The Little Devil · Giuditta, Story
- Coffee and Cigarettes · Roberto, Writer
- Down by Law · Roberto
- Nothing Left to Do But Cry · Saverio, Director
- Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer · Self, Director
- FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' · Lo sceicco Beige
- Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni · Self, Writer
- You Upset Me · Benigno, Director
- Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! · The anonymous childhood friend / Self
- Telepatria international ovvero niente paura siamo italiani · Dante Alighieri
- The Soup · Il maestro
- Wetten, dass..? · Self
- In the Pope's Eye · Self
- Il resto del Pap'occhio · Self
- The Days Are Numbered · Il professore
- Seeking Asylum · Roberto, Writer