Roberto Benigni
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.
87 acting credits · 10 directing credits
Acting · 87
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Vivement dimanche
1998
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Beckmann
1999
The Oscars
1953
Sanremo Music Festival
1951
Life Is Beautiful
1997
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
HARDtalk
1997
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
Luna
1979
Night on Earth
1991
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
The Monster
1994
Close Up
2012
To Rome with Love
2012
Pinocchio
2019
Down by Law
1986
We Are Cinema
2021
Son of the Pink Panther
1993
Rockpolitik
2005
Pinocchio
2002
The Last Laugh
2016
Willemsens Woche
1995
The Tiger and the Snow
2005
Johnny Stecchino
1991
Untouchable
2019
Caterina in the Big City
2003
Tigers in Lipstick
1979
The Voice of the Moon
1990
Womanlight
1979
Onda Libera
1976
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984
The Singing Priest
2025
The Little Devil
1988
Cinématon
1978
The Ten Commandments
2014
Coffee and Cigarettes
1987
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
1983
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
Berlinguer: I Love You
1977
In the Pope's Eye
1980
The Biggest Show After the Weekend
2011
The Magic of Fellini
2002
The Soup
1981
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
1993
Roberto Benigni - Tutto Dante
2008
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017
La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli
2001
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
2020
You Upset Me
1983
Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà
2023
Collezione di risate
2006
Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After
2012
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
2021
Il resto del Pap'occhio
1980
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019
Evviva Giuseppe
2017
Seeking Asylum
1979
The dream
2025
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
1982
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
Cesare Zavattini
2003
Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
2019
Il comizio
1978
Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings
2010
Cinque mondi
2016
Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni
1983
La voce di Fantozzi
2017
La commedia di Amos Poe
2010
Opinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni
2012
The Days Are Numbered
1979
The Most Beautiful in the World
2012
Towards the Moon with Fellini
1990
Vita da Cioni
1978
Francesco - The canticle
2022
Roberto Benigni - Inno Di Mameli
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TuttoBenigni 95/96
1996
Pietro - A man in the wind
2025
I magnifici 4 della risata
2022
Il parolaio
1978
Ladra di sogni
1978
Directing · 10
Life Is Beautiful
1997
The Monster
1994
Pinocchio
2002
The Tiger and the Snow
2005
Johnny Stecchino
1991
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984
The Little Devil
1988
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
You Upset Me
1983
TuttoBenigni 95/96
1996