Loading
Actor
Roberto Benigni
- Born October 27, 1952 in Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy
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.
Read the full biography
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
Life Is Beautiful1997
To Rome with Love2012
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar1999
Pinocchio2019
Nothing Left to Do But Cry1984
Night on Earth1991
Coffee and Cigarettes2004
Johnny Stecchino1991
Filmography
- TBARoberto Benigni - Inno Di MameliFilm
- TBATuttoDanteSeriesCreator
- 2026The Last FelliniFilm
- 2025Pietro - A Man in the WindFilm
- 2025The Singing PriestFilmDr. John
- 2025The DreamFilm
- 2023Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtàFilmSelf
- 2022I magnifici 4 della risataFilm
- 2022Francesco - The CanticleFilmSelf - Host, Writer, Producer
- 2021Alida Valli: In Her Own WordsFilmSelf
- 2021We Are CinemaFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Paolo Conte, Come Away with MeFilmSelf
- 2019PinocchioFilmMister Geppetto
- 2019UntouchableFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2019Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italianaFilmSelf
- 2019Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, CinematographerFilmHimself
- 2017La voce di FantozziFilmSé stesso
- 2017Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But NecessaryFilmSelf
- 2017Evviva GiuseppeFilmHimself
- 2016The Last LaughFilmSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016Cinque mondiFilmSelf
- 2014The Ten CommandmentsSeriesHimself, Creator
- 2014Red Chairs - Parma and the CinemaFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2012To Rome with LoveFilmLeopoldo
- 2012Close UpFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2012The Most Beautiful in the WorldFilmHimself
- 2012Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years AfterFilmSelf - (archival audio)
- 2012Opinioni di un clown - Roberto BenigniFilm
- 2011The Biggest Show After the WeekendSeries
- 2010Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines SchmetterlingsFilmSelf
- 2010La commedia di Amos PoeFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2008Roberto Benigni - Tutto DanteSeriesRoberto Benigni, Creator
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSeriesSelf
- 2007I VicerèFilmThanks
- 2006Collezione di risateSeries
- 2005The Tiger and the SnowFilmAttilio de Giovanni, Director, Writer
- 2005RockpolitikSeriesSelf
- 2004Coffee and CigarettesFilmRoberto (segment "Strange to Meet You")
- 2003Caterina in the Big CityFilmSelf
- 2003Fellini: I'm a Born LiarFilmSelf - La Voce della Luna
- 2003Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary SpecialFilmSelf
- 2003Che tempo che faSeriesSelf
- 2003Cesare ZavattiniFilmSelf
- 2002PinocchioFilmPinocchio, Director, Screenplay, Story
- 2002The Magic of FelliniFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2001Ulisse - The Pleasure of DiscoverySeriesSelf
- 2001La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e ScarpelliFilmSelf
- 1999Asterix and Obelix Take On CaesarFilmLucius Detritus
- 1999BeckmannSeriesSelf
- 1998Vivement dimancheSeriesSelf
- 1997Life Is BeautifulFilmGuido, Screenplay, Director, Story
- 1997HARDtalkSeries
- 1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSeriesSelf
- 1996TuttoBenigni 95/96FilmRoberto Benigni, Director, Stage Director, Writer, Idea, Story, Screenplay
- 1995Willemsens WocheSeriesSelf
- 1994The MonsterFilmLoris, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
- 1993Son of the Pink PantherFilmGendarme Jacques Gambrelli
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1993Look to the SkyFilmThanks
- 1993Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev FantasyFilmNarrator (voice, Italian version)
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries
- 1991Night on EarthFilmCab Driver Rome
- 1991Johnny StecchinoFilmDante Ceccarini / Johnny Stecchino, Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1990The Voice of the MoonFilmIvo Salvini
- 1990Towards the Moon with FelliniFilmHimself
- 1989Mystery TrainFilmThanks
- 1988The Little DevilFilmGiuditta, Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1987Coffee and CigarettesFilmRoberto, Writer
- 1986Down by LawFilmRoberto
- 1984Nothing Left to Do But CryFilmSaverio, Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1984Farewell to Enrico BerlinguerFilmSelf, Director
- 1983You Upset MeFilmBenigno, Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1983FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'FilmLo sceicco Beige
- 1983Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigniFilmHimself, Writer, Idea, Story, Screenplay
- 1982Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!FilmThe anonymous childhood friend / Self
- 1981Wetten, dass..?SeriesSelf
- 1981The SoupFilmIl maestro
- 1981Telepatria international ovvero niente paura siamo italianiSeriesDante Alighieri
- 1980In the Pope's EyeFilmself
- 1980Il resto del Pap'occhioFilmself