Roberto Benigni
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.
As actor 88
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001
Vivement dimanche
1998
Beckmann
1999
Life Is Beautiful
1997
Sanremo Music Festival
1951
Wetten, dass..?
1981
The Oscars
1953
HARDtalk
1997
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
Night on Earth
1991
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
Pinocchio
2019
Luna
1979
To Rome with Love
2012
Down by Law
1986
Cinque mondi
2016
Untouchable
2019
The Monster
1994
The Singing Priest
2025
Pinocchio
2002
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
Son of the Pink Panther
1993
The Tiger and the Snow
2005
Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
2019
Onda Libera
1976
The Little Devil
1988
The Last Laugh
2016
Johnny Stecchino
1991
Willemsens Woche
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
Close Up
2012
Tigers in Lipstick
1979
Womanlight
1979
The Voice of the Moon
1990
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
1983
In the Pope's Eye
1980
Telepatria international ovvero niente paura siamo italiani
1981
Cesare Zavattini
2003
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
2021
Seeking Asylum
1979
You Upset Me
1983
Roberto Benigni - Tutto Dante
2008
The Magic of Fellini
2002
Caterina in the Big City
2003
Cinématon
1978
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
2020
Rockpolitik
2005
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984
We Are Cinema
2021
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
Collezione di risate
2006
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017
The Days Are Numbered
1979
La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli
2001
Coffee and Cigarettes
1987
The Ten Commandments
2014
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
1982
The Biggest Show After the Weekend
2011
Il resto del Pap'occhio
1980
Il comizio
1978
Il parolaio
1978
The Soup
1981
Towards the Moon with Fellini
1990
Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni
1983
The Dream
2025
La voce di Fantozzi
2017
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019
I magnifici 4 della risata
2022
Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings
2010
Vita da Cioni
1978
Berlinguer: I Love You
1977
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
1993
TuttoBenigni 95/96
1996
Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After
2012
Evviva Giuseppe
2017
Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà
2023
Francesco - The Canticle
2022
Ladra di sogni
1978
La commedia di Amos Poe
2010
Opinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni
2012
Pietro - A Man in the Wind
2025
The Most Beautiful in the World
2012
Roberto Benigni - Inno Di Mameli
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Life Is Beautiful
1997
Mystery Train
1989
The Monster
1994
Pinocchio
2002
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
The Tiger and the Snow
2005
Onda Libera
1976
The Little Devil
1988
Johnny Stecchino
1991
Seeking Asylum
1979
You Upset Me
1983
Roberto Benigni - Tutto Dante
2008
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984
Look to the Sky
1993
Coffee and Cigarettes
1987
The Ten Commandments
2014
I Vicerè
2007
TuttoDante
Il comizio
1978
Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni
1983
Berlinguer: I Love You
1977
TuttoBenigni 95/96
1996
Francesco - The Canticle
2022