Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1952-10-27
Place of Birth
Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy
Roberto Benigni
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.
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Acting History
2026
The Singing Priest as Dr. John
2025Pietro - A man in the wind
2025Il sogno
2023Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà as Self
2022Francesco Il Cantico as Self - Host
2022I magnifici 4 della risata
2021We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2021Alida Valli: In Her Own Words as Self
2020Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me as Self
2019Pinocchio as Mister Geppetto
2019Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana as Self
2019Untouchable as Self (archive footage)
2019Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer as Himself
2017Evviva Giuseppe as Himself
2017La voce di Fantozzi as Sé stesso
2017Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary as Self
2016Cinque mondi as Self
2016The Last Laugh as Self
2014I dieci comandamenti as Himself
2014Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2012La più bella del mondo as Himself
2012Opinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni
2012Close Up as Self (archive footage)
2012To Rome with Love as Leopoldo
2012Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After as Self - (archival audio)
2011Il più grande spettacolo dopo il weekend
2010La commedia di Amos Poe as Narrator (voice)
2010Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings as Self
2008Roberto Benigni - Tutto Dante as Roberto Benigni
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2005Rockpolitik as Self
2005The Tiger and the Snow as Attilio de Giovanni
2004Coffee and Cigarettes as Roberto (segment "Strange to Meet You")
2003Caterina in the Big City as Self
2003Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special as Self
2003Fellini: I'm a Born Liar as Self - La Voce della Luna
2003Cesare Zavattini as Self
2002Pinocchio as Pinocchio
2002The Magic of Fellini as Self (archive footage)
2001La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli as Self
2001Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta as Self
1999Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar as Lucius Detritus
1999Beckmann as Self
1998Vivement dimanche as Self
1997Life Is Beautiful as Guido
1996TuttoBenigni 95/96 as Roberto Benigni
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
1995Willemsens Woche as Self
1994The Monster as Loris
1993Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy as Narrator (voice, Italian version)
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993Son of the Pink Panther as Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991Night on Earth as Cab Driver Rome
1991Johnny Stecchino as Dante Ceccarini / Johnny Stecchino
1990The Voice of the Moon as Ivo Salvini
1990Towards the Moon with Fellini as Himself
1988The Little Devil as Giuditta
1986Down by Law as Roberto
1986Coffee and Cigarettes as Roberto
1984Nothing Left to Do But Cry as Saverio
1984Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer as Self
1983FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' as Lo sceicco Beige
1983Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni as Himself
1983You Upset Me as Benigno
1982Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! as The anonymous childhood friend / Himself
1981The Soup as Il maestro
1981Wetten, dass..? as Self
1980In the Pope's Eye as self
1980Il resto del Pap'occhio as self
1979The Days Are Numbered as Il professore
1979Seeking Asylum as Roberto
1979Luna as Upholsterer
1979Womanlight as Bartender at Clapsy's
1979Tigers in Lipstick as The Principal
1978Cinématon as N°801
1978Ladra di sogni
1978Il parolaio as Cliente
1978Vita da Cioni
1977Berlinguer: I Love You as Mario Cioni
1976Onda Libera as Mario Cioni
1953The Oscars as Self
1951Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Special Guest
1951Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Host
—Roberto Benigni - Inno Di Mameli