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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy, 1952-10-27

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	Berlinguer: I Love You	Mario Cioni	67
2	1978	Vita da Cioni		75
3	1978	Il parolaio	Cliente	0
4	1978	Ladra di sogni		0
5	1978	Cinématon	N°801	43
6	1979	Tigers in Lipstick	The Principal	42
7	1979	Womanlight	Bartender at Clapsy's	59
8	1979	Luna	Upholsterer	64
9	1979	Seeking Asylum	Roberto	59
10	1979	The Days Are Numbered	Il professore	50
11	1980	In the Pope's Eye	self	66
12	1980	Il resto del Pap'occhio	self	50
13	1981	The Soup	Il maestro	69
14	1982	Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!	The anonymous childhood friend / Himself	68
15	1983	You Upset Me	Benigno	66
16	1983	Roberto Benigni: Tuttobenigni	Himself	77
17	1983	FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'	Lo sceicco Beige	65
18	1984	Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer	Self	62
19	1984	Nothing Left to Do But Cry	Saverio	78
20	1986	Coffee and Cigarettes	Roberto	69
21	1986	Down by Law	Roberto	73
22	1988	The Little Devil	Giuditta	67
23	1990	Towards the Moon with Fellini	Himself	0
24	1990	The Voice of the Moon	Ivo Salvini	68
25	1991	Johnny Stecchino	Dante Ceccarini / Johnny Stecchino	73
26	1991	Night on Earth	Cab Driver Rome	75
27	1993	Son of the Pink Panther	Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli	46
28	1994	The Monster	Loris	70
29	1996	Tuttobenigni 95/96	Roberto Benigni	75
30	1997	Life Is Beautiful	Guido	84
31	1999	Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar	Lucius Detritus	60
32	2001	La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli	Self	0
33	2002	The Magic of Fellini	Self (archive footage)	28
34	2002	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	58
35	2003	Cesare Zavattini	Self	0
36	2003	Fellini: I'm a Born Liar	Self - La Voce della Luna	63
37	2003	Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special	Self	68
38	2003	Caterina in the Big City	Self	65
39	2004	Coffee and Cigarettes	Roberto (segment "Strange to Meet You")	69
40	2005	The Tiger and the Snow	Attilio de Giovanni	68
41	2010	Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings	Himself	27
42	2010	La commedia di Amos Poe	Narrator (voice)	0
43	2012	Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After	Self - (archival audio)	60
44	2012	To Rome with Love	Leopoldo	58
45	2012	Close Up	Self (archive footage)	90
46	2012	Opinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni		0
47	2012	La più bella del mondo		0
48	2012	La più bella del mondo	Himself	90
49	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
50	2014	Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema	Self (archive footage)	0
51	2016	The Last Laugh	Self	69
52	2016	Cinque mondi	Self	65
53	2017	Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary	Self	75
54	2017	La voce di Fantozzi	Sé stesso	77
55	2017	Evviva Giuseppe	Himself	65
56	2019	Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer	Himself	0
57	2019	Untouchable	Himself (archive footage)	64
58	2019	Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana	Self	76
59	2019	Pinocchio	Mister Geppetto	66
60	2020	Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me		72
61	2021	Alida Valli: In Her Own Words	Self	92
62	2021	We Are Cinema	Self (archive footage)	95
63	2022	I magnifici 4 della risata		70
64	2022	Francesco Il Cantico	Self - Host	0
65	2023	Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà	Self	80
66	2026	The Singing Priest: Fr Rob Galea	Dr. John	0
67		Roberto Benigni - Inno Di Mameli		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Sanremo Music Festival	Self - Special Guest	76
2	1951	Sanremo Music Festival	Self - Host	76
3	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
4	1976	Onda Libera	Mario Cioni	80
5	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	53
6	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
7	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
8	1995	Willemsens Woche	Self	0
9	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self	35
10	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	32
11	1999	Beckmann	Self	20
12	2001	Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta	Self	89
13	2005	Rockpolitik	Self	0
14	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
15	2008	Roberto Benigni - Tutto Dante	Roberto Benigni	100
16	2014	I dieci comandamenti	Himself	70