Roberto Benigni
Born: 1952-10-27 in Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
- The Singing Priest as Dr. John
- The dream
- Pietro - A man in the wind
2023
- Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà as Self
2022
- I magnifici 4 della risata
- Francesco - The canticle as Self - Host
2021
- We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- Alida Valli: In Her Own Words as Self
2020
- Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me as Self
2019
- Pinocchio as Mister Geppetto
- Untouchable as Self (archive footage)
- Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana as Self
- Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer as Himself
2017
- Evviva Giuseppe as Himself
- La voce di Fantozzi as Sé stesso
- Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary as Self
2016
- The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Cinque mondi as Self
2014
- Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- The ten commandments as Himself
2012
- To Rome with Love as Leopoldo
- Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After as Self - (archival audio)
- The most beautiful in the world as Himself
- Opinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni
2010
- Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings as Self
- La commedia di Amos Poe as Narrator (voice)
2008
- Roberto Benigni - Tutto Dante as Roberto Benigni
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- I Vicerè ... (Thanks)
2006
2005
- The Tiger and the Snow as Attilio de Giovanni
- Rockpolitik as Self
2004
- Coffee and Cigarettes as Roberto (segment "Strange to Meet You")
2003
- Caterina in the Big City as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special as Self
- Fellini: I'm a Born Liar as Self - La Voce della Luna
- Cesare Zavattini as Self
2002
- Pinocchio as Pinocchio
- The Magic of Fellini as Self (archive footage)
2001
1999
- Beckmann as Self
- Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar as Lucius Detritus
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
1997
- Life Is Beautiful as Guido
- HARDtalk
1996
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
- TuttoBenigni 95/96 as Roberto Benigni
1995
- Willemsens Woche as Self
1994
- The Monster as Loris
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Son of the Pink Panther as Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli
- Look to the Sky ... (Thanks)
- Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy as Narrator (voice, Italian version)
1991
- Night on Earth as Cab Driver Rome
- Johnny Stecchino as Dante Ceccarini / Johnny Stecchino
1990
- The Voice of the Moon as Ivo Salvini
- Towards the Moon with Fellini as Himself
1989
- Mystery Train ... (Thanks)
1988
- The Little Devil as Giuditta
1987
- Coffee and Cigarettes as Roberto
1986
- Down by Law as Roberto
1984
- Nothing Left to Do But Cry as Saverio
- Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer as Self
1983
- You Upset Me as Benigno
- FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' as Lo sceicco Beige
- Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni as Himself
1982
- Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! as The anonymous childhood friend / Self
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
- The Soup as Il maestro
1980
- In the Pope's Eye as self
- Il resto del Pap'occhio as self
1979
- Luna as Upholsterer
- Womanlight as Bartender at Clapsy's
- Tigers in Lipstick as The Principal
- The Days Are Numbered as Il professore
- Seeking Asylum as Roberto
1978
- Cinématon as N°801
- Ladra di sogni
- Vita da Cioni
- Il parolaio as Cliente
- Il comizio
1977
- Berlinguer: I Love You as Mario Cioni
1976
- Onda Libera as Mario Cioni
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1951
- Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Special Guest