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.
Filmography (88 titles)
8.8MoviePietro - A Man in the Wind
2025
10.0MovieThe Singing Priest
Dr. John · 2025
10.0MovieThe Dream
2025
6.0MovieSanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà
Self · 2023
MovieFrancesco - The Canticle
Self - Host · 2022
7.0MovieI magnifici 4 della risata
2022
9.5MovieWe Are Cinema
Self (archive footage) · 2021
9.2MovieAlida Valli: In Her Own Words
Self · 2021
7.2MoviePaolo Conte, Come Away with Me
Self · 2020
6.6MoviePinocchio
Mister Geppetto · 2019
7.6MovieCecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
Self · 2019
6.5MovieUntouchable
Self (archive footage) · 2019
MovieOnce Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
Himself · 2019
6.5MovieEvviva Giuseppe
Himself · 2017
7.7MovieLa voce di Fantozzi
Sé stesso · 2017
7.7MovieMarco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Self · 2017
6.5MovieCinque mondi
Self · 2016
7.0MovieThe Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2016
7.0ShowThe Ten Commandments
Himself · 2014
MovieRed Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
Self (archive footage) · 2014
9.0MovieThe Most Beautiful in the World
Himself · 2012
MovieOpinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni
2012
9.5MovieClose Up
Self (archive footage) · 2012
5.8MovieTo Rome with Love
Leopoldo · 2012
Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After
Self - (archival audio) · 2012
8.0ShowThe Biggest Show After the Weekend
2011
MovieLa commedia di Amos Poe
Narrator (voice) · 2010
2.2MovieIsabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings
Self · 2010
10.0ShowRoberto Benigni - Tutto Dante
Roberto Benigni · 2008
7.2ShowThe Graham Norton Show
Self · 2007