Acting · Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy · Born October 27, 1952
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.
MoviePietro - A Man in the Wind
2025
MovieThe Singing Priest
2025
as Dr. John
MovieThe Dream
2025
MovieSanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà
2023
as Self
MovieFrancesco - The Canticle
2022
as Self - Host
MovieI magnifici 4 della risata
2022
MovieWe Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAlida Valli: In Her Own Words
2021
as Self
MoviePaolo Conte, Come Away with Me
2020
as Self
MoviePinocchio
2019
as Mister Geppetto
MovieCecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019
as Self
MovieUntouchable
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOnce Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
2019
as Himself
MovieEvviva Giuseppe
2017
as Himself
MovieLa voce di Fantozzi
2017
as Sé stesso
MovieMarco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017
as Self
MovieCinque mondi
2016
as Self
MovieThe Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVThe Ten Commandments
2014
as Himself
MovieRed Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Most Beautiful in the World
2012
as Himself
MovieOpinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni
2012
MovieClose Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTo Rome with Love
2012
as Leopoldo
Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After
2012
as Self - (archival audio)
TVThe Biggest Show After the Weekend
2011
MovieLa commedia di Amos Poe
2010
as Narrator (voice)
MovieIsabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings
2010
as Self
TVRoberto Benigni - Tutto Dante
2008
as Roberto Benigni
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVCollezione di risate
2006
TVRockpolitik
2005
as Self
MovieThe Tiger and the Snow
2005
as Attilio de Giovanni
MovieCoffee and Cigarettes
2004
as Roberto (segment "Strange to Meet You")
MovieCaterina in the Big City
2003
as Self
MovieLate Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
as Self
MovieFellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
as Self - La Voce della Luna
MovieCesare Zavattini
2003
as Self
MoviePinocchio
2002
as Pinocchio
MovieThe Magic of Fellini
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLa strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli
2001
as Self
TVUlisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001
as Self
MovieAsterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
as Lucius Detritus
TVBeckmann
1999
as Self
TVVivement dimanche
1998
as Self
MovieLife Is Beautiful
1997
as Guido
TVHARDtalk
1997
MovieTuttoBenigni 95/96
1996
as Roberto Benigni
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
Willemsens Woche
1995
as Self
MovieThe Monster
1994
as Loris
MoviePeter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
1993
as Narrator (voice, Italian version)
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieSon of the Pink Panther
1993
as Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieNight on Earth
1991
as Cab Driver Rome
MovieJohnny Stecchino
1991
as Dante Ceccarini / Johnny Stecchino
MovieThe Voice of the Moon
1990
as Ivo Salvini
MovieTowards the Moon with Fellini
1990
as Himself
MovieThe Little Devil
1988
as Giuditta
MovieCoffee and Cigarettes
1987
as Roberto
MovieDown by Law
1986
as Roberto
MovieNothing Left to Do But Cry
1984
as Saverio
MovieFarewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
as Self
MovieFF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
1983
as Lo sceicco Beige
MovieRoberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni
1983
as Himself
MovieYou Upset Me
1983
as Benigno
MovieMorto Troisi, viva Troisi!
1982
as The anonymous childhood friend / Self
TVTelepatria international ovvero niente paura siamo italiani
1981
as Dante Alighieri
MovieThe Soup
1981
as Il maestro
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
MovieIn the Pope's Eye
1980
as self
MovieIl resto del Pap'occhio
1980
as self
MovieThe Days Are Numbered
1979
as Il professore
MovieSeeking Asylum
1979
as Roberto
MovieWomanlight
1979
as Bartender at Clapsy's
MovieLuna
1979
as Upholsterer
MovieTigers in Lipstick
1979
as The Principal
MovieCinématon
1978
as N°801
MovieLadra di sogni
1978
MovieIl parolaio
1978
as Cliente
MovieVita da Cioni
1978
MovieIl comizio
1978
MovieBerlinguer: I Love You
1977
as Mario Cioni
TVOnda Libera
1976
as Mario Cioni
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVSanremo Music Festival
1951
as Self - Special Guest
MovieRoberto Benigni - Inno Di Mameli
