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Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director (born 1952)

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Roberto Benigni is an Italian film director, screenwriter, comedian, and street artist. Born on October 27, 1952, in Castiglion Fiorentino, he began his professional work period in 1972. His notable works include *Nothing Left to Do But Cry*, *The Monster*, and *Life is Beautiful*. He is married to Nicoletta Braschi and is a relative of Gianluigi Braschi.

Benigni has received several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, and the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He has also been nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Writing, Original Screenplay, as well as the European Film Award for Best Film.

As a singer-songwriter, he has released music on record labels such as Philips Records, Deutsche Grammophon, and Mercury Records. His musical style is often tagged with terms like Italian, folk, cabaret, and Demenziale.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1952
Works
23

Top works

  • Io un po' Pinocchio
  • Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Silver Level
  • Mi Dante
  • Mi Dante
  • Lettera a Dante

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Film & TV

Acting · Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy

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…

Known for

  • The Singing Priest — Dr. John2025
  • The Dream2025
  • Pietro - A Man in the Wind2025
  • Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà — Self2023
  • Francesco - The Canticle — Self - Host2022
  • I magnifici 4 della risata2022
  • We Are Cinema — Self (archive footage)2021
  • Alida Valli: In Her Own Words — Self2021
  • Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me — Self2020
  • Untouchable — Self (archive footage)2019

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Origin
Italy
Active from
1952

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6,188
Total plays
30,325

Tags

italianfolksinger-songwritercabaretDemenziale

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Roberto Benigni (born October 27, 1952) is an Oscar-winning Italian film and television actor, writer and director. Benigni is probably best known for his 1997 tragicomedy Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella), filmed in Cortona and Arezzo, also written by Cerami. The film is about an Italian Jewish man who tries to protect his son during his internment at a Nazi concentration camp, by telling him that the Holocaust is an elaborate game and he must adhere very carefully to the rules to win. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Roberto+Benigni">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Roberto
Gender
male
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Castiglion Fiorentino
Occupation
stage actor
Languages spoken
Italian
Native language
Italian
Notable work
Life is Beautiful
Instrument
voice
Record label
Mercury Records
Image
Roberto Benigni-5274.jpg
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Roberto Benigni
date of birth
1952-10-27
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Roberto Benigni
name in native language
Roberto Benigni
start of work period
1972-00-00
birth name
Roberto Remigio Benigni
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Encyclopedic overview

Roberto Remigio Benigni (/bəˈniːnjiː/ bə-NEE-nyee, Italian: [roˈbɛrto beˈniɲɲi]; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director. He gained international recognition for writing, directing, and starring in the Holocaust comedy drama film Life Is Beautiful (1997), for which he received the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best International Feature Film. Benigni was the first actor to win the Best Actor Academy Award for a non-English language performance.

Benigni made his acting debut in 1977's Berlinguer, I Love You, which he also wrote, and which was directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci. Benigni's directorial debut was the 1983 anthology film Tu mi turbi, which was also the acting debut of his wife, Nicoletta Braschi. He continued directing and also starring in the comedic films Nothing Left to Do But Cry (1984), The Little Devil (1988), Johnny Stecchino (1991), The Monster (1994), the award-winning film Life Is Beautiful (1997), Pinocchio (2002, as the title character), and The Tiger and the Snow (2005).

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