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Roberto Benigni
Roberto Remigio Benigni (Italian: [roˈbɛrto beˈniɲɲi]; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and 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. His directorial debut was the 1983 anthology film Tu mi turbi, which was also the acting debut of his wife, Nicoletta Braschi. He's acted in the Jim Jarmusch films Down by Law (1986), Night on Earth (1991) and Coffee and Cigarettes (2003). He also acted in Woody Allen's To Rome with Love (2012), and Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio (2019).
Benigni's first theatrical success came with Cioni Mario di Gaspare fu Giulia, written by Giuseppe Bertolucci in 1975. Benigni became widely known in Italy in the 1970s for a television series called Onda Libera. His popularity increased with L'altra domenica (1976–1979). In 1998, his film Life Is Beautiful was nominated for seven Academy Awards. At the 1999 ceremony, the film was awarded the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Dramatic Score. Benigni received the award for Best Actor.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Roberto Remigio Benigni
Born: Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy
Citizenship: Italy
Birthday: October 27, 1952
Occupations: Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Comedian
Years Active: 1970-present
Spouses: Nicoletta Braschi
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Awards and Nominations Received by Roberto Benigni
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Movies Featuring Roberto Benigni
Down by Law
Pinocchio
Coffee and Cigarettes
Life Is Beautiful
Pinocchio
Son of the Pink Panther
La più bella del mondo
And the Oscar Goes To…
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
La voce di Fantozzi
Cinque mondi
Pinocchio
The Magic of Fellini
Cesare Zavattini
Caterina in the Big City
Late Night with Conan O’Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
The Voice of the Moon
Johnny Stecchino
In the Pope’s Eye
The Soup
Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
Coffee and Cigarettes
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
The Little Devil
You Upset Me
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
We Are Cinema
Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
The Little Devil
You Upset Me
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
Berlinguer: I Love You
Cinématon
Luna
Tigers in Lipstick
TuttoBenigni 95/96
Womanlight
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
Seeking Asylum
The Monster
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
Career Timeline
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2003
Cesare Zavattini
Self
Caterina in the Big City
Self
Late Night with Conan O’Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Self
1993
Son of the Pink Panther
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
Narrator (voice, Italian version)
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