Biography
Roberto Remigio Benigni 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 is the first, and only, recipient of an Academy Award for Best Actor for a non-English language performance.
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Awards & recognition
- Golden Lion — Lifetime Achievement · 2021
- Honorary Lumière Award · 2020
- honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · 2007
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · 2005
- European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award · 2000
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- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1999
- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Leading Role · 1999
- David di Donatello — Best Actor · 1998
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 1998
- European Film Award — Best Film · 1998
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Actor · 1998
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Actor · 1992
- David di Donatello — Best Actor · 1989
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Actor · 1987
- Ciak d'oro - Best Lead Actor
- Ciak d'oro - best supporting actor
- David di Donatello — Best Director
- David di Donatello — Best Original Script
- David di Donatello Award — Lifetime Achievement
- David di Donatello School Award
- Globo d'oro — best screenplay
- Globo d'oro — Livetime Achievement
- Globo d'oro — best film
- Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit — Culture and Art
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Screenplay
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Supporting Actor
- Nastro d'Argento — Best Subject
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1999 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1999 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1999 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 1998 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 1998 · nominated
Filmography18 titles
Life Is Beautiful
Nothing Left to Do but Cry
Night on Earth
Down by Law
Mystery Train
Paolo Conte, via con me
The Graham Norton Show
The Last Laugh
The Monster
Coffee and Cigarettes
The Voice of the Moon
Pinocchio
Untouchable
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
To Rome with Love
Pinocchio
Son of the Pink Panther
Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings