Roberto Benigni

Quick Facts

Full Name	Roberto Benigni
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Oct 27, 1952(1952-10-27)
Age	72
Birthplace	Manzano
Country	Italy
Birth City	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Horoscope	Libra

Roberto Benigni Biography

Roberto Benigni is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on October 27, 1952 in Manzano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is an Italian comedian, actor and screenwriter. His role in the animated film Life is Beautiful earned him mainstream recognition. He was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998.

When Billy Crystal hosted The Oscars, he presented Roberto with an award for his film, Life is Beautiful. presented Roberto an award for Life is Beautiful, when he hosted The Oscars.

Roberto Remigio Benigni Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto beˈniɲɲi] ; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. He gained International fame for writing, directing and starring in the film Life Is Beautiful (1997), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 71st Oscars Ceremony (the film also won Best Foreign Language Film).

Benigni became widely known in Italy in the 1970s for a television series called Onda Libera, on RAI2, produced by Renzo Arbore, in which he interpreted the satirical piece The Hymn of the Body Purged (L’inno del corpo sciolto, a scatological song about the joys of defecation). A great scandal for the time, the series was suspended due to censorship. His first film was 1977’s Berlinguer, I Love You (Berlinguer ti voglio bene), also by Bertolucci.

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Roberto Benigni Net Worth

Roberto Benigni is one of the richest Movie Actor from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Roberto Benigni 's net worth $15 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was part of an Italian TV series called Onda Libera.

A modern Pinocchio was directed by him, which received mixed reviews.

Benigni was born in Manciano La Misericordia (a frazione of Castiglion Fiorentino), the son of Isolina Papini (1919–2004), a fabric maker, and Luigi Benigni (1919–2004), a bricklayer, carpenter, and farmer. He has three sisters: Bruna (born 1945), Albertina (born 1947) and Anna (born 1948). He was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy; he still considers himself a believer. His first experiences as a theatre actor took place in 1971, in Prato. During that autumn he moved to Rome where he took part in some experimental theatre shows, some of which he also directed. In 1975, Benigni had his first theatrical success with Cioni Mario di Gaspare fu Giulia, written by Giuseppe Bertolucci.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Roberto Benigni Dating?

According to our records, Roberto Benigni married to Nicoletta Braschi. As of December 1, 2023, Roberto Benigni’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1984, he played in Non ci resta che piangere (“Nothing Left to Do but Cry”) with comic actor Massimo Troisi. The story was a fable in which the protagonists are suddenly thrown back in time to the 15th century, just a little before 1492. They start looking for Christopher Columbus in order to stop him from discovering the Americas (for very personal reasons), but are not able to reach him.

Facts & Trivia

Roberto Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Roberto Benigni celebrates birthday on October 27 of every year.

In 1988, Benigni was acclaimed for the film The Little Devil, which he directed, wrote and starred in. Costarring American actor Walter Matthau and Braschi, the film was shot in alternating takes in both Italian and English. Benigni continued to have success and acclaim as a director with Johnny Stecchino (1991) and The Monster, and portrayed Inspector Clouseau’s son in Son of the Pink Panther (1993), an American-Italian co-production filmed in English, directed by Blake Edwards.

What happened Roberto Benigni?

While he has not directed another film since 2005, Benigni has continued to act on stage and film, touring Italy with his one-man show TuttoDante , and starred in the films To Rome with Love (2012), directed by Woody Allen, and as Mister Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s 2019 adaptation of Pinocchio.

Who is Roberto Benigni's wife?

Nicoletta Braschi

How tall is Benigni?

5′ 6″

Is Life Is Beautiful a true story?

Much of Life is Beautiful is actually inspired by Rubino Romeo Salmoni’s experiences at the hands of the Nazis. Salmoni was himself an Italian Jew along with his two brothers. All three were prisoners in World War II, but only Rubino Salmoni survived (Hall).

Who produced La Vita e Bella?

Producers