Roberto Benigni

Born 1952 · Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director

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.

Roberto Benigni, in order

1. 1977 Berlinguer, I Love You: wrote, acted · directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci
2. 1978 Cinématon: acted · directed by Gérard Courant
3. 1979 La Luna: acted · directed by Bernardo Bertolucci · critics 50%, audiences 69%
4. 1979 Seeking Asylum: wrote, acted · directed by Marco Ferreri · audiences 63%
5. 1979 Tigers in Lipstick: acted · directed by Luigi Zampa
6. 1979 Womanlight: acted · directed by Costa-Gavras · audiences 73%
7. 1980 In the Pope's Eye: acted · directed by Renzo Arbore
8. 1981 Il minestrone: acted · directed by Sergio Citti
9. 1982 Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!: acted · directed by Massimo Troisi
10. 1983 "FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?": acted · directed by Renzo Arbore
11. 1983 Personal Effects: acted · directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci and Loris Mazzetti
12. 1983 Tu mi turbi: directed, wrote, acted
13. 1983 Tuttobenigni: wrote, acted · directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci
14. 1984 Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer: directed
15. 1984 Nothing Left to Do But Cry: directed, wrote, acted · audiences 81%
16. 1986 Coffee and Cigarettes: Strange to Meet You (short film): wrote, acted · directed by Jim Jarmusch
17. 1986 Down by Law: acted · directed by Jim Jarmusch · critics 85%, audiences 93% · streaming on HBO Max, Fandango at Home (free), Criterion Channel
18. 1988 The Little Devil: directed, wrote, acted · audiences 82%
19. 1990 The Voice of the Moon: acted · directed by Federico Fellini · audiences 61%
20. 1991 Johnny Stecchino: directed, wrote, acted · critics 46%, audiences 85%
21. 1991 Night on Earth: acted · directed by Jim Jarmusch · critics 77%, audiences 91% · streaming on HBO Max
22. 1993 Son of the Pink Panther: acted · directed by Blake Edwards · critics 6%, audiences 17% · streaming on Roku Channel, YouTube (free), Tubi
23. 1994 The Monster: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 40%, audiences 83% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV
24. 1997 Life Is Beautiful: directed, wrote, acted · critics 80%, audiences 96% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount+
25. 1999 Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar: acted · directed by Claude Zidi · audiences 42% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Tubi
26. 2002 Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (TV movie): acted · directed by Damian Pettigrew · streaming on Kanopy
27. 2002 Pinocchio: directed, wrote, acted · critics 0%, audiences 34%
28. 2003 Caterina in the Big City: acted · directed by Paolo Virzì · critics 90%, audiences 77%
29. 2003 Coffee and Cigarettes: acted · directed by Jim Jarmusch · critics 63%, audiences 75% · streaming on HBO Max, Philo, Fandango at Home (free)
30. 2005 The Tiger and the Snow: directed, wrote, acted · critics 21%, audiences 84%
31. 2011 Silvio Forever: acted · directed by Roberto Faenza · audiences 25%
32. 2012 To Rome with Love: acted · directed by Woody Allen · critics 47%, audiences 40%
33. 2019 Pinocchio: acted · directed by Matteo Garrone · critics 84%, audiences 40% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla