Won Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (2021).
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Roberto Benigni
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 was the first actor to win the Best Actor Academy Award for a non-English lan…
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entertainment · Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director (born 1952) · film director · screenwriter · comedian · street artist · composer · film actor · singer-songwriter · stage actor · filmmaker · actor · also Roberto Benigni, Benigni
Born 27 October 1952 · Q23301
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2021· 1 entry
2020· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary Lumière Award (2020).
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2019· 1 entry
Starred as Geppetto in Matteo Garrone's 2019 adaptation of Pinocchio
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2012· 1 entry
Starred in the Woody Allen film, To Rome with Love
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2007).
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2005).
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2003· 1 entry
Benigni was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), receiving the Foundation's NIAF Special Achievement Award in Entertainment
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Quanto t'ho amato”.
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Was published his compilation-album Quanto t'ho amato
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award (2000).
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1999· 3 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (1999).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Life Is Beautiful (1999).
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A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him
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1998· 5 entries
Awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (1998).
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Awarded David di Donatello for Best Actor for Life Is Beautiful (1998).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Film for Life Is Beautiful (1998).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Actor for Life Is Beautiful (1998).
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The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards
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1993· 1 entry
Starred in Son of the Pink Panther, directed by veteran Blake Edwards
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (1992).
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1990· 1 entry
Was a member of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded David di Donatello for Best Actor for The Little Devil (1989).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (1987).
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1986· 1 entry
Benigni starred in three films by American director Jim Jarmusch
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1984· 1 entry
Played in Non ci resta che piangere ('Nothing Left to Do but Cry') with comic actor Massimo Troisi
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1980· 1 entry
Met Cesenate actress Nicoletta Braschi, who became his wife on 26 December 1991 and who has starred in most of the films he has directed
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1975· 1 entry
Benigni had his first theatrical success with Cioni Mario di Gaspare fu Giulia, written by Giuseppe Bertolucci
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-10-27.
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