Roberto Benigni - Famous Television Director

Roberto Benigni Net Worth

$15,000,000

Roberto Benigni is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director with an estimated net worth of $15 million. He is famous for his roles in films such as “Life is Beautiful” and “Pinocchio,” for which he received numerous awards and critical acclaim.

Benigni has had a successful career in both acting and directing, with his work earning him accolades including an Academy Award and BAFTA Award. With his diverse range of talents, Roberto Benigni has cemented his place as a respected figure in the entertainment industry.

Key facts:

  • Roberto Benigni is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director.
  • He first acted in 1971 and later became known for his work in experimental theater shows in Rome.
  • Benigni directed and starred in several films including "You Upset Me," "Nothing Left To Do But Cry," "The Little Devil," "Johnny Toothpick," "The Monster," "Life Is Beautiful," "Pinocchio," and "The Tiger and the Snow."
  • For his role in "Life is Beautiful," Benigni won numerous awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
  • He also won screenplay and directing awards for the film, including an Academy Award and a Cesar Award.

Basic Information About Roberto Benigni

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Directors
ProfessionsActor, Comedian, Screenwriter, Film director, Television Director, Theatre Director, Singer-songwriter, Poet
Net worth$15,000,000
Date of birth1952-10-27 (71 years old)
Place of birthCastiglion Fiorentino
NationalityItaly
SpouseNicoletta Braschi - (26 DecemberΒ 1991 - present)
GenderMale
Height5 ft 6 in (1.689 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Roberto Benigni win?


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Roberto Benigni awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Golden Ciak - Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore Non Protagonista)WinnerPinocchio2020
Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading RoleWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
BAFTA Film Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Felix - Best Foreign Language FilmWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella2018
Audience Award - Best Feature FilmWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Amanda - Best Foreign Feature Film (Γ…rets utenlandske spillefilm)NomineeLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
American Comedy Award - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Audience Award - WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Best Foreign Film Award - WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Blue Ribbon Award - Best Foreign Language FilmWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella2000
BSFC Award - Best DirectorNomineeLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Grand Prize of the Jury - WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
CFCA Award - Best Foreign Language FilmWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Chlotrudis Award - Best DirectorWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Czech Lion - Best Foreign Language Film (NejlepsΓ­ zahranicnΓ­ film)NomineeLa vita Γ¨ bella2000
CΓ©sar - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film Γ©tranger)WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Robert - Best Non-American Film (Γ…rets ikke-amerikanske film)WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella2000
DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesNomineeLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
European Film Award - European ActorWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Critics Award - Best Foreign FilmWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Critic's Choice Award - Best FilmWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Best Foreign Film - WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Golden Ciak - Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Golden Globe - Best Actor (Migliore Attore)WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Guild Film Award - Gold - Foreign Film (AuslΓ€ndischer Film)WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Silver Ribbon - Best Director (Regista del Miglior Film)WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Sierra Award - Best ActorWinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Lumiere Award - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film Γ©tranger)WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
People's Choice Award - WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Audience Award - WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Premio Sergio Amidei - WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Golden Aries - Best Foreign ActorNomineeLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award - Best Foreign Film (Mejor PelΓ­cula Extranjera)WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella2000
Golden Satellite Award - Best Motion Picture, Foreign LanguageNomineeLa vita Γ¨ bella1999
People's Choice Award - WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Most Popular Film - WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Audience Award - WinnerLa vita Γ¨ bella1998
Silver Ribbon - Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)WinnerDown by Law1987
Razzie Award - Worst ActorWinnerPinocchio2003
Stinker Award - Worst ActorNomineePinocchio2002

Roberto Benigni roles

Movie / Series Role
PinocchioGeppetto
La vita Γ¨ bellaDirector
La vita Γ¨ bellaWriter
La vita Γ¨ bellaWriter
La vita Γ¨ bellaGuido
Night on EarthDriver (segment "Rome")
Down by LawRoberto
La lunaUpholsterer
Coffee and CigarettesRoberto (segment "Strange to Meet You")
To Rome with LoveLeopoldo
PinocchioDirector
PinocchioWriter
PinocchioWriter
PinocchioPinocchio
AstΓ©rix & ObΓ©lix contre CΓ©sarLucius Detritus
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf / ... 5 episodes, 1993-2002
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf / ... 3 episodes, 1998-2006

Roberto Benigni's Quotes

  • [on winning the Best Actor Academy Award for Het leven is mooi (1997) after already accepting the Best Foreign Language Film award as its director] "Thank you. This is a terrible mistake, because I used up all my English!"
  • Charlie Chaplin used his ass better than any other actor. In all his films his ass is practically the protagonist. For a comic, the ass has incredible importance.
  • [said backstage at the Oscars after he won the Best Actor category] "I'm so happy that every organ in my body is moving in a very bad way."
  • On Stanley Kubrick: Stanley Kubrick is one of the geniuses of this century.
  • The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards. So the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur, backwards.

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Interesting Facts about Roberto Benigni

  1. After his movie Het leven is mooi (1997) received seven Academy Award nominations, he met the Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro and said, after shaking his hand: "Now I have the Oscar in my hand!".
  2. When the Ulivo party won the parliamentary elections, Benigni jumped on the stage and kissed Walter Veltroni, one of the party's candidates.
  3. His father Luigi Benigni (1918-2004), who worked as a farmer, carpenter and bricklayer, was a prisoner in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen between 1943 and 1945. Roberto used his stories as the basis for his film Het leven is mooi (1997). However, unlike Roberto's character in the film, Roberto's father was not of Jewish heritage.
  4. His mother Isolina Papini (1918-2004) worked as a fabric inspector.
  5. Sister: Bruna Benigni (textile worker), born 1945.
  6. Sister: Albertina Benigni (flower shop owner), born 1947.
  7. Sister: Anna Benigni (teacher's aide), born 1948.
  8. Attended a seminary in Florence, planning to become a priest.
  9. Left the seminary after two-thirds of Florence had been flooded by the Arno River (4 November 1966).
  10. Graduated from Instituto Tecnico Commericale Datini di Prato.
  11. He and Laurence Olivier are the only two actors to have directed themselves in Oscar winning performances.
  12. The first actor to win a Best Actor Oscar for a non-English speaking role.
  13. He is the sixth actor in history to win the Oscar for Best Actor in a comedy after Clark Gable in Het gebeurde op 'n avond (1934), James Stewart in De bronzen godin (1940), Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou (1965), Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl (1977) and Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets (1997).
  14. Benigni met wife Nicoletta Braschi on the set of Tu mi turbi (1983).
  15. The first actor to win a Worst Actor Razzie for a non-English speaking role.
  16. He joins Sylvester Stallone, Prince, Kevin Costner, William Shatner, and Tom Green as being the only actors to direct themselves in performances that would "win" them a Razzie Award for Worst Actor.
  17. When he "won" the 2003 Razzie Award for Worst Actor in Pinocchio (2002), Razzies.com declared his win "By a Nose!", as he'd just barely beaten fellow nominee Steven Seagal in the film Half Past Dead (2002) by a mere few votes.
  18. Federico Fellini considered him a genius
  19. Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1990
  20. Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

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