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Roberto Benigni

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Roberuto Benīni

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1952-10-27 （Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy）
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Castiglion Fiorentino → Rome

Career

Occupations
Actor, comedian, screenwriter, film director
Active Years
1970-
Influenced By
Federico Fellini, Jim Jarmusch
Influenced

Education

École Philippe Gaulier
Clown school
Country: France
Studied clowning

Awards

Academy Award
1999
Work: Life Is Beautiful
Category: 主演男優賞
Organization: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Result: 受賞
Academy Award
1999
Work: Life Is Beautiful
Category: 外国語映画賞
Organization: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Result: 受賞
BAFTA
1999
Work: Life Is Beautiful
Category: 主演男優賞
Organization: BAFTA
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Life Is Beautiful

1997 tragicomedy

A father protects his son from the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp by pretending it's a game.

Holocaustfamily lovehope

Bibliography

  • E l'alluce fu: monologhi & gag

Style & Themes

Literary Style
comedyimprovisatory poetry
Recurring Motifs
Dante's Divine Comedybeauty of life

Legacy

Internationally recognized for Life Is Beautiful, first to win Best Actor Oscar for non-English performance

In Popular Culture

  • Famous for ecstatic Oscar acceptance speech

Quotes

  • This is a terrible mistake because I used up all my English!
    Source: Academy Award acceptance speech (1999)

Trivia

  • First to win Best Actor Oscar for non-English film
  • Life Is Beautiful inspired by father's concentration camp experience