• Name: Roberto Benigni
  
• Height: 5' 2"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: Italian
  
• Birth Date: October 27, 1952
  
• Birth Place: Misericordia, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
  
• Profession: actor, writer, director, producer
  
• Education: Seminary in Florence, Italy (with plans to become a priest; dropped out when a flood damaged the school)
  
•   : Accounting school in Prato, Italia
  
• Husband/Wife: Nicoletta Braschi (actress; Italian; married in December 1991)
  
• Father: Luigi Benigni (carpenter; was prisoner in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp for two years 1943-1945; Benigni used his memories as basis for Life Is Beautiful)
  
• Mother: Isolina Benigni (fabric inspector)
  
• Sister: Anna Benigni (teacher; born in 1948), Albertina Benigni (flower shop owner; born in 1947), Bruna Benigni (textile worker; born in 1945)
  

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• It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
• On winning the Best Actor Academy Award for LA VITA È BELLA (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.”
• fter winning the Best Actor category for LA VITA È BELLA (1997): “I'm so happy that every organ in my body is moving in a very bad way.

• Razzie Awards: Worst Actor, PINOCCHIO (2003)
• European Film Awards: Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema (2000)
• American Comedy Award: Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture, LA VITA E BELLA/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1999)
• Australian Film Institute: Best Foreign Film Award, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1999)
• British Academy Award: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, LA VITA E BELLA (1999)
• César Awards: Best Foreign Film, Life Is Beautiful (1999)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Best Foreign Language Film, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1999)
• French Syndicate of Cinema Critics: Best Foreign Film, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1999)
• German Film Awards: Best Foreign Film, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1999)
• Guild of German Art House Cinemas: Best Foreign Film, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1999)
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Sierra Award - Best Director, LA VITA È UNA SOLA (1999)
• Lumiere de Paris: Best Foreign Film, LA VITA E BELLA/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1999)
• Academy Awards: Best Actor, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• AFI Fest: Best Feature Film, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Athens International Film Festival: Audience Award, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prize of the Jury for LA VITA E BELLA (1998)
• David di Donatello Awards: Best Actor, IL PICCOLO DIAVOLO (1989)
• David di Donatello Awards: Scholars Jury David, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• European Film Academy Award: Best Actor, LA VITA E BELLA/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• European Film Academy Award: Best Picture, LA VITA E BELLA/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival: Critic's Choice Award - Best Actor, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival: Critic's Choice Award - Best Director, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival: Critic's Choice Award - Best Film, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon - Best Actor, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon - Best Director, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon - Best Original Story, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon - Best Screenplay, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Montréal World Film Festival: People's Choice Award, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• National Board of Review Award: Special Achievement in Filmmaking, LA VITA E BELLA/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1998)
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Sierra Award - Best Actor, LA VITA È UNA SOLA (1998)
• Mystfest: Career Award (1993)
• Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon - Best Actor, JOHNNY STECCHINO (1992)
• Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon - Best Actor, DOWN BY LAW (1987)
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association: Best Foreign Language Film, LA VITA E BELLA/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
• David di Donatello Prize: Best Actor, LA VITA E BELLA/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
• David di Donatello Prize: Best Director, LA VITA E BELLA/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
• David di Donatello Prize: Best Screenplay, LA VITA E BELLA/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (shared with Vincenzo Cerami)

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