Roberto benigni oscar wilde biography

All All. Sign In. Roberto Remigio Benigni. He has been married to Nicoletta Braschi since December 26, Spouse Nicoletta Braschi December 26, - present. Remigio Benigni. Isolina Papini. Anna Benigni Sibling. Albertina Benigni Sibling.

Benigni's faux innocence, immense charm, childlike demeanour and anarchic sense of mischief have made him an Italian institution.

The first actor to win a Best Actor Oscar for a non-English speaking role. Federico Fellini considered him a genius. His father Luigi Benigni , who worked as a farmer, carpenter and bricklayer, was a prisoner in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen between and Roberto used his stories as the basis for his film Life Is Beautiful However, unlike Roberto's character in the film, Roberto's father was not of Jewish heritage.

He and Laurence Olivier are the only two actors to have directed themselves in Oscar winning performances.