One of the great contemporary Italian actors and filmmakers, famous for his humor and his vitality. He became established worldwide as star, director and co-writer of 'Life Is Beautiful' (1997), a fable about the Holocaust for which he won the Best Actor and Best International Film Oscars, one of the great successes of Italian cinema. He shone in 'Johnny Stecchino' (1991) and collaborated with Jim Jarmusch. Italian actor, director and comedian, a benchmark of European comic cinema, recognized for his tenderness, his overflowing energy and his humanism, one of the great figures of modern Italian cinema. Read more