Editing Roberto Benigni (section)

===Hollywood roles===
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[[File:Benigni3.jpg|thumb|250px|Benigni with [[Giorgio Gaber]] in 1990]]

Beginning in 1986, Benigni starred in three films by American director [[Jim Jarmusch]]. In ''[[Down by Law (film)|Down By Law]]'' (1986) (which in Italy had its title spelt "Daunbailò", in Italian phonetics<ref>{{cite web | last=Jarmusch | first=Jim | title=Film card | website=Torino Film Fest | date=28 October 2019 | url=https://www.torinofilmfest.org/en/4-festival-internazionale-cinema-giovani/film/down-by-law/4349/ | access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>) he played Bob, an innocent foreigner living in the United States, convicted of manslaughter, whose irrepressible good humour and optimism help him to escape and find love (the film also starred Braschi as his beloved). In ''[[Night on Earth]]'', (1991) he played a cabbie in Rome, who causes his passenger, a priest, great discomfort and a heart attack by confessing his bizarre sexual experiences. Later, he also starred in the first of Jarmusch's series of short films, ''[[Coffee and Cigarettes]]'' (2003).{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In 1990, he was a member of the Jury at the [[40th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1990/04_jury_1990/04_Jury_1990.html |title=Berlinale: 1990 Juries |access-date=2011-03-14 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=31 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331175001/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1990/04_jury_1990/04_Jury_1990.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1993, he starred in ''[[Son of the Pink Panther]]'', directed by veteran [[Blake Edwards]]. Benigni played [[Peter Sellers]]' Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son who is assigned to save the Princess of Lugash. The film bombed in the US, but was a hit in his homeland.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Benigni had a rare serious role in [[Federico Fellini]]'s last film, ''[[The Voice of the Moon|La voce della luna]]'' ('The Voice of the Moon') (1989). In earlier years Benigni had started a long-lasting collaboration with screenwriter [[Vincenzo Cerami]], for a series of films which scored great success in Italy: ''[[The Little Devil|Il piccolo diavolo]]'' ('The Little Devil') with [[Walter Matthau]], ''[[Johnny Stecchino]]'' ('Johnny Toothpick'), and ''[[The Monster (1994 film)|Il mostro]]'' ('The Monster').{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}