Editing Roberto Benigni (section)

===Beyond ''Life Is Beautiful''===
[[File:Benigni.jpg|thumb|180px|Benigni receiving a prize in [[Terni]], February 2006]]
Benigni played one of the main characters in ''[[Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar]]'' as Detritus, a corrupt Roman provincial governor who wants to kill Julius Caesar, thereby seizing control of the [[Roman Republic]].

[[File:Sanremo 17-02-2011. Teatro Ariston. Terza serata del 61° Festival della Canzone Italiana. Nella foto, Roberto Benigni. Foto di Canio Romaniello per Emme Foto-Olycom - Sanremo. - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Benigni at the [[Sanremo Music Festival 2011]]]]
That same year, he gave a typically energetic and revealing interview to Canadian filmmaker [[Damian Pettigrew]] for ''[[Fellini: I'm a Born Liar]]'' (2002), a cinematic portrait of the maestro that was nominated for Best Documentary at the [[European Film Awards]]. The film went on to win the prestigious Rockie Award for Best Arts Documentary at the [[Banff World Media Festival|Banff World Television Festival]] (2002) and the ''Coup de Coeur'' at the International Sunnyside of the Doc Marseille (2002).

In 2003, Benigni was honored by the [[National Italian American Foundation]] (NIAF), receiving the Foundation's NIAF Special Achievement Award in Entertainment.

His film ''La tigre e la neve'' (''[[The Tiger and the Snow]],'' 2005) is a love story set during the initial stage of the [[Iraq War]].

[[File:Roberto Benigni-5765.jpg|thumb|Benigni at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] 2020]]
On 15 October 2005, he performed an impromptu [[striptease]] on Italy's most watched evening news program, removing his shirt and draping it over the newscaster's shoulders. Prior to removing his shirt, Benigni had already hijacked the opening credits of the news program, jumping behind the newscaster and announcing: "Berlusconi has resigned!" (Benigni is an outspoken critic of media tycoon and then former Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]]). The previous day, he had led a crowd of thousands in Rome on Friday in protest at the centre-right government's decision to cut state arts funding by 35 per cent.

On 2 February 2007, he was awarded the degree of [[Honorary degree|Doctor Honoris Causa]] by the [[KU Leuven|Katholieke Universiteit Leuven]], Belgium. On 22 April 2008, the degree of [[Honorary degree|Doctor Honoris Causa]] was conferred on him by the [[University of Malta]], celebrated by a ''Settimana Dantesca'' including Benigni's first stage appearance at a university and the premiere of his performing with Dante scholar [[Robert Hollander]].

In 2012, he starred in the [[Woody Allen]] film, ''[[To Rome with Love (film)|To Rome with Love]]''.

In 2019, he starred as [[Geppetto]] in [[Matteo Garrone]]'s 2019 adaptation of ''[[Pinocchio (2019 film)|Pinocchio]]''.