Actor
Giorgio Cantarini
Born 5 December 1992 · Orvieto, Terni, Umbria, Italy
Giorgio Cantarini is an Italian actor born in 1992. He is best known for two childhood roles: Giosué, the young son in Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful, and Maximus's son in Ridley Scott's Gladiator. He has continued to act in Italian productions as an adult.
Key films
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
His breakout role as young Giosué, the child at the heart of Benigni's acclaimed tragicomedy.
Gladiator (2000)
He played Maximus's young son in Ridley Scott's epic, bringing him to a global audience.
Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After (2012)
A retrospective documentary in which he looks back on the film that launched his career.
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)
An adult role in an Italian biographical film, showing his continued screen career.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 11
- 1997Life Is Beautiful · as GiosuéActor
- 2000Gladiator · as Maximus' SonActor
- 2007Il giorno, la notte. Poi l'alba · as GiuseppeActor
- 2008The Early Bird Catches the Worm · as Baldini piccoloActor
- 2012Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After · as SelfActor
- 2014Protagonisti per sempre · as Se stessoActor
- 2022Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend · as Giorgio LamborghiniActor
- 2024Love Wine & Salt: A Tuscan Romance · as AliActor
- 2024Mercato liberoActor
- 2024MalaMente · as Alessio BenciniActor
- 2024A.P. Giannini - Bank to the FutureActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.