Career
Raised in Orvieto, Italy, Giorgio Cantarini is born to Giuseppe Cantarini and Giovanna Martini. The couple separated after Giorgio"s fifth birthday. His family nickname is "Gio".
Cantarini made his film debut in the 1997 Roberto Benigni directed comedy-drama Life is Beautiful, playing Benigni"s four-year-old son "Giosuè Orefice", who is sent with his Jewish-Italian father to a German concentration camp during World World War World War II His second film appearance was in the 2000 Ridley Scott-directed period action/drama Gladiator.
In 2001, Cantarini appeared in the Hallmark Hall of Fame American television film adaptation of author Eric Newby"s autobiographical novel Love and War in the Apennines (retitled In Love and War) as "Slavko". In 2005 Cantarini competed in Ballando con le Stelle, the Italian reality television version of the series Dancing With The Stars.