In his teenage years, Cristian was a pioneer of Australian Hip Hop and the first and youngest solo Rap Artist to be signed to Sony Music/Columbia records. During a successful music career Cristian discovered that he had a great appreciation for the silver screen and begun to develop his path as a professional actor while appearing in several major TV Shows. In early 2000's Cristian studied at the prestigious Meisner Schools as well as he was trained in the Stanislavsky and Chekov acting techniques.
Cristian appeared in several feature films such as Candy alongside the late Heath Ledger, Abby Cornish and Geoffrey Rush. In 2020, he branched out to write and star in his own films, such as A Family Reunion and Devil's Whisper (winner of 5 international awards for Best Actor, plus another 11 awards and nominations at international film festivals).
No Country Without Horses is his latest feature film in development where he will also have the lead role. Cristian's original story was developed into a powerful thriller based on his personal life and scheduled to go into production in 2023.
Cristian is a strong advocate for the fight against childhood cancer after his 3-year-old son was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia and together with his wife, have been battling this disease alongside their son. He is now a London based Actor and UK hire effective as of May, 2023
EXPERIENCE
Feature Film
Year | Production | Role | Company/ Director |
2024 | No Country without Horses | Thomas Sinclair | No country without Horses PTY LTD/Galloping Entertianment/Chelseas Pictures UK/Silent D Films UK/Jakarta/ Luke Mayze/ |
2021 | Interceptor | The Russian Submarine Captain | Ambience Entertainment/Netflix/ Matthew Reily/Stuart Beattie/ |
2006 | Candy | Little Angelo | Sherman pictures/Think Films/ Neil Armfiled |
1990 | Dead to the World | The Manny gangster | Huzzah Productions/ Ross Gibson |
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TV Drama
Year | Production | Role | Company/ Director |
2019 | The Invisibles | Eduardo-Sinaloa Cartel | Beyond Productions(au) |
2018 | Deadly Women-Season 12-The Sandra Mel story | Herman Campos | Beyond Productions |
2011 | East West 101-Season #3.3 'Jerusalem' | Angelis | Knapman/Wyld Television/ Peter Andrikidis |
2010 | Rake-Ep:#1.4 & #1.5 | Manos | Essential Media & Entertainment(Aus)/ Rachel Ward |
2009 |
| Nuchimov(Russian Crime Boss) | Eyeworks International(aus)/ Katie Hides |
2008 | The Informant | Paolo Mascalla | Screentime Australia/Peter Andrikidis |
1999 | Roadshow | Stylz | Viacom/Warner Bros U.S.A |
Short Film
Year | Production | Role | Company/ Director |
2022 | The Hidden Fortune | Detective Mason Reynolds | Sticks/Lucas Nicotra |
2019 | Devil’s Whisper | Adrien | Maximem films/Cristian Lavin |
2019 | A Family Reunion | Jacob | Maximem Films/Cristian Lavin |
2008 | Lorenzo | Lorenzo’s Alcoholic father | Maneki Neko Films/Yuji Shimada |
2002 | Stagefright | Scarface | Aeroscope-U.S.A/Joshua Stiler |
THEATRE
Musical Theatre/ Stage Play
Year | Project Name | Role Name | Production/Company |
2006 | The Wanderer | Josh | Behnken Productions/Scott Haze/Lukas Behnken |
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