---
name: "Giustino Durano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/giustino-durano"
fi1m_id: "giustino-durano"
imdb_id: "nm0243842"
tmdb_id: 9237
wikidata_id: "Q1044758"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 May 1923"
died: "20 February 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:20:41.471208+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Giustino Durano

## Identity

Giustino Durano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/giustino-durano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** giustino-durano
- **IMDb ID:** nm0243842
- **TMDB ID:** 9237
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1044758
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giustino_Durano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1044758, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243842/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9237

Actor. Born 5 May 1923 in Brindisi, Italy. Died 20 February 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 May 1923, Brindisi, Italy
- **Died:** 20 February 2002
- **Also known as:** 朱斯提諾·杜拉諾
- **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giustino_Durano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1044758, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243842/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9237

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Life Is Beautiful*](https://film.one/film/life-is-beautiful.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Giustino Durano was an Italian actor. Born in Brindisi, he began his career in 1944 in a variety show for Allied forces and went on to work extensively in theatre, vaudeville, radio and film, including collaborations with Peppino De Filippo and Dario Fo at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.

He appeared in films such as *After the Fox* (1966) and *The Queen of the Pirates* (1960). Durano is best known for his role as Eliseo Orefice (Zio) in Roberto Benigni's *Life Is Beautiful* (1997), for which he received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor. He died in Bologna in 2002.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, it.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Life Is Beautiful* (1997), Fi1m 65, as Zio — [page](https://film.one/film/life-is-beautiful.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Andata e ritorno* (2003), as Sorelli
- *Amici ahrarara* (2001), as Zio Giannangelo
- *Fate un bel sorriso* (2000), as Antonio
- *Life Is Beautiful* (1997), as Zio — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/life-is-beautiful.md)
- *Villa Arzilla* (1990), series, as Gastone
- *Salvo D'Acquisto* (1974), as Riccardo
- *Tante scuse* (1974), series, as Funzionario struttura RAI
- *Nel mondo di Alice* (1974), series, as Il cappellaio matto
- *Il matrimonio di Rosa Palanca* (1974), as Pia
- *Raped On The Beach* (1971), as Priest
- *Bang Bang Kid* (1967), as Hotchkiss
- *Mission Phantom* (1967), as Roland
- *The Bobo* (1967), as Druggist (uncredited)
- *After the Fox* (1966), as Critic
- *I due sanculotti* (1966), as Prof. Guillotin
- *Me, Me, Me... and the Others* (1966), as Policeman
- *David Copperfield* (1965), series, as Jorkins
- *Male Companion* (1964), as Baker (uncredited)
- *Everything is Music* (1963), Actor
- *Vino, whisky e acqua salata* (1962), as ufficiale tedesco
- *The Golden Arrow* (1962), as Absent-Minded Genie
- *Accroche-toi, y'a du vent!* (1962), as Un malvivente
- *Rage of the Buccaneers* (1961), as Juan
- *Cronache del '22* (1961), as Giustino
- *The Queen of the Pirates* (1960), as Battista, the Count's Manservant
- *Beach Types* (1959), as Nick Balmora
- *The Screwball* (1956), Actor
- *What a Woman!* (1956), as Federico Frotta
- *Rosso e nero* (1954), Writer

## Gallery

- ![Giustino Durano](https://film.one/media/person/87941/gallery-d671cfd15e79.jpg) Giustino Durano — Indeciso42 at the Italian Wikipedia project., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Giustino_Durano_1955.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Giustino Durano](https://film.one/media/person/87941/gallery-f09302f5f84f.jpg) Giustino Durano — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### SAG Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1999: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (nominated), for *Life Is Beautiful*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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