Giulio Berruti

Berruti's screen debut came via a cameo in *The Lizzie McGuire Movie* (2003) — not the most glamorous entry point, but a real one. From there, he built his early career through Italian and European productions, including *Melissa P.* (2005) and the Swiss-Italian co-production *Bon Appétit* (2010). These weren't blockbusters. Steady, working-actor credits that kept him visible without making him a household name outside Italy. The 2010s brought more international exposure. *Monte Carlo* (2011), a romantic comedy starring Selena Gomez, put him in front of a global audience for the first time in a meaningful way (TMDB). He followed that with *Walking on Sunshine* (2014), a jukebox musical set in Italy, and *Body of Deceit* (2015). Peter Greenaway's *Goltzius and the Pelican Company* (2012) sits in his filmography too — a very different kind of project, and one that shows he wasn't just chasing mainstream work. *Downhill* (2020) added another English-language credit to the list. The real turning point, though, was the *Gabriel's Inferno* film series (2020–2021), where Berruti played Gabriel Emerson across what became a streaming-driven romantic drama phenomenon. That role reached audiences who'd never encountered his earlier work and reframed him as a leading man in the romance space. His most recent major credit, *Across the River and Into the Trees* (2023) — adapted from the Hemingway novel — is his best-reviewed film to date at 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, suggesting his later-career choices are landing with critics in a way his earlier work didn't always manage (Rotten Tomatoes). He's also worked as a producer, though specific producing credits aren't fully detailed in current sources.