Following World War I, he participated in various ensembles alongside local theatre personalities such as Armando Falconi, Ruggero Ruggeri, Emma Gramatica, Antonio Gandusio and his brother-in-law Ermete Zacconi.

On screen, Cristina debuted during the sound period in the 1932 musical film Pergolesi, directed by Guido Brignone.

Cristina also made ten appearances on television, debuting in the 1954 TV miniseries Doctor Antonio, directed by Alberto Casella.

He also dubbed over the voices of Edward Everett Horton, Thomas Mitchell, Alan Hale Sr., Jay C. Flippen and more.

[3] In Cristina's animated roles, he provided the Italian voices of Doc in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as well as Friend Owl in Bambi and one of the crows in Dumbo.