Elio Germano
Elio Germano (born September 25, 1980) is an Italian actor. He made his film debut in 1993 as a child actor, before gaining prominence with a string of roles in youth-oriented movies in the early 2000s. He achieved stardom following his lead role in Daniele Luchetti's My Brother Is an Only Child (2007), for which he won his first David di Donatello for Best Actor. He won the award for Best Actor at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival for Luchetti's La Nostra Vita (tied with Javier Bardem for Biutiful) and at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival for Volevo Nascondermi, portraying painter Antonio Ligabue. Subsequent starring roles include Tutta La Vita Davanti (2008), Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012), Il Giovane Favoloso (2014), Suburra (2015), The Man Without Gravity (2019), Bad Tales (2020) and Rose Island (2020). Outside of Italy he appeared in the Abel Ferrara's Mary (2005), and Nine (2009), opposite Daniel Day-Lewis.
Known For
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- 2025 · Three Goodbyes as Antonio
- 2024 · N-Ego as
- 2024 · Sicilian Letters as Matteo
- 2024 · Trust as Pietro
- 2024 · La Storia as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
- 2023 · Palazzina LAF as Giancarlo Basile
- 2022 · Lord of the Ants as Ennio Scribani
- 2021 · All Star - Ritorno al cinema as Uomo delle pulizie
- 2020 · Rose Island as Giorgio Rosa
- 2020 · Bad Tales as Bruno Placido
- 2020 · Hidden Away as Antonio Ligabue
- 2018 · Lucia's Grace as Arturo
- 2017 · Tenderness as Fabio
- 2016 · L'ami as Francesco
- 2015 · Alaska as Fausto
- 2015 · Street Opera as Sé stesso
- 2015 · Suburra as Sebastiano
- 2015 · The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Stefano
- 2013 · The Fifth Wheel as Ernesto
- 2012 · Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood as Luca Gualtieri
- 2012 · A Magnificent Haunting as Pietro
- 2012 · Faccia d'angelo as il Toso
- 2011 · Noi c'eravamo as Self
- 2010 · The End Is My Beginning as Folco Terzani
- 2009 · The Bee and the Wind as Matteo
- 2009 · Nine as Pierpaolo
- 2008 · The Past Is a Foreign Land as Giorgio
- 2008 · A Whole Life Ahead as Lucio 2
- 2007 · My Brother Is an Only Child as Accio Benassi
- 2006 · Napoleon and Me as Martino Papucci
- 2005 · Melissa P. as Arnaldo
- 2005 · Mary as Matteo
- 2005 · Romanzo Criminale as Sorcio
- 2005 · Sangue - La morte non esiste as Iuri
- 2004 · What Will Become of Us as Manuel
- 2003 · Break Free as Vince
- 2003 · Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
- 2003 · Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
- 2002 · Per Amore as Gabriele Mariani
- 2001 · Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery as Self
- Future · Noi un po' meglio as
- 2025 · LIBERO sempre comunque mai as Self
- 2025 · Noi e la grande ambizione as Himself
- 2025 · Anatomia di un grande sogno as Self
- 2024 · The Great Ambition as Enrico Berlinguer
- 2022 · America Latina as Massimo Sisti
- 2021 · Così è (o mi pare) as
- 2021 · The Italian Baba as Baba Cesare
- 2021 · Uno, nessuno, cento Nino as Self
- 2020 · Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto as Self
- 2019 · The Man Without Gravity as Oscar
- 2019 · Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR as Sé stesso
- 2018 · Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Io sono Tempesta as Bruno
- 2017 · Binxet - Under the border as Narrator
- 2017 · It's All About Karma as Mario Pitagora
- 2016 · In arte Nino as Nino Manfredi
- 2016 · No Borders as Sé stesso
- 2015 · Lost and Beautiful as Sarchiapone (voice)
- 2014 · Leopardi as Giacomo Leopardi
- 2012 · The Landlords as Elia
- 2012 · Faccia d'angelo as Il Toso
- 2011 · Scattered Cloud as Venditore
- 2010 · Our Life as Claudio
- 2010 · Flaiano: il meglio è passato as
- 2009 · Beautiful People as Giulio
- 2008 · As God Commands as Quattro Formaggi
- 2008 · The Early Bird Catches the Worm as Marco Baldini
- 2008 · Fallen Heroes as Luca
- 2006 · Pavilion 22 as Uomo Bambino
- 2005 · Quo Vadis, Baby? as Lucio
- 2005 · 3.87 as Andrea
- 2005 · Do You Like Hitchcock? as Giulio
- 2005 · Call Me Salomè as Profeta
- 2004 · A Judge of Honor as Manfredi Borsellino
- 2004 · A Judge of Honor as Manfredi Borsellino
- 2004 · Fame Chimica as Ragazzo in discoteca
- 2003 · Now or Never as Doveri
- 2002 · Respiro as Pier Luigi
- 2002 · Ultimo stadio as Billo
- 2002 · Il sequestro Soffiantini as Paolo Soffiantini
- 2001 · Unfair Competition as Paolo Della Rocca
- 2001 · Via Zanardi, 33 as Ivan
- 2001 · La storia chiusa as Amico
- 2000 · Honey Horn as Ernesto
- 2000 · Padre Pio: Miracle Man as Padre Pio ragazzo
- 1999 · Il cielo in una stanza as Paolo da giovane
- 1993 · Ci hai rotto papà as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
- Future · The Man Who Could Have Changed the World as Ranuccio