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.
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- 2024 · Berlinguer. La grande ambizione as Enrico Berlinguer
- 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
- 2022 · America Latina as Massimo Sisti
- 2021 · All Star - Ritorno al cinema as Uomo delle pulizie
- 2021 · Uno, nessuno, cento Nino as Self
- 2020 · Rose Island as Giorgio Rosa
- 2020 · Bad Tales as Bruno Placido
- 2020 · Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto as Self
- 2020 · Hidden Away as Antonio Ligabue
- 2019 · The Man Without Gravity as Oscar
- 2018 · Lucia's Grace as Arturo
- 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 · Tenderness as Fabio
- 2017 · It's All About Karma as Mario Pitagora
- 2016 · In arte Nino as Nino Manfredi
- 2016 · L'ami, François d'Assise et ses frères as Francesco
- 2015 · Lost and Beautiful as Sarchiapone (voice)
- 2015 · Alaska as Fausto
- 2015 · Suburra as Sebastiano
- 2015 · The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Stefano
- 2014 · Leopardi as Giacomo Leopardi
- 2013 · The Fifth Wheel as Ernesto
- 2012 · The Landlords as Elia
- 2012 · Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood as Luca Gualtieri
- 2012 · A Magnificent Haunting as Pietro
- 2012 · Faccia d'angelo as il Toso
- 2012 · Faccia d'angelo as Il Toso
- 2011 · Noi c'eravamo as Self
- 2011 · Scattered Cloud as Venditore
- 2010 · The End Is My Beginning as Folco Terzani
- 2010 · Our Life as Claudio
- 2010 · Flaiano: il meglio è passato as
- 2009 · The Bee and the Wind as Matteo
- 2009 · Nine as Pierpaolo
- 2009 · Beautiful People as Giulio
- 2008 · As God Commands as Quattro Formaggi
- 2008 · The Early Bird Catches the Worm as Marco Baldini
- 2008 · The Past Is a Foreign Land as Giorgio
- 2008 · A Whole Life Ahead as Lucio 2
- 2008 · Fallen Heroes as Luca
- 2007 · My Brother Is an Only Child as Accio Benassi
- 2006 · Napoleon and Me as Martino Papucci
- 2006 · Pavilion 22 as Uomo Bambino
- 2005 · Melissa P. as Arnaldo
- 2005 · Mary as Matteo
- 2005 · Romanzo Criminale as Sorcio
- 2005 · Sangue - La morte non esiste as Iuri
- 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 · Fame chimica as Ragazzo in discoteca
- 2004 · Che ne sarà di noi as Manuel
- 2003 · Now or Never as Doveri
- 2003 · Break Free as Vince
- 2003 · Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
- 2003 · Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
- 2002 · Respiro as Pier Luigi
- 2002 · Ultimo stadio as Billo
- 2002 · Il sequestro Soffiantini as Paolo Soffiantini
- 2001 · Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta as Self
- 2001 · Unfair Competition as Paolo
- 2001 · Via Zanardi, 33 as Ivan
- 2001 · La storia chiusa as Amico
- 2000 · Cornetti al miele 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