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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- 2025 · Three Goodbyes as Antonio
- 2024 · N-Ego as
- 2024 · The Great Ambition 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 · 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 · Hidden Away as Antonio Ligabue
- 2018 · Lucia's Grace as Arturo
- 2018 · Io sono Tempesta as Bruno
- 2017 · Tenderness as Fabio
- 2016 · In arte Nino as Nino Manfredi
- 2015 · Alaska as Fausto
- 2015 · Suburra as Sebastiano
- 2014 · Leopardi as Giacomo Leopardi
- 2013 · The Fifth Wheel as Ernesto
- 2012 · Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood as Luca Gualtieri
- 2012 · A Magnificent Haunting as Pietro
- 2011 · Scattered Cloud as Venditore
- 2009 · The Bee and the Wind as Matteo
- 2009 · Nine as Pierpaolo
- 2009 · Beautiful People as Giulio
- 2008 · The Past Is a Foreign Land as Giorgio
- 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 · Quo Vadis, Baby? as Lucio
- 2005 · 3.87 as Andrea
- 2004 · Fame chimica as Ragazzo in discoteca
- 2003 · Break Free as Vince
- 2003 · Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
- 2002 · Respiro as Pier Luigi
- 2002 · Ultimo stadio as Billo
- 2001 · Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta as Self
- 2001 · Unfair Competition as Paolo Della Rocca
- 2001 · La storia chiusa as Amico
- 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
- 2022 · Lord of the Ants as Ennio Scribani
- 2021 · Così è (o mi pare) as
- 2021 · The Italian Baba as Baba Cesare
- 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)
- 2017 · Binxet - Under the border as Narrator
- 2017 · It's All About Karma as Mario Pitagora
- 2016 · L'ami as Francesco
- 2016 · No Borders as Sé stesso
- 2015 · Lost and Beautiful as Sarchiapone (voice)
- 2015 · Street Opera as Sé stesso
- 2015 · The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Stefano
- 2012 · The Landlords as Elia
- 2012 · Faccia d'angelo as il Toso
- 2012 · Faccia d'angelo as Il Toso
- 2011 · Noi c'eravamo as Self
- 2010 · The End Is My Beginning as Folco Terzani
- 2010 · Our Life as Claudio
- 2010 · Flaiano: il meglio è passato as
- 2008 · As God Commands as Quattro Formaggi
- 2008 · The Early Bird Catches the Worm as Marco Baldini
- 2008 · A Whole Life Ahead as Lucio 2
- 2005 · Sangue - La morte non esiste as Iuri
- 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 · What Will Become of Us as Manuel
- 2003 · Now or Never as Doveri
- 2003 · Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
- 2002 · Per Amore as Gabriele Mariani
- 2002 · Il sequestro Soffiantini as Paolo Soffiantini
- 2001 · Via Zanardi, 33 as Ivan
- 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