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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Films (82)
A Man of the World
2027 · Ranuccio
Toi, Moi, Nous
2026 · Simone
Ritorno al tratturo
2026 · Sé stesso, Writer
Libero sempre comunque mai
2025 · Self
Noi e la grande ambizione
2025 · Himself
Anatomia di un grande sogno
2025 · Self
Trois Adieux
2025 · Antonio
N-Ego
2024
Berlinguer, la grande ambition
2024 · Enrico Berlinguer
Lettres siciliennes
2024 · Matteo
Trust
2024 · Pietro
Palazzina LAF
2023 · Giancarlo Basile
Lord of the Ants
2022 · Ennio Scribani
America Latina
2022 · Massimo Sisti
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021 · Uomo delle pulizie
Così è (o mi pare)
2021 · Director, Producer
The Italian Baba
2021 · Baba Cesare, Director, Writer, Producer
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino
2021 · Self
L'incroyable histoire de l'Île de la Rose
2020 · Giorgio Rosa
Storia di vacanze
2020 · Bruno Placido
Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
2020 · Self
Je voulais me cacher
2020 · Antonio Ligabue
L'Invraisemblable légèreté d'Oscar
2019 · Oscar
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
2019 · Sé stesso, Director, Producer, Writer
Troppa Grazia
2018 · Arturo
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Io sono Tempesta
2018 · Bruno
Binxet - Under the border
2017 · Narrator
La tenerezza
2017 · Fabio
It's All About Karma
2017 · Mario Pitagora
In arte Nino
2016 · Nino Manfredi, Teleplay
L'ami
2016 · Francesco
No Borders
2016 · Sé stesso, Writer, Producer
Lost and Beautiful
2015 · Sarchiapone (voice)
Alaska
2015 · Fausto
Street Opera
2015 · Sé stesso, Music
Suburra
2015 · Sebastiano
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
2015 · Stefano
Leopardi, Il giovane favoloso
2014 · Giacomo Leopardi
The Fifth Wheel
2013 · Ernesto
The Landlords
2012 · Elia
Diaz : Un crime d'état
2012 · Luca Gualtieri
Magnifica Presenza
2012 · Pietro
Faccia d'angelo
2012 · Il Toso
Noi c'eravamo
2011 · Self
Scattered Cloud
2011 · Venditore
Le grand voyage de la vie
2010 · Folco Terzani
Our Life
2010 · Claudio
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
The Bee and the Wind
2009 · Matteo
Nine
2009 · Pierpaolo
La Bella Gente, les gens bien
2009 · Giulio
As God Commands
2008 · Quattro Formaggi
The Early Bird Catches the Worm
2008 · Marco Baldini
The Past Is a Foreign Land
2008 · Giorgio
Fallen Heroes
2008 · Luca
Toute la vie devant soi
2008 · Lucio 2
Mon frère est fils unique
2007 · Accio Benassi
Napoléon (et moi)
2006 · Martino Papucci
Pavilion 22
2006 · Uomo Bambino
Mary
2005 · Matteo
Melissa P.
2005 · Arnaldo
Crime Novel
2005 · Sorcio
Sangue - La morte non esiste
2005 · Iuri, Screenplay
Quo Vadis, Baby?
2005 · Lucio
3.87
2005 · Andrea
Vous aimez Hitchcock ?
2005 · Giulio
Call Me Salomè
2005 · Profeta
A Judge of Honor
2004 · Manfredi Borsellino
Fame Chimica
2004 · Ragazzo in discoteca
What Will Become Of Us
2004 · Manuel
Now or Never
2003 · Doveri
Break Free
2003 · Vince
Enzo Ferrari
2003 · Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
Respiro
2002 · Pier Luigi
Ultimo stadio
2002 · Billo
Concurrence déloyale
2001 · Paolo Della Rocca
La storia chiusa
2001 · Amico
Honey Horn
2000 · Ernesto
Il cielo in una stanza
1999 · Paolo da giovane
Ci hai rotto papà
1993 · Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
Galileo
· Galileo Galilei
Séries (9)
The Story
2024 · Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
Angel Face
2012 · il Toso
A Judge of Honor
2004 · Manfredi Borsellino
Ferrari
2003 · Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
Per Amore
2002 · Gabriele Mariani
Il sequestro Soffiantini
2002 · Paolo Soffiantini
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001 · Self
Via Zanardi, 33
2001 · Ivan
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
2000 · Padre Pio ragazzo