Elio Germano
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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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Melissa P. (2005)
as Arnaldo
Nine (2009)
as Pierpaolo
Rose Island (2020)
as Giorgio Rosa
Romanzo Criminale (2005)
as Sorcio
My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)
as Accio Benassi
Three Goodbyes (2025)
as Antonio
Suburra (2015)
as Sebastiano
Ci hai rotto papà (1993)
as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (2015)
as Stefano
Mary (2005)
as Matteo
America Latina (2022)
as Massimo Sisti
Alaska (2015)
as Fausto
Bad Tales (2020)
as Bruno Placido
Sicilian Letters (2024)
as Matteo
Pavilion 22 (2006)
as Uomo Bambino
Napoleon and Me (2006)
as Martino Papucci
Call Me Salomè (2005)
as Profeta
A Magnificent Haunting (2012)
as Pietro
Trust (2024)
as Pietro
Tenderness (2017)
as Fabio
Leopardi (2014)
as Giacomo Leopardi
Lord of the Ants (2022)
as Ennio Scribani
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
as Luca Gualtieri
The Man Without Gravity (2019)
as Oscar
The Great Ambition (2024)
as Enrico Berlinguer
Hidden Away (2020)
as Antonio Ligabue
Unfair Competition (2001)
as Paolo Della Rocca
Lucia's Grace (2018)
as Arturo
The Fifth Wheel (2013)
as Ernesto
Respiro (2002)
as Pier Luigi
Our Life (2010)
as Claudio
Ferrari (2003)
as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
Io sono Tempesta (2018)
as Bruno
The Man Who Could Have Changed the World (—)
as Ranuccio
In arte Nino (2016)
as Nino Manfredi
No Borders (2016)
as Sé stesso
Beautiful People (2009)
as Giulio
It's All About Karma (2017)
as Mario Pitagora
L'ami (2016)
as Francesco
A Whole Life Ahead (2008)
as Lucio 2
Fallen Heroes (2008)
as Luca
As God Commands (2008)
as Quattro Formaggi
The End Is My Beginning (2010)
as Folco Terzani
Faccia d'angelo (2012)
as Il Toso
Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005)
as Giulio
What Will Become Of Us (2004)
as Manuel
Noi c'eravamo (2011)
as Self
Flaiano: il meglio è passato (2010)
Actor
A Judge of Honor (2004)
as Manfredi Borsellino
Palazzina LAF (2023)
as Giancarlo Basile
Libero sempre comunque mai (2025)
as Self
Ultimo stadio (2002)
as Billo
Ritorno al tratturo (2026)
as Sé stesso
Lost and Beautiful (2015)
as Sarchiapone (voice)
Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005)
as Lucio
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino (2021)
as Self
Il cielo in una stanza (1999)
as Paolo da giovane
The Landlords (2012)
as Elia
The Early Bird Catches the Worm (2008)
as Marco Baldini
The Past Is a Foreign Land (2008)
as Giorgio
Sangue - La morte non esiste (2005)
as Iuri
Binxet - Under the border (2017)
as Narrator
Honey Horn (2000)
as Ernesto
Fame Chimica (2004)
as Ragazzo in discoteca
Now or Never (2003)
as Doveri
Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto (2020)
as Self
Break Free (2003)
as Vince
All Star - Ritorno al cinema (2021)
as Uomo delle pulizie
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR (2019)
as Sé stesso
3.87 (2005)
as Andrea
Scattered Cloud (2011)
as Venditore
The Italian Baba (2021)
as Baba Cesare
Così è (o mi pare) (2021)
Actor
The Bee and the Wind (2009)
as Matteo
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
N-Ego (2024)
Actor
Noi e la grande ambizione (2025)
as Himself
Anatomia di un grande sogno (2025)
as Self
Noi un po' meglio (—)
Actor
Street Opera (2015)
as Sé stesso
La storia chiusa (2001)
as Amico