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