
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.
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Melissa P. (2005)
as Arnaldo

Nine (2009)
as Pierpaolo

Mary (2005)
as Matteo

Three Goodbyes (2025)
as Antonio

Rose Island (2020)
as Giorgio Rosa

Romanzo Criminale (2005)
as Sorcio

My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)
as Accio Benassi

Suburra (2015)
as Sebastiano

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (2015)
as Stefano

Bad Tales (2020)
as Bruno Placido

Ferrari (2003)
as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years

The Man Without Gravity (2019)
as Oscar

Unfair Competition (2001)
as Paolo Della Rocca

Alaska (2015)
as Fausto

Tenderness (2017)
as Fabio

Napoleon and Me (2006)
as Martino Papucci

Hidden Away (2020)
as Antonio Ligabue

Lord of the Ants (2022)
as Ennio Scribani

America Latina (2022)
as Massimo Sisti

A Whole Life Ahead (2008)
as Lucio 2

Respiro (2002)
as Pier Luigi

Beautiful People (2009)
as Giulio

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
as Luca Gualtieri

What Will Become of Us (2004)
as Manuel

Sicilian Letters (2024)
as Matteo

The Great Ambition (2024)
as Enrico Berlinguer

Our Life (2010)
as Claudio

Trust (2024)
as Pietro

Lucia's Grace (2018)
as Arturo

A Magnificent Haunting (2012)
as Pietro

The Landlords (2012)
as Elia

A Judge of Honor (2004)
as Manfredi Borsellino

Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005)
as Giulio

Ultimo stadio (2002)
as Billo

Leopardi (2014)
as Giacomo Leopardi

Fallen Heroes (2008)
as Luca

The Past Is a Foreign Land (2008)
as Giorgio

Ci hai rotto papà (1993)
as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi

3.87 (2005)
as Andrea

Io sono Tempesta (2018)
as Bruno

In arte Nino (2016)
as Nino Manfredi

The Fifth Wheel (2013)
as Ernesto

Faccia d'angelo (2012)
as Il Toso

As God Commands (2008)
as Quattro Formaggi

L'ami (2016)
as Francesco

Noi c'eravamo (2011)
as Self

Scattered Cloud (2011)
as Venditore

All Star - Ritorno al cinema (2021)
as Uomo delle pulizie

Palazzina LAF (2023)
as Giancarlo Basile

It's All About Karma (2017)
as Mario Pitagora

Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa (2018)
as Narrator (voice)

Il cielo in una stanza (1999)
as Paolo da giovane

Now or Never (2003)
as Doveri

Call Me Salomè (2005)
as Profeta
Noi un po' meglio (—)
Actor
The Man Who Could Have Changed the World (—)
as Ranuccio

LIBERO sempre comunque mai (2025)
as Self

Sangue - La morte non esiste (2005)
as Iuri

The Early Bird Catches the Worm (2008)
as Marco Baldini

Honey Horn (2000)
as Ernesto

Uno, nessuno, cento Nino (2021)
as Self

Break Free (2003)
as Vince

The End Is My Beginning (2010)
as Folco Terzani

Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005)
as Lucio

Binxet - Under the border (2017)
as Narrator

Lost and Beautiful (2015)
as Sarchiapone (voice)

N-Ego (2024)
Actor

No Borders (2016)
as Sé stesso

The Italian Baba (2021)
as Baba Cesare

Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto (2020)
as Self

Fame Chimica (2004)
as Ragazzo in discoteca
La storia chiusa (2001)
as Amico

Pavilion 22 (2006)
as Uomo Bambino

Così è (o mi pare) (2021)
Actor
Flaiano: il meglio è passato (2010)
Actor

Noi e la grande ambizione (2025)
as Himself

Anatomia di un grande sogno (2025)
as Self

Ritorno al tratturo (2026)
as Sé stesso

Street Opera (2015)
as Sé stesso

The Bee and the Wind (2009)
as Matteo

Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR (2019)
as Sé stesso





