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Elio Germano

Elio Germano

Born: 1980-09-25 • Rome, Italy

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.

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