About
Elio Germano
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2024 | The Great Ambition | Actor | Enrico Berlinguer | 60 Fair |
| 2024 | Sicilian Letters | Actor | Matteo | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Trust | Actor | Pietro | 59 Average |
| 2024 | La Storia | Actor | Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli | 69 Fair |
| 2023 | Palazzina LAF | Actor | Giancarlo Basile | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | Lord of the Ants | Actor | Ennio Scribani | 62 Fair |
| 2022 | America Latina | Actor | Massimo Sisti | 59 Average |
| 2021 | All Star - Ritorno al cinema | Actor | Uomo delle pulizie | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Uno, nessuno, cento Nino | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Rose Island | Actor | Giorgio Rosa | 67 Fair |
| 2020 | Bad Tales | Actor | Bruno Placido | 63 Fair |
| 2020 | Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Hidden Away | Actor | Antonio Ligabue | 64 Fair |
| 2019 | The Man Without Gravity | Actor | Oscar | 63 Fair |
| 2018 | Lucia's Grace | Actor | Arturo | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Io sono Tempesta | Actor | Bruno | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Binxet - Under the border | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Tenderness | Actor | Fabio | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | It's All About Karma | Actor | Mario Pitagora | 58 Average |
| 2016 | In arte Nino | Actor | Nino Manfredi | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | L'ami, François d'Assise et ses frères | Actor | Francesco | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Lost and Beautiful | Actor | Sarchiapone (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Alaska | Actor | Fausto | 62 Fair |
| 2015 | Suburra | Actor | Sebastiano | 68 Fair |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun | Actor | Stefano | 57 Average |
| 2014 | Leopardi | Actor | Giacomo Leopardi | 64 Fair |
| 2013 | The Fifth Wheel | Actor | Ernesto | 60 Fair |
| 2012 | The Landlords | Actor | Elia | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood | Actor | Luca Gualtieri | 64 Fair |
| 2012 | A Magnificent Haunting | Actor | Pietro | 60 Fair |
| 2012 | Faccia d'angelo | Actor | il Toso | 69 Fair |
| 2012 | Faccia d'angelo | Actor | Il Toso | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Noi c'eravamo | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Scattered Cloud | Actor | Venditore | 59 Average |
| 2010 | The End Is My Beginning | Actor | Folco Terzani | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Our Life | Actor | Claudio | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | Flaiano: il meglio è passato | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2009 | The Bee and the Wind | Actor | Matteo | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Nine | Actor | Pierpaolo | 56 Average |
| 2009 | Beautiful People | Actor | Giulio | 59 Average |
| 2008 | As God Commands | Actor | Quattro Formaggi | 59 Average |
| 2008 | The Early Bird Catches the Worm | Actor | Marco Baldini | 58 Average |
| 2008 | The Past Is a Foreign Land | Actor | Giorgio | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Fallen Heroes | Actor | Luca | 58 Average |
| 2008 | A Whole Life Ahead | Actor | Lucio 2 | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | My Brother Is an Only Child | Actor | Accio Benassi | 62 Fair |
| 2006 | Napoleon and Me | Actor | Martino Papucci | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Pavilion 22 | Actor | Uomo Bambino | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Melissa P. | Actor | Arnaldo | 52 Average |
| 2005 | Mary | Actor | Matteo | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Romanzo Criminale | Actor | Sorcio | 66 Fair |
| 2005 | Sangue - La morte non esiste | Actor | Iuri | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Quo Vadis, Baby? | Actor | Lucio | 58 Average |
| 2005 | 3.87 | Actor | Andrea | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Do You Like Hitchcock? | Actor | Giulio | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Call Me Salomè | Actor | Profeta | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | A Judge of Honor | Actor | Manfredi Borsellino | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | Fame chimica | Actor | Ragazzo in discoteca | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Che ne sarà di noi | Actor | Manuel | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Now or Never | Actor | Doveri | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Break Free | Actor | Vince | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Ferrari | Actor | Enzo Ferrari at 18 years | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Ferrari | Actor | Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni | 68 Fair |
| 2002 | Respiro | Actor | Pier Luigi | 60 Fair |
| 2002 | Ultimo stadio | Actor | Billo | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Il sequestro Soffiantini | Actor | Paolo Soffiantini | 69 Fair |
| 2001 | Unfair Competition | Actor | Paolo | 60 Fair |
| 2001 | Via Zanardi, 33 | Actor | Ivan | 70 Good |
| 2001 | La storia chiusa | Actor | Amico | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Cornetti al miele | Actor | Ernesto | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Padre Pio: Miracle Man | Actor | Padre Pio ragazzo | 69 Fair |
| 1999 | Il cielo in una stanza | Actor | Paolo da giovane | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Ci hai rotto papà | Actor | Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 2016 | In arte Nino | Writing | Teleplay | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Sangue - La morte non esiste | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |