Elio Germano
Acting
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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movieRitorno al tratturo
2026
Sé stesso
movieThree Goodbyes
2025
Antonio
movieThe Great Ambition
2024
Enrico Berlinguer
movieTrust
2024
Pietro
tvThe Story
2024
Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
moviePalazzina LAF
2023
Giancarlo Basile
movieLord of the Ants
2022
Ennio Scribani
movieAmerica Latina
2022
Massimo Sisti
movieAll Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021
Uomo delle pulizie
movieThe Italian Baba
2021
Baba Cesare
movieRose Island
2020
Giorgio Rosa
movieBad Tales
2020
Bruno Placido
movieHidden Away
2020
Antonio Ligabue
movieLucia's Grace
2018
Arturo
movieTenderness
2017
Fabio
movieIt's All About Karma
2017
Mario Pitagora
movieIn arte Nino
2016
Nino Manfredi
movieL'ami
2016
Francesco
movieNo Borders
2016
Sé stesso
movieLost and Beautiful
2015
Sarchiapone (voice)
movieAlaska
2015
Fausto
movieStreet Opera
2015
Sé stesso
movieSuburra
2015
Sebastiano
movieLeopardi
2014
Giacomo Leopardi
movieThe Fifth Wheel
2013
Ernesto
movieDiaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
2012
Luca Gualtieri
tvAngel Face
2012
il Toso
movieFaccia d'angelo
2012
Il Toso
movieScattered Cloud
2011
Venditore
movieThe End Is My Beginning
2010
Folco Terzani
movieOur Life
2010
Claudio
movieNine
2009
Pierpaolo
movieAs God Commands
2008
Quattro Formaggi
movieThe Early Bird Catches the Worm
2008
Marco Baldini
movieA Whole Life Ahead
2008
Lucio 2
movieMy Brother Is an Only Child
2007
Accio Benassi
movieNapoleon and Me
2006
Martino Papucci
moviePavilion 22
2006
Uomo Bambino
movieMary
2005
Matteo
movieMelissa P.
2005
Arnaldo
movie3.87
2005
Andrea
movieCall Me Salomè
2005
Profeta
movieA Judge of Honor
2004
Manfredi Borsellino
tvA Judge of Honor
2004
Manfredi Borsellino
movieFame Chimica
2004
Ragazzo in discoteca
movieNow or Never
2003
Doveri
movieBreak Free
2003
Vince
movieFerrari
2003
Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
tvFerrari
2003
Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
movieRespiro
2002
Pier Luigi
tvPer Amore
2002
Gabriele Mariani
tvIl sequestro Soffiantini
2002
Paolo Soffiantini
movieUnfair Competition
2001
Paolo Della Rocca
movieHoney Horn
2000
Ernesto
tvPadre Pio: Miracle Man
2000
Padre Pio ragazzo
movieIl cielo in una stanza
1999
Paolo da giovane
movieCi hai rotto papà
1993
Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi