Elio Germano
Born: 1980-09-25 in Rome, Italy
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2026
- Ritorno al tratturo as Sé stesso
2025
- Three Goodbyes as Antonio
- LIBERO sempre comunque mai as Self
- Noi e la grande ambizione as Himself
- Anatomia di un grande sogno as Self
2024
- The Story as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
- The Great Ambition as Enrico Berlinguer
- Sicilian Letters as Matteo
- Trust as Pietro
- N-Ego
2023
- Palazzina LAF as Giancarlo Basile
2022
- Lord of the Ants as Ennio Scribani
- America Latina as Massimo Sisti
2021
- All Star - Ritorno al cinema as Uomo delle pulizie
- Uno, nessuno, cento Nino as Self
- The Italian Baba as Baba Cesare
- Così è (o mi pare)
2020
- Rose Island as Giorgio Rosa
- Bad Tales as Bruno Placido
- Hidden Away as Antonio Ligabue
- Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto as Self
2019
- The Man Without Gravity as Oscar
- Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR as Sé stesso
2018
- Lucia's Grace as Arturo
- Io sono Tempesta as Bruno
- Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa as Narrator (voice)
2017
- Tenderness as Fabio
- It's All About Karma as Mario Pitagora
- Binxet - Under the border as Narrator
2016
- L'ami as Francesco
- In arte Nino as Nino Manfredi
- No Borders as Sé stesso
2015
- Suburra as Sebastiano
- The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Stefano
- Alaska as Fausto
- Lost and Beautiful as Sarchiapone (voice)
- Street Opera as Sé stesso
2014
- Leopardi as Giacomo Leopardi
2013
- The Fifth Wheel as Ernesto
2012
- Faccia d'angelo as il Toso
- Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood as Luca Gualtieri
- A Magnificent Haunting as Pietro
- The Landlords as Elia
- Faccia d'angelo as Il Toso
2011
- Noi c'eravamo as Self
- Scattered Cloud as Venditore
2010
- Our Life as Claudio
- The End Is My Beginning as Folco Terzani
- Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2009
- Nine as Pierpaolo
- Beautiful People as Giulio
- The Bee and the Wind as Matteo
2008
- A Whole Life Ahead as Lucio 2
- The Early Bird Catches the Worm as Marco Baldini
- As God Commands as Quattro Formaggi
- The Past Is a Foreign Land as Giorgio
- Fallen Heroes as Luca
2007
- My Brother Is an Only Child as Accio Benassi
2006
- Napoleon and Me as Martino Papucci
- Pavilion 22 as Uomo Bambino
2005
- Melissa P. as Arnaldo
- Mary as Matteo
- Romanzo Criminale as Sorcio
- Do You Like Hitchcock? as Giulio
- Call Me Salomè as Profeta
- 3.87 as Andrea
- Quo Vadis, Baby? as Lucio
- Sangue - La morte non esiste as Iuri
2004
- What Will Become of Us as Manuel
- A Judge of Honor as Manfredi Borsellino
- A Judge of Honor as Manfredi Borsellino
- Fame Chimica as Ragazzo in discoteca
2003
- Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
- Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
- Now or Never as Doveri
- Break Free as Vince
2002
- Il sequestro Soffiantini as Paolo Soffiantini
- Respiro as Pier Luigi
- Per Amore as Gabriele Mariani
- Ultimo stadio as Billo
2001
- Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery as Self
- Via Zanardi, 33 as Ivan
- Unfair Competition as Paolo Della Rocca
- La storia chiusa as Amico
2000
- Padre Pio: Miracle Man as Padre Pio ragazzo
- Honey Horn as Ernesto
1999
- Il cielo in una stanza as Paolo da giovane
1993
- Ci hai rotto papà as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi