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
- You, Me, Us as Simone
- Ritorno al tratturo as Sé stesso
2025
- Three Goodbyes as Antonio
- Libero sempre comunque mai as Self
- Anatomia di un grande sogno as Self
- Noi e la grande ambizione as Himself
2024
- The Story as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
- Sicilian Letters as Matteo
- The Great Ambition as Enrico Berlinguer
- 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
- Così è (o mi pare)
- The Italian Baba as Baba Cesare
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
- Io sono Tempesta as Bruno
- Lucia's Grace as Arturo
- Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa as Narrator (voice)
2017
- It's All About Karma as Mario Pitagora
- Tenderness as Fabio
- Binxet - Under the border as Narrator
2016
- L'ami as Francesco
- No Borders as Sé stesso
- In arte Nino as Nino Manfredi
2015
- The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Stefano
- Suburra as Sebastiano
- 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
- Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood as Luca Gualtieri
- A Magnificent Haunting as Pietro
- Angel Face as il Toso
- Faccia d'angelo as Il Toso
- The Landlords as Elia
2011
- Noi c'eravamo as Self
- Scattered Cloud as Venditore
2010
- The End Is My Beginning as Folco Terzani
- Flaiano: il meglio è passato
- Our Life as Claudio
2009
- Nine as Pierpaolo
- Beautiful People as Giulio
- The Bee and the Wind as Matteo
2008
- A Whole Life Ahead as Lucio 2
- Fallen Heroes as Luca
- The Past Is a Foreign Land as Giorgio
- The Early Bird Catches the Worm as Marco Baldini
- As God Commands as Quattro Formaggi
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
- Crime Novel as Sorcio
- Mary as Matteo
- Call Me Salomè as Profeta
- Do You Like Hitchcock? as Giulio
- Sangue - La morte non esiste as Iuri
- Quo Vadis, Baby? as Lucio
- 3.87 as Andrea
2004
- A Judge of Honor as Manfredi Borsellino
- What Will Become Of Us as Manuel
- A Judge of Honor as Manfredi Borsellino
- Fame Chimica as Ragazzo in discoteca
2003
- Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
- Now or Never as Doveri
- Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
- Break Free as Vince
2002
- Per Amore as Gabriele Mariani
- Il sequestro Soffiantini as Paolo Soffiantini
- Respiro as Pier Luigi
- 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