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
2025
- Three Goodbyes as Antonio
- LIBERO sempre comunque mai as Self
- Noi e la grande ambizione as Himself
- Anatomia di un grande sogno
2024
- Trust as Pietro
- N-Ego
- La Storia as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
- The Great Ambition as Enrico Berlinguer
- Sicilian Letters as Matteo
2023
- Palazzina LAF as Giancarlo Basile
2022
- America Latina as Massimo Sisti
- Lord of the Ants as Ennio Scribani
2021
- Uno, nessuno, cento Nino as Self
- All Star - Ritorno al cinema as Uomo delle pulizie
- Così è (o mi pare)
- The Italian Baba as Baba Cesare
2020
- Hidden Away as Antonio Ligabue
- Bad Tales as Bruno Placido
- Rose Island as Giorgio Rosa
- 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
- Alaska as Fausto
- Suburra as Sebastiano
- Lost and Beautiful as Sarchiapone (voice)
- The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Stefano
- Street Opera as Sé stesso
2014
- Leopardi as Giacomo Leopardi
2013
- The Fifth Wheel as Ernesto
2012
- A Magnificent Haunting as Pietro
- Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood as Luca Gualtieri
- The Landlords as Elia
- Faccia d'angelo as Il Toso
- Faccia d'angelo as il Toso
2011
- Scattered Cloud as Venditore
- Noi c'eravamo as Self
2010
- Our Life as Claudio
- Flaiano: il meglio è passato
- The End Is My Beginning as Folco Terzani
2009
- Nine as Pierpaolo
- Beautiful People as Giulio
- The Bee and the Wind as Matteo
2008
- The Past Is a Foreign Land as Giorgio
- A Whole Life Ahead as Lucio 2
- Fallen Heroes as Luca
- As God Commands as Quattro Formaggi
- The Early Bird Catches the Worm as Marco Baldini
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
- 3.87 as Andrea
- Quo Vadis, Baby? as Lucio
- Do You Like Hitchcock? as Giulio
- Romanzo Criminale as Sorcio
- Call Me Salomè as Profeta
- Sangue - La morte non esiste as Iuri
2004
- Fame chimica as Ragazzo in discoteca
- What Will Become of Us as Manuel
- A Judge of Honor as Manfredi Borsellino
- A Judge of Honor as Manfredi Borsellino
2003
- Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
- Now or Never as Doveri
- Break Free as Vince
- Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
2002
- Respiro as Pier Luigi
- Ultimo stadio as Billo
- Per Amore as Gabriele Mariani
- Il sequestro Soffiantini as Paolo Soffiantini
2001
- Unfair Competition as Paolo Della Rocca
- Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta as Self
- La storia chiusa as Amico
- Via Zanardi, 33 as Ivan
2000
- Honey Horn as Ernesto
- Padre Pio: Miracle Man as Padre Pio ragazzo
1999
- Il cielo in una stanza as Paolo da giovane
1993
- Ci hai rotto papà as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi