Elio Germano
Known for Acting · 90 credits
- Born
- 1980-09-25 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Rome, Italy
- Also known as
- Έλιο Τζερμάνο · 엘리오 게르마노
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.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001
as Self
The Story
2024
as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
Per Amore
2002
as Gabriele Mariani
Ferrari
2003
as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
Angel Face
2012
as il Toso
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
2000
as Padre Pio ragazzo
A Judge of Honor
2004
as Manfredi Borsellino
Il sequestro Soffiantini
2002
as Paolo Soffiantini
Via Zanardi, 33
2001
as Ivan
Movies (81)
Melissa P.
2005
as Arnaldo
Ci hai rotto papà
1993
as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
Mary
2005
as Matteo
Rose Island
2020
as Giorgio Rosa
Romanzo Criminale
2005
as Sorcio
America Latina
2022
as Massimo Sisti
Nine
2009
as Pierpaolo
Fallen Heroes
2008
as Luca
Call Me Salomè
2005
as Profeta
Three Goodbyes
2025
as Antonio
Suburra
2015
as Sebastiano
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
Bad Tales
2020
as Bruno Placido
A Judge of Honor
2004
as Manfredi Borsellino
The Man Without Gravity
2019
as Oscar
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
2015
as Stefano
Pavilion 22
2006
as Uomo Bambino
Sicilian Letters
2024
as Matteo
Faccia d'angelo
2012
as Il Toso
Tenderness
2017
as Fabio
A Magnificent Haunting
2012
as Pietro
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
2019
as Sé stesso
Leopardi
2014
as Giacomo Leopardi
No Borders
2016
as Sé stesso
Alaska
2015
as Fausto
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
2012
as Luca Gualtieri
Napoleon and Me
2006
as Martino Papucci
The Man Who Could Have Changed the World
as Ranuccio
The End Is My Beginning
2010
as Folco Terzani
My Brother Is an Only Child
2007
as Accio Benassi
Unfair Competition
2001
as Paolo Della Rocca
A Whole Life Ahead
2008
as Lucio 2
The Fifth Wheel
2013
as Ernesto
Beautiful People
2009
as Giulio
Ferrari
2003
as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
The Great Ambition
2024
as Enrico Berlinguer
Lord of the Ants
2022
as Ennio Scribani
The Italian Baba
2021
as Baba Cesare
Il cielo in una stanza
1999
as Paolo da giovane
Now or Never
2003
as Doveri
In arte Nino
2016
as Nino Manfredi
Noi c'eravamo
2011
as Self
Anatomia di un grande sogno
2025
as Self
Our Life
2010
as Claudio
L'ami
2016
as Francesco
Quo Vadis, Baby?
2005
as Lucio
The Past Is a Foreign Land
2008
as Giorgio
What Will Become Of Us
2004
as Manuel
Così è (o mi pare)
2021
Io sono Tempesta
2018
as Bruno
Noi e la grande ambizione
2025
as Himself
Respiro
2002
as Pier Luigi
The Landlords
2012
as Elia
Binxet - Under the border
2017
as Narrator
Do You Like Hitchcock?
2005
as Giulio
Ultimo stadio
2002
as Billo
Sangue - La morte non esiste
2005
as Iuri
Trust
2024
as Pietro
Libero sempre comunque mai
2025
as Self
The Early Bird Catches the Worm
2008
as Marco Baldini
It's All About Karma
2017
as Mario Pitagora
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021
as Uomo delle pulizie
Palazzina LAF
2023
as Giancarlo Basile
Ritorno al tratturo
2026
as Sé stesso
Hidden Away
2020
as Antonio Ligabue
Lucia's Grace
2018
as Arturo
Break Free
2003
as Vince
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino
2021
as Self
Fame Chimica
2004
as Ragazzo in discoteca
Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
2020
as Self
Noi un po' meglio
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Lost and Beautiful
2015
as Sarchiapone (voice)
N-Ego
2024
Scattered Cloud
2011
as Venditore
As God Commands
2008
as Quattro Formaggi
Street Opera
2015
as Sé stesso
Honey Horn
2000
as Ernesto
La storia chiusa
2001
as Amico
3.87
2005
as Andrea
The Bee and the Wind
2009
as Matteo
About Elio Germano
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… With 90 credits spanning from 1993 to 2026, Elio Germano has appeared in 81 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Elio Germano Movies
- Melissa P. (2005) — as Arnaldo
- Ci hai rotto papà (1993) — as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
- Mary (2005) — as Matteo
- Rose Island (2020) — as Giorgio Rosa
- Romanzo Criminale (2005) — as Sorcio
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