Elio Germano

Elio Germano

Known for
Acting
Born
September 25, 1980 (age 46)
Birthplace
Rome, Italy

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

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Filmography

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Galileo

Galileo

Movie · as Galileo Galilei

2027
The Man Who Could Have Changed the World poster

The Man Who Could Have Changed the World

Movie · as Ranuccio

2026
You, Me, Us poster

You, Me, Us

Movie · as Simone

2026
Ritorno al tratturo poster

Ritorno al tratturo

Movie · as Sé stesso

2025
Three Goodbyes poster

Three Goodbyes

Movie · as Antonio

2025
Noi e la grande ambizione poster

Noi e la grande ambizione

Movie · as Himself

2025
Anatomia di un grande sogno poster

Anatomia di un grande sogno

Movie · as Self

2025
Libero sempre comunque mai poster

Libero sempre comunque mai

Movie · as Self

2024
Sicilian Letters poster

Sicilian Letters

Movie · as Matteo

2024
The Great Ambition poster

The Great Ambition

Movie · as Enrico Berlinguer

2024
Trust poster

Trust

Movie · as Pietro

2024
N-Ego poster

N-Ego

Movie

2024
The Story poster

The Story

TV · as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli · 8 eps

2023
Palazzina LAF poster

Palazzina LAF

Movie · as Giancarlo Basile

2022
America Latina poster

America Latina

Movie · as Massimo Sisti

2022
Lord of the Ants poster

Lord of the Ants

Movie · as Ennio Scribani

2021
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino poster

Uno, nessuno, cento Nino

Movie · as Self

2021
All Star - Ritorno al cinema poster

All Star - Ritorno al cinema

Movie · as Uomo delle pulizie

2021
The Italian Baba poster

The Italian Baba

Movie · as Baba Cesare

2021
Così è (o mi pare) poster

Così è (o mi pare)

Movie

2020
Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto poster

Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto

Movie · as Self

2020
Hidden Away poster

Hidden Away

Movie · as Antonio Ligabue

2020
Rose Island poster

Rose Island

Movie · as Giorgio Rosa

2020
Bad Tales poster

Bad Tales

Movie · as Bruno Placido

2019
The Man Without Gravity poster

The Man Without Gravity

Movie · as Oscar

2019
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR poster

Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR

Movie · as Sé stesso

2018
Io sono Tempesta poster

Io sono Tempesta

Movie · as Bruno

2018
Lucia's Grace poster

Lucia's Grace

Movie · as Arturo

2018
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa poster

Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2017
Tenderness poster

Tenderness

Movie · as Fabio

2017
It's All About Karma poster

It's All About Karma

Movie · as Mario Pitagora

2017
Binxet - Under the border poster

Binxet - Under the border

Movie · as Narrator

2016
L'ami poster

L'ami

Movie · as Francesco

2016
In arte Nino poster

In arte Nino

Movie · as Nino Manfredi

2016
No Borders poster

No Borders

Movie · as Sé stesso

2015
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun poster

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

Movie · as Stefano

2015
Suburra poster

Suburra

Movie · as Sebastiano

2015
Alaska poster

Alaska

Movie · as Fausto

2015
Lost and Beautiful poster

Lost and Beautiful

Movie · as Sarchiapone (voice)

2015
Street Opera poster

Street Opera

Movie · as Sé stesso

2014
Leopardi poster

Leopardi

Movie · as Giacomo Leopardi

2013
The Fifth Wheel poster

The Fifth Wheel

Movie · as Ernesto

2012
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood poster

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood

Movie · as Luca Gualtieri

2012
Faccia d'angelo poster

Faccia d'angelo

Movie · as Il Toso

2012
A Magnificent Haunting poster

A Magnificent Haunting

Movie · as Pietro

2012
The Landlords poster

The Landlords

Movie · as Elia

2012
Angel Face poster

Angel Face

TV · as il Toso · 2 eps

2011
Scattered Cloud poster

Scattered Cloud

Movie · as Venditore

2011
Noi c'eravamo poster

Noi c'eravamo

Movie · as Self

2010
Our Life poster

Our Life

Movie · as Claudio

2010
The End Is My Beginning poster

The End Is My Beginning

Movie · as Folco Terzani

2010
Flaiano: il meglio è passato

Flaiano: il meglio è passato

Movie

2009
Nine poster

Nine

Movie · as Pierpaolo

2009
The Bee and the Wind poster

The Bee and the Wind

Movie · as Matteo

2009
On The Edge poster

On The Edge

Movie · as Giulio

2008
As God Commands poster

As God Commands

Movie · as Quattro Formaggi

2008
The Past Is a Foreign Land poster

The Past Is a Foreign Land

Movie · as Giorgio

2008
The Early Bird Catches the Worm poster

The Early Bird Catches the Worm

Movie · as Marco Baldini

2008
Fallen Heroes poster

Fallen Heroes

Movie · as Luca

2008
A Whole Life Ahead poster

A Whole Life Ahead

Movie · as Lucio 2

2007
My Brother Is an Only Child poster

My Brother Is an Only Child

Movie · as Accio Benassi

2006
Napoleon and Me poster

Napoleon and Me

Movie · as Martino Papucci

2006
Pavilion 22 poster

Pavilion 22

Movie · as Uomo Bambino

2005
Quo Vadis, Baby? poster

Quo Vadis, Baby?

Movie · as Lucio

2005
Do You Like Hitchcock? poster

Do You Like Hitchcock?

Movie · as Giulio

2005
Mary poster

Mary

Movie · as Matteo

2005
Call Me Salomè poster

Call Me Salomè

Movie · as Profeta

2005
Sangue - La morte non esiste poster

Sangue - La morte non esiste

Movie · as Iuri

2005
Melissa P. poster

Melissa P.

Movie · as Arnaldo

2005
3.87 poster

3.87

Movie · as Andrea

2005
Crime Novel poster

Crime Novel

Movie · as Sorcio

2004
Fame Chimica poster

Fame Chimica

Movie · as Ragazzo in discoteca

2004
What Will Become Of Us poster

What Will Become Of Us

Movie · as Manuel

2004
A Judge of Honor poster

A Judge of Honor

Movie · as Manfredi Borsellino

2004
A Judge of Honor poster

A Judge of Honor

TV · as Manfredi Borsellino · 2 eps

2003
Break Free poster

Break Free

Movie · as Vince

2003
Ferrari poster

Ferrari

Movie · as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years

2003
Now or Never poster

Now or Never

Movie · as Doveri

2003
Ferrari poster

Ferrari

TV · as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni · 2 eps

2002
Respiro poster

Respiro

Movie · as Pier Luigi

2002
Ultimo stadio poster

Ultimo stadio

Movie · as Billo

2002
Il sequestro Soffiantini poster

Il sequestro Soffiantini

TV · as Paolo Soffiantini · 2 eps

2002
Per Amore poster

Per Amore

TV · as Gabriele Mariani · 4 eps

2001
Unfair Competition poster

Unfair Competition

Movie · as Paolo Della Rocca

2001
La storia chiusa

La storia chiusa

Movie · as Amico

2001
Via Zanardi, 33 poster

Via Zanardi, 33

TV · as Ivan · 24 eps

2001
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery poster

Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Honey Horn poster

Honey Horn

Movie · as Ernesto

2000
Padre Pio: Miracle Man poster

Padre Pio: Miracle Man

TV · as Padre Pio ragazzo · 2 eps

1999
Il cielo in una stanza poster

Il cielo in una stanza

Movie · as Paolo da giovane

1993
Ci hai rotto papà poster

Ci hai rotto papà

Movie · as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi