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 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.
Acted in
Berlinguer - La grande ambizione
2024
as Enrico Berlinguer
Sicilian Letters
2024
as Matteo Messina Denaro
Trust
2024
as Pietro
La Storia
2024
as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
Palazzina LAF
2023
as Giancarlo Basile
Lord of the Ants
2022
as Ennio Scribani
America Latina
2022
as Massimo Sisti
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021
as Uomo delle pulizie
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino
2021
as Self
Rose Island
2020
as Giorgio Rosa
Bad Tales
2020
as Bruno Placido
Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
2020
as Self
Hidden Away
2020
as Antonio Ligabue
The Man Without Gravity
2019
as Oscar
Lucia's Grace
2018
as Arturo
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Io sono Tempesta
2018
as Bruno
Binxet - Under the border
2017
as Narrator
Tenderness
2017
as Fabio
It's All About Karma
2017
as Mario Pitagora
In arte Nino
2016
as Nino Manfredi
L'ami, François d'Assise et ses frères
2016
as Francesco
Lost and Beautiful
2015
as Sarchiapone (voice)
Alaska
2015
as Fausto
Suburra
2015
as Sebastiano
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
2015
as Stefano
Leopardi
2014
as Giacomo Leopardi
The Fifth Wheel
2013
as Ernesto
The Landlords
2012
as Elia
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
2012
as Luca Gualtieri
A Magnificent Haunting
2012
as Pietro
Faccia d'angelo
2012
as il Toso
Faccia d'angelo
2012
as Il Toso
Noi c'eravamo
2011
as Self
Scattered Cloud
2011
as Venditore
The End Is My Beginning
2010
as Folco Terzani
Our Life
2010
as Claudio
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
The Bee and the Wind
2009
as Matteo
Nine
2009
as Pierpaolo
Beautiful People
2009
as Giulio
As God Commands
2008
as Quattro Formaggi
The Early Bird Catches the Worm
2008
as Marco Baldini
The Past Is a Foreign Land
2008
as Giorgio
Fallen Heroes
2008
as Luca
A Whole Life Ahead
2008
as Lucio 2
My Brother Is an Only Child
2007
as Accio Benassi
Napoleon and Me
2006
as Martino Papucci
Pavilion 22
2006
as Uomo Bambino
Mary
2005
as Matteo
Melissa P.
2005
as Arnaldo
Romanzo Criminale
2005
as Sorcio
Sangue - La morte non esiste
2005
as Iuri
Quo Vadis, Baby?
2005
as Lucio
3.87
2005
as Andrea
Do You Like Hitchcock?
2005
as Giulio
Call Me Salomè
2005
as Profeta
A Judge of Honor
2004
as Manfredi Borsellino
Fame chimica
2004
as Ragazzo in discoteca
Che ne sarà di noi
2004
as Manuel
Now or Never
2003
as Doveri
Break Free
2003
as Vince
Ferrari
2003
as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
Ferrari
2003
as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
Respiro
2002
as Pier Luigi
Ultimo stadio
2002
as Billo
Il sequestro Soffiantini
2002
as Paolo Soffiantini
Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta
2001
as Self
Unfair Competition
2001
as Paolo
Via Zanardi, 33
2001
as Ivan
La storia chiusa
2001
as Amico
Cornetti al miele
2000
as Ernesto
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
2000
as Padre Pio ragazzo
Il cielo in una stanza
1999
as Paolo da giovane
Ci hai rotto papà
1993
as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi