Elio Germano
Acting
🎂 1980-09-25
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.
Cast credits(83)
Arnaldo
2005
Self
2001
Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
2024
Giorgio Rosa
2020
Matteo
2024
Sebastiano
2015
Bruno Placido
2020
Pierpaolo
2009
Fausto
2015
Billo
2002
Enrico Berlinguer
2024
Self
2020
Sé stesso
2015
Vince
2003
Martino Papucci
2006
Marco Baldini
2008
Ernesto
2000
Oscar
2019
Mario Pitagora
2017
Ragazzo in discoteca
2004
Antonio
2025
Pietro
2024
Luca Gualtieri
2012
Arturo
2018
Stefano
2015
Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
2003
Manuel
2004
Massimo Sisti
2022
Francesco
2016
Giorgio
2008
Giulio
2009
Padre Pio ragazzo
2000
Sorcio
2005
Giulio
2005
Pietro
2012
Sarchiapone (voice)
2015
Bruno
2018
Antonio Ligabue
2020
Ernesto
2013
Lucio 2
2008
Giacomo Leopardi
2014
Self
2021
Il Toso
2012
Uomo delle pulizie
2021
Giancarlo Basile
2023
Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
1993
Accio Benassi
2007
Elia
2012
2021
Iuri
2005
Pier Luigi
2002
Andrea
2005
Ennio Scribani
2022
Self
2011
Fabio
2017
Paolo Della Rocca
2001
Luca
2008
Folco Terzani
2010
Doveri
2003
Matteo
2005
Paolo da giovane
1999
Quattro Formaggi
2008
Matteo
2009
Nino Manfredi
2016
2024
Claudio
2010
il Toso
2012
Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
2003
Lucio
2005
Uomo Bambino
2006
2010
Venditore
2011
Sé stesso
2019
Baba Cesare
2021
Amico
2001
Sé stesso
2016
Profeta
2005
Narrator
2017
Ivan
2001
Paolo Soffiantini
2002
Narrator (voice)
2018
Gabriele Mariani
2002
Manfredi Borsellino
2004