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