Elio Germano
75 movies · 8 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 25, 1980 (age 46)
- 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.
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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.
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Known for
Elio Germano: movies and TV shows
Acting (83)
- Upcoming You, Me, Us
as Simone
- Upcoming The Man Who Could Have Changed the World
as Ranuccio
- 2026 Ritorno al tratturo
as Sé stesso
- 2025 Three Goodbyes
as Antonio
- 2024
- 2024 The Great Ambition
as Enrico Berlinguer
- 2024 Sicilian Letters
as Matteo
- 2024 Trust
as Pietro
- 2024
- 2023 Palazzina LAF
as Giancarlo Basile
- 2022 Lord of the Ants
as Ennio Scribani
- 2022 America Latina
as Massimo Sisti
- 2021 All Star - Ritorno al cinema
as Uomo delle pulizie
- 2021
- 2021 The Italian Baba
as Baba Cesare
- 2020 Rose Island
as Giorgio Rosa
- 2020 Bad Tales
as Bruno Placido
- 2020 Hidden Away
as Antonio Ligabue
- 2019 The Man Without Gravity
as Oscar
- 2019 Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
as Sé stesso
- 2018 Lucia's Grace
as Arturo
- 2018 Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 Io sono Tempesta
as Bruno
- 2017 Binxet - Under the border
as Narrator
- 2017 Tenderness
as Fabio
- 2017 It's All About Karma
as Mario Pitagora
- 2016 In arte Nino
as Nino Manfredi
- 2016 L'ami
as Francesco
- 2016 No Borders
as Sé stesso
- 2015 Lost and Beautiful
as Sarchiapone (voice)
- 2015 Alaska
as Fausto
- 2015 Street Opera
as Sé stesso
- 2015 Suburra
as Sebastiano
- 2015 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
as Stefano
- 2014 Leopardi
as Giacomo Leopardi
- 2013 The Fifth Wheel
as Ernesto
- 2012 The Landlords
as Elia
- 2012 Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
as Luca Gualtieri
- 2012 A Magnificent Haunting
as Pietro
- 2012
- 2012 Faccia d'angelo
as Il Toso
- 2011 Scattered Cloud
as Venditore
- 2010 The End Is My Beginning
as Folco Terzani
- 2010 Our Life
as Claudio
- 2010
- 2009 The Bee and the Wind
as Matteo
- 2009 Nine
as Pierpaolo
- 2009 Beautiful People
as Giulio
- 2008 As God Commands
as Quattro Formaggi
- 2008 The Early Bird Catches the Worm
as Marco Baldini
- 2008 The Past Is a Foreign Land
as Giorgio
- 2008 Fallen Heroes
as Luca
- 2008 A Whole Life Ahead
as Lucio 2
- 2007 My Brother Is an Only Child
as Accio Benassi
- 2006 Napoleon and Me
as Martino Papucci
- 2006 Pavilion 22
as Uomo Bambino
- 2005 Mary
as Matteo
- 2005 Melissa P.
as Arnaldo
- 2005 Crime Novel
as Sorcio
- 2005 Sangue - La morte non esiste
as Iuri
- 2005 Quo Vadis, Baby?
as Lucio
- 2005 3.87
as Andrea
- 2005 Do You Like Hitchcock?
as Giulio
- 2005 Call Me Salomè
as Profeta
- 2004 A Judge of Honor
as Manfredi Borsellino
- 2004
- 2004 Fame Chimica
as Ragazzo in discoteca
- 2004 What Will Become Of Us
as Manuel
- 2003 Now or Never
as Doveri
- 2003 Break Free
as Vince
- 2003 Ferrari
as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
- 2003
- 2002 Respiro
as Pier Luigi
- 2002 Ultimo stadio
as Billo
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Unfair Competition
as Paolo Della Rocca
- 2001
- 2001 La storia chiusa
as Amico
- 2000 Honey Horn
as Ernesto
- 2000
- 1999 Il cielo in una stanza
as Paolo da giovane
- 1993 Ci hai rotto papà
as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
Behind the camera (8)
- 2026 Ritorno al tratturo
Writer
- 2021 Così è (o mi pare)
Director, Producer
- 2021 The Italian Baba
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2019 Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2016 In arte Nino
Teleplay
- 2016 No Borders
Writer, Producer
- 2015 Street Opera
Music
- 2005 Sangue - La morte non esiste
Screenplay
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2025
- 2025
- 2025
- 2021
- 2020
- 2011
- 2001 Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
1 episode