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