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.
Filmography (88 titles)
MovieRitorno al tratturo
Sé stesso · 2026
9.0MovieLIBERO sempre comunque mai
Self · 2025
MovieNoi e la grande ambizione
Himself · 2025
MovieAnatomia di un grande sogno
Self · 2025
7.1MovieThree Goodbyes
Antonio · 2025
7.0MovieN-Ego
2024
7.2MovieThe Great Ambition
Enrico Berlinguer · 2024
6.1MovieSicilian Letters
Matteo · 2024
6.4MovieTrust
Pietro · 2024
6.8ShowThe Story
Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli · 2024
6.9MoviePalazzina LAF
Giancarlo Basile · 2023
7.2MovieLord of the Ants
Ennio Scribani · 2022
6.1MovieAmerica Latina
Massimo Sisti · 2022
7.6MovieAll Star - Ritorno al cinema
Uomo delle pulizie · 2021
MovieCosì è (o mi pare)
2021
MovieThe Italian Baba
Baba Cesare · 2021
7.0MovieUno, nessuno, cento Nino
Self · 2021
7.0MovieRose Island
Giorgio Rosa · 2020
6.7MovieBad Tales
Bruno Placido · 2020
MovieLiberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
Self · 2020
7.5MovieHidden Away
Antonio Ligabue · 2020
7.0MovieThe Man Without Gravity
Oscar · 2019
MovieSegnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
Sé stesso · 2019
5.9MovieLucia's Grace
Arturo · 2018
8.0MovieArchiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
Narrator (voice) · 2018
5.8MovieIo sono Tempesta
Bruno · 2018
7.0MovieBinxet - Under the border
Narrator · 2017
6.3MovieTenderness
Fabio · 2017
5.8MovieIt's All About Karma
Mario Pitagora · 2017
7.1MovieIn arte Nino
Nino Manfredi · 2016