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Elio Germano

Elio Germano

Actor · Born 1980-09-25 · Rome, Italy

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Rose Island (2020) — Giorgio Rosa
  2. Suburra (2015) — Sebastiano
  3. Romanzo Criminale (2005) — Sorcio
  4. Leopardi (2014) — Giacomo Leopardi
  5. Nine (2009) — Pierpaolo
  6. Bad Tales (2020) — Bruno Placido
  7. Melissa P. (2005) — Arnaldo
  8. Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012) — Luca Gualtieri
  9. My Brother Is an Only Child (2007) — Accio Benassi
  10. A Whole Life Ahead (2008) — Lucio 2
  11. Alaska (2015) — Fausto
  12. Io sono Tempesta (2018) — Bruno
  13. It's All About Karma (2017) — Mario Pitagora
  14. The Man Without Gravity (2019) — Oscar
  15. A Magnificent Haunting (2012) — Pietro
  16. Hidden Away (2020) — Antonio Ligabue
  17. America Latina (2022) — Massimo Sisti
  18. Tenderness (2017) — Fabio
  19. Lord of the Ants (2022) — Ennio Scribani
  20. What Will Become Of Us (2004) — Manuel
  21. The Great Ambition (2024) — Enrico Berlinguer
  22. Palazzina LAF (2023) — Giancarlo Basile
  23. Trust (2024) — Pietro
  24. Our Life (2010) — Claudio
  25. The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (2015) — Stefano
  26. Sicilian Letters (2024) — Matteo
  27. Lucia's Grace (2018) — Arturo
  28. Respiro (2002) — Pier Luigi
  29. Napoleon and Me (2006) — Martino Papucci
  30. The Fifth Wheel (2013) — Ernesto
  31. Ci hai rotto papà (1993) — Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
  32. As God Commands (2008) — Quattro Formaggi
  33. Three Goodbyes (2025) — Antonio
  34. Unfair Competition (2001) — Paolo Della Rocca
  35. A Judge of Honor (2004) — Manfredi Borsellino
  36. Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005) — Giulio
  37. In arte Nino (2016) — Nino Manfredi
  38. Faccia d'angelo (2012) — Il Toso
  39. Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005) — Lucio
  40. Lost and Beautiful (2015) — Sarchiapone (voice)

Directed

  1. Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR (2019) — Director
  2. The Italian Baba (2021) — Director
  3. Così è (o mi pare) (2021) — Director