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Elio Germano
Actor, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn September 25, 1980 (44 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2024 | The Great Ambition · as Enrico Berlinguer |
| 2024 | Sicilian Letters · as Matteo |
| 2024 | Trust · as Pietro |
| 2024 | La Storia (TV Series) · as Giuseppe 'eppetondo' Cucchiarelli |
| 2023 | Palazzina Laf · as Giancarlo Basile |
| 2022 | Lord of the Ants · as Ennio Scribani |
| 2021 | America Latina · as Massimo Sisti |
| 2021 | All Star - Ritorno al cinema · as Uomo Delle Pulizie |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Lucia's Grace · as Arturo |
| 2018 | Io sono Tempesta · as Bruno |
| 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 |
| 2015 | Lost and Beautiful · as Sarchiapone (voice) |
| 2015 | Alaska · as Fausto |
| 2015 | |
| 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 | Faccia d'angelo · as Il Toso |
| 2012 | Faccia d'angelo (TV Series) · as Il Toso |
| 2012 | Faccia d'angelo · as Il Toso |
| 2011 | The Pills - Non ce la faremo mai (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2011 | Scattered Cloud · as Venditore |
| 2010 | The End Is My Beginning · as Folco Terzani |
| 2010 | La nostra vita · as Claudio |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | On the Edge · as Giulio |
| 2008 | As God Commands · as Quattro Formaggi |
| 2008 | The Past Is a Foreign Land · as Giorgio |
| 2008 | Tutta la vita davanti · as Lucio 2 |
| 2008 | The Early Bird Catches the Worm · as Marco Baldini |
| 2007 | My Brother Is an Only Child · as Accio Benassi |
| 2007 | Fallen Heroes · as Luca |
| 2006 | Chiamami Salomè · as Profeta |
| 2006 | N (Io e Napoleone) · as Martino Papucci |
| 2006 | Padiglione 22 · as Uomo Bambino |
| 2005 | Melissa P. · as Arnaldo |
| 2005 | Mary · as Matteo |
| 2005 | Romanzo Criminale · as Sorcio |
| 2005 | Sangue: La morte non esiste · as Iuri |
| 2005 | Do You Like Hitchcock? · as Giulio |
| 2005 | Quo Vadis, Baby? · as Lucio |
| 2004 | A Judge of Honor · as Manfredi Borsellino |
| 2004 | Che ne sarà di noi · as Manuel |
| 2003 | Chemical Hunger · as Ragazzo In Discoteca |
| 2003 | Ora o mai più · as Doveri |
| 2003 | Break Free · as Vince |
| 2003 | Ferrari · as Enzo Ferrari At 18 Years |
| 2003 | Ferrari (TV Series) · as Enzo Ferrari A 18 Anni |
| 2002 | Respiro · as Pier Luigi |
| 2002 | Ultimo stadio · as Billo |
| 2002 | Il sequestro Soffiantini · as Paolo Soffiantini |
| 2002 | Il sequestro Soffiantini (TV Series) · as Paolo Soffiantini |
| 2001 | Unfair Competition · as Paolo |
| 2001 | Via Zanardi, 33 (TV Series) · as Ivan |
| 2000 | Padre Pio: Miracle Man (TV Series) · as Padre Pio Ragazzo |
| 2000 | Padre Pio · as Francesco Forgione (16 Years Old) |
| 1999 | The sky in a room · as Paolo Da Giovane |
| 1998 | Un medico in famiglia (TV Series) · as Roberto 'er Pasticca' Palombi |
| 1993 | Ci hai rotto papà · as Andrea 'cotoletta' Cecconi |