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Actor
Elio Germano
- Born September 25, 1980 in Rome, Italy
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.
Known for
Rose Island2020
Suburra2015
Crime Novel2005
Leopardi2014
Nine2009
Melissa P.2005
Bad Tales2020
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood2012
Filmography
- TBAGalileoFilmGalileo Galilei
- 2026You, Me, UsFilmSimone
- 2026The Man Who Could Have Changed the WorldFilmRanuccio
- 2026Ritorno al tratturoFilmSé stesso, Writer
- 2025Three GoodbyesFilmAntonio
- 2025Libero sempre comunque maiFilmSelf
- 2025Noi e la grande ambizioneFilmHimself
- 2025Anatomia di un grande sognoFilmSelf
- 2024The Great AmbitionFilmEnrico Berlinguer
- 2024TrustFilmPietro
- 2024Sicilian LettersFilmMatteo
- 2024The StorySeriesGiuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
- 2024N-EgoFilm
- 2023Palazzina LAFFilmGiancarlo Basile
- 2022America LatinaFilmMassimo Sisti
- 2022Lord of the AntsFilmEnnio Scribani
- 2021All Star - Ritorno al cinemaFilmUomo delle pulizie
- 2021Uno, nessuno, cento NinoFilmSelf
- 2021The Italian BabaFilmBaba Cesare, Director, Writer, Producer
- 2021Così è (o mi pare)FilmDirector, Producer
- 2020Rose IslandFilmGiorgio Rosa
- 2020Bad TalesFilmBruno Placido
- 2020Hidden AwayFilmAntonio Ligabue
- 2020Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio TarantoFilmSelf
- 2019The Man Without GravityFilmOscar
- 2019Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VRFilmSé stesso, Director, Producer, Writer
- 2018Io sono TempestaFilmBruno
- 2018Lucia's GraceFilmArturo
- 2018Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in ValsusaFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2017It's All About KarmaFilmMario Pitagora
- 2017TendernessFilmFabio
- 2017Binxet - Under the borderFilmNarrator
- 2016In arte NinoFilmNino Manfredi, Teleplay
- 2016L'amiFilmFrancesco
- 2016No BordersFilmSé stesso, Writer, Producer
- 2015SuburraFilmSebastiano
- 2015AlaskaFilmFausto
- 2015The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a GunFilmStefano
- 2015Lost and BeautifulFilmSarchiapone (voice)
- 2015Street OperaFilmSé stesso, Music
- 2014LeopardiFilmGiacomo Leopardi
- 2013The Fifth WheelFilmErnesto
- 2012Diaz - Don't Clean Up This BloodFilmLuca Gualtieri
- 2012A Magnificent HauntingFilmPietro
- 2012Faccia d'angeloFilmIl Toso
- 2012The LandlordsFilmElia
- 2012Angel FaceSeriesil Toso
- 2011Scattered CloudFilmVenditore
- 2011Noi c'eravamoFilmSelf
- 2010Our LifeFilmClaudio
- 2010The End Is My BeginningFilmFolco Terzani
- 2010Flaiano: il meglio è passatoFilm
- 2009NineFilmPierpaolo
- 2009On The EdgeFilmGiulio
- 2009The Bee and the WindFilmMatteo
- 2008A Whole Life AheadFilmLucio 2
- 2008As God CommandsFilmQuattro Formaggi
- 2008The Past Is a Foreign LandFilmGiorgio
- 2008The Early Bird Catches the WormFilmMarco Baldini
- 2008Fallen HeroesFilmLuca
- 2007My Brother Is an Only ChildFilmAccio Benassi
- 2006Napoleon and MeFilmMartino Papucci
- 2006Pavilion 22FilmUomo Bambino
- 2005Crime NovelFilmSorcio
- 2005Melissa P.FilmArnaldo
- 2005Do You Like Hitchcock?FilmGiulio
- 2005Quo Vadis, Baby?FilmLucio
- 2005MaryFilmMatteo
- 2005Sangue - La morte non esisteFilmIuri, Screenplay
- 20053.87FilmAndrea
- 2005Call Me SalomèFilmProfeta
- 2004What Will Become Of UsFilmManuel
- 2004A Judge of HonorFilmManfredi Borsellino
- 2004Fame ChimicaFilmRagazzo in discoteca
- 2004A Judge of HonorSeriesManfredi Borsellino
- 2003FerrariFilmEnzo Ferrari at 18 years
- 2003Break FreeFilmVince
- 2003Now or NeverFilmDoveri
- 2003FerrariSeriesEnzo Ferrari a 18 anni
- 2002RespiroFilmPier Luigi