Elio Germano
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
Self
2001
Film
Melissa P.
Arnaldo
2005
Series
The Story
Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
2024
Film
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
Luca Gualtieri
2012
Film
Nine
Pierpaolo
2009
Film
Rose Island
Giorgio Rosa
2020
Series
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
Padre Pio ragazzo
2000
Film
Three Goodbyes
Antonio
2025
Film
Suburra
Sebastiano
2015
Series
Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
2003
Film
My Brother Is an Only Child
Accio Benassi
2007
Film
America Latina
Massimo Sisti
2022
Film
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Stefano
2015
Film
Crime Novel
Sorcio
2005
Film
The Great Ambition
Enrico Berlinguer
2024
Film
Lord of the Ants
Ennio Scribani
2022
Film
Sicilian Letters
Matteo
2024
Series
Per Amore
Gabriele Mariani
2002
Series
A Judge of Honor
Manfredi Borsellino
2004
Series
Via Zanardi, 33
Ivan
2001
Film
The Man Without Gravity
Oscar
2019
Series
Il sequestro Soffiantini
Paolo Soffiantini
2002
Film
Napoleon and Me
Martino Papucci
2006
Film
Tenderness
Fabio
2017
Film
Mary
Matteo
2005
Film
A Magnificent Haunting
Pietro
2012
Film
A Whole Life Ahead
Lucio 2
2008
Film
Bad Tales
Bruno Placido
2020
Film
Ci hai rotto papà
Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
1993
Film
What Will Become Of Us
Manuel
2004
Series
Angel Face
il Toso
2012
Film
Respiro
Pier Luigi
2002
Film
No Borders
Sé stesso
2016
Film
Leopardi
Giacomo Leopardi
2014
Film
L'ami
Francesco
2016
Film
Beautiful People
Giulio
2009
Film
Alaska
Fausto
2015
The Man Who Could Have Changed the World
Ranuccio
Film
Libero sempre comunque mai
Self
2025
Film
Io sono Tempesta
Bruno
2018
Film
Sangue - La morte non esiste
Iuri
2005
Film
Fallen Heroes
Luca
2008
Film
Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
2003
Film
Lucia's Grace
Arturo
2018
Film
The End Is My Beginning
Folco Terzani
2010
Film
Hidden Away
Antonio Ligabue
2020
Film
Do You Like Hitchcock?
Giulio
2005
Film
Pavilion 22
Uomo Bambino
2006
Film
The Past Is a Foreign Land
Giorgio
2008
Film
Il cielo in una stanza
Paolo da giovane
1999
Film
Now or Never
Doveri
2003
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
Film
It's All About Karma
Mario Pitagora
2017
Film
Trust
Pietro
2024
Film
In arte Nino
Nino Manfredi
2016
Film
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
Uomo delle pulizie
2021
Film
A Judge of Honor
Manfredi Borsellino
2004
Film
Our Life
Claudio
2010
Film
Call Me Salomè
Profeta
2005
Film
The Early Bird Catches the Worm
Marco Baldini
2008
Film
Palazzina LAF
Giancarlo Basile
2023
Film
Quo Vadis, Baby?
Lucio
2005
Film
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
Sé stesso
2019
Film
Unfair Competition
Paolo Della Rocca
2001
Film
The Italian Baba
Baba Cesare
2021
Film
Noi c'eravamo
Self
2011
Film
Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
Self
2020
Film
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino
Self
2021
Film
You, Me, Us
Simone
2026
Film
Binxet - Under the border
Narrator
2017
Film
Ritorno al tratturo
Sé stesso
2026
Film
Faccia d'angelo
Il Toso
2012
Film
Noi e la grande ambizione
Himself
2025
Film
Così è (o mi pare)
2021
Film
The Fifth Wheel
Ernesto
2013
Film
As God Commands
Quattro Formaggi
2008
Film
Lost and Beautiful
Sarchiapone (voice)
2015
Film
Ultimo stadio
Billo
2002
Film
Honey Horn
Ernesto
2000
Film
Fame Chimica
Ragazzo in discoteca
2004
Film
The Bee and the Wind
Matteo
2009
Film
The Landlords
Elia
2012
Film
Anatomia di un grande sogno
Self
2025
Film
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
Narrator (voice)
2018
Film
3.87
Andrea
2005
Film
Break Free
Vince
2003
Film
Scattered Cloud
Venditore
2011
La storia chiusa
Amico
2001
Film
N-Ego
2024
Film
Street Opera
Sé stesso
2015