Elio Germano
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 25, 1980
- Birthplace
- 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. 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
- Galileo
Galileo TBA
as Galileo Galilei
The Man Who Could Have Changed the World 2027
as Ranuccio
You, Me, Us 2026
as Simone
Ritorno al tratturo 2026
as Sé stesso, Writer
Libero sempre comunque mai 2025
as Self
Noi e la grande ambizione 2025
as Himself
Anatomia di un grande sogno 2025
as Self
Three Goodbyes 2025
as Antonio
N-Ego 2024
Actor
The Great Ambition 2024
as Enrico Berlinguer
Sicilian Letters 2024
as Matteo
Trust 2024
as Pietro
Palazzina LAF 2023
as Giancarlo Basile
Lord of the Ants 2022
as Ennio Scribani
America Latina 2022
as Massimo Sisti
All Star - Ritorno al cinema 2021
as Uomo delle pulizie
Così è (o mi pare) 2021
Actor, Director, Producer
The Italian Baba 2021
as Baba Cesare, Director, Writer, Producer
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino 2021
as Self
Rose Island 2020
as Giorgio Rosa
Bad Tales 2020
as Bruno Placido
Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto 2020
as Self
Hidden Away 2020
as Antonio Ligabue
The Man Without Gravity 2019
as Oscar
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR 2019
as Sé stesso, Director, Producer, Writer
Lucia's Grace 2018
as Arturo
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa 2018
as Narrator (voice)
Io sono Tempesta 2018
as Bruno
Binxet - Under the border 2017
as Narrator
Tenderness 2017
as Fabio
It's All About Karma 2017
as Mario Pitagora
In arte Nino 2016
as Nino Manfredi, Teleplay
L'ami 2016
as Francesco
No Borders 2016
as Sé stesso, Writer, Producer
Lost and Beautiful 2015
as Sarchiapone (voice)
Alaska 2015
as Fausto
Street Opera 2015
as Sé stesso, Music
Suburra 2015
as Sebastiano
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun 2015
as Stefano
Leopardi 2014
as Giacomo Leopardi
The Fifth Wheel 2013
as Ernesto
The Landlords 2012
as Elia
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood 2012
as Luca Gualtieri
A Magnificent Haunting 2012
as Pietro
Faccia d'angelo 2012
as Il Toso
Noi c'eravamo 2011
as Self
Scattered Cloud 2011
as Venditore
The End Is My Beginning 2010
as Folco Terzani
Our Life 2010
as Claudio
- Flaiano: il meglio è passato
Flaiano: il meglio è passato 2010
Actor
The Bee and the Wind 2009
as Matteo
Nine 2009
as Pierpaolo
On The Edge 2009
as Giulio
As God Commands 2008
as Quattro Formaggi
The Early Bird Catches the Worm 2008
as Marco Baldini
The Past Is a Foreign Land 2008
as Giorgio
A Whole Life Ahead 2008
as Lucio 2
Fallen Heroes 2008
as Luca
My Brother Is an Only Child 2007
as Accio Benassi
Napoleon and Me 2006
as Martino Papucci
Pavilion 22 2006
as Uomo Bambino
Melissa P. 2005
as Arnaldo
Mary 2005
as Matteo
Crime Novel 2005
as Sorcio
Sangue - La morte non esiste 2005
as Iuri, Screenplay
Quo Vadis, Baby? 2005
as Lucio
3.87 2005
as Andrea
Do You Like Hitchcock? 2005
as Giulio
Call Me Salomè 2005
as Profeta
A Judge of Honor 2004
as Manfredi Borsellino
Fame Chimica 2004
as Ragazzo in discoteca
What Will Become Of Us 2004
as Manuel
Now or Never 2003
as Doveri
Break Free 2003
as Vince
Ferrari 2003
as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
Respiro 2002
as Pier Luigi
Ultimo stadio 2002
as Billo
Unfair Competition 2001
as Paolo Della Rocca
- La storia chiusa
La storia chiusa 2001
as Amico
Honey Horn 2000
as Ernesto
Il cielo in una stanza 1999
as Paolo da giovane
Ci hai rotto papà 1993
as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
Credits from TMDB.