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