Acting · Rome, Italy · Born September 25, 1980
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.
MovieRitorno al tratturo
2026
as Sé stesso
MovieLibero sempre comunque mai
2025
as Self
MovieNoi e la grande ambizione
2025
as Himself
MovieAnatomia di un grande sogno
2025
as Self
MovieThree Goodbyes
2025
as Antonio
MovieN-Ego
2024
MovieThe Great Ambition
2024
as Enrico Berlinguer
MovieSicilian Letters
2024
as Matteo
MovieTrust
2024
as Pietro
TVThe Story
2024
as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
MoviePalazzina LAF
2023
as Giancarlo Basile
MovieLord of the Ants
2022
as Ennio Scribani
MovieAmerica Latina
2022
as Massimo Sisti
MovieAll Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021
as Uomo delle pulizie
MovieCosì è (o mi pare)
2021
MovieThe Italian Baba
2021
as Baba Cesare
MovieUno, nessuno, cento Nino
2021
as Self
MovieRose Island
2020
as Giorgio Rosa
MovieBad Tales
2020
as Bruno Placido
MovieLiberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
2020
as Self
MovieHidden Away
2020
as Antonio Ligabue
MovieThe Man Without Gravity
2019
as Oscar
MovieSegnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
2019
as Sé stesso
MovieLucia's Grace
2018
as Arturo
MovieArchiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
2018
as Narrator (voice)
MovieIo sono Tempesta
2018
as Bruno
MovieBinxet - Under the border
2017
as Narrator
MovieTenderness
2017
as Fabio
MovieIt's All About Karma
2017
as Mario Pitagora
MovieIn arte Nino
2016
as Nino Manfredi
MovieL'ami
2016
as Francesco
MovieNo Borders
2016
as Sé stesso
MovieLost and Beautiful
2015
as Sarchiapone (voice)
MovieAlaska
2015
as Fausto
MovieStreet Opera
2015
as Sé stesso
MovieSuburra
2015
as Sebastiano
MovieThe Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
2015
as Stefano
MovieLeopardi
2014
as Giacomo Leopardi
MovieThe Fifth Wheel
2013
as Ernesto
MovieThe Landlords
2012
as Elia
MovieDiaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
2012
as Luca Gualtieri
MovieA Magnificent Haunting
2012
as Pietro
TVAngel Face
2012
as il Toso
MovieFaccia d'angelo
2012
as Il Toso
MovieNoi c'eravamo
2011
as Self
MovieScattered Cloud
2011
as Venditore
MovieThe End Is My Beginning
2010
as Folco Terzani
MovieOur Life
2010
as Claudio
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
MovieThe Bee and the Wind
2009
as Matteo
MovieNine
2009
as Pierpaolo
MovieBeautiful People
2009
as Giulio
MovieAs God Commands
2008
as Quattro Formaggi
MovieThe Early Bird Catches the Worm
2008
as Marco Baldini
MovieThe Past Is a Foreign Land
2008
as Giorgio
MovieFallen Heroes
2008
as Luca
MovieA Whole Life Ahead
2008
as Lucio 2
MovieMy Brother Is an Only Child
2007
as Accio Benassi
MovieNapoleon and Me
2006
as Martino Papucci
MoviePavilion 22
2006
as Uomo Bambino
MovieMary
2005
as Matteo
MovieMelissa P.
2005
as Arnaldo
MovieRomanzo Criminale
2005
as Sorcio
MovieSangue - La morte non esiste
2005
as Iuri
MovieQuo Vadis, Baby?
2005
as Lucio
Movie3.87
2005
as Andrea
MovieDo You Like Hitchcock?
2005
as Giulio
MovieCall Me Salomè
2005
as Profeta
MovieA Judge of Honor
2004
as Manfredi Borsellino
TVA Judge of Honor
2004
as Manfredi Borsellino
MovieFame Chimica
2004
as Ragazzo in discoteca
MovieWhat Will Become Of Us
2004
as Manuel
MovieNow or Never
2003
as Doveri
MovieBreak Free
2003
as Vince
MovieFerrari
2003
as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
TVFerrari
2003
as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
MovieRespiro
2002
as Pier Luigi
MovieUltimo stadio
2002
as Billo
TVPer Amore
2002
as Gabriele Mariani
TVIl sequestro Soffiantini
2002
as Paolo Soffiantini
TVUlisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001
as Self
MovieUnfair Competition
2001
as Paolo Della Rocca
TVVia Zanardi, 33
2001
as Ivan
La storia chiusa
2001
as Amico
MovieHoney Horn
2000
as Ernesto
TVPadre Pio: Miracle Man
2000
as Padre Pio ragazzo
MovieIl cielo in una stanza
1999
as Paolo da giovane
MovieCi hai rotto papà
1993
as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
Noi un po' meglio
The Man Who Could Have Changed the World
as Ranuccio
