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
Melissa P.
2005
as Arnaldo
Nine
2009
as Pierpaolo
Suburra
2015
as Sebastiano
Rose Island
2020
as Giorgio Rosa
Mary
2005
as Matteo
The Great Ambition
2024
as Enrico Berlinguer
My Brother Is an Only Child
2007
as Accio Benassi
Alaska
2015
as Fausto
Romanzo Criminale
2005
as Sorcio
Three Goodbyes
2025
as Antonio
Bad Tales
2020
as Bruno Placido
Beautiful People
2009
as Giulio
Unfair Competition
2001
as Paolo Della Rocca
A Magnificent Haunting
2012
as Pietro
Napoleon and Me
2006
as Martino Papucci
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
2015
as Stefano
Ferrari
2003
as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
Respiro
2002
as Pier Luigi
Leopardi
2014
as Giacomo Leopardi
The Man Without Gravity
2019
as Oscar