Elio Germano

Biography

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

Melissa P.

Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery

The Story

Nine

Three Goodbyes

Padre Pio: Miracle Man

Rose Island

Ferrari

All Movies (81)

• Ritorno al tratturo2026 · as Sé stesso
• LIBERO sempre comunque mai2025 · as Self
• Noi e la grande ambizione2025 · as Himself
• Anatomia di un grande sogno2025 · as Self
• Three Goodbyes2025 · as Antonio
• N-Ego2024
• The Great Ambition2024 · as Enrico Berlinguer
• Sicilian Letters2024 · as Matteo
• Trust2024 · as Pietro
• Palazzina LAF2023 · as Giancarlo Basile
• Lord of the Ants2022 · as Ennio Scribani
• America Latina2022 · as Massimo Sisti
• All Star - Ritorno al cinema2021 · as Uomo delle pulizie
• Così è (o mi pare)2021
• The Italian Baba2021 · as Baba Cesare
• Uno, nessuno, cento Nino2021 · as Self
• Rose Island2020 · as Giorgio Rosa
• Bad Tales2020 · as Bruno Placido
• Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto2020 · as Self
• Hidden Away2020 · as Antonio Ligabue
• The Man Without Gravity2019 · as Oscar
• Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR2019 · as Sé stesso
• Lucia's Grace2018 · as Arturo
• Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa2018 · as Narrator (voice)
• Io sono Tempesta2018 · as Bruno
• Binxet - Under the border2017 · as Narrator
• Tenderness2017 · as Fabio
• It's All About Karma2017 · as Mario Pitagora
• In arte Nino2016 · as Nino Manfredi
• L'ami2016 · as Francesco
• No Borders2016 · as Sé stesso
• Lost and Beautiful2015 · as Sarchiapone (voice)
• Alaska2015 · as Fausto
• Street Opera2015 · as Sé stesso
• Suburra2015 · as Sebastiano
• The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun2015 · as Stefano
• Leopardi2014 · as Giacomo Leopardi
• The Fifth Wheel2013 · as Ernesto
• The Landlords2012 · as Elia
• Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood2012 · as Luca Gualtieri
• A Magnificent Haunting2012 · as Pietro
• Faccia d'angelo2012 · as Il Toso
• Noi c'eravamo2011 · as Self
• Scattered Cloud2011 · as Venditore
• The End Is My Beginning2010 · as Folco Terzani
• Our Life2010 · as Claudio
• Flaiano: il meglio è passato2010
• The Bee and the Wind2009 · as Matteo
• Nine2009 · as Pierpaolo
• Beautiful People2009 · as Giulio
• As God Commands2008 · as Quattro Formaggi
• The Early Bird Catches the Worm2008 · as Marco Baldini
• The Past Is a Foreign Land2008 · as Giorgio
• Fallen Heroes2008 · as Luca
• A Whole Life Ahead2008 · as Lucio 2
• My Brother Is an Only Child2007 · as Accio Benassi
• Napoleon and Me2006 · as Martino Papucci
• Pavilion 222006 · as Uomo Bambino
• Mary2005 · as Matteo
• Melissa P.2005 · as Arnaldo
• Romanzo Criminale2005 · as Sorcio
• Sangue - La morte non esiste2005 · as Iuri
• Quo Vadis, Baby?2005 · as Lucio
• 3.872005 · as Andrea
• Do You Like Hitchcock?2005 · as Giulio
• Call Me Salomè2005 · as Profeta
• A Judge of Honor2004 · as Manfredi Borsellino
• Fame Chimica2004 · as Ragazzo in discoteca
• What Will Become of Us2004 · as Manuel
• Now or Never2003 · as Doveri
• Break Free2003 · as Vince
• Ferrari2003 · as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
• Respiro2002 · as Pier Luigi
• Ultimo stadio2002 · as Billo
• Unfair Competition2001 · as Paolo Della Rocca
• La storia chiusa2001 · as Amico
• Honey Horn2000 · as Ernesto
• Il cielo in una stanza1999 · as Paolo da giovane
• Ci hai rotto papà1993 · as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
• Noi un po' meglio—
• The Man Who Could Have Changed the World— · as Ranuccio

All TV Shows (9)

• The Story2024 · as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
• Angel Face2012 · as il Toso
• A Judge of Honor2004 · as Manfredi Borsellino
• Ferrari2003 · as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
• Per Amore2002 · as Gabriele Mariani
• Il sequestro Soffiantini2002 · as Paolo Soffiantini
• Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery2001 · as Self
• Via Zanardi, 332001 · as Ivan
• Padre Pio: Miracle Man2000 · as Padre Pio ragazzo