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.
Filmography
Ritorno al tratturo
2026
as Sé stesso
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
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
The Italian Baba
2021
as Baba Cesare
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
Lucia's Grace
2018
as Arturo
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
2018
as Narrator (voice)