Elio Germano
Born September 25, 1980 (Age: 45)
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Rome, Italy
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Great Ambition
2024
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as Enrico Berlinguer
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Age: 44
Trust
2024
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as Pietro
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Age: 43
Palazzina LAF
2023
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as Giancarlo Basile
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Age: 43
Lord of the Ants
2022
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as Ennio Scribani
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Age: 41
Così è (o mi pare)
2021
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as
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Age: 40
Tenderness
2017
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as Fabio
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Age: 36
No Borders
2016
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as Sé stesso
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Age: 35
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
2015
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as Stefano
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Age: 34
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
2012
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as Luca Gualtieri
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Age: 31
Nine
2009
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as Pierpaolo
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Age: 29
The Past Is a Foreign Land
2008
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as Giorgio
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Age: 28
A Whole Life Ahead
2008
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as Lucio 2
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Age: 27
My Brother Is an Only Child
2007
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as Accio Benassi
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Age: 26
Melissa P.
2005
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as Arnaldo
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Age: 25
Romanzo Criminale
2005
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as Sorcio
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Age: 25
Honey Horn
2000
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as Ernesto
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Age: 19