Elio Germano
Known for: Acting
Born: September 25, 1980
Place of birth: Rome, Italy
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
81 movies · 9 TV shows, newest first
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Ritorno al tratturo
2026
8.0
Libero sempre comunque mai
2025
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Noi e la grande ambizione
2025
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Anatomia di un grande sogno
2025
7.1
Three Goodbyes
2025
7.0
N-Ego
2024
7.2
The Great Ambition
2024
6.1
Sicilian Letters
2024
6.4
Trust
2024
6.8
The Story
2024
6.9
Palazzina LAF
2023
7.2
Lord of the Ants
2022
6.1
America Latina
2022
7.6
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021
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Così è (o mi pare)
2021
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The Italian Baba
2021
7.0
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino
2021
7.0
Rose Island
2020
6.7
Bad Tales
2020
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Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
2020
7.5
Hidden Away
2020
7.0
The Man Without Gravity
2019
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Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
2019
5.9
Lucia's Grace
2018
8.0
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
2018
5.8
Io sono Tempesta
2018
7.0
Binxet - Under the border
2017
6.3
Tenderness
2017
5.8
It's All About Karma
2017
7.1
In arte Nino
2016
5.6
L'ami
2016
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No Borders
2016
7.0
Lost and Beautiful
2015
6.8
Alaska
2015
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Street Opera
2015
7.3
Suburra
2015
5.1
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
2015
6.8
Leopardi
2014
6.5
The Fifth Wheel
2013
5.9
The Landlords
2012
7.2
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
2012
6.4
A Magnificent Haunting
2012
6.8
Angel Face
2012
6.9
Faccia d'angelo
2012
10.0
Noi c'eravamo
2011
5.7
Scattered Cloud
2011
6.1
The End Is My Beginning
2010
6.5
Our Life
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Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
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The Bee and the Wind
2009
5.5
Nine
2009
6.2
Beautiful People
2009
6.4
As God Commands
2008
5.9
The Early Bird Catches the Worm
2008
6.3
The Past Is a Foreign Land
2008
4.4
Fallen Heroes
2008
6.6
A Whole Life Ahead
2008
6.7
My Brother Is an Only Child
2007
6.1
Napoleon and Me
2006
6.4
Pavilion 22
2006
5.8
Mary
2005
4.7
Melissa P.
2005
7.2
Romanzo Criminale
2005
5.9
Sangue - La morte non esiste
2005
5.6
Quo Vadis, Baby?
2005
6.9
3.87
2005
5.2
Do You Like Hitchcock?
2005
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Call Me Salomè
2005
6.9
A Judge of Honor
2004
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A Judge of Honor
2004
6.2
Fame Chimica
2004
5.8
What Will Become Of Us
2004
5.5
Now or Never
2003
6.5
Break Free
2003
7.1
Ferrari
2003
2.8
Ferrari
2003
6.6
Respiro
2002
9.0
Ultimo stadio
2002
9.0
Per Amore
2002
6.0
Il sequestro Soffiantini
2002
9.2
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001
7.0
Unfair Competition
2001
7.2
Via Zanardi, 33
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La storia chiusa
2001
7.0
Honey Horn
2000
6.8
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
2000
6.1
Il cielo in una stanza
1999
6.1
Ci hai rotto papà
1993NR
Noi un po' meglio
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The Man Who Could Have Changed the World
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