Elio Germano
Known For
Acting
Born
1980-09-25 in 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.
Most Known For
Mary
as Matteo
La Storia
as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
Melissa P.
as Arnaldo
Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta
as Self
Nine
as Pierpaolo
America Latina
as Massimo Sisti
Romanzo Criminale
as Sorcio
Three Goodbyes
as Antonio
Pavilion 22
as Uomo Bambino
Rose Island
as Giorgio Rosa
Suburra
as Sebastiano
Via Zanardi, 33
as Ivan
Call Me Salomè
as Profeta
A Magnificent Haunting
as Pietro
Per Amore
as Gabriele Mariani
Sicilian Letters
as Matteo
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
as Stefano
Ferrari
as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
Faccia d'angelo
as il Toso
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
as Padre Pio ragazzo