Elio Germano

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…

Filmography

• Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood as Luca Gualtieri
• Suburra as Sebastiano
• Romanzo Criminale as Sorcio
• Hidden Away as Antonio Ligabue
• Rose Island as Giorgio Rosa
• The Man Without Gravity as Oscar
• Lord of the Ants as Ennio Scribani
• Nine as Pierpaolo
• Fame Chimica as Ragazzo in discoteca
• As God Commands as Quattro Formaggi

TV

• La Storia as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
• Padre Pio: Miracle Man as Padre Pio ragazzo
• Ferrari as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
• Il sequestro Soffiantini as Paolo Soffiantini
• Faccia d'angelo as il Toso
• Via Zanardi, 33 as Ivan
• Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery as Self