Elio Germano
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Rose Island
as Giorgio Rosa 2020
Suburra
as Sebastiano 2015
Romanzo Criminale
as Sorcio 2005
Leopardi
as Giacomo Leopardi 2014
Nine
as Pierpaolo 2009
Bad Tales
as Bruno Placido 2020
Melissa P.
as Arnaldo 2005
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
as Luca Gualtieri 2012
My Brother Is an Only Child
as Accio Benassi 2007
A Whole Life Ahead
as Lucio 2 2008
Alaska
as Fausto 2015
It's All About Karma
as Mario Pitagora 2017
Io sono Tempesta
as Bruno 2018
A Magnificent Haunting
as Pietro 2012
The Man Without Gravity
as Oscar 2019
Hidden Away
as Antonio Ligabue 2020
America Latina
as Massimo Sisti 2022