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Elio Germano

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Elio Germano

Born September 25, 1980 in Rome, Italy69 films

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.

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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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Suburra posterFirst watchSuburra20157.3as SebastianoA gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.View film

Essential films

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Rose Island poster7.0Rose Island2020Crime Novel poster7.1Crime Novel2005Leopardi poster6.8Leopardi2014Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood poster7.2Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood2012Bad Tales poster6.7Bad Tales2020Hidden Away poster7.5Hidden Away2020My Brother Is an Only Child poster6.7My Brother Is an Only Child2007Alaska poster6.8Alaska2015

Filmography

69 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Man Who Could Have Changed the WorldRanuccio
  2. 2026You, Me, UsSimone
  3. 2025Three GoodbyesAntonio
  4. 2024The Great AmbitionEnrico Berlinguer
  5. 2024Sicilian LettersMatteo
  6. 2024TrustPietro
  7. 2023Palazzina LAFGiancarlo Basile
  8. 2022Lord of the AntsEnnio Scribani
  9. 2022America LatinaMassimo Sisti
  10. 2021All Star - Ritorno al cinemaUomo delle pulizie
  11. 2021Così è (o mi pare)
  12. 2021The Italian BabaBaba Cesare
  13. 2020Rose IslandGiorgio Rosa
  14. 2020Bad TalesBruno Placido
  15. 2020Hidden AwayAntonio Ligabue
  16. 2019The Man Without GravityOscar
  17. 2019Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VRSé stesso
  18. 2018Lucia's GraceArturo
  19. 2018Io sono TempestaBruno
  20. 2017TendernessFabio
  21. 2017It's All About KarmaMario Pitagora
  22. 2016In arte NinoNino Manfredi
  23. 2016L'amiFrancesco
  24. 2015Lost and BeautifulSarchiapone (voice)
  25. 2015AlaskaFausto
  26. 2015Street OperaSé stesso
  27. 2015SuburraSebastiano
  28. 2015The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a GunStefano
  29. 2014LeopardiGiacomo Leopardi
  30. 2013The Fifth WheelErnesto
  31. 2012The LandlordsElia
  32. 2012Diaz - Don't Clean Up This BloodLuca Gualtieri
  33. 2012A Magnificent HauntingPietro
  34. 2012Faccia d'angeloIl Toso
  35. 2011Scattered CloudVenditore
  36. 2010The End Is My BeginningFolco Terzani
  37. 2010Our LifeClaudio
  38. 2009The Bee and the WindMatteo
  39. 2009NinePierpaolo
  40. 2009Beautiful PeopleGiulio
  41. 2008As God CommandsQuattro Formaggi
  42. 2008The Early Bird Catches the WormMarco Baldini
  43. 2008The Past Is a Foreign LandGiorgio
  44. 2008Fallen HeroesLuca
  45. 2008A Whole Life AheadLucio 2
  46. 2007My Brother Is an Only ChildAccio Benassi
  47. 2006Napoleon and MeMartino Papucci
  48. 2006Pavilion 22Uomo Bambino
  49. 2005MaryMatteo
  50. 2005Melissa P.Arnaldo
  51. 2005Crime NovelSorcio
  52. 2005Sangue - La morte non esisteIuri
  53. 2005Quo Vadis, Baby?Lucio
  54. 20053.87Andrea
  55. 2005Do You Like Hitchcock?Giulio
  56. 2005Call Me SalomèProfeta
  57. 2004A Judge of HonorManfredi Borsellino
  58. 2004Fame ChimicaRagazzo in discoteca
  59. 2004What Will Become Of UsManuel
  60. 2003Now or NeverDoveri
  61. 2003Break FreeVince
  62. 2003FerrariEnzo Ferrari at 18 years
  63. 2002RespiroPier Luigi
  64. 2002Ultimo stadioBillo
  65. 2001Unfair CompetitionPaolo Della Rocca
  66. 2001La storia chiusaAmico
  67. 2000Honey HornErnesto
  68. 1999Il cielo in una stanzaPaolo da giovane
  69. 1993Ci hai rotto papàAndrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi