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Elio Germano

Date of birth: 1980-09-25

Place of birth: Rome, Italy

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Έλιο Τζερμάνο, 엘리오 게르마노

Elio Germano

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.

Movie Credits

Nine
2.8

Nine

2009-12-03

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpo

Fame Chimica
3

Fame Chimica

2004-04-30

Two childhood friends from a tough Milanese suburb—one a low-level drug dealer, the other stuck in a

As God Commands
3.2

As God Commands

2008-12-12

An 11-year-old boy and his neo-Nazi dad struggle with being outcasts in their suburban town.

Napoleon and Me
3

Napoleon and Me

2006-10-13

Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the

My Brother Is an Only Child
3.4

My Brother Is an Only Child

2007-03-28

Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome

The Bee and the Wind
0

The Bee and the Wind

2009-12-05

Matteo, a young engineer, returns to the mountains of his childhood to visit his father's grave.

Quo Vadis, Baby?
2.8

Quo Vadis, Baby?

2005-05-27

A private detective investigates her sister's suicide 16 years earlier.

Do You Like Hitchcock?
2.6

Do You Like Hitchcock?

2005-03-19

A nerdy film student and lifelong voyeur begins to believe that two lovely young strangers may have

What Will Become of Us
2.9

What Will Become of Us

2004-03-05

A coming-of-age tale about three 18-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island follo

Mary
2.8

Mary

2005-11-18

The filming of a movie about Jesus’ death deeply affects three people — an egotistical director who

Our Life
3.3

Our Life

2010-05-21

Claudio is a construction worker living in the outskirts of Rome. He's happily married and his wife

The End Is My Beginning
3

The End Is My Beginning

2010-10-07

When an extraordinary man who has lived through all is approaching his end, he decides to call his s

Call Me Salomè
0

Call Me Salomè

2005-01-01

Herod is a Neapolitan boss who runs The Last Emperor, an infamous local, and Herodias is his vicious

Break Free
3.1

Break Free

2003-09-19

The film follows Vince, a dissatisfied young man from a Roman mountain village, who moves to Pescara

Beautiful People
3.1

Beautiful People

2009-10-01

Alfredo and Susanna are two well-off fifty-year-olds who lead a stimulating cultural life. He is an

The Past Is a Foreign Land
3.1

The Past Is a Foreign Land

2008-10-31

A promising law student from a good family is driven by a cool cardsharper into a downward spiral of

Unfair Competition
3.5

Unfair Competition

2001-02-23

Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more a

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
3.5

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood

2012-04-13

On July 19–21, 2001, over 200,000 people took to the streets of Genoa to protest against the ongoing

Faccia d'angelo
3.5

Faccia d'angelo

2012-01-01

A Magnificent Haunting
3.2

A Magnificent Haunting

2012-03-16

An aspiring actor discovers that his spacious new apartment comes complete with eight friendly ghost

Sicilian Letters
3.1

Sicilian Letters

2024-10-10

Loosely based on real events that took place during Matteo Messina Denaro's thirty years on the run.

Il cielo in una stanza
3

Il cielo in una stanza

1999-04-02

Clashing with his father Paolo after coming home late, 17-year-old Marco accuses him of being old an

Ci hai rotto papà
3.1

Ci hai rotto papà

1993-09-03

Kids from a huge apartment complex in Rome form a secret society to unite their forces and get back

Scattered Cloud
2.9

Scattered Cloud

2011-09-06

Blue-collar worker Diego lives in the Roman suburbs and is about to marry his lifelong fiancée. His

The Early Bird Catches the Worm
2.9

The Early Bird Catches the Worm

2008-11-25

Marco Baldini is a young man determined to become the voice of a major radio; he alternates between

Sangue - La morte non esiste
3

Sangue - La morte non esiste

2005-08-01

Iuri and Stella are two brothers with a strange relationship.

The Landlords
3

The Landlords

2012-10-04

Two construction-workers, the brothers Cosimo and Elia are hired by a famous singer to do some work

Pavilion 22
2.8

Pavilion 22

2006-03-12

Schizophrenic Valerio—whose existence was the bane of her sister Laura—dies after escaping from a pr

The Fifth Wheel
3.2

The Fifth Wheel

2013-11-14

The life of a working-class boy in Rome through the '70s and '80s, choosing his own path with his fr

La storia chiusa
0

La storia chiusa

2001-01-01

A Donatello award nominated short drama feature.

The Great Ambition
3.6

The Great Ambition

2024-10-31

Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged

Leopardi
3.4

Leopardi

2014-10-16

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

Flaiano: il meglio è passato
0

Flaiano: il meglio è passato

2010-04-01

Melissa P.
2.3

Melissa P.

2005-11-18

An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experienc

Trust
3.2

Trust

2024-04-24

Pietro is a revered teacher, Teresa his brilliant and precocious student. Their affair is both illic

Palazzina LAF
3.4

Palazzina LAF

2023-10-21

Caterino is a worker at the Ilva factory in Taranto. When the company executives decide to use him a

Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
0

Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto

2020-05-01

Fallen Heroes
2.1

Fallen Heroes

2008-03-28

Forty year-old Bruno Ledeux, seen sitting across from the doctor, gives the impression of a man who

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
2.6

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

2015-08-05

She’s the most beautiful, most short-sighted, most sentimental, most perplexing, most obstinate, mos

3.87
3.5

3.87

2005-05-13

During 2004 alone, 1400 people in Italy died at their workplace, 3.87 per day. Andrea is one of them

Suburra
3.6

Suburra

2015-10-14

A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the loc

Alaska
3.4

Alaska

2015-11-05

Nadine is a French young woman. Fausto is an Italian young man trying to make it in Paris as a resta

Lost and Beautiful
3.5

Lost and Beautiful

2015-11-19

Pulcinella, a foolish servant, is sent from the depths of Mt. Vesuvius to present-day Campania to gr

A Whole Life Ahead
3.3

A Whole Life Ahead

2008-03-28

25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of

L'ami
2.8

L'ami

2016-10-04

The movie follows Elia da Cortona, one of the most faithful followers of St. Francis, from 1209 to 1

Tenderness
3.1

Tenderness

2017-04-24

Back from the hospital where he has been treated after a heart attack, Lorenzo is on his way upstair

It's All About Karma
2.9

It's All About Karma

2017-03-09

Giacomo befriends a con man, believing that he is the reincarnation of his dead father.

In arte Nino
3.5

In arte Nino

2016-12-07

Biopic about Italian actor Nino Manfredi, focusing on the period between 1939 and 1959, depicting hi

Romanzo Criminale
3.6

Romanzo Criminale

2005-09-30

After serving prison time for a juvenile offense, Freddo gathers his old buddies Libano and Dandi an

A Judge of Honor
3.5

A Judge of Honor

2004-11-08

In 1980 Paolo Borsellino was appointed with the preliminary investigations and the task of setting u

Ferrari
3.5

Ferrari

2003-02-16

Story of Enzo Ferrari's rise from a successful race driver to one of the most famous entrepreneurs o

Io sono Tempesta
2.9

Io sono Tempesta

2018-04-12

To avoid jail, a tax-dodging businessman is sentenced to a year of community service in a homeless s

Lucia's Grace
2.9

Lucia's Grace

2018-11-22

During the evaluation of a plot of land, surveyor and distressed single mother Lucia meets a woman w

Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
4

Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa

2018-09-26

Respiro
3.3

Respiro

2002-05-18

Grazia is a free-spirited mother-of-three married to shy fisherman Pietro and living on the idyllic

Ultimo stadio
0

Ultimo stadio

2002-05-10

The Champions League Final, on 31st May 2001, in Rome. A football match unites men that have nothing

Binxet - Under the border
3.5

Binxet - Under the border

2017-05-11

“Binxet – Under the border” is a journey between life and death, dignity and pain, struggle and free

Hidden Away
3.8

Hidden Away

2020-02-27

The film tackles the life journey of Toni Ligabue, visionary naïf painter who used to draw tigers, l

Honey Horn
2.5

Honey Horn

2000-05-10

A stressed-out husband views his life as a series of endless complications.

Now or Never
2.5

Now or Never

2003-11-14

2001. Soon-to-be-graduate David gets involved in the anti-globalization movement after falling for a

Rose Island
3.5

Rose Island

2020-12-09

In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the

The Man Without Gravity
3.5

The Man Without Gravity

2019-10-21

A gravity-defying boy raised in seclusion matures into an extraordinary man -- and an international

Bad Tales
3.4

Bad Tales

2020-06-15

In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmos

Uno, nessuno, cento Nino
3.5

Uno, nessuno, cento Nino

2021-03-22

A documentary about beloved Italian actor Nino Manfredi.

America Latina
3

America Latina

2022-01-13

Massimo Sisti is a reputable professional with a nice house, a happy marriage, and two loving daught

Lord of the Ants
3.6

Lord of the Ants

2022-09-08

Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is

Noi c'eravamo
5

Noi c'eravamo

2011-10-26

All Star - Ritorno al cinema
3.8

All Star - Ritorno al cinema

2021-08-31

A short movie about coming back to the cinema after lockdowns.

Three Goodbyes
3.8

Three Goodbyes

2025-10-09

Follows a couple, Marta and Antonio, who split up after what seems like an trivial argument.

Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
0

Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR

2019-08-31

Street Opera
0

Street Opera

2015-10-16

No Borders
0

No Borders

2016-09-03

The Italian Baba
0

The Italian Baba

2021-05-15

Così è (o mi pare)
0

Così è (o mi pare)

2021-05-28

N-Ego
3.5

N-Ego

2024-11-28

Noi un po' meglio
0

Noi un po' meglio

A couple faces the difficult path to adoption, determined to become parents despite their complex vu

Noi e la grande ambizione
0

Noi e la grande ambizione

2025-10-21

Anatomia di un grande sogno
0

Anatomia di un grande sogno

2025-10-19

LIBERO sempre comunque mai
0

LIBERO sempre comunque mai

2025-10-23