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 Galileo Galilei
as Ranuccio
as Simone
as Sé stesso
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Antonio
as Enrico Berlinguer
as Matteo
as Pietro
as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli(8 eps)
as Giancarlo Basile
as Ennio Scribani
as Massimo Sisti
as Uomo delle pulizie
as Baba Cesare
as Self
as Giorgio Rosa
as Bruno Placido
as Antonio Ligabue
as Oscar
as Sé stesso
as Arturo
as Narrator (voice)
as Bruno
as Narrator
as Fabio
as Mario Pitagora
as Nino Manfredi
as Francesco
as Sé stesso
as Sarchiapone (voice)
as Fausto
as Sé stesso
as Sebastiano
as Giacomo Leopardi
as Ernesto
as Elia
as Luca Gualtieri
as Pietro
as il Toso(2 eps)
as Il Toso
as Self
as Venditore
as Folco Terzani
as Claudio
as Matteo
as Pierpaolo
as Giulio
as Quattro Formaggi
as Marco Baldini
as Giorgio
as Luca
as Lucio 2
as Accio Benassi
as Martino Papucci
as Uomo Bambino
as Matteo
as Arnaldo
as Sorcio
as Iuri
as Lucio
as Andrea
as Giulio
as Profeta
as Manfredi Borsellino
as Manfredi Borsellino(2 eps)
as Ragazzo in discoteca
as Manuel
as Doveri
as Vince
as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni(2 eps)
as Pier Luigi
as Billo
as Gabriele Mariani(4 eps)
as Paolo Soffiantini(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Paolo Della Rocca
as Ivan(24 eps)
as Amico
as Ernesto
as Padre Pio ragazzo(2 eps)
as Paolo da giovane
as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi