Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Acted in 79
2020s
- 2026
The Man Who Could Have Changed the World
Ranuccio
Ritorno al tratturo
Sé stesso
- 2025
- 2024
N-Ego
Movie
The Great Ambition
Enrico Berlinguer
Sicilian Letters
Matteo
Trust
Pietro
The Story
Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli · 8 episodes
- 2023
Palazzina LAF
Giancarlo Basile
- 2022
- 2021
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
Uomo delle pulizie
Così è (o mi pare)
Movie
The Italian Baba
Baba Cesare
- 2020
Hidden Away
Antonio Ligabue
2010s
- 2019
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
Sé stesso
- 2018
Lucia's Grace
Arturo
Io sono Tempesta
Bruno
- 2017
It's All About Karma
Mario Pitagora
- 2016
In arte Nino
Nino Manfredi
No Borders
Sé stesso
- 2015
Lost and Beautiful
Sarchiapone (voice)
Alaska
Fausto
Street Opera
Sé stesso
- 2014
Leopardi
Giacomo Leopardi
- 2013
The Fifth Wheel
Ernesto
- 2012
The Landlords
Elia
A Magnificent Haunting
Pietro
Angel Face
il Toso · 2 episodes
Faccia d'angelo
Il Toso
- 2011
Scattered Cloud
Venditore
- 2010
The End Is My Beginning
Folco Terzani
Our Life
Claudio
2000s
- 2009
The Bee and the Wind
Matteo
- 2008
As God Commands
Quattro Formaggi
The Early Bird Catches the Worm
Marco Baldini
The Past Is a Foreign Land
Giorgio
Fallen Heroes
Luca
A Whole Life Ahead
Lucio 2
- 2007
- 2006
Napoleon and Me
Martino Papucci
Pavilion 22
Uomo Bambino
- 2005
Sangue - La morte non esiste
Iuri
Quo Vadis, Baby?
Lucio
3.87
Andrea
Do You Like Hitchcock?
Giulio
Call Me Salomè
Profeta
- 2004
A Judge of Honor
Manfredi Borsellino · 2 episodes
Fame Chimica
Ragazzo in discoteca
What Will Become Of Us
Manuel
- 2003
Now or Never
Doveri
Break Free
Vince
Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni · 2 episodes
- 2002
Respiro
Pier Luigi
Ultimo stadio
Billo
Per Amore
Gabriele Mariani · 4 episodes
Il sequestro Soffiantini
Paolo Soffiantini · 2 episodes
- 2001
Unfair Competition
Paolo Della Rocca
Via Zanardi, 33
Ivan · 24 episodes
- 2000
Honey Horn
Ernesto
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
Padre Pio ragazzo · 2 episodes
1990s
- 1999
Il cielo in una stanza
Paolo da giovane
- 1993
Ci hai rotto papà
Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
Wrote 6
2020s
- 2026
Ritorno al tratturo
Writer
- 2021
The Italian Baba
Writer
2010s
- 2019
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
Writer
- 2016
In arte Nino
Teleplay
No Borders
Writer
2000s
- 2005
Sangue - La morte non esiste
Screenplay
Produced 4
2020s
- 2021
Così è (o mi pare)
Producer
The Italian Baba
Producer
2010s
- 2019
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
Producer
- 2016
No Borders
Producer
Directed 3
2020s
- 2021
Così è (o mi pare)
Director
The Italian Baba
Director
2010s
- 2019
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
Director
Sound 1
2010s
- 2015
Street Opera
Music
Appearances9
2020s
- 2025
Libero sempre comunque mai
Self
Noi e la grande ambizione
Himself
Anatomia di un grande sogno
Self
- 2021
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino
Self
- 2020
Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
Self
2010s
- 2018
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
Narrator (voice)
- 2017
Binxet - Under the border
Narrator
- 2011
Noi c'eravamo
Self
