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