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Elio Germano
Rome, Italy
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 mov…
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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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2026
Ritorno al tratturo
Movie Sé stesso
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2025
Libero sempre comunque mai
Movie Self
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2025
Noi e la grande ambizione
Movie Himself
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2025
Anatomia di un grande sogno
Movie Self
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2025
Three Goodbyes
Movie Antonio
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2024
N-Ego
Movie
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2024
The Great Ambition
Movie Enrico Berlinguer
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2024
Sicilian Letters
Movie Matteo
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2024
Trust
Movie Pietro
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2024
The Story
TV show Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
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2023
Palazzina LAF
Movie Giancarlo Basile
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2022
Lord of the Ants
Movie Ennio Scribani
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2022
America Latina
Movie Massimo Sisti
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2021
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
Movie Uomo delle pulizie
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2021
Così è (o mi pare)
Movie
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2021
The Italian Baba
Movie Baba Cesare
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2021
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino
Movie Self
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2020
Rose Island
Movie Giorgio Rosa
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2020
Bad Tales
Movie Bruno Placido
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2020
Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
Movie Self
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2020
Hidden Away
Movie Antonio Ligabue
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2019
The Man Without Gravity
Movie Oscar
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2019
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
Movie Sé stesso
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2018
Lucia's Grace
Movie Arturo
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2018
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2018
Io sono Tempesta
Movie Bruno
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2017
Binxet - Under the border
Movie Narrator
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2017
Tenderness
Movie Fabio
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2017
It's All About Karma
Movie Mario Pitagora
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2016
In arte Nino
Movie Nino Manfredi
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2016
L'ami
Movie Francesco
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2016
No Borders
Movie Sé stesso
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2015
Lost and Beautiful
Movie Sarchiapone (voice)
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2015
Alaska
Movie Fausto
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2015
Street Opera
Movie Sé stesso
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2015
Suburra
Movie Sebastiano
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2015
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Movie Stefano
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2014
Leopardi
Movie Giacomo Leopardi
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2013
The Fifth Wheel
Movie Ernesto
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2012
The Landlords
Movie Elia
