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name: "Elio Germano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elio-germano"
fi1m_id: "elio-germano"
imdb_id: "nm0314554"
tmdb_id: 59269
wikidata_id: "Q1231066"
roles: []
born: "25 September 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T20:57:24.392200+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Elio Germano

## Identity

Elio Germano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elio-germano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elio-germano
- **IMDb ID:** nm0314554
- **TMDB ID:** 59269
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1231066
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Germano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1231066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59269

Actor. Born 25 September 1980 in Rome, Italy.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 September 1980, Rome, Italy
- **Also known as:** Έλιο Τζερμάνο, 엘리오 게르마노
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Germano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1231066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59269

## Coming up

- *You, Me, Us* (2026-10-29), as Simone

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Nine*](https://film.one/film/nine.md) (46)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Elio Germano is an Italian actor and director. He was born on 25 September 1980 in Rome and received acting training at Teatro Azione while at scientific lyceum. He made his film debut as a child in *Ci hai rotto papà* (1992) and appeared in *Il cielo in una stanza* (1999).

Germano gained prominence with his lead role in *My Brother Is an Only Child* (2007), for which he won a David di Donatello for Best Actor. He received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor in 2010 for *La nostra vita* and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival for *Volevo Nascondermi*. His other credits include *Nine* (2009) as Pierpaolo, *Suburra* (2015), *Leopardi* (2014) and *Rose Island* (2020).

He has also worked in theatre and directed short films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nine* (2009), Fi1m 46, as Pierpaolo — [page](https://film.one/film/nine.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *You, Me, Us* (2026), as Simone
- *Ritorno al tratturo* (2026), as Sé stesso · Writer
- *Three Goodbyes* (2025), as Antonio
- *N-Ego* (2024), Actor
- *The Great Ambition* (2024), as Enrico Berlinguer
- *Sicilian Letters* (2024), as Matteo
- *Trust* (2024), as Pietro
- *The Story* (2024), series, as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli
- *Palazzina LAF* (2023), as Giancarlo Basile
- *Lord of the Ants* (2022), as Ennio Scribani
- *America Latina* (2022), as Massimo Sisti
- *All Star - Ritorno al cinema* (2021), as Uomo delle pulizie
- *Così è (o mi pare)* (2021), Director, Producer
- *The Italian Baba* (2021), as Baba Cesare · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Rose Island* (2020), as Giorgio Rosa
- *Bad Tales* (2020), as Bruno Placido
- *Hidden Away* (2020), as Antonio Ligabue
- *The Man Without Gravity* (2019), as Oscar
- *Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR* (2019), as Sé stesso · Director, Producer, Writer
- *Lucia's Grace* (2018), as Arturo
- *Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa* (2018), as Narrator (voice)
- *Io sono Tempesta* (2018), as Bruno
- *Binxet - Under the border* (2017), as Narrator
- *Tenderness* (2017), as Fabio
- *It's All About Karma* (2017), as Mario Pitagora
- *In arte Nino* (2016), as Nino Manfredi · Teleplay
- *L'ami* (2016), as Francesco
- *No Borders* (2016), as Sé stesso · Writer, Producer
- *Lost and Beautiful* (2015), as Sarchiapone (voice)
- *Alaska* (2015), as Fausto
- *Street Opera* (2015), as Sé stesso · Music
- *Suburra* (2015), as Sebastiano
- *The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun* (2015), as Stefano
- *Leopardi* (2014), as Giacomo Leopardi
- *The Fifth Wheel* (2013), as Ernesto
- *The Landlords* (2012), as Elia
- *Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood* (2012), as Luca Gualtieri
- *A Magnificent Haunting* (2012), as Pietro
- *Angel Face* (2012), series, as il Toso
- *Faccia d'angelo* (2012), as Il Toso
- *Scattered Cloud* (2011), as Venditore
- *The End Is My Beginning* (2010), as Folco Terzani
- *Our Life* (2010), as Claudio
- *Flaiano: il meglio è passato* (2010), Actor
- *The Bee and the Wind* (2009), as Matteo
- *Nine* (2009), as Pierpaolo — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/nine.md)
- *Beautiful People* (2009), as Giulio
- *As God Commands* (2008), as Quattro Formaggi
- *The Early Bird Catches the Worm* (2008), as Marco Baldini
- *The Past Is a Foreign Land* (2008), as Giorgio
- *A Whole Life Ahead* (2008), as Lucio 2
- *Fallen Heroes* (2008), as Luca
- *My Brother Is an Only Child* (2007), as Accio Benassi
- *Napoleon and Me* (2006), as Martino Papucci
- *Pavilion 22* (2006), as Uomo Bambino
- *Melissa P.* (2005), as Arnaldo
- *Mary* (2005), as Matteo
- *Crime Novel* (2005), as Sorcio
- *Sangue - La morte non esiste* (2005), as Iuri · Screenplay
- *Quo Vadis, Baby?* (2005), as Lucio
- *3.87* (2005), as Andrea
- *Do You Like Hitchcock?* (2005), as Giulio
- *Call Me Salomè* (2005), as Profeta
- *A Judge of Honor* (2004), as Manfredi Borsellino
- *A Judge of Honor* (2004), series, as Manfredi Borsellino
- *Fame Chimica* (2004), as Ragazzo in discoteca
- *What Will Become Of Us* (2004), as Manuel
- *Now or Never* (2003), as Doveri
- *Break Free* (2003), as Vince
- *Ferrari* (2003), as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years
- *Ferrari* (2003), series, as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni
- *Respiro* (2002), as Pier Luigi
- *Ultimo stadio* (2002), as Billo
- *Per Amore* (2002), series, as Gabriele Mariani
- *Il sequestro Soffiantini* (2002), series, as Paolo Soffiantini
- *Unfair Competition* (2001), as Paolo Della Rocca
- *Via Zanardi, 33* (2001), series, as Ivan
- *La storia chiusa* (2001), as Amico
- *Honey Horn* (2000), as Ernesto
- *Padre Pio: Miracle Man* (2000), series, as Padre Pio ragazzo
- *Il cielo in una stanza* (1999), as Paolo da giovane
- *Ci hai rotto papà* (1993), as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi
- *The Man Who Could Have Changed the World*, as Ranuccio

## Gallery

- ![Elio Germano presenting the movie "Favolacce" ("Bad Tales" at the Berlinale 2020](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-09f81545c463.jpg) Elio Germano presenting the movie "Favolacce" ("Bad Tales" at the Berlinale 2020 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/MJK_70964_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_70964_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elio Germano](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-1a14e6caafe1.jpg) Elio Germano — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/MJK_70936_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_70936_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elio Germano presenting the movie "Favolacce" ("Bad Tales" at the Berlinale 2020](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-fb9d4cc1f8a1.jpg) Elio Germano presenting the movie "Favolacce" ("Bad Tales" at the Berlinale 2020 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/MJK_70959_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_70959_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elio Germano presenting the movie "Favolacce" ("Bad Tales" at the Berlinale 2020](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-0634fc348f21.jpg) Elio Germano presenting the movie "Favolacce" ("Bad Tales" at the Berlinale 2020 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/MJK_70937_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_70937_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elio Germano](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-ef3d4c110fb0.jpg) Elio Germano — Image via TMDB
- ![Elio Germano](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-06397ae9f5c7.jpg) Elio Germano — Image via TMDB
- ![Elio Germano](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-af280add193a.jpg) Elio Germano — Image via TMDB
- ![Elio Germano presenting the movie "Favolacce" ("Bad Tales" at the Berlinale 2020](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-f4035aec2df3.jpg) Elio Germano presenting the movie "Favolacce" ("Bad Tales" at the Berlinale 2020 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/MJK_70970_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_70970_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elio Germano presenting the movie "Favolacce" ("Bad Tales" at the Berlinale 2020](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-436f453021d0.jpg) Elio Germano presenting the movie "Favolacce" ("Bad Tales" at the Berlinale 2020 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/MJK_70877_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_70877_Elio_Germano_%28Favolacce%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elio Germano](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-f76155cbf843.jpg) Elio Germano — Image via TMDB
- ![Elio Germano](https://film.one/media/person/4159345/gallery-4f9ace5659b0.jpg) Elio Germano — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 2010: Best Actor (won)

### Other awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Actor 2020: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Hidden Away*
- European Film Award for Best Actor 2010: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *La nostra vita*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 2007: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won)
- European Film Award for Best Actor 2007: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *My Brother Is an Only Child*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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