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Elio Germano
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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As actor
Ritorno al tratturo
Three Goodbyes
Noi e la grande ambizione
Anatomia di un grande sogno
LIBERO sempre comunque mai
Sicilian Letters
The Great Ambition
Trust
N-Ego
Palazzina LAF
America Latina
Lord of the Ants
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
The Italian Baba
Così è (o mi pare)
Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto
Hidden Away
Rose Island
Bad Tales
The Man Without Gravity
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR
Io sono Tempesta
Lucia's Grace
Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa
Tenderness
It's All About Karma
Binxet - Under the border
L'ami
In arte Nino