Elio Germano is an Italian actor.

Born in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, he debuted, aged twelve, in the Castellano e Pipolo's movie Ci hai rotto papà (1992). Seven years later, he abandoned an opportunity to work in theatre to play in Carlo Vanzina

Carlo Vanzina

Carlo Vanzina is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He was born March 13, 1951.In 2001 he directed the romantic comedy film South Kensington starring Rupert Everett and Elle Macpherson. Two of his films, Eccezzziunale.....

's Il cielo in una stanza, which launched Germano as one of the most popular Italian actors.

He subsequently worked with numerous directors such as Ettore Scola (Concorrenza sleale), Emanuele Crialese

Emanuele Crialese

Emanuele Crialese is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome. He studied filmmaking in New York City...

 (Respiro), Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (Liberi), Giovanni Veronesi

Giovanni Veronesi

Giovanni Veronesi is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. Born in Prato, he is the brother of the writer Sandro Veronesi....

 (Che ne sarà di noi), Michele Placido

Michele Placido

Michele Placido is an internationally known Italian actor and director. He is best known for the role of Corrado Cattani in the TV series La Piovra.-Life and career:...

 (Romanzo criminale

Romanzo Criminale

Romanzo Criminale is an Italian-language film released in 2005, directed by Michele Placido, a criminal drama, it was highly acclaimed and won 15 awards. It is based on Giancarlo De Cataldo's 2002 novel, which is in turn inspired by the Banda della Magliana true story...

), Gabriele Salvatores

Gabriele Salvatores

Gabriele Salvatores , is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directed several avant-garde pieces until 1989.In that year, he directed his...

 (Quo Vadis, Baby?

Quo Vadis, Baby?

Quo Vadis, Baby? is a 2005 Italian dramatic film starring Angela Baraldi, Gigio Alberti, Claudia Zanella, Elio Germano, Andrea Renzi, Luigi Maria Burruano and directed by Gabriele Salvatores.-Plot:...

, Come Dio comanda), Paolo Virzì

Paolo Virzì

Paolo Virzì is a film director, writer and producer. He is one of the most acclaimed storytellers for the screen and is considered to be one of the major heirs of the Italian-style comedy film tradition.-Biography:...

 (N (Io e Napoleone), Tutta la vita davanti), Paolo Franchi (Nessuna qualità agli eroi), Francesco Patierno (Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca) and Daniele Vicari (Il passato è una terra straniera).

For his role in the movie Mio fratello è figlio unico

My Brother is an Only Child

My Brother Is an Only Child is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It is based on an Antonio Pennacchi's novel. The title comes from a song by Rino Gaetano from 1976.-Plot:This summary covers approximately the first half of the film....

(2007), by Daniele Luchetti

Daniele Luchetti

Daniele Luchetti is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.He was born in Rome. He debuted as assistant director for Nanni Moretti in Bianca and La messa è finita...

, he won the David di Donatello

David di Donatello

David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The...

 as best actor in a leading role. In 2010, he won the Best Actor Award

Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)

The Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.- Award Winners :-External links:* * ....

, ex-aequo with Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem is a Spanish actor. In 2007 he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as sociopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men, and has also garnered critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne trémula, Boca a boca, Los...

, at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

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, for his interpretation in La Nostra Vita

La nostra vita

La nostra vita is a 2010 Italian film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, with Elio Germano sharing the prize for Best Actor with Javier Bardem for his role in the Mexican film Biutiful directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.-Cast:* Elio...

.
It has been announced that he will play the son of Italian journalist Tiziano Terzani

Tiziano Terzani

Tiziano Terzani was an Italian journalist and writer, best known for his extensive knowledge of 20th century East Asia and for being one of the very few western reporters to witness both the fall of Saigon to the hands of the Vietcong and the fall of Phnom Pehn at the hands of the Khmer rouge in...

, Folco Terzani in an upcoming biopic.[4]

Filmography

• Ci hai rotto papà (1992)
• Il cielo in una stanza (1999)
• Concorrenza sleale (2001)
• Ultimo stadio (2002)
• Respiro
  Respiro
  Respiro is a 2002 Italian film written and directed by Emanuele Crialese and released in English-language markets in 2003. The film stars Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, and Francesco Casisa...
  
  (2002)
• Ora o mai più (2003)
• Liberi (2003)
• Che ne sarà di noi (2004)
• Chiamami Salomè (2005)
• Quo Vadis, Baby?
  Quo Vadis, Baby?
  Quo Vadis, Baby? is a 2005 Italian dramatic film starring Angela Baraldi, Gigio Alberti, Claudia Zanella, Elio Germano, Andrea Renzi, Luigi Maria Burruano and directed by Gabriele Salvatores.-Plot:...
  
  (2005)
• Sangue - La morte non esiste (2005)
• Mary (2005)
• Romanzo criminale (2005)
• Melissa P.
  Melissa P. (film)
  Melissa P. is a 2005 erotic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. It is based on Melissa Panarello's semi-autobiographical diary novel, 100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire which focuses on the narrator's teenage sex life...
  
  (2005)
• Padiglione 22 (2006)
• N (Io e Napoleone) (2006)
• Mio fratello è figlio unico
  My Brother is an Only Child
  My Brother Is an Only Child is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It is based on an Antonio Pennacchi's novel. The title comes from a song by Rino Gaetano from 1976.-Plot:This summary covers approximately the first half of the film....
  
  (2007)
• Nessuna qualità agli eroi (2007)
• Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca (2008)
• Tutta la vita davanti
  Tutta la vita davanti
  Tutta la vita davanti is an Italian movie directed by Paolo Virzì and written by Virzì and Francesco Bruni.-Cast:* Isabella Ragonese — Marta* Sabrina Ferilli — Daniela* Massimo Ghini — Claudio...
  
  (2008)
• Il passato è una terra straniera (2008)
• Come Dio comanda (2008)
• La nostra vita
  La nostra vita
  La nostra vita is a 2010 Italian film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, with Elio Germano sharing the prize for Best Actor with Javier Bardem for his role in the Mexican film Biutiful directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.-Cast:* Elio...
  
  (2010)

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