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Elio Germano

25 Sep, 1980 in 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 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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Έλιο Τζερμάνο엘리오 게르마노

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Nine
55% (2009)
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Fame chimica
59% (2004)
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Mary
57% (2005)
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Our Life
66% (2010)
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Break Free
62% (2003)
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The Landlords
59% (2012)
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Leopardi
68% (2014)
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Melissa P.
46% (2005)
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Trust
66% (2024)
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Palazzina LAF
68% (2023)
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3.87
71% (2005)
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Alaska
68% (2015)
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Tenderness
63% (2017)
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Respiro
67% (2002)
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Hidden Away
76% (2020)
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Bad Tales
68% (2020)