Elio Germano facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Elio Germano
Germano at the Berlinale 2020
Born	(1980-09-25) 25 September 1980 (age 44) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present

Elio Germano (born 25 September 1980) is an Italian actor. He is the recipient of many accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and a Silver Bear for Best Actor.

Life and career

Born in Rome to a Molisan family from Duronia, Province of Campobasso, Germano debuted aged twelve in Castellano e Pipolo's movie Ci hai rotto papà (1992). During his studies at scientific lyceum, he received acting training at Teatro Azione in Rome. In 1999, he abandoned an opportunity to work in theatre with Giancarlo Cobelli in order to play in Carlo Vanzina's film Il cielo in una stanza, which launched Germano as one of the most popular Italian actors. His big break came in 2007, when he was cast as the lead in the successful movies Fallen Heroes and My Brother is an Only Child by Daniele Luchetti. The following year he first received international recognition by winning the Shooting Stars Award at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival.

Germano worked with numerous directors such as Ettore Scola (Unfair Competition), Emanuele Crialese (Respiro), Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (Break Free), Giovanni Veronesi (What Will Happen to Us), Michele Placido (Romanzo Criminale), Gabriele Salvatores (Quo Vadis, Baby?, As God Commands), Paolo Virzì (Napoleon and Me, Your Whole Life Ahead of You), Francesco Patierno (The Early Bird Catches the Worm), Daniele Vicari (The Past Is a Foreign Land) and Ferzan Özpetek (Magnificent Presence).

For his role in the movie My Brother is an Only Child (2007), he won his first David di Donatello as best actor in a leading role. In 2010, he won the Best Actor Award, ex-aequo with Javier Bardem, at the Cannes Film Festival, for his interpretation in La Nostra Vita. Later that year, he played the son of Italian journalist Tiziano Terzani in The End Is My Beginning. For his portrait of 19th century poet Giacomo Leopardi in Mario Martone's film Leopardi, Germano was praised at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

Personal life

At an early age Germano liked creating comics and thought about becoming a cartoonist. When he was not accepted into the school of graphic arts, he then opted for acting. In his spare time, Germano makes raps for a music group called Bestierare, which sings about "unemployment, homelessness, precariousness, prisons and Fascist violence".

Filmography

Film

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Director
1992	Ci hai rotto papà	Andrea Cecconi	Franco Castellano
1999	Il cielo in una stanza	Paolo	Carlo Vanzina
2001	Unfair Competition	Paolo Melchiorri	Ettore Scola
2002	Respiro	Pier Luigi	Emanuele Crialese
2003	Now or Never	Doveri	Lucio Pellegrini
	Break Free	Vince	Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
2004	What Will Happen to Us	Manuel	Giovanni Veronesi
2005	Quo Vadis, Baby?	Lucio	Gabriele Salvatores
	Blood - Death Does Not Exist	Yuri	Libero De Rienzo
	Mary	Matthew	Abel Ferrara
	Romanzo Criminale	Il Sorcio	Michele Placido
	Melissa P.	Arnaldo	Luca Guadagnino
2006	Napoleon and Me	Martino Papucci	Paolo Virzì
2007	My Brother Is an Only Child	Accio Benassi	Daniele Luchetti
	Fallen Heroes	Luca	Paolo Franchi
2008	The Early Bird Catches the Worm	Marco	Francesco Patierno
	Your Whole Life Ahead of You	Lucio	Paolo Virzì
	The Past Is a Foreign Land	Giorgio	Daniele Vicari
	As God Commands	Quattro Formaggi	Gabriele Salvatores
2009	Nine	Pierpaolo	Rob Marshall
2010	La nostra vita	Claudio De Rosa	Daniele Luchetti
	The End Is My Beginning	Folco Terzani	Jo Baier
2012	Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood	Luca Gualtieri	Daniele Vicari
	Magnifica presenza	Pietro	Ferzan Özpetek
	The Landlords	Elia	Edoardo Gabbriellini
2013	The Fifth Wheel	Ernesto	Giovanni Veronesi
2014	Leopardi	Giacomo Leopardi	Mario Martone
2015	The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun	The young man with dark eyes	Joann Sfar
	Suburra	Sebastiano	Stefano Sollima
	Alaska	Fausto	Claudio Cupellini
	Lost and Beautiful	Sarchiapone (Voice)	Pietro Marcello
2017	Tenderness	Fabio	Gianni Amelio
	It's All About Karma	Mario Pitagora	Edoardo Falcone
2018	Io sono Tempesta	Bruno	Daniele Luchetti
	Lucia's Grace	Arturo	Gianni Zanasi
2019	The Man Without Gravity	Oscar	Marco Bonfanti
2020	Hidden Away	Antonio Ligabue	Giorgio Diritti
	Bad Tales	Bruno Placido	Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo
	Rose Island	Giorgio Rosa	Sydney Sibilia
2021	America Latina	Massimo Sisti	Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo
2022	Lord of the Ants	Aldo Braibanti	Gianni Amelio
2023	Palazzina Laf	Giancarlo Basile	Michele Riondino
2024	Confidenza	Pietro Vella	Daniele Luchetti
	Sicilian Letters	Matteo Messina Denaro	Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
	The Great Ambition	Enrico Berlinguer	Andrea Segre

Television

Music videos

Theatre

Awards

See also

In Spanish: Elio Germano para niños