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 youthoriented movies in the early 2000s He achieved stardom following his lead role in Daniele Luchettis 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 Luchettis 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 Dont 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 Ferraras Mary 2005 and Nine 2009 opposite Daniel DayLewis