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Elio Germano

Elio Germano

Actor · Born September 25, 1980 (46) · 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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 25, 1980 (46)
From
Rome, Italy
Works as
Actor
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 83 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 18% in 30 days

What are Elio Germano's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Self.

Genres

Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Power
22%
Self
21%
Bonds
17%
Society
14%
Morality
13%
Survival
7%
Ideas
5%
Identity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFaith2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 5 · Dark 10

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 7 · Intense 7

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 14 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 12 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

18 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 9 of 18 analyzed roles.

Hero
9 of 18
Ally
5 of 18
Shadow
2 of 18
Trickster
1 of 18
Mentor
1 of 18
Show the 18 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
11
Tense
9
Warm
9
Contemplative
7
Dread
4
Other
14

How their films linger

Thought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Elio Germano's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Elio Germano's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

83 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • You, Me, Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Ritorno al tratturo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Writer · as Sé stesso

  • Three Goodbyes(2025)

    as Antonio

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • N-Ego (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • The Great Ambition(2024)

    as Enrico Berlinguer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Sicilian Letters(2024)

    as Matteo

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Trust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Pietro

  • La Storia(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Giuseppe 'Eppetondo' Cucchiarelli

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Palazzina LAF (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Giancarlo Basile

  • Lord of the Ants(2022)

    as Ennio Scribani

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • America Latina(2021)

    as Massimo Sisti

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • All Star - Ritorno al cinema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Uomo delle pulizie

  • Così è (o mi pare) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Producer · Actor

  • The Italian Baba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Baba Cesare

  • Rose Island(2020)

    as Giorgio Rosa

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Bad Tales(2020)

    as Bruno Placido

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Hidden Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Antonio Ligabue

  • The Man Without Gravity(2019)

    as Oscar

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Sé stesso

  • Lucia's Grace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Arturo

  • Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Io sono Tempesta(2018)

    as Bruno

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Binxet - Under the border (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Narrator

  • Tenderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Fabio

  • It's All About Karma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Mario Pitagora

  • In arte Nino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Teleplay · as Nino Manfredi

  • L'ami(2016)

    as Francesco

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • No Borders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Producer · Writer · as Sé stesso

  • Lost and Beautiful(2015)

    as Sarchiapone (voice)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Alaska (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Fausto

  • Street Opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer · as Sé stesso

  • Suburra(2015)

    as Sebastiano

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun(2015)

    as Stefano

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Leopardi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Giacomo Leopardi

  • The Fifth Wheel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Ernesto

  • The Landlords (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Elia

  • Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood(2012)

    as Luca Gualtieri

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • A Magnificent Haunting(2012)

    as Pietro

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Angel Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · as il Toso

  • Faccia d'angelo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Il Toso

  • Scattered Cloud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Venditore

  • The End Is My Beginning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Folco Terzani

  • Our Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Claudio

  • Flaiano: il meglio è passato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • The Bee and the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Matteo

  • Nine(2009)

    as Pierpaolo

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Beautiful People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Giulio

  • As God Commands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Quattro Formaggi

  • The Early Bird Catches the Worm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Marco Baldini

  • The Past Is a Foreign Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Giorgio

  • A Whole Life Ahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Lucio 2

  • Fallen Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Luca

  • My Brother Is an Only Child(2007)

    as Accio Benassi

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • N (Io e Napoleone)(2006)

    as Martino Papucci

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Pavilion 22 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Uomo Bambino

  • Mary(2005)

    as Matteo

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Melissa P.(2005)

    as Arnaldo

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Romanzo Criminale(2005)

    as Sorcio

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Sangue - La morte non esiste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Screenplay · as Iuri

  • Quo Vadis, Baby? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Lucio

  • 3.87 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Andrea

  • Do You Like Hitchcock? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Giulio

  • Call Me Salomè (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Profeta

  • A Judge of Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Manfredi Borsellino

  • A Judge of Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as Manfredi Borsellino

  • Fame Chimica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Ragazzo in discoteca

  • What Will Become Of Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Manuel

  • Now or Never (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Doveri

  • Break Free (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Vince

  • Ferrari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years

  • Ferrari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Enzo Ferrari a 18 anni

  • Respiro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Pier Luigi

  • Ultimo stadio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Billo

  • Per Amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · as Gabriele Mariani

  • Il sequestro Soffiantini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Paolo Soffiantini

  • Unfair Competition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Paolo Della Rocca

  • Via Zanardi, 33 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 24 episodes · as Ivan

  • La storia chiusa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Amico

  • Honey Horn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Ernesto

  • Padre Pio: Miracle Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Padre Pio ragazzo

  • Il cielo in una stanza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Paolo da giovane

  • Ci hai rotto papà(1993)

    as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Could Have Changed the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Ranuccio

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 83 titles, 81 of them dated from 1993 to 2026; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office

My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)

$13M worldwide

Highest rated

Suburra (2015)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)

Film career

19932026

Peak 2019 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1993Screen debut· Ci hai rotto papà
  • 1993First top-billed film· Ci hai rotto papà
  • 2020Career best· Rose Island
  • 2024Best so far· The Story

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting83 of 83: 75 only acting, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thDirecting3 of 83: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting6 of 83: 0 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing4 of 83: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleMusic1 of 83: 0 only music, 1 with another role

83 titles, 8 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s36 · 36 acting · 1 crew2010s27 · 27 acting · 4 crew2020s16 · 16 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 42% of 48 roles
9308131823

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Elio Germano's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

America Latina (2021)

70th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Suburra (2015)

Midcredits 93rd · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Elio Germano's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity5 titles24–76 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Elio Germano work with?

People who share at least 2 of Elio Germano's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Giovanni Stabilini shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles