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.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 (Concorrenza sleale), Emanuele
Crialese (Respiro), Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (Liberi), Giovanni
Veronesi (Che ne sarà di noi), Michele Placido (Romanzo criminale),
Gabriele Salvatores (Quo Vadis, Baby?, Come Dio comanda), Paolo Virzì
(Napoleon and Me, Tutta la vita davanti), Francesco Patierno (The
Early Bird Catches the Worm), Daniele Vicari (Il passato è una terra
straniera) and Ferzan Özpetek (Magnifica Presenza).
recipient of many accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award
for Best Actor and a Silver Bear for Best Actor.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 (Concorrenza sleale), Emanuele
Crialese (Respiro), Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (Liberi), Giovanni
Veronesi (Che ne sarà di noi), Michele Placido (Romanzo criminale),
Gabriele Salvatores (Quo Vadis, Baby?, Come Dio comanda), Paolo Virzì
(Napoleon and Me, Tutta la vita davanti), Francesco Patierno (The
Early Bird Catches the Worm), Daniele Vicari (Il passato è una terra
straniera) and Ferzan Özpetek (Magnifica Presenza).
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