Franco Nero
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 23, 1941 (age 84)
- Birthplace
- San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Biography
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born November 23, 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor, producer, and director. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film Django (1966), which made him a pop culture icon and launched an international career that includes over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television programmes. During the 1960s and 1970s, Nero was actively involved in many popular Italian "genre trends", including poliziotteschi, gialli, and Spaghetti Westerns. His best-known films include The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), Camelot (1967), The Day of the Owl (1968), The Mercenary (1968), Battle of Neretva (1969), Tristana (1970), Compañeros (1970), Confessions of a Police Captain (1971), The Fifth Cord (1971), High Crime (1973), Street Law (1974), Keoma (1976), Hitch-Hike (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Enter the Ninja (1981), Die Hard 2 (1990), Letters to Juliet (2010), Cars 2 (2011), and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017). Nero has had a long relationship with Vanessa Redgrave, which began during the filming of Camelot. They were married in 2006, and are the parents of the actor Carlo Gabriel Nero.
Known For
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Filmography
La battaglia di Gorthene
Movie
Django Lives!
Movie · as Django
El Sobrino
Movie
Mexico Song
Movie
In the Hand of Dante
Movie · as Don Lecco (86)
Roma elastica
Movie · as The Old Filmmaker
Il Vecchio Terribile
Movie · as Oste
Aurora
Movie · as Bertoldo
The Estate
Movie
The Jester from Transylvania
Movie · as One-eye
Compagni d'arte
Movie
Titanus 1904
Movie · as Self
Giorni felici
Movie · as Antonio
On Our Way
Movie
The Pope's Exorcist
Movie · as The Pope
The Man Who Drew God
Movie · as Emanuele
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Movie · as Valentino's Spirit
Django
TV · as Reverend · 2 eps
The Man from Rome
Movie · as The Pope
Buon Lavoro
Movie
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Movie · as Self - Actor
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Movie · as Self
The Duel
Movie
We Are Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Off the Rails
Movie · as Giovanni
The Match
Movie · as Old Branko
Two Men Alone
Movie · as Himself
Harmonie
Movie
Entree Des Artists
Movie · as Henry's Grandfather
The Dark Dance
Movie · as L'Impresario
Immortalist
Movie · as Paolo Spersoni
A Rose in Winter
Movie · as Rainer Praeger
The Collini Case
Movie · as Fabrizio Collini
Ed è subito sera
Movie
Christmas in Rome
Movie · as Luigi Forlinghetti
Recon
Movie · as Angelo
Havana Kyrie
Movie · as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
Red Land
Movie · as Professor Ambrosin
John Wick: Chapter 2
Movie · as Julius
The Time of Their Lives
Movie · as Alberto
The Lost City of Z
Movie · as Baron de Gondoriz
The Neighborhood
Movie · as Guglielmo
The Broken Key
Movie · as Hiram Abif
Agony
Movie · as Carlo
Iceman
Movie · as Ditob
Il crimine non va in pensione
Movie · as il primario
Along the River
Movie · as Frank De Ville
Road to Ruin
Movie · as Self
Delicious
TV · as Joe Benelli · 4 eps
Emigratis
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Earth
Movie
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
Movie · as Himself
Road to Capri
Movie · as Guido
Obsessive Rhythms
Movie · as Carmine
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Movie · as Lui-même
Killer Mermaid
Movie · as Niko
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie · as Self - Actor
Figli di Maam
Movie
Love Island
Movie · as Marquis Polesini
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
Movie · as Self
Memories They Told Me
Movie · as Paolo
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Movie · as Self
I Tarantiniani
Movie · as Self
Handy
Movie · as Frank The Black
Istintobrass
Movie · as Self
Django Unchained
Movie · as Amerigo Vessepi
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Movie · as Self
New Order
Movie · as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
Crazy Dog
Movie · as Alvaro Genta
The Last Alchemist
Movie · as Felix the Alchemist
Cars 2
Movie · as Uncle Topolino (voice)
Father
Movie · as Enrico
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
Movie · as Augustinus (age 76)
Rasputin
Movie · as Narratore
Prigioniero di un segreto
Movie · as Il barbone
Letters to Juliet
Movie · as Lorenzo
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
TV · as Augustine of Hippo · 2 eps
Killing Is My Business, Honey
Movie · as Enrico Puzzo
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
Movie
Bathory: Countess of Blood
Movie · as King Mathias
Mein Herz in Chile
Movie · as Carlos Sanchez
La rabbia
Movie · as Mentore
Márió, a varázsló
Movie · as Mario
A Night at the Grand Hotel
Movie · as Ferran Moreno
Bastardi
Movie · as René Iuvara
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
TV · as Max Freeman · 1 ep
Il sangue e la rosa
TV · as Conte Uberto Mancini · 4 eps
Mein Herz in Chile
TV · as Carlos Sanchez · 2 eps
Mineurs
Movie · as Michele Acucella
The Final Inquiry
Movie · as Caifa
Two Families
Movie · as Morandi
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
TV · as Caifa · 2 eps
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
Movie · as Vicerè
Hans
Movie · as Giudice/barbone
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Movie · as Self
The Holy Family
Movie · as Zachary
Giornata Nera
Movie
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
Movie · as Judge
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Movie · as Self
Forever Blues
Movie · as Luca
Summer Solstice
Movie · as Lorenzo
The Spaghetti West
Movie · as Self
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
TV · 2 eps
Post Coitum
Movie · as Bakchus
Guardians of the Clouds
Movie · as Padre
Bad Inclination
Movie · as Il barbone
The Uncrowned Heart
Movie · as Bear's Trainer
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
TV
Fumata blanca
Movie · as Cardenal Tura
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
Movie · as Giuseppe Mantaldo
The Last Gunfighter
Movie · as The pistolero
Ultimo stadio
Movie · as Antonio
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
TV · as Fashion Billionaire · 1 ep
Through the Night with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
La ragion pura
Movie · as Marito
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Movie · as General Francini
Sacra Corona
Movie · as Bishop Gellért
In the Company of Compañeros
Movie · as Self
The Crusaders
Movie · as Ibnazul
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
Movie · as Self
Chimera
Movie · as Imprenditore
La voce del sangue
TV · as Antonio Castaldi · 2 eps
The Crusaders
TV · as Ibnazul · 2 eps
Saint Paul
Movie · as Gamaliel
Mirka
Movie · as Il Sindaco
Uninvited
Movie · as Ralph Barolo
Winds of Passion
Movie · as Michele Giangrande
Saint Paul
TV · as Gamaliel · 2 eps
Li chiamarono... briganti!
Movie · as Caporale Nerza
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Roberto Distasio · 1 ep
Talk of Angels
Movie · as Dr. Vicente Areavaga
Il tesoro di Damasco
Movie · as Andrea
The Versace Murder
Movie · as Gianni Versace
David
Movie · as Natan
Desert of Fire
Movie · as Marcel Duvivier
Rack Up
Movie · as Jesus Barro
The Medal
Movie · as Ing. Ferrero
Bella Mafia
Movie · as Mario Domino
Painted Lady
TV · as Robert Tassi · 2 eps
Desert of Fire
TV · as Marcel Duvivier · 3 eps
David
TV · as Nathan · 2 eps
The Conquest
Movie · as Árpád vezér
The Innocent Sleep
Movie · as Adolfo Cavani
The Return of Sandokan
TV · as Yogi Azim · 4 eps
Jonathan of the Bears
Movie · as Jonathan
Io e il re
Movie · as Maggiore Ferri
Viva el lunes
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Desideria e l'anello del drago
TV · as Dragon King · 2 eps
The Dragon Ring
Movie · as Dragon King
Nemici intimi
TV · as Lorenzo Stradella · 2 eps
Das Babylon Komplott
Movie · as Chris Lang
Test of Memory
Movie · as Paul Herzog
Der Fall Lucona
Movie · as Enzo Lombardi
Azzurro profondo
Movie · as Luca Morinari
Brothers and Sisters
Movie · as Franco
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
Movie · as Fernando
Gold
Movie · as Gabriele da Poppi
From Time to Time
Movie · as Leonard De Vinci
Touch and Die
Movie · as Aquani
Young Catherine
TV · as Count Vorontsov · 2 eps
Die Hard 2
Movie · as General Ramon Esperanza
Breath of Life
Movie · as Angelo
A Double Victory
Movie · as Saverio Pallucca
Blaues Blut
TV · as Sandro Castellani · 1 ep
I promessi sposi
TV · as fra Cristoforo · 5 eps
Top Line
Movie · as Ted Angelo
Race to Danger
Movie · as Francis, il marinaio
Young Toscanini
Movie · as Claudio Toscanini
Run for Your Life
Movie · as Commissario
Magdalene
Movie · as Janza
Django Strikes Again
Movie · as Django
The Girl
Movie · as Johan (John) Berg
Sweet Country
Movie · as Paul
Un altare per la madre
Movie · as -
Devil's Crude
Movie · as Nick
André schafft sie alle
Movie · as Andre
The Repenter
Movie · as Falco
Die Försterbuben
Movie · as Böhme
The Last Days of Pompeii
TV · as Arbaces · 3 eps
The Falcon
Movie · as Banović Strahinja
The Hitchhiker
TV · as Dr. Peter Milne · 1 ep
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
Movie · as John Reed
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
Movie · as John Reed
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
Movie · as Self
Grog
Movie · as Nicola Fanelli
Kamikaze '89
Movie · as Weiss
Querelle
Movie · as Lieutenant Seblon
Sergey Bondarchuk
Movie · as Self
Na sowas!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Enter the Ninja
Movie · as Cole
The Salamander
Movie · as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
Le rose di Danzica
TV · as Il generale Konrad Von Den Berg · 3 eps
The Man with Bogart's Face
Movie · as Hakim
Day of the Cobra
Movie · as Larry Stanziani
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
Movie · as Renzo Dominici
Mimi
Movie · as Guido
The Shark Hunter
Movie · as Mike di Donato
The Visitor
Movie · as Jesus Christ
Le rose di Danzica
Movie · as General Konrad von Der Berg
Force 10 from Navarone
Movie · as Lescovar
Hitch Hike
Movie · as Walter Mancini
Sahara Cross
Movie · as Jean Ballard
The Pirate
TV · as Baydr Al Fay · 2 eps
Keoma
Movie · as Keoma
Victory March
Movie · as Captain Asciutto
21 Hours at Munich
Movie · as Issa
Submission
Movie · as Armand
Cry, Onion!
Movie · as Onion Stark
The Flower in His Mouth
Movie · as Professore Michele Belcore
How to Kill a Judge
Movie · as Giacomo Solaris
Death Rite
Movie · as Sadry
Smiling Maniacs
Movie · as Judge Dani
The Legend of Valentino
Movie · as Rudolph Valentino
Blood Brothers
Movie · as Nicola Bellizzi
The Last Four Days
Movie · as Walter Audisio
Street Law
Movie · as Carlo Antonelli
Challenge to White Fang
Movie · as Jason Scott
Der große Preis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Assassination of Matteotti
Movie · as Giacomo Matteotti
Redneck
Movie · as Mosquito
White Fang
Movie · as Jason Scott
High Crime
Movie · as Commissario Belli
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
Movie · as Johnny Ears
The Harder They Come
Movie · as Django (archive footage)
The Monk
Movie · as Ambrosio
Pope Joan
Movie · as Louis
The Fifth Cord
Movie · as Andrea Bild
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Movie · as Vanzi
Confessions of a Police Captain
Movie · as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Movie · as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
Vacation
Movie · as Osiride
Tristana
Movie · as Horacio
Compañeros
Movie · as Yodlaf Peterson
The Virgin and the Gypsy
Movie · as The gypsy
The Fifth Day of Peace
Movie · as Bruno Grauber
Dropout
Movie · as Bruno
The Battle of Neretva
Movie · as Capitano Michele Rossi
Detective Belli
Movie · as Commissario Stefano Belli
The Mercenary
Movie · as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
A Quiet Place in the Country
Movie · as Leonardo Ferri
The Day of the Owl
Movie · as Captain Bellodi
Sardinia Kidnapped
Movie · as Gavino
Camelot
Movie · as Lancelot Du Lac
Man, Pride and Vengeance
Movie · as José
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Movie · as Abel
Django
Movie · as Django
Texas, Adios
Movie · as Burt Sullivan
Massacre Time
Movie · as Tom Corbett
The Wild, Wild Planet
Movie · as Lt. Jake
War of the Planets
Movie · as Lt. Jake Jacowitx
The Hired Killer
Movie · as Tony Lo Bello
The Third Eye
Movie · as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
The Tramplers
Movie · as Charley Garvey
I Knew Her Well
Movie · as Italo - The garage attendant
La Celestina P… R…
Movie · as Fabrizio
Italian Engagement
Movie
Un delitto
Movie
Scorched Skin
Movie