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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 23, 1941
Place of Birth:
San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Franco Nero
Biography
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | In the Hand of Dante | Don Lecco |
| 2025 | The Run | |
| 2024 | Compagni d'arte | |
| 2024 | Titanus 1904 | Self |
| 2023 | Giorni Felici | Antonio |
| 2023 | On Our Way | |
| 2023 | The Pope's Exorcist | The Pope |
| 2023 | The Man Who Drew God | Emanuele |
| 2022 | The Man from Rome | The Pope |
| 2022 | Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black | Spirit |
| 2022 | Buon Lavoro | |
| 2021 | Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained | Self - Actor |
| 2021 | Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto | Himself |
| 2021 | The Duel | |
| 2021 | We Are Cinema | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Off the Rails | Giovanni |
| 2021 | Two Men Alone | Himself |
| 2020 | Harmonie | |
| 2020 | Entree Des Artists | Henry's Grandfather |
| 2020 | A Rose in Winter | Rainer Praeger |
| 2020 | The Dark Dance | L'Impresario |
| 2020 | Immortalist | Paolo Spersoni |
| 2020 | The Match | Old Branko |
| 2020 | The Jester from Transylvania | One-eye |
| 2019 | The Collini Case | Fabrizio Collini |
| 2019 | Ed è subito sera | |
| 2019 | Christmas in Rome | Luigi Forlinghetti |
| 2019 | Recon | Angelo |
| 2019 | Havana Kyrie | Vittorio Arditi De Bellis |
| 2018 | Red Land | Professor Ambrosin |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Julius |
| 2017 | The Time of Their Lives | Alberto |
| 2017 | The Lost City of Z | Baron de Gondoriz |
| 2017 | The Neighborhood | Guglielmo |
| 2017 | The Broken Key | Hiram Abif |
| 2017 | Agony | Carlo |
| 2017 | Iceman | Ditob |
| 2017 | Il crimine non va in pensione | il primario |
| 2016 | Along the River | Frank De Ville |
| 2016 | Road to Ruin | Self |
| 2015 | Earth | |
| 2015 | Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man | Himself |
| 2015 | Road to Capri | Guido |
| 2014 | Obsessive Rythms | Carmine |
| 2014 | Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… | Lui-même |
| 2014 | Killer Mermaid | Niko |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Actor |
| 2014 | Figli di Maam | |
| 2014 | Love Island | Marquis Polesini |
| 2014 | Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema | Self |
| 2013 | Memories They Told Me | Paolo |
| 2013 | The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti | Self |
| 2013 | I Tarantiniani | Self |
| 2013 | Handy | Frank The Black |
| 2013 | Istintobrass | Self |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Amerigo Vessepi |
| 2012 | Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Self |
| 2012 | New Order | Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen |
| 2012 | Crazy Dog | Alvaro Genta |
| 2012 | The Last Alchemist | Felix the Alchemist |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Uncle Topolino (voice) |
| 2011 | Father | Enrico |
| 2010 | Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire | Augustinus (age 76) |
| 2010 | Rasputin | Narratore |
| 2010 | Prigioniero di un segreto | Il barbone |
| 2010 | Letters to Juliet | Lorenzo |
| 2009 | Killing Is My Business, Honey | Enrico Puzzo |
| 2009 | Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso | |
| 2008 | Bathory: Countess of Blood | King Mathias |
| 2008 | Mein Herz in Chile | Carlos Sanchez |
| 2008 | La rabbia | Mentore |
| 2008 | Márió, a varázsló | Mario |
| 2008 | A Night at the Grand Hotel | Ferran Moreno |
| 2008 | Bastardi | Rene Iuvara |
| 2007 | Mineurs | Michele Acucella |
| 2007 | The Final Inquiry | Caifa |
| 2007 | Two Families | Morandi |
| 2006 | Amore e libertà - Masaniello | Vicerè |
| 2006 | Hans | Giudice/barbone |
| 2006 | Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern | Self |
| 2006 | The Holy Family | Zachary |
| 2006 | Giornata Nera | |
| 2005 | Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show | Judge |
| 2005 | Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker | Self |
| 2005 | Forever Blues | Luca |
| 2005 | Summer Solstice | Lorenzo |
| 2005 | The Spaghetti West | Self |
| 2004 | Post Coitum | Bakchus |
| 2004 | Guardians of the Clouds | Padre |
| 2003 | Bad Inclination | Il barbone |
| 2003 | The Uncrowned Heart | Bear's Trainer |
| 2002 | Fumata blanca | Cardenal Tura |
| 2002 | Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell | Giuseppe Mantaldo |
| 2002 | The Last Gunfighter | The pistolero |
| 2002 | Ultimo stadio | Antonio |
| 2001 | La ragion pura | Marito |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | Gen. Francini |
| 2001 | Sacra Corona | Bishop Gellért |
| 2001 | In the Company of Compañeros | Self |
| 2001 | The Crusaders | Ibnazul |
| 2001 | Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle | Self |
| 2000 | Saint Paul | Gamaliel |
| 2000 | Mirka | Il Sindaco |
| 2000 | Uninvited | Ralph Barolo |
| 2000 | Winds of Passion | Michele Giangrande |
| 1999 | Li chiamarono... briganti! | Caporale Nerza |
| 1998 | Talk of Angels | Dr. Vicente Areavaga |
| 1998 | Il tesoro di Damasco | Andrea |
| 1998 | The Versace Murder | Gianni Versace |
| 1997 | David | Natan |
| 1997 | Desert of Fire | Marcel Duvivier |
| 1997 | Rack Up | Jesus Barro |
| 1997 | The Medal | Ing. Ferrero |
| 1997 | Bella Mafia | Mario Domino |
| 1996 | The Conquest | Árpád vezér |
| 1996 | The Innocent Sleep | Adolfo Cavani |
| 1995 | Jonathan of the Bears | Jonathan |
| 1995 | Io e il re | Maggiore Ferri |
| 1994 | The Dragon Ring | Dragon King |
| 1993 | Das Babylon Komplott | Chris Lang |
| 1993 | Test of Memory | Paul Herzog |
| 1993 | Der Fall Lucona | Enzo Lombardi |
| 1993 | Azzurro profondo | Luca Morinari |
| 1992 | Brothers and Sisters | Franco |
| 1992 | Amelia Lópes O'Neill | Fernando |
| 1992 | Gold | Gabriele da Poppi |
| 1991 | Touch and Die | Aquani |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | General Ramon Esperanza |
| 1990 | Breath of Life | Angelo |
| 1989 | A Double Victory | Saverio Pallucca |
| 1988 | Top Line | Ted Angelo |
| 1988 | Race to Danger | Francis, il marinaio |
| 1988 | Young Toscanini | Claudio Toscanini |
| 1988 | Run for Your Life | Commissario |
| 1988 | Magdalene | Janza |
| 1987 | Django Strikes Again | Django |
| 1987 | The Girl | Johan (John) Berg |
| 1987 | Sweet Country | Paul |
| 1986 | Un altare per la madre | - |
| 1985 | Devil's Crude | Nick |
| 1985 | André schafft sie alle | Andre |
| 1985 | The Repenter | Falco |
| 1984 | Die Försterbuben | Böhme |
| 1983 | The Falcon | Banović Strahinja |
| 1982 | Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire | John Reed |
| 1982 | Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World | John Reed |
| 1982 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works | Self |
| 1982 | Grog | Nicola Fanelli |
| 1982 | Kamikaze '89 | Weiss |
| 1982 | Querelle | Lieutenant Seblon |
| 1981 | Enter the Ninja | Cole |
| 1981 | The Salamander | Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci |
| 1980 | The Man with Bogart's Face | Hakim |
| 1980 | Day of the Cobra | Larry Stanziani |
| 1980 | The Blue-Eyed Bandit | Renzo Dominici |
| 1979 | Mimi | Guido |
| 1979 | The Shark Hunter | Mike di Donato |
| 1979 | The Visitor | Jesus Christ |
| 1979 | Le rose di Danzica | General Konrad von Der Berg |
| 1978 | Force 10 from Navarone | Lescovar |
| 1978 | The Pirate | Baydr Al Fay |
| 1977 | Hitch Hike | Walter Mancini |
| 1977 | Sahara Cross | Jean Ballard |
| 1976 | Keoma | Keoma |
| 1976 | Victory March | Captain Asciutto |
| 1976 | 21 Hours at Munich | Issa |
| 1976 | Submission | Armand |
| 1975 | Cry, Onion! | Onion Stark |
| 1975 | The Flower in His Mouth | Professore Michele Belcore |
| 1975 | How to Kill a Judge | Giacomo Solaris |
| 1975 | Death Rite | Sadry |
| 1975 | Smiling Maniacs | Judge Dani |
| 1975 | The Legend of Valentino | Rudolph Valentino |
| 1974 | Blood Brothers | Nicola Bellizzi |
| 1974 | The Last Four Days | Walter Audisio |
| 1974 | Street Law | Carlo Antonelli |
| 1974 | Challenge to White Fang | Jason Scott |
| 1973 | The Assassination of Matteotti | Giacomo Matteotti |
| 1973 | Redneck | Mosquito |
| 1973 | White Fang | Jason Scott |
| 1973 | High Crime | Commissario Belli |
| 1973 | Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears | Johnny Ears |
| 1972 | The Harder They Come | Django (archive footage) |
| 1972 | The Monk | Ambrosio |
| 1972 | Pope Joan | Louis |
| 1971 | The Fifth Cord | Andrea Bild |
| 1971 | The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Vanzi |
| 1971 | Confessions of a Police Captain | Sostituto Procuratore Traini |
| 1971 | Don't Turn the Other Cheek | Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky |
| 1971 | Vacation | Osiride |
| 1970 | Tristana | Horacio |
| 1970 | Compañeros | Yodlaf Peterson |
| 1970 | The Virgin and the Gypsy | The gypsy |
| 1970 | The 5th Day of Peace | Bruno Grauber |
| 1970 | Dropout | Bruno |
| 1969 | The Battle of Neretva | Capitani Michele Rossi |
| 1969 | Detective Belli | Commissario Stefano Belli |
| 1968 | The Mercenary | Sergei Kowalski, The Polish |
| 1968 | A Quiet Place in the Country | Leonardo Ferri |
| 1968 | The Day of the Owl | Captain Bellodi |
| 1968 | Sardinia Kidnapped | Gavino |
| 1967 | Camelot | Lancelot Du Lac |
| 1967 | Man, Pride and Vengeance | José |
| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Abel |
| 1966 | Django | Django |
| 1966 | Texas, Adios | Burt Sullivan |
| 1966 | Massacre Time | Tom Corbett |
| 1966 | The Wild, Wild Planet | Lt. Jake |
| 1966 | War of the Planets | Lt. Jake Jacowitx |
| 1966 | The Hired Killer | Tony Lo Bello |
| 1966 | The Third Eye | Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero) |
| 1965 | The Tramplers | Charley Garvey |
| 1965 | I Knew Her Well | Italo - The garage attendant |
| 1965 | La Celestina P… R… | Fabrizio |
| 1964 | Italian Engagement | |
| 1963 | Un delitto | |
| 1962 | Scorched Skin | |
| La battaglia di Gorthene | ||
| The Temptation Of Gracie | ||
| Django Lives! | Django | |
| The Estate | ||
| Roma elastica |