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Franco Nero
Franco Nero

Franco Nero

ActingBorn November 23, 1941 (age 84)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.

Filmography

2026
Roma elastica

as The Old Filmmaker

Movie
2026Movie
2026Movie
2025Movie
2024Movie
2024Movie
2023Movie
2023
Giorni felici

as Antonio

Movie
2023Movie
2023Movie
2023Movie
2023
Django

as Reverend

TV
2022Movie
2022Movie
2021Movie
2021
We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2021
Off the Rails

as Giovanni

Movie
2021
Two Men Alone

as Himself

Movie
2021
The Match

as Old Branko

Movie
2020
The Dark Dance

as L'Impresario

Movie
2020Movie
2020
Immortalist

as Paolo Spersoni

Movie
2020
Entree Des Artists

as Henry's Grandfather

Movie
2019
Havana Kyrie

as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis

Movie
2019
Christmas in Rome

as Luigi Forlinghetti

Movie
2019
Recon

as Angelo

Movie
2019
A Rose in Winter

as Rainer Praeger

Movie
2019
The Collini Case

as Fabrizio Collini

Movie
2018
Red Land

as Professor Ambrosin

Movie
2017
Iceman

as Ditob

Movie
2017
The Broken Key

as Hiram Abif

Movie
2017
Agony

as Carlo

Movie
2017
The Neighborhood

as Guglielmo

Movie
2017Movie
2017
The Lost City of Z

as Baron de Gondoriz

Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2016
Delicious

as Joe Benelli

TV
2016
Emigratis

as Self

TV
2016Movie
2016
Along the River

as Frank De Ville

Movie
2015Movie
2015Movie
2014Movie
2014
Love Island

as Marquis Polesini

Movie
2014Movie
2014Movie
2013
Handy

as Frank The Black

Movie
2013Movie
2013Movie
2013Movie
2012
Django Unchained

as Amerigo Vessepi

Movie
2012
The Last Alchemist

as Felix the Alchemist

Movie
2012
Crazy Dog

as Alvaro Genta

Movie
2012
New Order

as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen

Movie
2011
Cars 2

as Uncle Topolino (voice)

Movie
2011
Father

as Enrico

Movie
2010
Rasputin

as Narratore

Movie
2010Movie
2010Movie
2010Movie
2009Movie
2008Movie
2008Movie
2008
Mein Herz in Chile

as Carlos Sanchez

Movie
2008
Mein Herz in Chile

as Carlos Sanchez

TV
2008
Il sangue e la rosa

as Conte Uberto Mancini

TV
2008Movie
2008
La rabbia

as Mentore

Movie
2008
Bastardi

as Rene Iuvara

Movie
2007
Mineurs

as Michele Acucella

Movie
2007Movie
2007
Two Families

as Morandi

Movie
2006
The Holy Family

as Zachary

Movie
2006
Hans

as Giudice/barbone

Movie
2006Movie
2005
Summer Solstice

as Lorenzo

Movie
2005Movie
2005Movie
2004
Post Coitum

as Bakchus

Movie
2004Movie
2003
Bad Inclination

as Il barbone

Movie
2003
The Uncrowned Heart

as Bear's Trainer

Movie
2002
The Last Gunfighter

as The pistolero

Movie
2002Movie
2002
Fumata blanca

as Cardenal Tura

Movie
2002
Ultimo stadio

as Antonio

Movie
2002
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften

as Fashion Billionaire

TV
2001Movie
2001
The Crusaders

as Ibnazul

TV
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

as General Francini

Movie
2001
La voce del sangue

as Antonio Castaldi

TV
2001
Chimera

as Imprenditore

Movie
2001
Sacra Corona

as Bishop Gellért

Movie
2001
The Crusaders

as Ibnazul

Movie
2000
Saint Paul

as Gamaliel

Movie
2000
Saint Paul

as Gamaliel

TV
2000
Winds of Passion

as Michele Giangrande

Movie
2000
Uninvited

as Ralph Barolo

Movie
2000
Mirka

as Il Sindaco

Movie
1999TV
1999Movie
1998
Talk of Angels

as Dr. Vicente Areavaga

Movie
1998Movie
1998
The Versace Murder

as Gianni Versace

Movie
1997
Painted Lady

as Robert Tassi

TV
1997
Bella Mafia

as Mario Domino

Movie
1997
Desert of Fire

as Marcel Duvivier

TV
1997
The Medal

as Ing. Ferrero

Movie
1997
Rack Up

as Jesus Barro

Movie
1997
David

as Nathan

TV
1997
David

as Natan

Movie
1997
Davide

as Nathan

TV
1997
Desert of Fire

as Marcel Duvivier

Movie
1996
The Conquest

as Árpád vezér

Movie
1996TV
1996
The Innocent Sleep

as Adolfo Cavani

Movie
1995TV
1995
Io e il re

as Maggiore Ferri

Movie
1995Movie
1995TV
1994
The Dragon Ring

as Dragon King

Movie
1993Movie
1993
Test of Memory

as Paul Herzog

Movie
1993
Der Fall Lucona

as Enzo Lombardi

Movie
1993
Azzurro profondo

as Luca Morinari

Movie
1992Movie
1992
Gold

as Gabriele da Poppi

Movie
1992
From Time to Time

as Leonard De Vinci

Movie
1992Movie
1991
Young Catherine

as Count Vorontsov

TV
1991
Touch and Die

as Aquani

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Die Hard 2

as General Ramon Esperanza

Movie
1989
I promessi sposi

as fra Cristoforo

TV
1989
Blaues Blut

as Sandro Castellani

TV
1989
A Double Victory

as Saverio Pallucca

Movie
1988
Magdalene

as Janza

Movie
1988
Young Toscanini

as Claudio Toscanini

Movie
1988
Top Line

as Ted Angelo

Movie
1988
Race to Danger

as Francis, il marinaio

Movie
1988
Run for Your Life

as Commissario

Movie
1987Movie
1987
The Girl

as Johan (John) Berg

Movie
1987Movie
1985
The Repenter

as Falco

Movie
1985Movie
1985Movie
1984Movie
1984TV
1983
The Hitchhiker

as Dr. Peter Milne

TV
1983
The Falcon

as Banović Strahinja

Movie
1982
Querelle

as Lieutenant Seblon

Movie
1982
Grog

as Nicola Fanelli

Movie
1982
Kamikaze '89

as Weiss

Movie
1982
Na sowas!

as Self

TV
1982Movie
1981
Le rose di Danzica

as Il generale Konrad Von Den Berg

TV
1981Movie
1981
The Salamander

as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci

Movie
1980
Day of the Cobra

as Larry Stanziani

Movie
1980
The Blue-Eyed Bandit

as Renzo Dominici

Movie
1979
The Shark Hunter

as Mike di Donato

Movie
1979
Le rose di Danzica

as General Konrad von Der Berg

Movie
1979
Mimi

as Guido

Movie
1979
The Visitor

as Jesus Christ

Movie
1978
The Pirate

as Baydr Al Fay

Movie
1978Movie
1977
The Pirate

as Baydr Al Fay

TV
1977
Sahara Cross

as Jean Ballard

Movie
1977
Hitch Hike

as Walter Mancini

Movie
1976Movie
1976
Keoma

as Keoma

Movie
1976
Submission

as Armand

Movie
1976
Victory March

as Captain Asciutto

Movie
1975
The Legend of Valentino

as Rudolph Valentino

Movie
1975
The Flower in His Mouth

as Professore Michele Belcore

Movie
1975
Death Rite

as Sadry

Movie
1975
Cry, Onion!

as Onion Stark

Movie
1975
How to Kill a Judge

as Giacomo Solaris

Movie
1975
Smiling Maniacs

as Judge Dani

Movie
1974Movie
1974
Street Law

as Carlo Antonelli

Movie
1974TV
1974
The Last Four Days

as Walter Audisio

Movie
1974
Blood Brothers

as Nicola Bellizzi

Movie
1973
White Fang

as Jason Scott

Movie
1973
The Assassination of Matteotti

as Giacomo Matteotti

Movie
1973
High Crime

as Commissario Belli

Movie
1973Movie
1973
Redneck

as Mosquito

Movie
1972
The Monk

as Ambrosio

Movie
1972
Pope Joan

as Louis

Movie
1972
The Harder They Come

as Django (archive footage)

Movie
1971
Don't Turn the Other Cheek

as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky

Movie
1971
Vacation

as Osiride

Movie
1971
The Fifth Cord

as Andrea Bild

Movie
1971
Confessions of a Police Captain

as Sostituto Procuratore Traini

Movie
1970
Compañeros

as Yodlaf Peterson

Movie
1970
Dropout

as Bruno

Movie
1970Movie
1970
The Fifth Day of Peace

as Bruno Grauber

Movie
1970
Tristana

as Horacio

Movie
1969
The Battle of Neretva

as Capitano Michele Rossi

Movie
1969
Detective Belli

as Commissario Stefano Belli

Movie
1968
The Mercenary

as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish

Movie
1968Movie
1968Movie
1968
The Day of the Owl

as Captain Bellodi

Movie
1967Movie
1967
Camelot

as Lancelot Du Lac

Movie
1966
Texas, Adios

as Burt Sullivan

Movie
1966
Massacre Time

as Tom Corbett

Movie
1966
War of the Planets

as Lt. Jake Jacowitx

Movie
1966Movie
1966
The Third Eye

as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)

Movie
1966
Django

as Django

Movie
1966
The Hired Killer

as Tony Lo Bello

Movie
1965
The Tramplers

as Charley Garvey

Movie
1965
I Knew Her Well

as Italo - The garage attendant

Movie
1965Movie
1963Movie
1962Movie
Django Lives!

as Django

Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 23, 1941
Place of BirthSan Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Popularity2.9