Franco Nero
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-11-23 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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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Acting
Django Lives!
as Django
(2025)
(2024)
Titanus 1904
as Self
(2024)
(2023)
The Pope's Exorcist
as The Pope
(2023)
The Man Who Drew God
as Emanuele
(2023)
(2023)
Giorni Felici
as Antonio
(2022)
The Man from Rome
as The Pope
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
Off the Rails
as Giovanni
(2021)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor
(2021)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2021)
(2021)
Two Men Alone
as Himself
(2020)
The Match
as Old Branko
(2020)
The Jester from Transylvania
as One-eye
(2020)
The Dark Dance
as L'Impresario
(2020)
A Rose in Winter
as Rainer Praeger
(2020)
Immortalist
as Paolo Spersoni
(2020)
(2020)
Entree Des Artists
as Henry's Grandfather
(2019)
The Collini Case
as Fabrizio Collini
(2019)
Recon
as Angelo
(2019)
Christmas in Rome
as Luigi Forlinghetti
(2019)
Havana Kyrie
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
(2019)
(2018)
Red Land
as Professor Ambrosin
(2017)
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Julius
(2017)
The Lost City of Z
as Baron de Gondoriz
(2017)
Iceman
as Ditob
(2017)
The Broken Key
as Hiram Abif
(2017)
The Neighborhood
as Guglielmo
(2017)
The Time of Their Lives
as Alberto
(2017)
Agony
as Carlo
(2017)
Il crimine non va in pensione
as il primario
(2017)
(2016)
Road to Ruin
as Self
(2016)
Along the River
as Frank De Ville
(2015)
Road to Capri
as Guido
(2015)
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
as Himself
(2015)
(2014)
Killer Mermaid
as Niko
(2014)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
(2014)
Love Island
as Marquis Polesini
(2014)
(2014)
Obsessive Rythms
as Carmine
(2014)
(2014)
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
as Lui-même
(2013)
Istintobrass
as Self
(2013)
Memories They Told Me
as Paolo
(2013)
I Tarantiniani
as Self
(2013)
(2013)
Handy
as Frank The Black
(2012)
Django Unchained
as Amerigo Vessepi
(2012)
(2012)
New Order
as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
(2012)
Crazy Dog
as Alvaro Genta
(2012)
The Last Alchemist
as Felix the Alchemist
(2011)
Cars 2
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
(2011)
Father
as Enrico
(2010)
Letters to Juliet
as Lorenzo
(2010)
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
as Augustinus (age 76)
(2010)
Rasputin
as Narratore
(2010)
Prigioniero di un segreto
as Il barbone
(2009)
Killing Is My Business, Honey
as Enrico Puzzo
(2009)
(2008)
Bathory: Countess of Blood
as King Mathias
(2008)
La rabbia
as Mentore
(2008)
Bastardi
as Rene Iuvara
(2008)
A Night at the Grand Hotel
as Ferran Moreno
(2008)
Mein Herz in Chile
as Carlos Sanchez
(2008)
Márió, a varázsló
as Mario
(2007)
The Final Inquiry
as Caifa
(2007)
Two Families
as Morandi
(2007)
Mineurs
as Michele Acucella
(2006)
Hans
as Giudice/barbone
(2006)
The Holy Family
as Zachary
(2006)
(2006)
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
as Vicerè
(2006)
(2005)
Summer Solstice
as Lorenzo
(2005)
(2005)
The Spaghetti West
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
Forever Blues
as Luca
(2004)
Guardiani delle nuvole
as Padre
(2004)
Post Coitum
as Bakchus
(2003)
Bad Inclination
as Il barbone
(2003)
The Uncrowned Heart
as Bear's Trainer
(2002)
Ultimo stadio
as Antonio
(2002)
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
as Giuseppe Mantaldo
(2002)
Fumata blanca
as Cardenal Tura
(2002)
The Last Gunfighter
as The pistolero
(2001)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Gen. Francini
(2001)
The Crusaders
as Ibnazul
(2001)
Sacra Corona
as Bishop Gellért
(2001)
(2001)
In the Company of Compañeros
as Self
(2001)
La ragion pura
as Marito
(2000)
Saint Paul
as Gamaliel
(2000)
Mirka
as Il Sindaco
(2000)
Uninvited
as Ralph Barolo
(2000)
Winds of Passion
as Michele Giangrande
(1999)
Li chiamarono... briganti!
as Caporale Nerza
(1998)
Talk of Angels
as Dr. Vicente Areavaga
(1998)
The Versace Murder
as Gianni Versace
(1998)
Il tesoro di Damasco
as Andrea
(1997)
David
as Natan
(1997)
Bella Mafia
as Mario Domino
(1997)
Desert of Fire
as Marcel Duvivier
(1997)
The Medal
as Ing. Ferrero
(1997)
Rack Up
as Jesus Barro
(1996)
The Innocent Sleep
as Adolfo Cavani
(1996)
The Conquest
as Árpád vezér
(1995)
Jonathan of the Bears
as Jonathan
(1995)
Io e il re
as Maggiore Ferri
(1994)
The Dragon Ring
as Dragon King
(1993)
Der Fall Lucona
as Enzo Lombardi
(1993)
Das Babylon Komplott
as Chris Lang
(1993)
Azzurro profondo
as Luca Morinari
(1993)
Test of Memory
as Paul Herzog
(1992)
Brothers and Sisters
as Franco
(1992)
Gold
as Gabriele da Poppi
(1992)
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
as Fernando
(1991)
Touch and Die
as Aquani
(1990)
Die Hard 2
as General Ramon Esperanza
(1990)
Breath of Life
as Angelo
(1989)
A Double Victory
as Saverio Pallucca
(1988)
Young Toscanini
as Claudio Toscanini
(1988)
Magdalene
as Janza
(1988)
Top Line
as Ted Angelo
(1988)
Race to Danger
as Francis, il marinaio
(1988)
Run for Your Life
as Commissario
(1987)
Django Strikes Again
as Django
(1987)
The Girl
as Johan (John) Berg
(1987)
Sweet Country
as Paul
(1986)
(1985)
The Repenter
as Falco
(1985)
Devil's Crude
as Nick
(1985)
André schafft sie alle
as Andre
(1984)
Die Försterbuben
as Böhme
(1983)
The Falcon
as Banović Strahinja
(1982)
Querelle
as Lieutenant Seblon
(1982)
Kamikaze '89
as Weiss
(1982)
Grog
as Nicola Fanelli
(1982)
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
as John Reed
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
The Salamander
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
(1981)
Enter the Ninja
as Cole
(1980)
The Man with Bogart's Face
as Hakim
(1980)
Day of the Cobra
as Larry Stanziani
(1980)
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
as Renzo Dominici
(1979)
Mimi
as Guido
(1979)
The Visitor
as Jesus Christ
(1979)
Le rose di Danzica
as General Konrad von Der Berg
(1979)
The Shark Hunter
as Mike di Donato
(1978)
Force 10 from Navarone
as Lescovar
(1978)
The Pirate
as Baydr Al Fay
(1977)
Hitch Hike
as Walter Mancini
(1977)
Sahara Cross
as Jean Ballard
(1976)
Submission
as Armand
(1976)
Keoma
as Keoma
(1976)
21 Hours at Munich
as Issa
(1976)
Victory March
as Captain Asciutto
(1975)
Cry, Onion!
as Onion Stark
(1975)
How to Kill a Judge
as Giacomo Solaris
(1975)
Death Rite
as Sadry
(1975)
The Flower in His Mouth
as Professore Michele Belcore
(1975)
The Legend of Valentino
as Rudolph Valentino
(1975)
Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Dani
(1974)
Challenge to White Fang
as Jason Scott
(1974)
The Last Four Days
as Walter Audisio
(1974)
Street Law
as Carlo Antonelli
(1974)
Blood Brothers
as Nicola Bellizzi
(1973)
White Fang
as Jason Scott
(1973)
The Assassination of Matteotti
as Giacomo Matteotti
(1973)
High Crime
as Commissario Belli
(1973)
Redneck
as Mosquito
(1973)
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
as Johnny Ears
(1972)
The Harder They Come
as Django (archive footage)
(1972)
Pope Joan
as Louis
(1972)
The Monk
as Ambrosio
(1971)
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
as Vanzi
(1971)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
(1971)
Vacation
as Osiride
(1971)
Confessions of a Police Captain
as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
(1971)
The Fifth Cord
as Andrea Bild
(1970)
Tristana
as Horacio
(1970)
Compañeros
as Yodlaf Peterson
(1970)
Dropout
as Bruno
(1970)
The 5th Day of Peace
as Bruno Grauber
(1970)
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as The gypsy
(1969)
The Battle of Neretva
as Capitani Michele Rossi
(1969)
Detective Belli
as Commissario Stefano Belli
(1968)
The Mercenary
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
(1968)
A Quiet Place in the Country
as Leonardo Ferri
(1968)
The Day of the Owl
as Captain Bellodi
(1968)
Sardinia Kidnapped
as Gavino
(1967)
Camelot
as Lancelot Du Lac
(1967)
Man, Pride and Vengeance
as José
(1966)
Django
as Django
(1966)
(1966)
Massacre Time
as Tom Corbett
(1966)
Texas, Adios
as Burt Sullivan
(1966)
The Wild, Wild Planet
as Lt. Jake
(1966)
The Third Eye
as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
(1966)
The Hired Killer
as Tony Lo Bello
(1966)
War of the Planets
as Lt. Jake Jacowitx
(1965)
I Knew Her Well
as Italo - The garage attendant
(1965)
The Tramplers
as Charley Garvey
(1965)
La Celestina P… R…
as Fabrizio
(1964)
(1963)
(1962)
Crew
The Estate
Executive Producer
(2023)
The Man Who Drew God
Director
(2014)
The Mystery of Dante
Executive Producer
(2012)
Django Unchained
Thanks
(2008)
La rabbia
Producer, Executive Producer
(2005)
Forever Blues
Producer, Director, Writer
(2000)
Uninvited
Producer
(1995)
Jonathan of the Bears
Producer, Story
(1979)
The Shark Hunter
Co-Producer
(1971)
Vacation
Producer
(1970)
Dropout
Co-Producer
(1966)
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Still Photographer