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, 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.
Acting
Django Lives!
as Django
(2025)
(2025)
In the Hand of Dante
as Don Lecco
(2024)
Titanus 1904
as Self
(2024)
(2023)
The Pope's Exorcist
as The Pope
(2023)
(2023)
Giorni Felici
as Antonio
(2023)
The Man Who Drew God
as Emanuele
(2022)
The Man from Rome
as The Pope
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
(2021)
Off the Rails
as Giovanni
(2021)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor
(2021)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Two Men Alone
as Himself
(2021)
(2020)
A Rose in Winter
as Rainer Praeger
(2020)
Immortalist
as Paolo Spersoni
(2020)
The Match
as Old Branko
(2020)
The Jester from Transylvania
as One-eye
(2020)
Entree Des Artists
as Henry's Grandfather
(2020)
(2020)
The Dark Dance
as L'Impresario
(2019)
Christmas in Rome
as Luigi Forlinghetti
(2019)
(2019)
Recon
as Angelo
(2019)
The Collini Case
as Fabrizio Collini
(2019)
Havana Kyrie
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
(2018)
Red Land
as Professor Ambrosin
(2017)
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Julius
(2017)
Agony
as Carlo
(2017)
The Time of Their Lives
as Alberto
(2017)
The Lost City of Z
as Baron de Gondoriz
(2017)
Il crimine non va in pensione
as il primario
(2017)
The Broken Key
as Hiram Abif
(2017)
Iceman
as Ditob
(2017)
The Neighborhood
as Guglielmo
(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)
(2014)
Love Island
as Marquis Polesini
(2014)
Obsessive Rythms
as Carmine
(2014)
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
as Lui-même
(2014)
(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)
Crazy Dog
as Alvaro Genta
(2012)
(2012)
The Last Alchemist
as Felix the Alchemist
(2012)
New Order
as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
(2011)
Cars 2
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
(2011)
Father
as Enrico
(2010)
Rasputin
as Narratore
(2010)
Letters to Juliet
as Lorenzo
(2010)
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
as Augustinus (age 76)
(2010)
Prigioniero di un segreto
as Il barbone
(2009)
(2009)
Killing Is My Business, Honey
as Enrico Puzzo
(2008)
Bathory: Countess of Blood
as King Mathias
(2008)
Márió, a varázsló
as Mario
(2008)
La rabbia
as Mentore
(2008)
Bastardi
as Rene Iuvara
(2008)
Mein Herz in Chile
as Carlos Sanchez
(2008)
A Night at the Grand Hotel
as Ferran Moreno
(2007)
The Final Inquiry
as Caifa
(2007)
Mineurs
as Michele Acucella
(2007)
Two Families
as Morandi
(2006)
Hans
as Giudice/barbone
(2006)
The Holy Family
as Zachary
(2006)
(2006)
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
as Vicerè
(2006)
(2005)
Forever Blues
as Luca
(2005)
The Spaghetti West
as Self
(2005)
Summer Solstice
as Lorenzo
(2005)
(2005)
(2004)
Guardians of the Clouds
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)
Fumata blanca
as Cardenal Tura
(2002)
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
as Giuseppe Mantaldo
(2002)
The Last Gunfighter
as The pistolero
(2001)
La ragion pura
as Marito
(2001)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as General Francini
(2001)
The Crusaders
as Ibnazul
(2001)
Sacra Corona
as Bishop Gellért
(2001)
(2001)
In the Company of Compañeros
as Self
(2000)
Mirka
as Il Sindaco
(2000)
Saint Paul
as Gamaliel
(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)
Il tesoro di Damasco
as Andrea
(1998)
The Versace Murder
as Gianni Versace
(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 Conquest
as Árpád vezér
(1996)
The Innocent Sleep
as Adolfo Cavani
(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)
Azzurro profondo
as Luca Morinari
(1993)
Das Babylon Komplott
as Chris Lang
(1993)
Test of Memory
as Paul Herzog
(1992)
Brothers and Sisters
as Franco
(1992)
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
as Fernando
(1992)
Gold
as Gabriele da Poppi
(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)
Magdalene
as Janza
(1988)
Young Toscanini
as Claudio Toscanini
(1988)
Race to Danger
as Francis, il marinaio
(1988)
Top Line
as Ted Angelo
(1988)
Run for Your Life
as Commissario
(1987)
Sweet Country
as Paul
(1987)
The Girl
as Johan (John) Berg
(1987)
Django Strikes Again
as Django
(1986)
(1985)
The Repenter
as Falco
(1985)
André schafft sie alle
as Andre
(1985)
Devil's Crude
as Nick
(1984)
Die Försterbuben
as Böhme
(1983)
The Falcon
as Banović Strahinja
(1982)
Grog
as Nicola Fanelli
(1982)
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
as John Reed
(1982)
Kamikaze '89
as Weiss
(1982)
(1982)
Querelle
as Lieutenant Seblon
(1982)
(1981)
The Salamander
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
(1981)
Enter the Ninja
as Cole
(1980)
Day of the Cobra
as Larry Stanziani
(1980)
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
as Renzo Dominici
(1980)
The Man with Bogart's Face
as Hakim
(1979)
The Visitor
as Jesus Christ
(1979)
Mimi
as Guido
(1979)
The Shark Hunter
as Mike di Donato
(1979)
Le rose di Danzica
as General Konrad von Der Berg
(1978)
Force 10 from Navarone
as Lescovar
(1978)
The Pirate
as Baydr Al Fay
(1977)
Sahara Cross
as Jean Ballard
(1977)
Hitch Hike
as Walter Mancini
(1976)
Submission
as Armand
(1976)
Keoma
as Keoma
(1976)
Victory March
as Captain Asciutto
(1976)
21 Hours at Munich
as Issa
(1975)
Cry, Onion!
as Onion Stark
(1975)
The Legend of Valentino
as Rudolph Valentino
(1975)
The Flower in His Mouth
as Professore Michele Belcore
(1975)
How to Kill a Judge
as Giacomo Solaris
(1975)
Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Dani
(1975)
Death Rite
as Sadry
(1974)
Street Law
as Carlo Antonelli
(1974)
Blood Brothers
as Nicola Bellizzi
(1974)
The Last Four Days
as Walter Audisio
(1974)
Challenge to White Fang
as Jason Scott
(1973)
White Fang
as Jason Scott
(1973)
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
as Johnny Ears
(1973)
The Assassination of Matteotti
as Giacomo Matteotti
(1973)
Redneck
as Mosquito
(1973)
High Crime
as Commissario Belli
(1972)
Pope Joan
as Louis
(1972)
The Harder They Come
as Django (archive footage)
(1972)
The Monk
as Ambrosio
(1971)
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
as Vanzi
(1971)
The Fifth Cord
as Andrea Bild
(1971)
Confessions of a Police Captain
as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
(1971)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
(1971)
Vacation
as Osiride
(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 Capitano Michele Rossi
(1969)
Detective Belli
as Commissario Stefano Belli
(1968)
The Day of the Owl
as Captain Bellodi
(1968)
The Mercenary
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
(1968)
Sardinia Kidnapped
as Gavino
(1968)
A Quiet Place in the Country
as Leonardo Ferri
(1967)
Camelot
as Lancelot Du Lac
(1967)
Man, Pride and Vengeance
as José
(1966)
Django
as Django
(1966)
(1966)
Texas, Adios
as Burt Sullivan
(1966)
The Wild, Wild Planet
as Lt. Jake
(1966)
Massacre Time
as Tom Corbett
(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)
La Celestina P… R…
as Fabrizio
(1965)
The Tramplers
as Charley Garvey
(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
(2008)
Márió, a varázsló
Co-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