Franco Nero
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 23, 1941 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Credits
- 257
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
Django Unchained
2012Movie
Amerigo Vessepi
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017Movie
Julius
Cars 2
2011Movie
Uncle Topolino (voice)
Die Hard 2
1990Movie
General Ramon Esperanza
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Roberto Distasio
The Pope's Exorcist
2023Movie
The Pope
Filmography
Roma elastica
2026Movie
The Old Filmmaker
In the Hand of Dante
2026Movie
Don Lecco (86)
Aurora
2026Movie
Bertoldo
Il Vecchio Terribile
2026Movie
Oste
The Estate
2025Movie
Titanus 1904
2024Movie
Self
Compagni d'arte
2024Movie
The Jester from Transylvania
2024Movie
One-eye
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023Movie
Valentino's Spirit
Giorni felici
2023Movie
Antonio
On Our Way
2023Movie
The Pope's Exorcist
2023Movie
The Pope
The Man Who Drew God
2023Movie
Emanuele
Django
2023TV
Reverend
The Man from Rome
2022Movie
The Pope
Buon Lavoro
2022Movie
The Duel
2021Movie
We Are Cinema
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021Movie
Self - Actor
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021Movie
Self
Off the Rails
2021Movie
Giovanni
Two Men Alone
2021Movie
Himself
The Match
2021Movie
Old Branko
The Dark Dance
2020Movie
L'Impresario
Harmonie
2020Movie
Immortalist
2020Movie
Paolo Spersoni
Entree Des Artists
2020Movie
Henry's Grandfather
Havana Kyrie
2019Movie
Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
Christmas in Rome
2019Movie
Luigi Forlinghetti
Recon
2019Movie
Angelo
A Rose in Winter
2019Movie
Rainer Praeger
The Collini Case
2019Movie
Fabrizio Collini
Ed è subito sera
2019Movie
Red Land
2018Movie
Professor Ambrosin
Iceman
2017Movie
Ditob
The Broken Key
2017Movie
Hiram Abif
Agony
2017Movie
Carlo
The Neighborhood
2017Movie
Guglielmo
Il crimine non va in pensione
2017Movie
il primario
The Lost City of Z
2017Movie
Baron de Gondoriz
The Time of Their Lives
2017Movie
Alberto
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017Movie
Julius
Delicious
2016TV
Joe Benelli
Emigratis
2016TV
Self
Road to Ruin
2016Movie
Self
Along the River
2016Movie
Frank De Ville
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015Movie
Himself
Earth
2015Movie
Road to Capri
2015Movie
Guido
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014Movie
Self - Actor
Figli di Maam
2014Movie
Love Island
2014Movie
Marquis Polesini
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014Movie
Self
Killer Mermaid
2014Movie
Niko
Obsessive Rhythms
2014Movie
Carmine
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014Movie
Lui-même
Handy
2013Movie
Frank The Black
Istintobrass
2013Movie
Self
Memories They Told Me
2013Movie
Paolo
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013Movie
Self
I Tarantiniani
2013Movie
Self
Django Unchained
2012Movie
Amerigo Vessepi
The Last Alchemist
2012Movie
Felix the Alchemist
Crazy Dog
2012Movie
Alvaro Genta
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012Movie
Self
New Order
2012Movie
Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
Cars 2
2011Movie
Uncle Topolino (voice)
Father
2011Movie
Enrico
Rasputin
2010Movie
Narratore
Prigioniero di un segreto
2010Movie
Il barbone
Letters to Juliet
2010Movie
Lorenzo
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010Movie
Augustinus (age 76)
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
2010TV
Augustine of Hippo
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009Movie
Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009Movie
Enrico Puzzo
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008TV
Max Freeman
Márió, a varázsló
2008Movie
Mario
A Night at the Grand Hotel
2008Movie
Ferran Moreno
Mein Herz in Chile
2008Movie
Carlos Sanchez
Mein Herz in Chile
2008TV
Carlos Sanchez
Il sangue e la rosa
2008TV
Conte Uberto Mancini
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008Movie
King Mathias
La rabbia
2008Movie
Mentore
Bastardi
2008Movie
René Iuvara
Mineurs
2007Movie
Michele Acucella
The Final Inquiry
2007Movie
Caifa
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007TV
Caifa
Two Families
2007Movie
Morandi
The Holy Family
2006Movie
Zachary
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
2006Movie
Vicerè
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006Movie
Self
Hans
2006Movie
Giudice/barbone
Giornata Nera
2006Movie
Summer Solstice
2005Movie
Lorenzo
Forever Blues
2005Movie
Luca
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005Movie
Self
The Spaghetti West
2005Movie
Self
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
2005Movie
Judge
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005TV
Post Coitum
2004Movie
Bakchus
Guardians of the Clouds
2004Movie
Padre
Bad Inclination
2003Movie
Il barbone
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
2003TV
The Uncrowned Heart
2003Movie
Bear's Trainer
The Last Gunfighter
2002Movie
The pistolero
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
2002Movie
Giuseppe Mantaldo
Fumata blanca
2002Movie
Cardenal Tura
Ultimo stadio
2002Movie
Antonio
Through the Night with...
2002TV
Self
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
2002TV
Fashion Billionaire
In the Company of Compañeros
2001Movie
Self
La ragion pura
2001Movie
Marito
The Crusaders
2001TV
Ibnazul
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001Movie
General Francini
La voce del sangue
2001TV
Antonio Castaldi
Chimera
2001Movie
Imprenditore
Sacra Corona
2001Movie
Bishop Gellért
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
2001Movie
Self
The Crusaders
2001Movie
Ibnazul
Saint Paul
2000Movie
Gamaliel
Saint Paul
2000TV
Gamaliel
Winds of Passion
2000Movie
Michele Giangrande
Uninvited
2000Movie
Ralph Barolo
Mirka
2000Movie
Il Sindaco
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Roberto Distasio
Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999Movie
Caporale Nerza
Talk of Angels
1998Movie
Dr. Vicente Areavaga
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998Movie
Andrea
The Versace Murder
1998Movie
Gianni Versace
Painted Lady
1997TV
Robert Tassi
Bella Mafia
1997Movie
Mario Domino
Desert of Fire
1997TV
Marcel Duvivier
The Medal
1997Movie
Ing. Ferrero
Rack Up
1997Movie
Jesus Barro
David
1997TV
Nathan
David
1997Movie
Natan
Desert of Fire
1997Movie
Marcel Duvivier
The Conquest
1996Movie
Árpád vezér
The Return of Sandokan
1996TV
Yogi Azim
The Innocent Sleep
1996Movie
Adolfo Cavani
Viva el lunes
1995TV
Self
Io e il re
1995Movie
Maggiore Ferri
Jonathan of the Bears
1995Movie
Jonathan
Desideria e l'anello del drago
1995TV
Dragon King
Nemici intimi
1994TV
Lorenzo Stradella
The Dragon Ring
1994Movie
Dragon King
Das Babylon Komplott
1993Movie
Chris Lang
Test of Memory
1993Movie
Paul Herzog
Der Fall Lucona
1993Movie
Enzo Lombardi
Azzurro profondo
1993Movie
Luca Morinari
Brothers and Sisters
1992Movie
Franco
Gold
1992Movie
Gabriele da Poppi
From Time to Time
1992Movie
Leonard De Vinci
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
1992Movie
Fernando
Young Catherine
1991TV
Count Vorontsov
Touch and Die
1991Movie
Aquani
Breath of Life
1990Movie
Angelo
Die Hard 2
1990Movie
General Ramon Esperanza
I promessi sposi
1989TV
fra Cristoforo
Blaues Blut
1989TV
Sandro Castellani
A Double Victory
1989Movie
Saverio Pallucca
Magdalene
1988Movie
Janza
Young Toscanini
1988Movie
Claudio Toscanini
Top Line
1988Movie
Ted Angelo
Race to Danger
1988Movie
Francis, il marinaio
Run for Your Life
1988Movie
Commissario
Django Strikes Again
1987Movie
Django
The Girl
1987Movie
Johan (John) Berg
Sweet Country
1987Movie
Paul
Un altare per la madre
1986Movie
-
The Repenter
1985Movie
Falco
André schafft sie alle
1985Movie
Andre
Devil's Crude
1985Movie
Nick
Die Försterbuben
1984Movie
Böhme
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984TV
Arbaces
The Hitchhiker
1983TV
Dr. Peter Milne
The Falcon
1983Movie
Banović Strahinja
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982Movie
John Reed
Querelle
1982Movie
Lieutenant Seblon
Grog
1982Movie
Nicola Fanelli
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
1982Movie
Self
Kamikaze '89
1982Movie
Weiss
Na sowas!
1982TV
Self
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982Movie
John Reed
Sergey Bondarchuk
1982Movie
Self
Le rose di Danzica
1981TV
Il generale Konrad Von Den Berg
Enter the Ninja
1981Movie
Cole
The Salamander
1981Movie
Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980Movie
Hakim
Day of the Cobra
1980Movie
Larry Stanziani
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
1980Movie
Renzo Dominici
The Shark Hunter
1979Movie
Mike di Donato
Le rose di Danzica
1979Movie
General Konrad von Der Berg
Mimi
1979Movie
Guido
The Visitor
1979Movie
Jesus Christ
Force 10 from Navarone
1978Movie
Lescovar
The Pirate
1977TV
Baydr Al Fay
Sahara Cross
1977Movie
Jean Ballard
Hitch Hike
1977Movie
Walter Mancini
21 Hours at Munich
1976Movie
Issa
Keoma
1976Movie
Keoma
Submission
1976Movie
Armand
Victory March
1976Movie
Captain Asciutto
The Legend of Valentino
1975Movie
Rudolph Valentino
The Flower in His Mouth
1975Movie
Professore Michele Belcore
Death Rite
1975Movie
Sadry
Cry, Onion!
1975Movie
Onion Stark
How to Kill a Judge
1975Movie
Giacomo Solaris
Smiling Maniacs
1975Movie
Judge Dani
Challenge to White Fang
1974Movie
Jason Scott
Street Law
1974Movie
Carlo Antonelli
Der große Preis
1974TV
Self
The Last Four Days
1974Movie
Walter Audisio
Blood Brothers
1974Movie
Nicola Bellizzi
White Fang
1973Movie
Jason Scott
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973Movie
Giacomo Matteotti
High Crime
1973Movie
Commissario Belli
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973Movie
Johnny Ears
Redneck
1973Movie
Mosquito
The Monk
1972Movie
Ambrosio
Pope Joan
1972Movie
Louis
The Harder They Come
1972Movie
Django (archive footage)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971Movie
Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971Movie
Vanzi
Vacation
1971Movie
Osiride
The Fifth Cord
1971Movie
Andrea Bild
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971Movie
Sostituto Procuratore Traini
Compañeros
1970Movie
Yodlaf Peterson
Dropout
1970Movie
Bruno
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970Movie
The gypsy
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970Movie
Bruno Grauber
Tristana
1970Movie
Horacio
The Battle of Neretva
1969Movie
Capitano Michele Rossi
Detective Belli
1969Movie
Commissario Stefano Belli
The Mercenary
1968Movie
Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968Movie
Leonardo Ferri
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968Movie
Gavino
The Day of the Owl
1968Movie
Captain Bellodi
Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967Movie
José
Camelot
1967Movie
Lancelot Du Lac
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966Movie
Abel
Texas, Adios
1966Movie
Burt Sullivan
Massacre Time
1966Movie
Tom Corbett
War of the Planets
1966Movie
Lt. Jake Jacowitx
The Wild, Wild Planet
1966Movie
Lt. Jake
The Third Eye
1966Movie
Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
Django
1966Movie
Django
The Hired Killer
1966Movie
Tony Lo Bello
The Tramplers
1965Movie
Charley Garvey
I Knew Her Well
1965Movie
Italo - The garage attendant
La Celestina P… R…
1965Movie
Fabrizio
Italian Engagement
1964Movie
Un delitto
1963Movie
Scorched Skin
1962Movie
El Sobrino
Movie
Django Lives!
Movie
Django
La battaglia di Gorthene
Movie