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