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