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