Franco Nero
Actor

Franco Nero

4 Movies
4 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 4
Birthday November 23, 1941 (84 years old)
Place of Birth San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also Known As Frank Black, Frank Nero, Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero
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Biography

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), CompaΓ±eros (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.

Filmography (259)

In the Hand of Dante 2026
Roma elastica 2026
Il Vecchio Terribile 2026
The Estate 2025
The Jester from Transylvania 2024
Compagni d'arte 2024
Titanus 1904 2024
Giorni felici 2023
On Our Way 2023
The Pope's Exorcist 2023
The Man Who Drew God 2023
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black 2023
Django 2023
The Man from Rome 2022
Buon Lavoro 2022
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained 2021
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto 2021
The Duel 2021
We Are Cinema 2021
Off the Rails 2021
The Match 2021
Two Men Alone 2021
Harmonie 2020
Entree Des Artists 2020
The Dark Dance 2020
Immortalist 2020
A Rose in Winter 2019
The Collini Case 2019
Ed Γ¨ subito sera 2019
Christmas in Rome 2019
Recon 2019
Havana Kyrie 2019
Red Land 2018
John Wick: Chapter 2 2017
The Time of Their Lives 2017
The Lost City of Z 2017
The Neighborhood 2017
The Broken Key 2017
Agony 2017
Iceman 2017
Il crimine non va in pensione 2017
Along the River 2016
Road to Ruin 2016
Delicious 2016
Emigratis 2016
Earth 2015
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man 2015
Road to Capri 2015
Obsessive Rhythms 2014
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… 2014
Killer Mermaid 2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
Figli di Maam 2014
Love Island 2014
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema 2014
Memories They Told Me 2013
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti 2013
I Tarantiniani 2013
Handy 2013
Istintobrass 2013
Django Unchained 2012
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s 2012
New Order 2012
Crazy Dog 2012
The Last Alchemist 2012
Cars 2 2011
Father 2011
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine 2010
Rasputin 2010
Prigioniero di un segreto 2010
Letters to Juliet 2010
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire 2010
Killing Is My Business, Honey 2009
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso 2009
Bathory: Countess of Blood 2008
Mein Herz in Chile 2008
La rabbia 2008
MΓ‘riΓ³, a varΓ‘zslΓ³ 2008
A Night at the Grand Hotel 2008
Bastardi 2008
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons 2008
Il sangue e la rosa 2008
Mein Herz in Chile 2008
Mineurs 2007
The Final Inquiry 2007
Two Families 2007
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII 2007
Amore e libertΓ  - Masaniello 2006
Hans 2006
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern 2006
The Holy Family 2006
Giornata Nera 2006
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show 2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker 2005
Forever Blues 2005
Summer Solstice 2005
The Spaghetti West 2005
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love 2005
Post Coitum 2004
Guardians of the Clouds 2004
Bad Inclination 2003
The Uncrowned Heart 2003
Der FΓΌrst und das MΓ€dchen 2003
Fumata blanca 2002
Die achte TodsΓΌnde: Das Toskana-Karussell 2002
The Last Gunfighter 2002
Ultimo stadio 2002
Liebe, LΓΌgen, Leidenschaften 2002
Through the Night with... 2002
La ragion pura 2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 2001
Sacra Corona 2001
In the Company of CompaΓ±eros 2001
The Crusaders 2001
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle 2001
Chimera 2001
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery 2001
La voce del sangue 2001
The Crusaders 2001
Saint Paul 2000
Mirka 2000
Uninvited 2000
Winds of Passion 2000
Saint Paul 2000
Li chiamarono... briganti! 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
Talk of Angels 1998
Il tesoro di Damasco 1998
The Versace Murder 1998
David 1997
Desert of Fire 1997
Rack Up 1997
The Medal 1997
Bella Mafia 1997
Painted Lady 1997
Desert of Fire 1997
David 1997
Davide 1997
The Conquest 1996
The Innocent Sleep 1996
The Return of Sandokan 1996
Jonathan of the Bears 1995
Io e il re 1995
Viva el lunes 1995
Desideria e l'anello del drago 1995
The Dragon Ring 1994
Das Babylon Komplott 1993
Test of Memory 1993
Der Fall Lucona 1993
Azzurro profondo 1993
Brothers and Sisters 1992
Amelia LΓ³pes O'Neill 1992
Gold 1992
From Time to Time 1992
Touch and Die 1991
Young Catherine 1991
Die Hard 2 1990
Breath of Life 1990
A Double Victory 1989
Blaues Blut 1989
I promessi sposi 1989
Top Line 1988
Race to Danger 1988
Young Toscanini 1988
Run for Your Life 1988
Magdalene 1988
Django Strikes Again 1987
The Girl 1987
Sweet Country 1987
Un altare per la madre 1986
Devil's Crude 1985
AndrΓ© schafft sie alle 1985
The Repenter 1985
Die FΓΆrsterbuben 1984
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984
The Falcon 1983
The Hitchhiker 1983
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames 1982
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World 1982
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works 1982
Grog 1982
Kamikaze '89 1982
Querelle 1982
Sergey Bondarchuk 1982
Na sowas! 1982
Enter the Ninja 1981
The Salamander 1981
Le rose di Danzica 1981
The Man with Bogart's Face 1980
Day of the Cobra 1980
The Blue-Eyed Bandit 1980
Mimi 1979
The Shark Hunter 1979
The Visitor 1979
Le rose di Danzica 1979
Force 10 from Navarone 1978
The Pirate 1978
Hitch Hike 1977
Sahara Cross 1977
The Pirate 1977
Keoma 1976
Victory March 1976
21 Hours at Munich 1976
Submission 1976
Cry, Onion! 1975
The Flower in His Mouth 1975
How to Kill a Judge 1975
Death Rite 1975
Smiling Maniacs 1975
The Legend of Valentino 1975
Blood Brothers 1974
The Last Four Days 1974
Street Law 1974
Challenge to White Fang 1974
Der große Preis 1974
The Assassination of Matteotti 1973
Redneck 1973
White Fang 1973
High Crime 1973
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears 1973
The Harder They Come 1972
The Monk 1972
Pope Joan 1972
The Fifth Cord 1971
The Case Is Closed, Forget It 1971
Confessions of a Police Captain 1971
Don't Turn the Other Cheek 1971
Vacation 1971
Tristana 1970
CompaΓ±eros 1970
The Virgin and the Gypsy 1970
The Fifth Day of Peace 1970
Dropout 1970
The Battle of Neretva 1969
Detective Belli 1969
The Mercenary 1968
A Quiet Place in the Country 1968
The Day of the Owl 1968
Sardinia Kidnapped 1968
Camelot 1967
Man, Pride and Vengeance 1967
The Bible: In the Beginning... 1966
Django 1966
Texas, Adios 1966
Massacre Time 1966
The Wild, Wild Planet 1966
War of the Planets 1966
The Hired Killer 1966
The Third Eye 1966
The Tramplers 1965
I Knew Her Well 1965
La Celestina P… R… 1965
Italian Engagement 1964
Un delitto 1963
Scorched Skin 1962
La battaglia di Gorthene
The Temptation Of Gracie
Django Lives!
El Sobrino