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