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