Franco Nero
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 23, 1941
- Birthplace
- San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.
Filmography
- Mexico Song
Mexico Song TBA
Actor
- El Sobrino
El Sobrino TBA
Actor
Django Lives! TBA
as Django
- La battaglia di Gorthene
La battaglia di Gorthene TBA
Actor
Roma elastica 2026
as The Old Filmmaker
In the Hand of Dante 2026
as Don Lecco (86)
Aurora 2026
as Bertoldo
Il Vecchio Terribile 2026
as Oste
L'ANIME CHE OGNI OBESO HA BISOGNO 2026
Epk Camera Operator
The Estate 2025
Actor, Executive Producer
Titanus 1904 2024
as Self
Compagni d'arte 2024
Actor
The Jester from Transylvania 2024
as One-eye
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black 2023
as Valentino's Spirit
Giorni felici 2023
as Antonio
On Our Way 2023
Actor
The Pope's Exorcist 2023
as The Pope
The Man Who Drew God 2023
as Emanuele, Director
The Man from Rome 2022
as The Pope
Buon Lavoro 2022
Actor
The Duel 2021
Actor
We Are Cinema 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained 2021
as Self - Actor
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto 2021
as Self
Off the Rails 2021
as Giovanni
Two Men Alone 2021
as Himself
The Match 2021
as Old Branko
The Dark Dance 2020
as L'Impresario
Harmonie 2020
Actor
Immortalist 2020
as Paolo Spersoni
- Entree Des Artists
Entree Des Artists 2020
as Henry's Grandfather
Havana Kyrie 2019
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
Christmas in Rome 2019
as Luigi Forlinghetti
Recon 2019
as Angelo
A Rose in Winter 2019
as Rainer Praeger
The Collini Case 2019
as Fabrizio Collini
Ed è subito sera 2019
Actor
Red Land 2018
as Professor Ambrosin
Iceman 2017
as Ditob
The Broken Key 2017
as Hiram Abif
Agony 2017
as Carlo
The Neighborhood 2017
as Guglielmo
Il crimine non va in pensione 2017
as il primario
The Lost City of Z 2017
as Baron de Gondoriz
The Time of Their Lives 2017
as Alberto
John Wick: Chapter 2 2017
as Julius
- Road to Ruin
Road to Ruin 2016
as Self
- Along the River
Along the River 2016
as Frank De Ville
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man 2015
as Himself
Earth 2015
Actor
Road to Capri 2015
as Guido
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
as Self - Actor
- Figli di Maam
Figli di Maam 2014
Actor
Love Island 2014
as Marquis Polesini
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema 2014
as Self
Killer Mermaid 2014
as Niko
The Mystery of Dante 2014
Executive Producer
Obsessive Rhythms 2014
as Carmine
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… 2014
as Lui-même
Handy 2013
as Frank The Black
Istintobrass 2013
as Self
Memories They Told Me 2013
as Paolo
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti 2013
as Self
I Tarantiniani 2013
as Self
Django Unchained 2012
as Amerigo Vessepi, Thanks
The Last Alchemist 2012
as Felix the Alchemist
Crazy Dog 2012
as Alvaro Genta
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s 2012
as Self
New Order 2012
as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
Cars 2 2011
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
Father 2011
as Enrico
Rasputin 2010
as Narratore
Prigioniero di un segreto 2010
as Il barbone
Letters to Juliet 2010
as Lorenzo
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine 2010
as Augustinus (age 76)
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso 2009
Actor
Killing Is My Business, Honey 2009
as Enrico Puzzo
Márió, a varázsló 2008
as Mario, Co-Producer
A Night at the Grand Hotel 2008
as Ferran Moreno
Mein Herz in Chile 2008
as Carlos Sanchez
Bathory: Countess of Blood 2008
as King Mathias
La rabbia 2008
as Mentore, Executive Producer, Producer
Bastardi 2008
as René Iuvara
Mineurs 2007
as Michele Acucella
The Final Inquiry 2007
as Caifa
Two Families 2007
as Morandi
The Holy Family 2006
as Zachary
Amore e libertà - Masaniello 2006
as Vicerè
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern 2006
as Self
Hans 2006
as Giudice/barbone
- Giornata Nera
Giornata Nera 2006
Actor
Summer Solstice 2005
as Lorenzo
Forever Blues 2005
as Luca, Director, Writer, Producer
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker 2005
as Self
The Spaghetti West 2005
as Self
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show 2005
as Judge
Post Coitum 2004
as Bakchus
Guardians of the Clouds 2004
as Padre
Bad Inclination 2003
as Il barbone
- The Uncrowned Heart
The Uncrowned Heart 2003
as Bear's Trainer
The Last Gunfighter 2002
as The pistolero
- Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell 2002
as Giuseppe Mantaldo
Ultimo stadio 2002
as Antonio
Fumata blanca 2002
as Cardenal Tura
In the Company of Compañeros 2001
as Self
La ragion pura 2001
as Marito
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 2001
as General Francini
Chimera 2001
as Imprenditore
Sacra Corona 2001
as Bishop Gellért
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle 2001
as Self
The Crusaders 2001
as Ibnazul
Saint Paul 2000
as Gamaliel
Winds of Passion 2000
as Michele Giangrande
Uninvited 2000
as Ralph Barolo, Producer
Mirka 2000
as Il Sindaco
Li chiamarono... briganti! 1999
as Caporale Nerza
Talk of Angels 1998
as Dr. Vicente Areavaga
Il tesoro di Damasco 1998
as Andrea
The Versace Murder 1998
as Gianni Versace
Bella Mafia 1997
as Mario Domino
The Medal 1997
as Ing. Ferrero
Rack Up 1997
as Jesus Barro
David 1997
as Natan
Desert of Fire 1997
as Marcel Duvivier
The Conquest 1996
as Árpád vezér
The Innocent Sleep 1996
as Adolfo Cavani
Io e il re 1995
as Maggiore Ferri
Jonathan of the Bears 1995
as Jonathan, Story, Producer
The Dragon Ring 1994
as Dragon King
Das Babylon Komplott 1993
as Chris Lang
Test of Memory 1993
as Paul Herzog
Der Fall Lucona 1993
as Enzo Lombardi
Azzurro profondo 1993
as Luca Morinari
Brothers and Sisters 1992
as Franco
Gold 1992
as Gabriele da Poppi
From Time to Time 1992
as Leonard De Vinci
Amelia Lópes O'Neill 1992
as Fernando
Touch and Die 1991
as Aquani
Breath of Life 1990
as Angelo
Die Hard 2 1990
as General Ramon Esperanza
A Double Victory 1989
as Saverio Pallucca
Magdalene 1988
as Janza
Young Toscanini 1988
as Claudio Toscanini
Top Line 1988
as Ted Angelo
Race to Danger 1988
as Francis, il marinaio
Run for Your Life 1988
as Commissario
Django Strikes Again 1987
as Django
The Girl 1987
as Johan (John) Berg
Sweet Country 1987
as Paul
- Un altare per la madre
Un altare per la madre 1986
as -
The Repenter 1985
as Falco
André schafft sie alle 1985
as Andre
Devil's Crude 1985
as Nick
Die Försterbuben 1984
as Böhme
The Falcon 1983
as Banović Strahinja
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World 1982
as John Reed
Querelle 1982
as Lieutenant Seblon
Grog 1982
as Nicola Fanelli
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works 1982
as Self
Kamikaze '89 1982
as Weiss
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames 1982
as John Reed
- Sergey Bondarchuk
Sergey Bondarchuk 1982
as Self
Enter the Ninja 1981
as Cole
The Salamander 1981
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
The Man with Bogart's Face 1980
as Hakim
Day of the Cobra 1980
as Larry Stanziani
The Blue-Eyed Bandit 1980
as Renzo Dominici
The Shark Hunter 1979
as Mike di Donato, Co-Producer
Le rose di Danzica 1979
as General Konrad von Der Berg
Mimi 1979
as Guido
The Visitor 1979
as Jesus Christ
Force 10 from Navarone 1978
as Lescovar
Sahara Cross 1977
as Jean Ballard
Hitch Hike 1977
as Walter Mancini
21 Hours at Munich 1976
as Issa
Keoma 1976
as Keoma
Submission 1976
as Armand
Victory March 1976
as Captain Asciutto
The Legend of Valentino 1975
as Rudolph Valentino
The Flower in His Mouth 1975
as Professore Michele Belcore
Death Rite 1975
as Sadry
Cry, Onion! 1975
as Onion Stark
How to Kill a Judge 1975
as Giacomo Solaris
Smiling Maniacs 1975
as Judge Dani
Challenge to White Fang 1974
as Jason Scott
Street Law 1974
as Carlo Antonelli
The Last Four Days 1974
as Walter Audisio
Blood Brothers 1974
as Nicola Bellizzi
White Fang 1973
as Jason Scott
The Assassination of Matteotti 1973
as Giacomo Matteotti
High Crime 1973
as Commissario Belli
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears 1973
as Johnny Ears
Redneck 1973
as Mosquito
The Monk 1972
as Ambrosio
Pope Joan 1972
as Louis
The Harder They Come 1972
as Django (archive footage)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek 1971
as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
The Case Is Closed, Forget It 1971
as Vanzi
Vacation 1971
as Osiride, Producer
The Fifth Cord 1971
as Andrea Bild
Confessions of a Police Captain 1971
as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
Dropout 1970
as Bruno, Co-Producer
Compañeros 1970
as Yodlaf Peterson
The Virgin and the Gypsy 1970
as The gypsy
The Fifth Day of Peace 1970
as Bruno Grauber
Tristana 1970
as Horacio
The Battle of Neretva 1969
as Capitano Michele Rossi
Detective Belli 1969
as Commissario Stefano Belli
The Mercenary 1968
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
A Quiet Place in the Country 1968
as Leonardo Ferri
Sardinia Kidnapped 1968
as Gavino
The Day of the Owl 1968
as Captain Bellodi
Man, Pride and Vengeance 1967
as José
Camelot 1967
as Lancelot Du Lac
The Bible: In the Beginning... 1966
as Abel, Still Photographer
Texas, Adios 1966
as Burt Sullivan
Massacre Time 1966
as Tom Corbett
War of the Planets 1966
as Lt. Jake Jacowitx
The Wild, Wild Planet 1966
as Lt. Jake
The Third Eye 1966
as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
Django 1966
as Django
The Hired Killer 1966
as Tony Lo Bello
The Tramplers 1965
as Charley Garvey
I Knew Her Well 1965
as Italo - The garage attendant
La Celestina P… R… 1965
as Fabrizio
Italian Engagement 1964
Actor
- Un delitto
Un delitto 1963
Actor
Scorched Skin 1962
Actor
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