Franco Nero
Acting
Born: November 23, 1941 (age 84) · San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Highest Rated
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), 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
Django Unchained
2012
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
Cars 2
2011
Die Hard 2
1990
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Pope's Exorcist
2023
The Lost City of Z
2017
Letters to Juliet
2010
Django
1966
The Collini Case
2019
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
Photos (2)
Movies (193)
Django Unchained
Amerigo Vessepi
Cars 2
Uncle Topolino (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 2
Julius
Die Hard 2
General Ramon Esperanza
The Pope's Exorcist
The Pope
The Lost City of Z
Baron de Gondoriz
In the Hand of Dante
Don Lecco (86)
Letters to Juliet
Lorenzo
Touch and Die
Aquani
Django
Django
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Abel
Force 10 from Navarone
Lescovar
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
John Reed
Mimi
Guido
Saint Paul
Gamaliel
David
Natan
Querelle
Lieutenant Seblon
The Conquest
Árpád vezér
Killer Mermaid
Niko
The Estate
2025
The Collini Case
Fabrizio Collini
Camelot
Lancelot Du Lac
Bella Mafia
Mario Domino
The Harder They Come
Django (archive footage)
Submission
Armand
The Visitor
Jesus Christ
Bathory: Countess of Blood
King Mathias
The Match
Old Branko
Hitch Hike
Walter Mancini
Tristana
Horacio
The Battle of Neretva
Capitano Michele Rossi
21 Hours at Munich
Issa
Compañeros
Yodlaf Peterson
The Mercenary
Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
The Monk
Ambrosio
The Man Who Drew God
Emanuele
The Man from Rome
The Pope
Challenge to White Fang
Jason Scott
The Last Four Days
Walter Audisio
Keoma
Keoma
The Salamander
Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
Gold
Gabriele da Poppi
The Final Inquiry
Caifa
Father
Enrico
Obsessive Rhythms
Carmine
Vacation
Osiride
Cry, Onion!
Onion Stark
The Neighborhood
Guglielmo
Django Strikes Again
Django
Top Line
Ted Angelo
Street Law
Carlo Antonelli
Death Rite
Sadry
The Day of the Owl
Captain Bellodi
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
General Francini
White Fang
Jason Scott
I Knew Her Well
Italo - The garage attendant
The Girl
Johan (John) Berg
Texas, Adios
Burt Sullivan
Massacre Time
Tom Corbett
The Time of Their Lives
Alberto
Rasputin
Narratore
Sardinia Kidnapped
Gavino
Iceman
Ditob
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
Augustinus (age 76)
Pope Joan
Louis
The Medal
Ing. Ferrero
Recon
Angelo
The Shark Hunter
Mike di Donato
The Broken Key
Hiram Abif
The Fifth Cord
Andrea Bild
Aurora
Bertoldo
Christmas in Rome
Luigi Forlinghetti
Talk of Angels
Dr. Vicente Areavaga
Buon Lavoro
2022
Grog
Nicola Fanelli
Confessions of a Police Captain
Sostituto Procuratore Traini
Kamikaze '89
Weiss
The Man with Bogart's Face
Hakim
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Vanzi
The Dragon Ring
Dragon King
The Hired Killer
Tony Lo Bello
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
Detective Belli
Commissario Stefano Belli
Sweet Country
Paul
The Versace Murder
Gianni Versace
Off the Rails
Giovanni
Redneck
Mosquito
Handy
Frank The Black
The Fifth Day of Peace
Bruno Grauber
The Assassination of Matteotti
Giacomo Matteotti
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
A Quiet Place in the Country
Leonardo Ferri
Jonathan of the Bears
Jonathan
Day of the Cobra
Larry Stanziani
Winds of Passion
Michele Giangrande
High Crime
Commissario Belli
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Valentino's Spirit
How to Kill a Judge
Giacomo Solaris
Young Toscanini
Claudio Toscanini
Desert of Fire
Marcel Duvivier
Blood Brothers
Nicola Bellizzi
The Wild, Wild Planet
Lt. Jake
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
Johnny Ears
Man, Pride and Vengeance
José
The Falcon
Banović Strahinja
La rabbia
Mentore
The Innocent Sleep
Adolfo Cavani
Road to Capri
Guido
Li chiamarono... briganti!
Caporale Nerza
A Rose in Winter
Rainer Praeger
The Legend of Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
Fumata blanca
Cardenal Tura
Earth
2015
Mein Herz in Chile
Carlos Sanchez
The Crusaders
Ibnazul
The Flower in His Mouth
Professore Michele Belcore
Il crimine non va in pensione
il primario
War of the Planets
Lt. Jake Jacowitx
The Tramplers
Charley Garvey
Dropout
Bruno
Sahara Cross
Jean Ballard
The Virgin and the Gypsy
The gypsy
The Repenter
Falco
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
Judge
Enter the Ninja
Cole
New Order
Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
From Time to Time
Leonard De Vinci
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
John Reed
Immortalist
Paolo Spersoni
Victory March
Captain Asciutto
Mirka
Il Sindaco
The Third Eye
Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
Agony
Carlo
Havana Kyrie
Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
On Our Way
2023
Run for Your Life
Commissario
Summer Solstice
Lorenzo
Il Vecchio Terribile
Oste
Killing Is My Business, Honey
Enrico Puzzo
Uninvited
Ralph Barolo
The Holy Family
Zachary
Guardians of the Clouds
Padre
Love Island
Marquis Polesini
Rack Up
Jesus Barro
Giorni felici
Antonio
Io e il re
Maggiore Ferri
Red Land
Professor Ambrosin
Italian Engagement
1964
Prigioniero di un segreto
Il barbone
Ultimo stadio
Antonio
A Night at the Grand Hotel
Ferran Moreno
A Double Victory
Saverio Pallucca
Compagni d'arte
2024
The Jester from Transylvania
One-eye
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
Renzo Dominici
Der Fall Lucona
Enzo Lombardi
Ed è subito sera
2019
Die Försterbuben
Böhme
Two Families
Morandi
The Dark Dance
L'Impresario
Race to Danger
Francis, il marinaio
Crazy Dog
Alvaro Genta
Smiling Maniacs
Judge Dani
Márió, a varázsló
Mario
Brothers and Sisters
Franco
Das Babylon Komplott
Chris Lang
Le rose di Danzica
General Konrad von Der Berg
Bad Inclination
Il barbone
Bastardi
René Iuvara
Sacra Corona
Bishop Gellért
Test of Memory
Paul Herzog
Il tesoro di Damasco
Andrea
Memories They Told Me
Paolo
Azzurro profondo
Luca Morinari
Forever Blues
Luca
Magdalene
Janza
La ragion pura
Marito
Breath of Life
Angelo
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
Vicerè
Post Coitum
Bakchus
André schafft sie alle
Andre
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Lui-même
Scorched Skin
1962
Devil's Crude
Nick
La Celestina P… R…
Fabrizio
The Duel
2021
Mineurs
Michele Acucella
Chimera
Imprenditore
The Last Alchemist
Felix the Alchemist
Hans
Giudice/barbone
Harmonie
2020
The Last Gunfighter
The pistolero
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
Fernando
TV Shows (25)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Roberto Distasio · 1 eps
The Hitchhiker
Dr. Peter Milne · 1 eps
Django
Reverend · 2 eps
The Pirate
Baydr Al Fay · 2 eps
Delicious
Joe Benelli · 4 eps
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
2003
Saint Paul
Gamaliel · 2 eps
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
Max Freeman · 1 eps
The Last Days of Pompeii
Arbaces · 3 eps
I promessi sposi
fra Cristoforo · 5 eps
The Return of Sandokan
Yogi Azim · 4 eps
Painted Lady
Robert Tassi · 2 eps
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
Fashion Billionaire · 1 eps
Young Catherine
Count Vorontsov · 2 eps
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Caifa · 2 eps
David
Nathan · 2 eps
Desert of Fire
Marcel Duvivier · 3 eps
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2 eps
The Crusaders
Ibnazul · 2 eps
Il sangue e la rosa
Conte Uberto Mancini · 4 eps
Mein Herz in Chile
Carlos Sanchez · 2 eps
Desideria e l'anello del drago
Dragon King · 2 eps
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Augustine of Hippo · 2 eps
Le rose di Danzica
Il generale Konrad Von Den Berg · 3 eps
La voce del sangue
Antonio Castaldi · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (20)
Through the Night with...
Self · 1 eps
Emigratis
Self · 2 eps
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self - Actor
Istintobrass
Self
The Spaghetti West
Self
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Self
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self
Two Men Alone
Himself
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Self
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
Himself
I Tarantiniani
Self
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Self
Titanus 1904
Self
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Self
In the Company of Compañeros
Self
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
Self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
Self
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
Self
Upcoming (2)
Directing (2)
Writing (2)
Producing (11)
The Estate
Executive Producer
Vacation
Producer
The Shark Hunter
Co-Producer
Jonathan of the Bears
Producer
La rabbia
Producer
La rabbia
Executive Producer
The Mystery of Dante
Executive Producer
Dropout
Co-Producer
Uninvited
Producer
Márió, a varázsló
Co-Producer
Forever Blues
Producer
