Actor
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Franco Nero
Born 1941-11-23
📍 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 239
In the Hand of Dante
as Don Lecco
2026
Roma elastica
2026
Il Vecchio Terribile
as Oste
2026
The Estate
2025
Titanus 1904
as Self
2024
Compagni d'arte
2024
The Jester from Transylvania
as One-eye
2024
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
as Valentino's Spirit
2023
Giorni felici
as Antonio
2023
On Our Way
2023
The Pope's Exorcist
as The Pope
2023
The Man Who Drew God
as Emanuele
2023
Django
as Reverend
2023
The Man from Rome
as The Pope
2022
Buon Lavoro
2022
The Duel
2021
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor
2021
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
as Self
2021
Off the Rails
as Giovanni
2021
Two Men Alone
as Himself
2021
The Match
as Old Branko
2021
The Dark Dance
as L'Impresario
2020
Harmonie
2020
Immortalist
as Paolo Spersoni
2020
Havana Kyrie
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
2019
Christmas in Rome
as Luigi Forlinghetti
2019
Recon
as Angelo
2019
A Rose in Winter
as Rainer Praeger
2019
The Collini Case
as Fabrizio Collini
2019
Ed è subito sera
2019
Red Land
as Professor Ambrosin
2018
Iceman
as Ditob
2017
The Broken Key
as Hiram Abif
2017
Agony
as Carlo
2017
The Neighborhood
as Guglielmo
2017
Il crimine non va in pensione
as il primario
2017
The Lost City of Z
as Baron de Gondoriz
2017
The Time of Their Lives
as Alberto
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Julius
2017
Delicious
as Joe Benelli
2016
Emigratis
as Self
2016
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
as Himself
2015
Earth
2015
Road to Capri
as Guido
2015
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
2014
Love Island
as Marquis Polesini
2014
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
as Self
2014
Killer Mermaid
as Niko
2014
Obsessive Rhythms
as Carmine
2014
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
as Lui-même
2014
Handy
as Frank The Black
2013
Istintobrass
as Self
2013
Memories They Told Me
as Paolo
2013
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
as Self
2013
I Tarantiniani
as Self
2013
Django Unchained
as Amerigo Vessepi
2012
The Last Alchemist
as Felix the Alchemist
2012
Crazy Dog
as Alvaro Genta
2012
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
as Self
2012
New Order
as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
2012
Cars 2
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
2011
Father
as Enrico
2011
Rasputin
as Narratore
2010
Prigioniero di un segreto
as Il barbone
2010
Letters to Juliet
as Lorenzo
2010
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
as Augustinus (age 76)
2010
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
as Augustine of Hippo
2010
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
Killing Is My Business, Honey
as Enrico Puzzo
2009
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
as Max Freeman
2008
Márió, a varázsló
as Mario
2008
A Night at the Grand Hotel
as Ferran Moreno
2008
Mein Herz in Chile
as Carlos Sanchez
2008
Il sangue e la rosa
as Conte Uberto Mancini
2008
Bathory: Countess of Blood
as King Mathias
2008
La rabbia
as Mentore
2008
Bastardi
as Rene Iuvara
2008
Mein Herz in Chile
as Carlos Sanchez
2008
Mineurs
as Michele Acucella
2007
The Final Inquiry
as Caifa
2007
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
as Caifa
2007
Two Families
as Morandi
2007
The Holy Family
as Zachary
2006
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
as Vicerè
2006
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
as Self
2006
Hans
as Giudice/barbone
2006
Summer Solstice
as Lorenzo
2005
Forever Blues
as Luca
2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self
2005
The Spaghetti West
as Self
2005
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
as Judge
2005
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
Post Coitum
as Bakchus
2004
Guardians of the Clouds
as Padre
2004
Bad Inclination
as Il barbone
2003
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
2003
The Last Gunfighter
as The pistolero
2002
Fumata blanca
as Cardenal Tura
2002
Ultimo stadio
as Antonio
2002
Through the Night with...
as Self
2002
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
as Fashion Billionaire
2002
In the Company of Compañeros
as Self
2001
La ragion pura
as Marito
2001
The Crusaders
as Ibnazul
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as General Francini
2001
La voce del sangue
as Antonio Castaldi
2001
Chimera
as Imprenditore
2001
Sacra Corona
as Bishop Gellért
2001
Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery
as Self
2001
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
as Self
2001
The Crusaders
as Ibnazul
2001
Saint Paul
as Gamaliel
2000
Saint Paul
as Gamaliel
2000
Winds of Passion
as Michele Giangrande
2000
Uninvited
as Ralph Barolo
2000
Mirka
as Il Sindaco
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Roberto Distasio
1999
Li chiamarono... briganti!
as Caporale Nerza
1999
Talk of Angels
as Dr. Vicente Areavaga
1998
Il tesoro di Damasco
as Andrea
1998
The Versace Murder
as Gianni Versace
1998
Painted Lady
as Robert Tassi
1997
Bella Mafia
as Mario Domino
1997
Desert of Fire
as Marcel Duvivier
1997
The Medal
as Ing. Ferrero
1997
Rack Up
as Jesus Barro
1997
David
as Nathan
1997
David
as Natan
1997
Desert of Fire
as Marcel Duvivier
1997
The Conquest
as Árpád vezér
1996
The Return of Sandokan
as Yogi Azim
1996
The Innocent Sleep
as Adolfo Cavani
1996
Io e il re
as Maggiore Ferri
1995
Jonathan of the Bears
as Jonathan
1995
Desideria e l'anello del drago
as Dragon King
1995
The Dragon Ring
as Dragon King
1994
Das Babylon Komplott
as Chris Lang
1993
Test of Memory
as Paul Herzog
1993
Der Fall Lucona
as Enzo Lombardi
1993
Azzurro profondo
as Luca Morinari
1993
Brothers and Sisters
as Franco
1992
Gold
as Gabriele da Poppi
1992
From Time to Time
as Leonard De Vinci
1992
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
as Fernando
1992
Young Catherine
as Count Vorontsov
1991
Touch and Die
as Aquani
1991
Breath of Life
as Angelo
1990
Die Hard 2
as General Ramon Esperanza
1990
I promessi sposi
as fra Cristoforo
1989
Magdalene
as Janza
1988
Young Toscanini
as Claudio Toscanini
1988
Top Line
as Ted Angelo
1988
Race to Danger
as Francis, il marinaio
1988
Run for Your Life
as Commissario
1988
Django Strikes Again
as Django
1987
The Girl
as Johan (John) Berg
1987
Sweet Country
as Paul
1987
The Repenter
as Falco
1985
André schafft sie alle
as Andre
1985
Devil's Crude
as Nick
1985
Die Försterbuben
as Böhme
1984
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Arbaces
1984
The Hitchhiker
as Dr. Peter Milne
1983
The Falcon
as Banović Strahinja
1983
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
as John Reed
1982
Querelle
as Lieutenant Seblon
1982
Grog
as Nicola Fanelli
1982
Kamikaze '89
as Weiss
1982
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
as John Reed
1982
Le rose di Danzica
as Il generale Konrad Von Den Berg
1981
Enter the Ninja
as Cole
1981
The Salamander
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
1981
The Man with Bogart's Face
as Hakim
1980
Day of the Cobra
as Larry Stanziani
1980
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
as Renzo Dominici
1980
The Shark Hunter
as Mike di Donato
1979
Le rose di Danzica
as General Konrad von Der Berg
1979
Mimi
as Guido
1979
The Visitor
as Jesus Christ
1979
The Pirate
as Baydr Al Fay
1978
Force 10 from Navarone
as Lescovar
1978
The Pirate
as Baydr Al Fay
1977
Sahara Cross
as Jean Ballard
1977
Hitch Hike
as Walter Mancini
1977
21 Hours at Munich
as Issa
1976
Keoma
as Keoma
1976
Submission
as Armand
1976
Victory March
as Captain Asciutto
1976
The Legend of Valentino
as Rudolph Valentino
1975
The Flower in His Mouth
as Professore Michele Belcore
1975
Death Rite
as Sadry
1975
Cry, Onion!
as Onion Stark
1975
How to Kill a Judge
as Giacomo Solaris
1975
Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Dani
1975
Challenge to White Fang
as Jason Scott
1974
Street Law
as Carlo Antonelli
1974
The Last Four Days
as Walter Audisio
1974
Blood Brothers
as Nicola Bellizzi
1974
White Fang
as Jason Scott
1973
The Assassination of Matteotti
as Giacomo Matteotti
1973
High Crime
as Commissario Belli
1973
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
as Johnny Ears
1973
Redneck
as Mosquito
1973
The Monk
as Ambrosio
1972
Pope Joan
as Louis
1972
The Harder They Come
as Django (archive footage)
1972
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
1971
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
as Vanzi
1971
Vacation
as Osiride
1971
The Fifth Cord
as Andrea Bild
1971
Confessions of a Police Captain
as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
1971
Compañeros
as Yodlaf Peterson
1970
Dropout
as Bruno
1970
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as The gypsy
1970
The Fifth Day of Peace
as Bruno Grauber
1970
Tristana
as Horacio
1970
The Battle of Neretva
as Capitano Michele Rossi
1969
Detective Belli
as Commissario Stefano Belli
1969
The Mercenary
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
1968
A Quiet Place in the Country
as Leonardo Ferri
1968
Sardinia Kidnapped
as Gavino
1968
The Day of the Owl
as Captain Bellodi
1968
Man, Pride and Vengeance
as José
1967
Camelot
as Lancelot Du Lac
1967
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Abel
1966
Texas, Adios
as Burt Sullivan
1966
Massacre Time
as Tom Corbett
1966
War of the Planets
as Lt. Jake Jacowitx
1966
The Wild, Wild Planet
as Lt. Jake
1966
The Third Eye
as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
1966
Django
as Django
1966
The Hired Killer
as Tony Lo Bello
1966
The Tramplers
as Charley Garvey
1965
I Knew Her Well
as Italo - The garage attendant
1965
La Celestina P… R…
as Fabrizio
1965
Italian Engagement
1964
Scorched Skin
1962
Django Lives!
as Django