Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 23, 1941
Place of Birth
San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Credits
260 titles
Franco Nero
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
Filmography
Roma elastica
The Old Filmmaker
In the Hand of Dante
Don Lecco (86)
Il Vecchio Terribile
Oste
L'ANIME CHE OGNI OBESO HA BISOGNO
Epk Camera Operator
The Estate
Titanus 1904
Self
Compagni d'arte
The Jester from Transylvania
One-eye
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Valentino's Spirit
Giorni felici
Antonio
On Our Way
The Pope's Exorcist
The Pope
The Man Who Drew God
Emanuele
Django
Reverend
The Man from Rome
The Pope
Buon Lavoro
The Duel
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self - Actor
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Self
Off the Rails
Giovanni
Two Men Alone
Himself
The Match
Old Branko
The Dark Dance
L'Impresario
Harmonie
Immortalist
Paolo Spersoni
Entree Des Artists
Henry's Grandfather
Havana Kyrie
Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
Christmas in Rome
Luigi Forlinghetti
Recon
Angelo
A Rose in Winter
Rainer Praeger
The Collini Case
Fabrizio Collini
Ed è subito sera
Red Land
Professor Ambrosin
Iceman
Ditob
The Broken Key
Hiram Abif
Agony
Carlo
The Neighborhood
Guglielmo
Il crimine non va in pensione
il primario
The Lost City of Z
Baron de Gondoriz
The Time of Their Lives
Alberto
John Wick: Chapter 2
Julius
Delicious
Joe Benelli
Emigratis
Self
Road to Ruin
Self
Along the River
Frank De Ville
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
Himself
Earth
Road to Capri
Guido
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor