
Franco Nero
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franco Nero licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · In the Hand of Dante as Don Lecco
- 2025 · The Run as
- 2023 · On Our Way as
- 2023 · The Pope's Exorcist as The Pope
- 2023 · The Man Who Drew God as Emanuele
- 2023 · Django as Reverend
- 2022 · The Man from Rome as The Pope
- 2021 · We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained as Self - Actor
- 2021 · Off the Rails as Giovanni
- 2020 · A Rose in Winter as Rainer Praeger
- 2020 · The Match as Old Branko
- 2020 · The Jester from Transylvania as One-eye
- 2019 · Havana Kyrie as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
- 2019 · Christmas in Rome as Luigi Forlinghetti
- 2019 · Recon as Angelo
- 2019 · The Collini Case as Fabrizio Collini
- 2018 · Red Land as Professor Ambrosin
- 2017 · Iceman as Ditob
- 2017 · The Broken Key as Hiram Abif
- 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
- 2016 · Delicious as Joe Benelli
- 2016 · Emigratis as Self
- 2014 · Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Self - Actor
- 2014 · Killer Mermaid as Niko
- 2013 · Istintobrass as Self
- 2012 · Django Unchained as Amerigo Vessepi
- 2012 · Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s as Self
- 2011 · Cars 2 as Uncle Topolino (voice)
- 2010 · Letters to Juliet as Lorenzo
- 2010 · Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire as Augustinus (age 76)
- 2009 · Killing Is My Business, Honey as Enrico Puzzo
- 2008 · Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons as Max Freeman
- 2008 · Il sangue e la rosa as Conte Uberto Mancini
- 2008 · Bathory: Countess of Blood as King Mathias
- 2008 · La rabbia as Mentore
- 2007 · The Final Inquiry as Caifa
- 2007 · L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII as Caifa
- 2005 · Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love as
- 2003 · Der Fürst und das Mädchen as
- 2002 · Through the Night with... as Self
- 2001 · Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as Gen. Francini
- 2001 · Sacra Corona as Bishop Gellért
- 2001 · Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta as Self
- 2001 · The Crusaders as Ibnazul
- 2000 · Saint Paul as Gamaliel
- 2000 · Saint Paul as Gamaliel
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Roberto Distasio
- 1998 · Talk of Angels as Dr. Vicente Areavaga
- 1997 · Painted Lady as Robert Tassi
- 1997 · Bella Mafia as Mario Domino
- 1997 · Desert of Fire as Marcel Duvivier
- 1997 · David as Nathan
- 1997 · David as Natan
- 1997 · Desert of Fire as Marcel Duvivier
- 1996 · Il Ritorno di Sandokan as Yogi Azim
- 1995 · Viva el lunes as Self
- 1995 · Jonathan of the Bears as Jonathan
- 1994 · The Dragon Ring as Dragon King
- 1991 · Young Catherine as Count Vorontsov
- 1990 · Die Hard 2 as General Ramon Esperanza
- 1989 · I promessi sposi as fra Cristoforo
- 1989 · Blaues Blut as Sandro Castellani
- 1988 · Magdalene as Janza
- 1988 · Young Toscanini as Claudio Toscanini
- 1987 · Django Strikes Again as Django
- 1987 · The Girl as Johan (John) Berg
- 1987 · Sweet Country as Paul
- 1985 · Devil's Crude as Nick
- 1984 · The Last Days of Pompeii as Arbaces
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Dr. Peter Milne
- 1983 · The Falcon as Banović Strahinja
- 1982 · Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire as John Reed
- 1982 · Querelle as Lieutenant Seblon
- 1982 · Grog as Nicola Fanelli
- 1982 · Na sowas! as Self
- 1981 · Enter the Ninja as Cole
- 1981 · The Salamander as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
- 1980 · The Man with Bogart's Face as Hakim
- 1980 · Day of the Cobra as Larry Stanziani
- 1979 · Mimi as Guido
- 1979 · The Visitor as Jesus Christ
- 1978 · The Pirate as Baydr Al Fay
- 1978 · Force 10 from Navarone as Lescovar
- 1977 · Sahara Cross as Jean Ballard
- 1977 · Hitch Hike as Walter Mancini
- 1976 · 21 Hours at Munich as Issa
- 1976 · Keoma as Keoma
- 1976 · Submission as Armand
- 1975 · Death Rite as Sadry
- 1975 · Cry, Onion! as Onion Stark
- 1975 · How to Kill a Judge as Giacomo Solaris
- 1974 · Challenge to White Fang as Jason Scott
- 1974 · Street Law as Carlo Antonelli
- 1974 · Der große Preis as Self
- 1974 · Blood Brothers as Nicola Bellizzi
- 1973 · White Fang as Jason Scott
- 1973 · High Crime as Commissario Belli
- 1972 · The Harder They Come as Django (archive footage)
- 1972 · Pope Joan as Louis
- 1971 · 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
- 1970 · Compañeros as Yodlaf Peterson
- 1970 · Dropout as Bruno
- 1970 · The 5th Day of Peace as Bruno Grauber
- 1970 · Tristana as Horacio
- 1969 · The Battle of Neretva as Capitani Michele Rossi
- 1969 · Detective Belli as Commissario Stefano Belli
- 1968 · The Mercenary as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
- 1968 · A Quiet Place in the Country as Leonardo Ferri
- 1968 · The Day of the Owl as Captain Bellodi
- 1967 · Man, Pride and Vengeance as José
- 1967 · Camelot as Lancelot Du Lac
- 1966 · The Bible: In the Beginning... as Abel
- 1966 · Texas, Adios as Burt Sullivan
- 1966 · Massacre Time as Tom Corbett
- 1966 · The Wild, Wild Planet as Lt. Jake
- 1966 · Django as Django
- 1964 · Italian Engagement as
- Future · The Estate as
- 2024 · Titanus 1904 as Self
- 2022 · Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black as Spirit
- 2020 · Harmonie as
- 2017 · Agony as Carlo
- 2017 · The Neighborhood as Guglielmo
- 2015 · Earth as
- 2014 · Love Island as Marquis Polesini
- 2014 · Obsessive Rythms as Carmine
- 2013 · Memories They Told Me as Paolo
- 2013 · I Tarantiniani as Self
- 2012 · Crazy Dog as Alvaro Genta
- 2010 · Rasputin as Narratore
- 2010 · Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire as Augustine of Hippo
- 2008 · Mein Herz in Chile as Carlos Sanchez
- 2007 · Two Families as Morandi
- 2006 · The Holy Family as Zachary
- 2006 · Hans as Giudice/barbone
- 2005 · Summer Solstice as Lorenzo
- 2005 · The Spaghetti West as Self
- 2004 · Post Coitum as Bakchus
- 2003 · Bad Inclination as Il barbone
- 2002 · Ultimo stadio as Antonio
- 2002 · Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften as Fashion Billionaire
- 2001 · La ragion pura as Marito
- 2001 · La voce del sangue as Antonio Castaldi
- 2000 · Winds of Passion as Michele Giangrande
- 2000 · Uninvited as Ralph Barolo
- 1998 · Il tesoro di Damasco as Andrea
- 1997 · Davide as Nathan
- 1996 · The Conquest as Árpád vezér
- 1996 · The Innocent Sleep as Adolfo Cavani
- 1993 · Der Fall Lucona as Enzo Lombardi
- 1992 · Brothers and Sisters as Franco
- 1992 · Amelia Lópes O'Neill as Fernando
- 1991 · Touch and Die as Aquani
- 1988 · Top Line as Ted Angelo
- 1988 · Run for Your Life as Commissario
- 1985 · The Repenter as Falco
- 1984 · Die Försterbuben as Böhme
- 1982 · Kamikaze '89 as Weiss
- 1979 · The Shark Hunter as Mike di Donato
- 1973 · The Assassination of Matteotti as Giacomo Matteotti
- 1973 · Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears as Johnny Ears
- 1966 · War of the Planets as Lt. Jake Jacowitx
- Future · Roma elastica as
- 1995 · Desideria e l'anello del drago as Dragon King
- 1985 · André schafft sie alle as Andre
- 1982 · Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World as John Reed
- 1979 · Le rose di Danzica as General Konrad von Der Berg
- 1976 · Victory March as Captain Asciutto
- 1975 · The Legend of Valentino as Rudolph Valentino
- 1975 · The Flower in His Mouth as Professore Michele Belcore
- 1974 · The Last Four Days as Walter Audisio
- 1973 · Redneck as Mosquito
- 1972 · The Monk as Ambrosio
- 1971 · Confessions of a Police Captain as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
- 1968 · Sardinia Kidnapped as Gavino
- 1965 · The Tramplers as Charley Garvey
- Future · The Temptation Of Gracie as
- 1970 · The Virgin and the Gypsy as The gypsy
- 1966 · The Third Eye as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
- 1965 · La Celestina P… R… as Fabrizio
- Future · Django Lives! as Django
- 2024 · Compagni d'arte as
- 2023 · Giorni Felici as Antonio
- 2022 · Buon Lavoro as
- 2021 · The Duel as
- 2021 · Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto as Himself
- 2021 · Two Men Alone as Himself
- 2020 · The Dark Dance as L'Impresario
- 2020 · Immortalist as Paolo Spersoni
- 2020 · Entree Des Artists as Henry's Grandfather
- 2019 · Ed è subito sera as
- 2017 · Il crimine non va in pensione as il primario
- 2016 · Road to Ruin as Self
- 2016 · Along the River as Frank De Ville
- 2015 · Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man as Himself
- 2015 · Road to Capri as Guido
- 2014 · Figli di Maam as
- 2014 · Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema as Self
- 2014 · Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… as Lui-même
- 2013 · Handy as Frank The Black
- 2013 · The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti as Self
- 2012 · The Last Alchemist as Felix the Alchemist
- 2012 · New Order as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
- 2011 · Father as Enrico
- 2010 · Prigioniero di un segreto as Il barbone
- 2009 · Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso as
- 2008 · Márió, a varázsló as Mario
- 2008 · A Night at the Grand Hotel as Ferran Moreno
- 2008 · Bastardi as Rene Iuvara
- 2007 · Mineurs as Michele Acucella
- 2006 · Amore e libertà - Masaniello as Vicerè
- 2006 · Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern as Self
- 2006 · Giornata Nera as
- 2005 · Forever Blues as Luca
- 2005 · Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker as Self
- 2005 · Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show as Judge
- 2004 · Guardians of the Clouds as Padre
- 2003 · The Uncrowned Heart as Bear's Trainer
- 2002 · The Last Gunfighter as The pistolero
- 2002 · Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell as Giuseppe Mantaldo
- 2002 · Fumata blanca as Cardenal Tura
- 2001 · In the Company of Compañeros as Self
- 2001 · Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle as Self
- 2000 · Mirka as Il Sindaco
- 1999 · Li chiamarono... briganti! as Caporale Nerza
- 1998 · The Versace Murder as Gianni Versace
- 1997 · The Medal as Ing. Ferrero
- 1997 · Rack Up as Jesus Barro
- 1995 · Io e il re as Maggiore Ferri
- 1993 · Das Babylon Komplott as Chris Lang
- 1993 · Test of Memory as Paul Herzog
- 1993 · Azzurro profondo as Luca Morinari
- 1992 · Gold as Gabriele da Poppi
- 1990 · Breath of Life as Angelo
- 1989 · A Double Victory as Saverio Pallucca
- 1988 · Race to Danger as Francis, il marinaio
- 1986 · Un altare per la madre as -
- 1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works as Self
- 1980 · The Blue-Eyed Bandit as Renzo Dominici
- 1975 · Smiling Maniacs as Judge Dani
- 1966 · The Hired Killer as Tony Lo Bello
- 1965 · I Knew Her Well as Italo - The garage attendant
- 1963 · Un delitto as
- Future · La battaglia di Gorthene as
- 1962 · Scorched Skin as