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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-11-23
Place of birth
San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Cast
Touch and Die
1991
3.30
Die Hard 2
1990
6.96
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
7.30
Saint Paul
2000
6.75
David
1997
6.50
Django
1966
7.21
Blood Brothers
1974
5.97
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
2006
6.50
Texas, Adios
1966
5.90
Keoma
1976
6.90
The Battle of Neretva
1969
6.80
Massacre Time
1966
6.30
Tristana
1970
7.20
The Wild, Wild Planet
1966
4.19
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
5.90
The Fifth Cord
1971
6.56
Jonathan of the Bears
1995
5.80
Victory March
1976
5.90
Compañeros
1970
6.49
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
5.66
The Last Four Days
1974
6.20
Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009
6.68
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971
6.70
Day of the Cobra
1980
5.80
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
6.61
Brothers and Sisters
1992
3.50
Enter the Ninja
1981
5.45
Detective Belli
1969
5.20
Cars 2
2011
6.17
The Mercenary
1968
6.90
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
6.21
Django Unchained
2012
8.19
The Conquest
1996
4.18
Camelot
1967
6.20
Along the River
2016
0.00
Mimi
1979
5.80
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
2.14
Rasputin
2010
4.50
21 Hours at Munich
1976
6.20
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970
5.40
Redneck
1973
4.23
Street Law
1974
6.45
Hitch Hike
1977
6.84
Devil's Crude
1985
4.50
Talk of Angels
1998
5.40
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968
6.20
Cry, Onion!
1975
5.20
Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999
5.10
White Fang
1973
6.40
Django Strikes Again
1987
5.10
The Day of the Owl
1968
7.08
Fumata blanca
2002
0.00
The Shark Hunter
1979
4.10
High Crime
1973
6.50
War of the Planets
1966
4.90
The Flower in His Mouth
1975
6.20
The Dragon Ring
1994
7.00
Challenge to White Fang
1974
6.10
The Harder They Come
1972
6.50
Sahara Cross
1977
2.00
Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967
5.70
The Girl
1987
4.00
Mein Herz in Chile
2008
0.00
Hans
2006
5.00
Harmonie
2020
0.00
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
1992
3.80
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973
4.86
Top Line
1988
4.00
La rabbia
2008
4.35
The Salamander
1981
5.31
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
6.70
The Tramplers
1965
5.90
How to Kill a Judge
1975
7.00
Submission
1976
6.11
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
5.30
Vacation
1971
4.61
Gold
1992
3.67
La ragion pura
2001
2.00
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
1982
3.79
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
1980
4.75
New Order
2012
3.10
Memories They Told Me
2013
6.00
Post Coitum
2004
4.00
Race to Danger
1988
4.00
Crazy Dog
2012
7.00
Márió, a varázsló
2008
4.00
Prigioniero di un segreto
2010
0.00
Young Toscanini
1988
5.90
Obsessive Rhythms
2014
5.30
The Hired Killer
1966
5.40
Death Rite
1975
4.20
The Falcon
1983
4.60
A Double Victory
1989
0.00
The Last Alchemist
2012
5.50
Killer Mermaid
2014
4.22
Giorni felici
2023
4.00
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
4.50
The Monk
1972
5.44
In the Hand of Dante
2025
5.10
Grog
1982
0.00
Smiling Maniacs
1975
0.00
On Our Way
2023
3.50
The Pope's Exorcist
2023
6.92
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968
5.80
Un altare per la madre
1986
0.00
Das Babylon Komplott
1993
4.00
Desert of Fire
1997
9.30
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998
0.00
Sacra Corona
2001
4.40
The Man from Rome
2022
5.77
The Visitor
1979
5.20
The Last Gunfighter
2002
6.20
In the Company of Compañeros
2001
0.00
Mirka
2000
0.00
A Night at the Grand Hotel
2008
6.00
Io e il re
1995
0.00
Test of Memory
1993
3.00
Figli di Maam
2014
10.00
The Duel
2021
0.00
The Legend of Valentino
1975
5.50
Road to Ruin
2016
0.00
Earth
2015
0.00
Mineurs
2007
9.50
We Are Cinema
2021
9.50
Run for Your Life
1988
4.40
I Tarantiniani
2013
0.00
Entree Des Artists
2020
0.00
Die Försterbuben
1984
3.50
André schafft sie alle
1985
0.00
The Pirate
1978
3.71
Handy
2013
10.00
Rack Up
1997
0.00
I Knew Her Well
1965
7.45
Le rose di Danzica
1979
0.00
Django Lives!
0.00
The Innocent Sleep
1996
4.00
Love Island
2014
4.10
Forever Blues
2005
0.00
Pope Joan
1972
5.90
Summer Solstice
2005
0.00
The Estate
2025
0.00
Der Fall Lucona
1993
5.00
The Crusaders
2001
3.91
La Celestina P… R…
1965
0.00
Breath of Life
1990
0.00
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
7.34
The Time of Their Lives
2017
5.00
The Lost City of Z
2017
6.39
Uninvited
2000
3.50
Dropout
1970
4.80
The Neighborhood
2017
3.20
Bad Inclination
2003
2.38
The Repenter
1985
6.10
The Broken Key
2017
3.20
The Final Inquiry
2007
4.69
Magdalene
1988
3.30
Agony
2017
4.00
Iceman
2017
6.24
The Versace Murder
1998
2.25
Kamikaze '89
1982
5.31
The Uncrowned Heart
2003
0.00
The Spaghetti West
2005
5.75
Il crimine non va in pensione
2017
5.60
A Rose in Winter
2019
6.00
Red Land
2018
5.98
The Holy Family
2006
7.10
Guardians of the Clouds
2004
2.00
The Collini Case
2019
7.38
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015
0.00
Sweet Country
1987
4.43
Ultimo stadio
2002
0.00
Italian Engagement
1964
0.00
Ed è subito sera
2019
4.00
Bastardi
2008
0.00
Giornata Nera
2006
0.00
Un delitto
1963
0.00
Christmas in Rome
2019
6.65
The Medal
1997
0.00
The Third Eye
1966
5.80
Road to Capri
2015
0.00
Querelle
1982
6.60
Letters to Juliet
2010
7.00
Istintobrass
2013
4.40
Off the Rails
2021
6.00
Azzurro profondo
1993
5.25
The Dark Dance
2020
4.00
Recon
2019
4.90
Havana Kyrie
2019
6.00
Immortalist
2020
1.00
Bella Mafia
1997
6.60
The Man Who Drew God
2023
4.90
The Match
2021
6.10
The Jester from Transylvania
2020
6.00
Two Men Alone
2021
0.00
Father
2011
0.00
Two Families
2007
0.00
Buon Lavoro
2022
4.00
Compagni d'arte
2024
0.00
Titanus 1904
2024
0.00
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
2001
0.00
Scorched Skin
1962
3.75
Winds of Passion
2000
0.00
Roma elastica
0.00
The Run
2025
0.00
From Time to Time
1992
0.00
Chimera
2001
0.00