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Franco Nero
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn November 23, 1941 (83 years)
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.
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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.
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| 2025 | L'Inferno (Remastered) · as Circles Introduction |
| 2025 | Dante's Inferni · as Circles Introduction (italian) |
| 2025 | Milarepa · as Old Man |
| 2023 | Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black · as Spirit |
| 2023 | Giorni felici · as Antonio |
| 2023 | The Pope's Exorcist · as The Pope |
| 2022 | Django (TV Series) · as Reverend |
| 2022 | The Man Who Drew God · as Emanuele |
| 2022 | The Man from Rome · as The Pope |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Off the Rails · as Giovanni |
| 2020 | The Dark Dance · as L'impresario |
| 2020 | Havana Kyrie · as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Agony · as Carlo |
| 2019 | Christmas in Rome · as Luigi Forlinghetti |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Collini Case · as Fabrizio Collini |
| 2018 | A Rose in Winter · as Rainer Praeger |
| 2018 | Red Land (Rosso Istria) · as Professor Ambrosin |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | The Broken Key · as Hiram Abif |
| 2017 | The Neighborhood · as Guglielmo |
| 2017 | Il crimine non va in pensione · as Il Primario |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | The Time of Their Lives · as Alberto |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 · as Julius |
| 2016 | The Lost City of Z · as Baron De Gondoriz |
| 2016 | Delicious (TV Series) · as Joe Benelli |
| 2016 | Il ragazzo della Giudecca · as Salvatore |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Love Island · as Marquis Polesini |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Killer Mermaid · as Niko |
| 2014 | Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… · as Lui-Même |
| 2013 | Obsessive Rhythms · as Carmine |
| 2012 | A Memória que me Contam · as Paolo |
| 2012 | Django Unchained · as Amerigo Vessepi |
| 2012 | The Woods · as Enzo Philipo |
| 2012 | New Order · as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen |
| 2012 | Canepazzo · as Alvaro Genta |
| 2011 | Cars 2 · as Uncle Topolino (voice) |
| 2011 | Father · as Enrico |
| 2010 | Rasputin · as Narratore |
| 2010 | Letters to Juliet · as Lorenzo |
| 2010 | Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire · as Augustinus (age 76) |
| 2010 | Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire (TV Series) · as Augustine Of Hippo |
| 2009 | Killing is My Business, Honey · as Enrico Puzzo |
| 2008 | Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons (TV Series) · as Max Freeman |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Márió, a varázsló · as Mario |
| 2008 | Il sangue e la rosa (TV Series) · 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 |
| 2007 | Mineurs · as Michele Acucella |
| 2007 | L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII (TV Series) · as Caifa |
| 2007 | Two Families · as Morandi |
| 2006 | The Final Inquiry · as Caifa |
| 2006 | The Holy Family · as Zachary |
| 2006 | Hans · as Giudice/barbone |
| 2005 | Summer Solstice · as Lorenzo |
| 2005 | Forever Blues · as Luca |
| 2004 | Post coitum · as Bakchus |
| 2003 | Bad Inclination · as Il Barbone |
| 2003 | Der Fürst und das Mädchen (TV Series) · as Massimo Di Romano |
| 2002 | White Smoke · as Cardenal Tura |
| 2002 | Ultimo stadio · as Antonio |
| 2002 | Love, Lies, Passions (TV Series) · as Fashion Billionaire |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 · as Gen. Francini |
| 2001 | Sacra Corona · as Bishop Gellért |
| 2001 | Chimera · as Imprenditore |
| 2001 | The Crusaders · as Ibnazul |
| 2000 | Saint Paul · as Gamaliel |
| 2000 | St. Paul (TV Series) · as Gamaliel |
| 2000 | Mirka · as Il Sindaco |
| 1999 | Uninvited · as Ralph Barolo |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Roberto Distasio |
| 1999 | Brigands · as Caporale Nerza |
| 1998 | Talk of Angels · as Dr. Vicente Areavaga |
| 1998 | The Versace Murder · as Gianni Versace |
| 1997 | Painted Lady · as Robert Tassi |
| 1997 | Painted Lady (TV Series) · as Robert Tassi |
| 1997 | Bella Mafia · as Mario Domino |
| 1997 | Il deserto di fuoco (TV Series) · as Marcel Duvivier |
| 1997 | Il tocco - La sfida · as Jesus Barro |
| 1997 | David · as Natan |
| 1997 | David (TV Series) · as Nathan |
| 1996 | The Conquest · as Árpád Vezér |
| 1996 | The Return of Sandokan (TV Series) · as Yogi Azim |
| 1995 | The Innocent Sleep · as Adolfo Cavani |
| 1994 | The Dragon Ring (TV Series) · as Dragon King |
| 1994 | Jonathan degli orsi · as Jonathan |
| 1994 | The Dragon Ring · as Dragon King |
| 1993 | Das Babylon Komplott · as Chris Lang |
| 1993 | Rosamunde Pilcher (TV Series) · as Lorenzo |
| 1993 | Der Fall Lucona · as Enzo Lombardi |
| 1993 | Azzurro profondo · as Luca Morinari |
| 1992 | Fratelli e sorelle · as Franco |
| 1992 | Touch and Die · as Aquani |
| 1992 | Zoloto · as Gabriele Da Poppi |
| 1991 | Amelia Lópes O'Neill · as Fernando |
| 1991 | Young Catherine (TV Series) · as Count Vorontsov |
| 1991 | Young Catherine · as Count Vorontsov |
| 1991 | Julianus barát (TV Series) · as Fra Domenico |
| 1990 | Breath of Life · as Angelo |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 · as General Ramon Esperanza |
| 1989 | I promessi sposi (TV Series) · as Fra Cristoforo |
| 1988 | Blaues Blut (TV Series) · as Sandro Castellani |
| 1988 | Magdalene · as Janza |
| 1988 | Young Toscanini · as Claudio Toscanini |
| 1988 | Top Line · as Ted Angelo |
| 1988 | Windmills of the Gods (TV Series) · as Ionescu |
| 1988 | Run for Your Life · as Commissario |
| 1987 | Race to Danger · as Francis, Il Marinaio |
| 1987 | Django Strikes Again · as Django |
| 1987 | Sweet Country · as Paul |
| 1987 | The Girl · as Johan (john) Berg |
| 1987 | Garibaldi the General (TV Series) · as Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| 1985 | The Repenter · as Falco |
| 1985 | Un marinaio e mezzo · as Nick |
| 1985 | André schafft sie alle · as Andre |
| 1984 | Die Försterbuben · as Böhme |
| 1984 | The Last Days of Pompeii (TV Series) · as Arbaces |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Dr. Peter Milne |
| 1983 | Wagner (TV Series) · as Crespi |
| 1982 | Red Bells Part II: Ten Days That Shook the World · as John Reed |
| 1982 | Querelle · as Lieutenant Seblon |
| 1982 | Grog · as Nicola Fanelli |
| 1982 | Kamikaze 89 · as Weiss |
| 1982 | Red Bells · as John Reed |
| 1981 | Enter the Ninja · as Cole |
| 1981 | The Salamander · as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci |
| 1981 | Banovic Strahinja · as Banović Strahinja |
| 1980 | Il giorno del Cobra · as Larry Stanziani |
| 1980 | The Blue-Eyed Bandit · as Renzo Dominici |
| 1980 | The Man with Bogart's Face · as Hakim |
| 1979 | The Shark Hunter · as Mike Di Donato |
| 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 | Keoma: The Avenger · as Keoma |
| 1976 | 21 Hours at Munich · as Issa |
| 1976 | Submission · as Armand |
| 1976 | Victory March · as Captain Asciutto |
| 1975 | 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 |
| 1974 | Challenge to White Fang · as Jason Scott |
| 1974 | Street Law · as Carlo Antonelli |
| 1974 | The Last 4 Days · as Walter Audisio |
| 1974 | I guappi · as Nicola Bellizzi |
| 1973 | 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 |
| 1972 | Le moine · as Ambrosio |
| 1972 | Pope Joan · as Louis |
| 1972 | The Harder They Come · as Django (archive Footage) |
| 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 |
| 1971 | Confessions of a Police Captain · as Sostituto Procuratore Traini |
| 1970 | Compañeros · as Yodlaf Peterson |
| 1970 | Dropout · as Bruno |
| 1970 | The Fifth Day of Peace · as Bruno Grauber |
| 1970 | The Virgin and the Gypsy · as The Gypsy |
| 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 | Sequestro di persona · as Gavino |
| 1968 | Day of the Owl · as Captain Bellodi |
| 1967 | Man, Pride & Vengeance · as José |
| 1967 | Camelot · as Lancelot Du Lac |
| 1966 | The Bible in the Beginning... · as Abel |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Texas, Adios · as Burt Sullivan |
| 1966 | Massacre Time · as Tom Corbett |
| 1966 | The 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 | The Hired Killer · as Tony Lo Bello |
| 1965 | The Tramplers · as Charley Garvey |
| 1965 | I Knew Her Well · as Italo - The Garage Attendant |
| 1965 | La Celestina P... R... · as Fabrizio |