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.
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Movies (47)
The Estate
2025
The Run
as Hunter
2025
In the Hand of Dante
as Don Lecco
2025
Titanus 1904
as Self
2024
Compagni d'arte
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
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
Entree Des Artists
as Henry's Grandfather
2020
The Jester from Transylvania
as One-eye
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
Road to Ruin
as Self
2016
Along the River
as Frank De Ville
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
Figli di Maam
2014
Love Island
as Marquis Polesini
2014
