Franco Nero
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.
259 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 259
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Hitchhiker
1983
Cars 2
2011
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
Django Unchained
2012
Die Hard 2
1990
The Pope's Exorcist
2023
Through the Night with...
2002
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001
Der große Preis
1974
Emigratis
2016
Django
1966
The Lost City of Z
2017
Django
2023
Delicious
2016
Letters to Juliet
2010
Viva el lunes
1995
Na sowas!
1982
I promessi sposi
1989
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
In the Hand of Dante
2026
David
1997
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
The Return of Sandokan
1996
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
2003
The Mercenary
1968
Desert of Fire
1997
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Hitch Hike
1977
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
Saint Paul
2000
Saint Paul
2000
Young Catherine
1991
Submission
1976
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
Camelot
1967
Desideria e l'anello del drago
1995
Keoma
1976
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
Django Strikes Again
1987
Cry, Onion!
1975
Istintobrass
2013
Querelle
1982
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
We Are Cinema
2021
The Spaghetti West
2005
Roma elastica
2026
The Pirate
1977
The Collini Case
2019
Painted Lady
1997
The Battle of Neretva
1969
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
2010
Grog
1982
Blaues Blut
1989
The Visitor
1979
Iceman
2017
High Crime
1973
The Match
2021
Tristana
1970
Killer Mermaid
2014
Pope Joan
1972
White Fang
1973
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007
Day of the Cobra
1980
Vacation
1971
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012
The Man from Rome
2022
David
1997
The Pirate
1978
Compañeros
1970
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
Bella Mafia
1997
Recon
2019
Rasputin
2010
Massacre Time
1966
Davide
1997
The Harder They Come
1972
Jonathan of the Bears
1995
The Estate
2025
Mimi
1979
The Girl
1987
The Time of Their Lives
2017
The Final Inquiry
2007
Desert of Fire
1997
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010
The Shark Hunter
1979
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
The Crusaders
2001
I Knew Her Well
1965
The Repenter
1985
The Day of the Owl
1968
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968
The Neighborhood
2017
Young Toscanini
1988
The Salamander
1981
The Last Four Days
1974
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971
The Crusaders
2001
Dropout
1970
Talk of Angels
1998
Texas, Adios
1966
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982
On Our Way
2023
Magdalene
1988
Blood Brothers
1974
21 Hours at Munich
1976
The Legend of Valentino
1975
Kamikaze '89
1982
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973
Crazy Dog
2012
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
2002
Challenge to White Fang
1974
Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982
Death Rite
1975
Detective Belli
1969
Il sangue e la rosa
2008
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
Christmas in Rome
2019
Le rose di Danzica
1981
I Tarantiniani
2013
The Man Who Drew God
2023
The Dragon Ring
1994
The Hired Killer
1966
The Broken Key
2017
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
The Falcon
1983
La rabbia
2008
Brothers and Sisters
1992
Enter the Ninja
1981
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
Summer Solstice
2005
The Innocent Sleep
1996
The Tramplers
1965
Off the Rails
2021
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014
Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009
Street Law
1974
The Fifth Cord
1971
The Monk
1972
The Conquest
1996
A Rose in Winter
2019
Smiling Maniacs
1975
Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
Agony
2017
Sweet Country
1987
The Versace Murder
1998
Memories They Told Me
2013
Gold
1992
Top Line
1988
How to Kill a Judge
1975
André schafft sie alle
1985
The Temptation Of Gracie
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Mirka
2000
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
Mein Herz in Chile
2008
Havana Kyrie
2019
Earth
2015
Bastardi
2008
Obsessive Rhythms
2014
La Celestina P… R…
1965
Red Land
2018
Breath of Life
1990
Ed è subito sera
2019
Die Försterbuben
1984
La voce del sangue
2001
From Time to Time
1992
Sahara Cross
1977
Titanus 1904
2024
Run for Your Life
1988
Road to Capri
2015
Victory March
1976
Post Coitum
2004
Chimera
2001
Mineurs
2007
War of the Planets
1966
The Holy Family
2006
Rack Up
1997
The Jester from Transylvania
2024
Buon Lavoro
2022
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
1980
El Sobrino
—
Uninvited
2000
Guardians of the Clouds
2004
Der Fall Lucona
1993
Hans
2006
Italian Engagement
1964
The Flower in His Mouth
1975
Touch and Die
1991
Redneck
1973
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015
A Double Victory
1989
Entree Des Artists
2020
Sacra Corona
2001
Test of Memory
1993
Azzurro profondo
1993
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
1982
Two Families
2007
Il Vecchio Terribile
2026
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
The Third Eye
1966
Le rose di Danzica
1979
Winds of Passion
2000
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
2006
The Wild, Wild Planet
1966
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
In the Company of Compañeros
2001
Django Lives!
—
Das Babylon Komplott
1993
Giorni felici
2023
Fumata blanca
2002
The Uncrowned Heart
2003
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
Bad Inclination
2003
Mein Herz in Chile
2008
Immortalist
2020
The Duel
2021
La battaglia di Gorthene
—
Handy
2013
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
2002
Love Island
2014
New Order
2012
Forever Blues
2005
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
1992
A Night at the Grand Hotel
2008
Márió, a varázsló
2008
Race to Danger
1988
Un delitto
1963
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998
La ragion pura
2001
Ultimo stadio
2002
The Dark Dance
2020
Father
2011
Compagni d'arte
2024
Io e il re
1995
The Last Alchemist
2012
Sergey Bondarchuk
1982
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
2005
Prigioniero di un segreto
2010
Harmonie
2020
The Last Gunfighter
2002
Two Men Alone
2021
The Medal
1997
Devil's Crude
1985
Giornata Nera
2006
Scorched Skin
1962
Road to Ruin
2016
Il crimine non va in pensione
2017
Figli di Maam
2014
Un altare per la madre
1986
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
2001
Along the River
2016