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Franco Nero
Born · November 23, 1941 (83 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Bio
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.
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self - Actor
7.0
2021
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Himself
0.0
2021
Along the River
Frank De Ville
0.0
2016
Django Unchained
Amerigo Vessepi
8.2
2012
Cars 2
Uncle Topolino (voice)
6.1
2011
Rasputin
Narratore
4.9
2010
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Augustinus (age 76)
5.0
2010
Killing Is My Business, Honey
Enrico Puzzo
6.6
2009
Bathory: Countess of Blood
King Mathias
5.6
2008
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
6.5
2006
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
Judge
7.8
2005
Fumata blanca
Cardenal Tura
0.0
2002
Saint Paul
Gamaliel
6.8
2000
Li chiamarono... briganti!
Caporale Nerza
5.8
1999
Talk of Angels
Dr. Vicente Areavaga
5.9
1998
David
Natan
6.6
1997
The Conquest
Árpád vezér
4.8
1996
Jonathan of the Bears
Jonathan
5.8
1995
The Dragon Ring
Dragon King
6.9
1994
Brothers and Sisters
Franco
4.3
1992
Touch and Die
Aquani
3.3
1991
Die Hard 2
General Ramon Esperanza
7.0
1990
Django Strikes Again
Django
5.1
1987
Devil's Crude
Nick
4.5
1985
Enter the Ninja
Cole
5.4
1981
The Man with Bogart's Face
Hakim
6.4
1980
Day of the Cobra
Larry Stanziani
6.2
1980
The Shark Hunter
Mike di Donato
4.1
1979
Mimi
Guido
6.0
1979
Force 10 from Navarone
Lescovar
6.2
1978
Hitch Hike
Walter Mancini
7.0
1977
21 Hours at Munich
Issa
6.2
1976
Keoma
Keoma
6.9
1976
Victory March
Captain Asciutto
6.2
1976
The Flower in His Mouth
Professore Michele Belcore
6.5
1975
Cry, Onion!
Onion Stark
5.0
1975
Street Law
Carlo Antonelli
6.6
1974
The Last Four Days
Walter Audisio
6.3
1974
Blood Brothers
Nicola Bellizzi
6.4
1974
White Fang
Jason Scott
6.4
1973
The Assassination of Matteotti
Giacomo Matteotti
6.6
1973
High Crime
Commissario Belli
6.3
1973
Redneck
Mosquito
4.3
1973
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Vanzi
6.8
1971
The Fifth Cord
Andrea Bild
6.6
1971
Compañeros
Yodlaf Peterson
6.6
1970
The Virgin and the Gypsy
The gypsy
2.2
1970
The 5th Day of Peace
Bruno Grauber
5.3
1970
Tristana
Horacio
7.2
1970
The Battle of Neretva
Capitani Michele Rossi
6.7
1969
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Abel
7.3
1966
Texas, Adios
Burt Sullivan
5.8
1966
Django
Django
7.2
1966
La battaglia di Gorthene
0.0
Giorni Felici
0.0
2023
On Our Way
3.5
2023
The Pope's Exorcist
The Pope
7.0
2023
The Man from Rome
The Pope
5.7
2022
Harmonie
0.0
2020
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor
7.2
2014
Killer Mermaid
Niko
4.2
2014
Obsessive Rythms
Carmine
5.3
2014
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Lui-même
0.0
2014
Memories They Told Me
Paolo
6.0
2013
The Last Alchemist
Felix the Alchemist
5.5
2012
Crazy Dog
Alvaro Genta
7.0
2012
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Self
7.7
2012
New Order
Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
3.1
2012
Prigioniero di un segreto
Il barbone
0.0
2010
Márió, a varázsló
Mario
4.0
2008
La rabbia
Mentore
4.6
2008
Mein Herz in Chile
Carlos Sanchez
0.0
2008
Hans
Giudice/barbone
5.0
2006
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self
6.7
2005
Post Coitum
Bakchus
4.2
2004
The Last Gunfighter
The pistolero
5.3
2002
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
Giuseppe Mantaldo
0.0
2002
La ragion pura
Marito
2.0
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Gen. Francini
4.7
2001
Sacra Corona
Bishop Gellért
4.4
2001
Il tesoro di Damasco
Andrea
0.0
1998
Desert of Fire
Marcel Duvivier
9.3
1997
Das Babylon Komplott
Chris Lang
0.0
1993
Gold
Gabriele da Poppi
4.5
1992
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
Fernando
4.5
1992
Young Toscanini
Claudio Toscanini
5.9
1988
Top Line
Ted Angelo
3.9
1988
Race to Danger
Francis, il marinaio
4.0
1988
The Girl
Johan (John) Berg
4.5
1987
Un altare per la madre
-
0.0
1986
The Falcon
Banović Strahinja
5.0
1983
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
John Reed
4.2
1982
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
John Reed
3.9
1982
Grog
Nicola Fanelli
0.0
1982
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
Self
5.7
1982
The Salamander
Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
5.7
1981
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
Renzo Dominici
5.3
1980
The Visitor
Jesus Christ
5.2
1979
Sahara Cross
Jean Ballard
2.0
1977
Submission
Armand
6.5
1976
Death Rite
Sadry
4.2
1975
How to Kill a Judge
Giacomo Solaris
7.0
1975
Smiling Maniacs
Judge Dani
0.0
1975
Challenge to White Fang
Jason Scott
6.2
1974
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
Johnny Ears
5.2
1973
The Monk
Ambrosio
5.9
1972
The Harder They Come
Django (archive footage)
6.5
1972
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
5.5
1971
Vacation
Osiride
4.8
1971
Confessions of a Police Captain
Sostituto Procuratore Traini
6.8
1971
Detective Belli
Commissario Stefano Belli
5.7
1969
The Mercenary
Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
6.9
1968
A Quiet Place in the Country
Leonardo Ferri
6.3
1968
Sardinia Kidnapped
Gavino
6.2
1968
The Day of the Owl
Captain Bellodi
7.0
1968
Man, Pride and Vengeance
José
5.7
1967
Camelot
Lancelot Du Lac
6.2
1967
Massacre Time
Tom Corbett
6.2
1966
War of the Planets
Lt. Jake Jacowitx
4.9
1966
The Wild, Wild Planet
Lt. Jake
4.3
1966
The Hired Killer
Tony Lo Bello
5.5
1966
The Tramplers
Charley Garvey
6.0
1965
Oggi ho vinto anch'io
Saverio Pallucca
0.0
In the Hand of Dante
1.0
The Duel
0.0
2021
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
9.5
2021
A Rose in Winter
Rainer Praeger
6.1
2020
Entree Des Artists
Henry's Grandfather
0.0
2020
The Collini Case
Fabrizio Collini
7.4
2019
Red Land
Professor Ambrosin
6.1
2018
Iceman
Ditob
6.3
2017
The Broken Key
Hiram Abif
3.4
2017
Agony
Carlo
4.0
2017
The Neighborhood
Guglielmo
3.2
2017
Il crimine non va in pensione
il primario
5.6
2017
Agony (L'esecutore)
0.0
2017
The Lost City of Z
Baron de Gondoriz
6.4
2017
The Time of Their Lives
Alberto
5.1
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
Julius
7.3
2017
Road to Ruin
Self
0.0
2016
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
Himself
0.0
2015
Earth
0.0
2015
Figli di Maam
10.0
2014
Love Island
Marquis Polesini
4.3
2014
Handy
Frank The Black
8.0
2013
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Self
6.0
2013
I Tarantiniani
Self
0.0
2013
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
0.0
2009
A Night at the Grand Hotel
Ferran Moreno
6.0
2008
Mineurs
Michele Acucella
9.5
2007
The Final Inquiry
Caifa
4.7
2007
The Holy Family
Zachary
7.1
2006
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Self
6.6
2006
Summer Solstice
Lorenzo
0.0
2005
Forever Blues
Luca
0.0
2005
The Spaghetti West
Self
6.0
2005
Guardiani delle nuvole
Padre
2.0
2004
Bad Inclination
Il barbone
3.0
2003
The Uncrowned Heart
Bear's Trainer
0.0
2003
In the Company of Compañeros
Self
0.0
2001
The Crusaders
Ibnazul
4.1
2001
Uninvited
Ralph Barolo
6.0
2000
Mirka
Il Sindaco
0.0
2000
The Versace Murder
Gianni Versace
2.7
1998
Rack Up
Jesus Barro
0.0
1997
The Innocent Sleep
Adolfo Cavani
4.3
1996
Io e il re
Maggiore Ferri
0.0
1995
Test of Memory
Paul Herzog
3.3
1993
Der Fall Lucona
Enzo Lombardi
5.0
1993
Breath of Life
Angelo
0.0
1990
Magdalene
Janza
4.5
1988
Run for Your Life
Commissario
5.2
1988
The Repenter
Falco
6.1
1985
André schafft sie alle
Andre
0.0
1985
Die Försterbuben
Böhme
5.0
1984
Kamikaze 1989
Weiss
5.5
1982
Le rose di Danzica
General Konrad von Der Berg
0.0
1979
The Pirate
Baydr Al Fay
5.5
1978
The Legend of Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
5.5
1975
Pope Joan
Louis
5.9
1972
Dropout
Bruno
4.8
1970
I Knew Her Well
Italo - The garage attendant
7.4
1965
The Temptation Of Gracie
0.0
Django Lives!
Django
0.0
The Estate
0.0
Titanus 1904
Self
0.0
2024
Compagni d'arte
0.0
2024
The Man Who Drew God
Emanuele
4.9
2023
Django
Reverend · (2 episodes)
5.3
2023
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Spirit
3.0
2022
Buon Lavoro
0.0
2022
Off the Rails
Giovanni
6.2
2021
Two Men Alone
Himself
0.0
2021
The Dark Dance
L'Impresario
4.0
2020
The Match
Old Branko
6.3
2020
Immortalist
Paolo Spersoni
0.0
2020
The Jester from Transylvania
One-eye
6.0
2020
Havana Kyrie
Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
6.8
2019
Christmas in Rome
Luigi Forlinghetti
6.6
2019
Recon
Angelo
4.9
2019
Ed è subito sera
4.0
2019
Delicious
Joe Benelli · (4 episodes)
6.3
2016
Emigratis
Self · (2 episodes)
6.8
2016
Road to Capri
Guido
0.0
2015
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
Self
0.0
2014
Istintobrass
Self
4.9
2013
Father
Enrico
0.0
2011
Letters to Juliet
Lorenzo
7.0
2010
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Augustine of Hippo · (2 episodes)
7.0
2010
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
Max Freeman · (1 episode)
6.8
2008
Il sangue e la rosa
Conte Uberto Mancini · (4 episodes)
7.0
2008
Bastardi
Rene Iuvara
0.0
2008
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Caifa · (2 episodes)
0.0
2007
Two Families
Morandi
0.0
2007
Giornata Nera
0.0
2006
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
(2 episodes)
0.0
2005
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
(0 episode)
0.0
2003
Ultimo stadio
Antonio
0.0
2002
Through the Night with...
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
2002
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
Fashion Billionaire · (1 episode)
3.0
2002
La voce del sangue
Antonio Castaldi · (2 episodes)
0.0
2001
Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta
Self · (1 episode)
8.9
2001
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
Self
0.0
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Roberto Distasio · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
Painted Lady
Robert Tassi · (2 episodes)
7.5
1997
Bella Mafia
Mario Domino
6.8
1997
Desert of Fire
Marcel Duvivier · (3 episodes)
10.0
1997
The Medal
Ing. Ferrero
0.0
1997
Il Ritorno di Sandokan
Yogi Azim · (4 episodes)
6.5
1996
Viva el lunes
Self · (2 episodes)
2.0
1995
Desideria e l'anello del drago
Dragon King · (2 episodes)
0.0
1995
Azzurro profondo
Luca Morinari
5.0
1993
Young Catherine
Count Vorontsov · (2 episodes)
6.2
1991
I promessi sposi
fra Cristoforo · (5 episodes)
6.4
1989
Blaues Blut
Sandro Castellani · (1 episode)
0.0
1989
Sweet Country
Paul
4.8
1987
The Last Days of Pompeii
Arbaces · (3 episodes)
7.3
1984
The Hitchhiker
Dr. Peter Milne · (1 episode)
6.1
1983
Querelle
Lieutenant Seblon
6.6
1982
Na sowas!
Self · (1 episode)
1.0
1982
Der große Preis
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1974
The Third Eye
Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
6.2
1966
La Celestina P… R…
Fabrizio
0.0
1965
Italian Engagement
0.0
1964
Un delitto
0.0
1963