Actor
Franco Nero
Known for Acting
Born 1941-11-23 in San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Age 84
Mostly Drama, Crime, Thriller
1Films in catalog
200Credits
1964 to 2026Years active
75Trailers on Reactr
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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Aurora
2026
as Bertoldo
Il Vecchio Terribile
2026
as Oste
The Estate
2025 · Trailer
Titanus 1904
2024
as Self
Compagni d'arte
2024
The Jester from Transylvania
2024
as One-eye
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
as Valentino's Spirit
Giorni felici
2023
as Antonio
On Our Way
2023 · Trailer
The Pope's Exorcist
2023 · Trailer
as The Pope
The Man Who Drew God
2023
as Emanuele
The Man from Rome
2022 · Trailer
as The Pope
Buon Lavoro
2022
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021 · Trailer
as Self - Actor
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
as Self
Off the Rails
2021 · Trailer
as Giovanni
Two Men Alone
2021
as Himself
The Match
2021 · Trailer
as Old Branko
The Dark Dance
2020
as L'Impresario
Entree Des Artists
2020
as Henry's Grandfather
Havana Kyrie
2019 · Trailer
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
Christmas in Rome
2019 · Trailer
as Luigi Forlinghetti
Recon
2019 · Trailer
as Angelo
A Rose in Winter
2019
as Rainer Praeger
The Collini Case
2019 · Trailer
as Fabrizio Collini
Ed è subito sera
2019
Red Land
2018
as Professor Ambrosin
Iceman
2017 · Trailer
as Ditob
The Broken Key
2017
as Hiram Abif
Agony
2017 · Trailer
as Carlo
The Neighborhood
2017
as Guglielmo
The Lost City of Z
2017 · Trailer
as Baron de Gondoriz
The Time of Their Lives
2017 · Trailer
as Alberto
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 · Trailer
as Julius
Road to Ruin
2016
as Self
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015
as Himself
Earth
2015
Road to Capri
2015
as Guido
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Trailer
as Self - Actor
Love Island
2014 · Trailer
as Marquis Polesini
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
as Self
Killer Mermaid
2014 · Trailer
as Niko
Obsessive Rhythms
2014
as Carmine
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014
as Lui-même
Handy
2013 · Trailer
as Frank The Black
Istintobrass
2013 · Trailer
as Self
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013
as Self
I Tarantiniani
2013
as Self
Django Unchained
2012 · Trailer
as Amerigo Vessepi
Crazy Dog
2012
as Alvaro Genta
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012 · Trailer
as Self
New Order
2012
as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
Cars 2
2011 · Trailer
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
Father
2011
as Enrico
Rasputin
2010
as Narratore
Letters to Juliet
2010 · Trailer
as Lorenzo
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010
as Augustinus (age 76)
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009 · Trailer
as Enrico Puzzo
Márió, a varázsló
2008
as Mario
A Night at the Grand Hotel
2008
as Ferran Moreno
Mein Herz in Chile
2008
as Carlos Sanchez
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008 · Trailer
as King Mathias
La rabbia
2008
as Mentore
Bastardi
2008
as René Iuvara
The Final Inquiry
2007
as Caifa
Two Families
2007
as Morandi
The Holy Family
2006
as Zachary
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
as Self
Giornata Nera
2006
Summer Solstice
2005
as Lorenzo
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
as Self
The Spaghetti West
2005
as Self
Post Coitum
2004
as Bakchus
Guardians of the Clouds
2004
as Padre
Bad Inclination
2003
as Il barbone
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
2002
as Giuseppe Mantaldo
Fumata blanca
2002
as Cardenal Tura
Ultimo stadio
2002
as Antonio
In the Company of Compañeros
2001
as Self
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as General Francini
Sacra Corona
2001
as Bishop Gellért
The Crusaders
2001
as Ibnazul
Saint Paul
2000 · Trailer
as Gamaliel
Winds of Passion
2000
as Michele Giangrande
Uninvited
2000
as Ralph Barolo
Mirka
2000
as Il Sindaco
Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999
as Caporale Nerza
Talk of Angels
1998 · Trailer
as Dr. Vicente Areavaga
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998
as Andrea
The Versace Murder
1998
as Gianni Versace
Bella Mafia
1997
as Mario Domino
The Medal
1997
as Ing. Ferrero
Rack Up
1997
as Jesus Barro
David
1997
as Natan
Desert of Fire
1997
as Marcel Duvivier
The Conquest
1996
as Árpád vezér
The Innocent Sleep
1996 · Trailer
as Adolfo Cavani
Io e il re
1995
as Maggiore Ferri
Jonathan of the Bears
1995
as Jonathan
The Dragon Ring
1994
as Dragon King
Test of Memory
1993
as Paul Herzog
Der Fall Lucona
1993 · Trailer
as Enzo Lombardi
Azzurro profondo
1993
as Luca Morinari
Brothers and Sisters
1992
as Franco
Gold
1992
as Gabriele da Poppi
From Time to Time
1992
as Leonard De Vinci
Touch and Die
1991
as Aquani
Breath of Life
1990
as Angelo
Die Hard 2
1990 · Trailer
as General Ramon Esperanza
A Double Victory
1989
as Saverio Pallucca
Magdalene
1988
as Janza
Young Toscanini
1988
as Claudio Toscanini
Top Line
1988
as Ted Angelo
Race to Danger
1988
as Francis, il marinaio
Run for Your Life
1988
as Commissario
Django Strikes Again
1987 · Trailer
as Django
The Girl
1987
as Johan (John) Berg
Sweet Country
1987
as Paul
The Repenter
1985
as Falco
Devil's Crude
1985
as Nick
Die Försterbuben
1984
as Böhme
The Falcon
1983
as Banović Strahinja
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982
as John Reed
Querelle
1982 · Trailer
as Lieutenant Seblon
Grog
1982
as Nicola Fanelli
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
1982
as Self
Kamikaze '89
1982 · Trailer
as Weiss
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982 · Trailer
as John Reed
Sergey Bondarchuk
1982
as Self
Enter the Ninja
1981 · Trailer
as Cole
The Salamander
1981 · Trailer
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
as Hakim
Day of the Cobra
1980 · Trailer
as Larry Stanziani
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
1980
as Renzo Dominici
The Shark Hunter
1979 · Trailer
as Mike di Donato
Le rose di Danzica
1979
as General Konrad von Der Berg
Mimi
1979
as Guido
The Visitor
1979 · Trailer
as Jesus Christ
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 · Trailer
as Lescovar
Sahara Cross
1977
as Jean Ballard
Hitch Hike
1977 · Trailer
as Walter Mancini
21 Hours at Munich
1976 · Trailer
as Issa
Keoma
1976
as Keoma
Submission
1976
as Armand
Victory March
1976
as Captain Asciutto
The Legend of Valentino
1975
as Rudolph Valentino
The Flower in His Mouth
1975
as Professore Michele Belcore
Death Rite
1975
as Sadry
Cry, Onion!
1975 · Trailer
as Onion Stark
How to Kill a Judge
1975 · Trailer
as Giacomo Solaris
Smiling Maniacs
1975
as Judge Dani
Challenge to White Fang
1974 · Trailer
as Jason Scott
Street Law
1974 · Trailer
as Carlo Antonelli
The Last Four Days
1974
as Walter Audisio
Blood Brothers
1974
as Nicola Bellizzi
White Fang
1973 · Trailer
as Jason Scott
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
as Giacomo Matteotti
High Crime
1973 · Trailer
as Commissario Belli
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973 · Trailer
as Johnny Ears
Redneck
1973
as Mosquito
The Monk
1972
as Ambrosio
Pope Joan
1972
as Louis
The Harder They Come
1972 · Trailer
as Django (archive footage)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971 · Trailer
as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971 · Trailer
as Vanzi
Vacation
1971
as Osiride
The Fifth Cord
1971 · Trailer
as Andrea Bild
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971 · Trailer
as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
Compañeros
1970 · Trailer
as Yodlaf Peterson
Dropout
1970
as Bruno
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
as The gypsy
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970
as Bruno Grauber
Tristana
1970 · Trailer
as Horacio
The Battle of Neretva
1969 · Trailer
as Capitano Michele Rossi
Detective Belli
1969 · Trailer
as Commissario Stefano Belli
The Mercenary
1968 · Trailer
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968 · Trailer
as Leonardo Ferri
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968
as Gavino
The Day of the Owl
1968 · Trailer
as Captain Bellodi
Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967 · Trailer
as José
Camelot
1967 · Trailer
as Lancelot Du Lac
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · Trailer
as Abel
Texas, Adios
1966 · Trailer
as Burt Sullivan
Massacre Time
1966 · Trailer
as Tom Corbett
War of the Planets
1966 · Trailer
as Lt. Jake Jacowitx
The Wild, Wild Planet
1966 · Trailer
as Lt. Jake
The Third Eye
1966
as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
Django
1966 · Trailer
as Django
The Hired Killer
1966
as Tony Lo Bello
The Tramplers
1965 · Trailer
as Charley Garvey
I Knew Her Well
1965 · Trailer
as Italo - The garage attendant
La Celestina P… R…
1965
as Fabrizio
Italian Engagement
1964
The Temptation Of Gracie
Release date to be announced
El Sobrino
Release date to be announced
Django Lives!
Release date to be announced
as Django
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