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.
Movies (211)
Roma elastica
2026
In the Hand of Dante
2026
Il Vecchio Terribile
2026
The Estate
2025
Titanus 1904
2024
Compagni d'arte
2024
The Jester from Transylvania
2024
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
Giorni felici
2023
On Our Way
2023
The Pope's Exorcist
2023
The Man Who Drew God
2023
The Man from Rome
2022
Buon Lavoro
2022
The Duel
2021
We Are Cinema
2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
Off the Rails
2021
Two Men Alone
2021
The Match
2021
The Dark Dance
2020
Harmonie
2020
Immortalist
2020
Havana Kyrie
2019
Christmas in Rome
2019
Recon
2019
A Rose in Winter
2019
The Collini Case
2019
Ed è subito sera
2019
Red Land
2018
Iceman
2017
The Broken Key
2017
Agony
2017
The Neighborhood
2017
Il crimine non va in pensione
2017
The Lost City of Z
2017
The Time of Their Lives
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015
Earth
2015
Road to Capri
2015
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Love Island
2014
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
Killer Mermaid
2014
Obsessive Rhythms
2014
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014
Handy
2013
Istintobrass
2013
Memories They Told Me
2013
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013
I Tarantiniani
2013
Django Unchained
2012
The Last Alchemist
2012
Crazy Dog
2012
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012
New Order
2012
Cars 2
2011
Father
2011
Rasputin
2010
Prigioniero di un segreto
2010
Letters to Juliet
2010
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009
Márió, a varázsló
2008
A Night at the Grand Hotel
2008
Mein Herz in Chile
2008
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
La rabbia
2008
Bastardi
2008
Mineurs
2007
The Final Inquiry
2007
Two Families
2007
The Holy Family
2006
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
2006
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
Hans
2006
Summer Solstice
2005
Forever Blues
2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
The Spaghetti West
2005
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
2005
Post Coitum
2004
Guardians of the Clouds
2004
Bad Inclination
2003
The Last Gunfighter
2002
Fumata blanca
2002
Ultimo stadio
2002
In the Company of Compañeros
2001
La ragion pura
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
Chimera
2001
Sacra Corona
2001
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
2001
The Crusaders
2001
Saint Paul
2000
Winds of Passion
2000
Uninvited
2000
Mirka
2000
Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999
Talk of Angels
1998
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998
The Versace Murder
1998
Bella Mafia
1997
The Medal
1997
Rack Up
1997
David
1997
Desert of Fire
1997
The Conquest
1996
The Innocent Sleep
1996
Io e il re
1995
Jonathan of the Bears
1995
The Dragon Ring
1994
Das Babylon Komplott
1993
Test of Memory
1993
Der Fall Lucona
1993
Azzurro profondo
1993
Brothers and Sisters
1992
Gold
1992
From Time to Time
1992
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
1992
Touch and Die
1991
Breath of Life
1990
Die Hard 2
1990
Magdalene
1988
Young Toscanini
1988
Top Line
1988
Race to Danger
1988
Run for Your Life
1988
Django Strikes Again
1987
The Girl
1987
Sweet Country
1987
The Repenter
1985
André schafft sie alle
1985
Devil's Crude
1985
Die Försterbuben
1984
The Falcon
1983
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982
Querelle
1982
Grog
1982
Kamikaze '89
1982
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982
Enter the Ninja
1981
The Salamander
1981
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
Day of the Cobra
1980
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
1980
The Shark Hunter
1979
Le rose di Danzica
1979
Mimi
1979
The Visitor
1979
The Pirate
1978
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
Sahara Cross
1977
Hitch Hike
1977
21 Hours at Munich
1976
Keoma
1976
Submission
1976
Victory March
1976
The Legend of Valentino
1975
The Flower in His Mouth
1975
Death Rite
1975
Cry, Onion!
1975
How to Kill a Judge
1975
Smiling Maniacs
1975
Challenge to White Fang
1974
Street Law
1974
The Last Four Days
1974
Blood Brothers
1974
White Fang
1973
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
High Crime
1973
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973
Redneck
1973
The Monk
1972
Pope Joan
1972
The Harder They Come
1972
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971
Vacation
1971
The Fifth Cord
1971
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
Compañeros
1970
Dropout
1970
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970
Tristana
1970
The Battle of Neretva
1969
Detective Belli
1969
The Mercenary
1968
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968
The Day of the Owl
1968
Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967
Camelot
1967
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
Texas, Adios
1966
Massacre Time
1966
War of the Planets
1966
The Wild, Wild Planet
1966
The Third Eye
1966
Django
1966
The Hired Killer
1966
The Tramplers
1965
I Knew Her Well
1965
La Celestina P… R…
1965
Italian Engagement
1964
Scorched Skin
1962
Django Lives!
TV Shows (28)
Django
2023
Delicious
2016
Emigratis
2016
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
2010
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
Mein Herz in Chile
2008
Il sangue e la rosa
2008
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
2003
Through the Night with...
2002
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
2002
The Crusaders
2001
La voce del sangue
2001
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001
Saint Paul
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Painted Lady
1997
Desert of Fire
1997
David
1997
The Return of Sandokan
1996
Desideria e l'anello del drago
1995
Young Catherine
1991
I promessi sposi
1989
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984
The Hitchhiker
1983
Le rose di Danzica
1981
The Pirate
1977