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.
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Movies (228)
Roma elastica
2026 · The Old Filmmaker
El Manuscrito De Dante
2026 · Don Lecco (86)
Aurora
2026 · Bertoldo
Il Vecchio Terribile
2026 · Oste
L'ANIME CHE OGNI OBESO HA BISOGNO
2026 · Epk Camera Operator
The Estate
2025 · Executive Producer
Titanus 1904
2024 · Self
Compagni d'arte
2024
The Jester from Transylvania
2024 · One-eye
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023 · Valentino's Spirit
Giorni felici
2023 · Antonio
On Our Way
2023
El Exorcista del Papa
2023 · The Pope
The Man Who Drew God
2023 · Emanuele, Director
The Man from Rome
2022 · The Pope
Buon Lavoro
2022
The Duel
2021
We Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Django & Django
2021 · Self - Actor
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021 · Self
Off the Rails
2021 · Giovanni
Two Men Alone
2021 · Himself
La Disputa
2021 · Old Branko
The Dark Dance
2020 · L'Impresario
Harmonie
2020
Immortalist
2020 · Paolo Spersoni
Entree Des Artists
2020 · Henry's Grandfather
Havana Kyrie
2019 · Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
Christmas in Rome
2019 · Luigi Forlinghetti
Recon
2019 · Angelo
A Rose in Winter
2019 · Rainer Praeger
The Collini Case
2019 · Fabrizio Collini
Ed è subito sera
2019
Red Land
2018 · Professor Ambrosin
Iceman
2017 · Ditob
The Broken Key
2017 · Hiram Abif
Agony
2017 · Carlo
The Neighborhood
2017 · Guglielmo
Il crimine non va in pensione
2017 · il primario
Z, la ciudad perdida
2017 · Baron de Gondoriz
El tiempo de sus vidas
2017 · Alberto
John Wick 2: Un Nuevo Día para Matar
2017 · Julius
Road to Ruin
2016 · Self
Along the River
2016 · Frank De Ville
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015 · Himself
Earth
2015
Road to Capri
2015 · Guido
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Self - Actor
Figli di Maam
2014
Love Island
2014 · Marquis Polesini
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014 · Self
Killer Mermaid
2014 · Niko
The Mystery of Dante
2014 · Executive Producer
Obsessive Rhythms
2014 · Carmine
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014 · Lui-même
Handy
2013 · Frank The Black
Istintobrass
2013 · Self
Memories They Told Me
2013 · Paolo
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013 · Self
I Tarantiniani
2013 · Self
Django sin Cadenas
2012 · Amerigo Vessepi, Thanks
The Last Alchemist
2012 · Felix the Alchemist
Crazy Dog
2012 · Alvaro Genta
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012 · Self
New Order
2012 · Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
Cars 2
2011 · Uncle Topolino (voice)
Father
2011 · Enrico
Rasputin
2010 · Narratore
Prigioniero di un segreto
2010 · Il barbone
Cartas a Julieta
2010 · Lorenzo
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010 · Augustinus (age 76)
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009 · Enrico Puzzo
Márió, a varázsló
2008 · Mario, Co-Producer
A Night at the Grand Hotel
2008 · Ferran Moreno
Mein Herz in Chile
2008 · Carlos Sanchez
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008 · King Mathias
La rabbia
2008 · Mentore, Executive Producer, Producer
Bastardi
2008 · René Iuvara
Mineurs
2007 · Michele Acucella
The Final Inquiry
2007 · Caifa
Two Families
2007 · Morandi
The Holy Family
2006 · Zachary
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
2006 · Vicerè
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006 · Self
Hans
2006 · Giudice/barbone
Giornata Nera
2006
Summer Solstice
2005 · Lorenzo
Forever Blues
2005 · Luca, Director, Writer, Producer
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005 · Self
The Spaghetti West
2005 · Self
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
2005 · Judge
Post Coitum
2004 · Bakchus
Guardians of the Clouds
2004 · Padre
Bad Inclination
2003 · Il barbone
The Uncrowned Heart
2003 · Bear's Trainer
The Last Gunfighter
2002 · The pistolero
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
2002 · Giuseppe Mantaldo
Fumata blanca
2002 · Cardenal Tura
Ultimo stadio
2002 · Antonio
In the Company of Compañeros
2001 · Self
La ragion pura
2001 · Marito
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001 · General Francini
Chimera
2001 · Imprenditore
Sacra Corona
2001 · Bishop Gellért
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
2001 · Self
The Crusaders
2001 · Ibnazul
La Biblia: Pablo de Tarso
2000 · Gamaliel
Winds of Passion
2000 · Michele Giangrande
Uninvited
2000 · Ralph Barolo, Producer
Mirka
2000 · Il Sindaco
Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999 · Caporale Nerza
Talk of Angels
1998 · Dr. Vicente Areavaga
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998 · Andrea
The Versace Murder
1998 · Gianni Versace
Bella Mafia
1997 · Mario Domino
The Medal
1997 · Ing. Ferrero
Rack Up
1997 · Jesus Barro
David
1997 · Natan
Desert of Fire
1997 · Marcel Duvivier
The Conquest
1996 · Árpád vezér
The Innocent Sleep
1996 · Adolfo Cavani
Io e il re
1995 · Maggiore Ferri
Jonathan of the Bears
1995 · Jonathan, Story, Producer
The Dragon Ring
1994 · Dragon King
Das Babylon Komplott
1993 · Chris Lang
Test of Memory
1993 · Paul Herzog
Der Fall Lucona
1993 · Enzo Lombardi
Azzurro profondo
1993 · Luca Morinari
Brothers and Sisters
1992 · Franco
Gold
1992 · Gabriele da Poppi
From Time to Time
1992 · Leonard De Vinci
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
1992 · Fernando
Touch and Die
1991 · Aquani
Breath of Life
1990 · Angelo
Die Hard 2
1990 · General Ramon Esperanza
A Double Victory
1989 · Saverio Pallucca
Magdalene
1988 · Janza
Young Toscanini
1988 · Claudio Toscanini
Top Line
1988 · Ted Angelo
Race to Danger
1988 · Francis, il marinaio
Run for Your Life
1988 · Commissario
Django Strikes Again
1987 · Django
The Girl
1987 · Johan (John) Berg
Sweet Country
1987 · Paul
Un altare per la madre
1986 · -
The Repenter
1985 · Falco
André schafft sie alle
1985 · Andre
Devil's Crude
1985 · Nick
Die Försterbuben
1984 · Böhme
The Falcon
1983 · Banović Strahinja
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982 · John Reed
Querelle
1982 · Lieutenant Seblon
Grog
1982 · Nicola Fanelli
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
1982 · Self
Kamikaze '89
1982 · Weiss
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982 · John Reed
Sergey Bondarchuk
1982 · Self
Enter the Ninja
1981 · Cole
The Salamander
1981 · Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980 · Hakim
Day of the Cobra
1980 · Larry Stanziani
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
1980 · Renzo Dominici
The Shark Hunter
1979 · Mike di Donato, Co-Producer
Le rose di Danzica
1979 · General Konrad von Der Berg
Mimi
1979 · Guido
The Visitor
1979 · Jesus Christ
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 · Lescovar
Sahara Cross
1977 · Jean Ballard
Hitch Hike
1977 · Walter Mancini
21 Hours at Munich
1976 · Issa
Keoma
1976 · Keoma
Submission
1976 · Armand
Victory March
1976 · Captain Asciutto
The Legend of Valentino
1975 · Rudolph Valentino
The Flower in His Mouth
1975 · Professore Michele Belcore
Death Rite
1975 · Sadry
Cry, Onion!
1975 · Onion Stark
How to Kill a Judge
1975 · Giacomo Solaris
Smiling Maniacs
1975 · Judge Dani
Challenge to White Fang
1974 · Jason Scott
Street Law
1974 · Carlo Antonelli
The Last Four Days
1974 · Walter Audisio
Blood Brothers
1974 · Nicola Bellizzi
White Fang
1973 · Jason Scott
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973 · Giacomo Matteotti
High Crime
1973 · Commissario Belli
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973 · Johnny Ears
Redneck
1973 · Mosquito
The Monk
1972 · Ambrosio
Pope Joan
1972 · Louis
The Harder They Come
1972 · Django (archive footage)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971 · Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971 · Vanzi
Vacation
1971 · Osiride, Producer
The Fifth Cord
1971 · Andrea Bild
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971 · Sostituto Procuratore Traini
Compañeros
1970 · Yodlaf Peterson
Dropout
1970 · Bruno, Co-Producer
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970 · The gypsy
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970 · Bruno Grauber
Tristana
1970 · Horacio
The Battle of Neretva
1969 · Capitano Michele Rossi
Detective Belli
1969 · Commissario Stefano Belli
The Mercenary
1968 · Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968 · Leonardo Ferri
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968 · Gavino
The Day of the Owl
1968 · Captain Bellodi
Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967 · José
Camelot
1967 · Lancelot Du Lac
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · Abel, Still Photographer
Texas, Adios
1966 · Burt Sullivan
Massacre Time
1966 · Tom Corbett
War of the Planets
1966 · Lt. Jake Jacowitx
The Wild, Wild Planet
1966 · Lt. Jake
The Third Eye
1966 · Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
Django
1966 · Django
The Hired Killer
1966 · Tony Lo Bello
The Tramplers
1965 · Charley Garvey
I Knew Her Well
1965 · Italo - The garage attendant
La Celestina P… R…
1965 · Fabrizio
Italian Engagement
1964
Un delitto
1963
Scorched Skin
1962
La battaglia di Gorthene
Django Lives!
· Django
El Sobrino
Mexico Song
TV shows (32)
Django
2023 · Reverend
Delicious
2016 · Joe Benelli
Emigratis
2016 · Self
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
2010 · Augustine of Hippo
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008 · Max Freeman
Mein Herz in Chile
2008 · Carlos Sanchez
Il sangue e la rosa
2008 · Conte Uberto Mancini
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007 · Caifa
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
2003
Through the Night with...
2002 · Self
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
2002 · Fashion Billionaire
The Crusaders
2001 · Ibnazul
La voce del sangue
2001 · Antonio Castaldi
Saint Paul
2000 · Gamaliel
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Roberto Distasio
Painted Lady
1997 · Robert Tassi
Desert of Fire
1997 · Marcel Duvivier
David
1997 · Nathan
The Return of Sandokan
1996 · Yogi Azim
Viva el lunes
1995 · Self
Desideria e l'anello del drago
1995 · Dragon King
Nemici intimi
1994 · Lorenzo Stradella
Young Catherine
1991 · Count Vorontsov
I promessi sposi
1989 · fra Cristoforo
Blaues Blut
1989 · Sandro Castellani
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984 · Arbaces
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Dr. Peter Milne
Na sowas!
1982 · Self
Le rose di Danzica
1981 · Il generale Konrad Von Den Berg
The Pirate
1977 · Baydr Al Fay
Der große Preis
1974 · Self