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.
Acting (206 movies)
Touch and Die
1991
Die Hard 2
1990
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
Saint Paul
2000
David
1997
Django
1966
Blood Brothers
1974
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
2006
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
Texas, Adios
1966
Keoma
1976
The Battle of Neretva
1969
Massacre Time
1966
Tristana
1970
The Wild, Wild Planet
1966
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
The Fifth Cord
1971
Jonathan of the Bears
1995
Victory March
1976
Compañeros
1970
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
The Last Four Days
1974
Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971
Day of the Cobra
1980
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
Brothers and Sisters
1992
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
2005
Enter the Ninja
1981
Detective Belli
1969
Cars 2
2011
The Mercenary
1968
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
2010
Django Unchained
2012
The Conquest
1996
Camelot
1967
Mimi
1979
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
Rasputin
2010
21 Hours at Munich
1976
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970
Redneck
1973
Street Law
1974
Hitch Hike
1977
Devil's Crude
1985
Talk of Angels
1998
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968
Cry, Onion!
1975
Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999
White Fang
1973
Django Strikes Again
1987
The Day of the Owl
1968
Fumata blanca
2002
The Shark Hunter
1979
High Crime
1973
War of the Planets
1966
The Dragon Ring
1994
The Flower in His Mouth
1975
Challenge to White Fang
1974
The Harder They Come
1972
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012
Sahara Cross
1977
Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967
The Girl
1987
Hans
2006
Mein Herz in Chile
2008
Harmonie
2020
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
1992
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973
Top Line
1988
La rabbia
2008
The Salamander
1981
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
The Tramplers
1965
How to Kill a Judge
1975
Submission
1976
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
Vacation
1971
Gold
1992
La ragion pura
2001
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
1982
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
1980
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982
New Order
2012
Memories They Told Me
2013
Post Coitum
2004
Race to Danger
1988
Crazy Dog
2012
Márió, a varázsló
2008
Prigioniero di un segreto
2010
Young Toscanini
1988
Obsessive Rhythms
2014
The Hired Killer
1966
Death Rite
1975
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014
The Falcon
1983
The Last Alchemist
2012
Killer Mermaid
2014
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Vacation | 1971 | Producer |
| Jonathan of the Bears | 1995 | Producer |
| Uninvited | 2000 | Producer |
| Forever Blues | 2005 | Writer |
| Forever Blues | 2005 | Producer |
| La rabbia | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| La rabbia | 2008 | Producer |
| The Mystery of Dante | 2014 | Executive Producer |
| The Estate | 2025 | Executive Producer |