
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 |

