Franco Nero
Acting • Born 1941-11-23
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.
Filmography
258 credits
Touch and Die
Movie • 1991
Aquani
Die Hard 2
Movie • 1990
General Ramon Esperanza
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Movie • 1966
Abel
Saint Paul
Movie • 2000
Gamaliel
David
Movie • 1997
Natan
Django
Movie • 1966
Django
Blood Brothers
Movie • 1974
Nicola Bellizzi
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
Movie • 2006
Vicerè
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Movie • 2021
Self - Actor
Texas, Adios
Movie • 1966
Burt Sullivan
Keoma
Movie • 1976
Keoma
La battaglia di Gorthene
Movie
The Battle of Neretva
Movie • 1969
Capitano Michele Rossi
Massacre Time
Movie • 1966
Tom Corbett
Tristana
Movie • 1970
Horacio
The Wild, Wild Planet
Movie • 1966
Lt. Jake
The Man with Bogart's Face
Movie • 1980
Hakim
The Fifth Cord
Movie • 1971
Andrea Bild
Jonathan of the Bears
Movie • 1995
Jonathan
Victory March
Movie • 1976
Captain Asciutto
Compañeros
Movie • 1970
Yodlaf Peterson
Bathory: Countess of Blood
Movie • 2008
King Mathias
The Last Four Days
Movie • 1974
Walter Audisio
Killing Is My Business, Honey
Movie • 2009
Enrico Puzzo
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Movie • 1971
Vanzi
Day of the Cobra
Movie • 1980
Larry Stanziani
The Assassination of Matteotti
Movie • 1973
Giacomo Matteotti
Brothers and Sisters
Movie • 1992
Franco
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
Movie • 2005
Judge
Enter the Ninja
Movie • 1981
Cole
Detective Belli
Movie • 1969
Commissario Stefano Belli
Cars 2
Movie • 2011
Uncle Topolino (voice)
The Mercenary
Movie • 1968
Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
Force 10 from Navarone
Movie • 1978
Lescovar
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
Movie • 2010
Augustinus (age 76)
Django Unchained
Movie • 2012
Amerigo Vessepi
The Conquest
Movie • 1996
Árpád vezér
Camelot
Movie • 1967
Lancelot Du Lac
Along the River
Movie • 2016
Frank De Ville
Mimi
Movie • 1979
Guido
The Virgin and the Gypsy
Movie • 1970
The gypsy
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Movie • 2021
Self
Rasputin
Movie • 2010
Narratore
21 Hours at Munich
Movie • 1976
Issa
The Fifth Day of Peace
Movie • 1970
Bruno Grauber
Redneck
Movie • 1973
Mosquito
Street Law
Movie • 1974
Carlo Antonelli
Hitch Hike
Movie • 1977
Walter Mancini
Devil's Crude
Movie • 1985
Nick
Talk of Angels
Movie • 1998
Dr. Vicente Areavaga
A Quiet Place in the Country
Movie • 1968
Leonardo Ferri
Cry, Onion!
Movie • 1975
Onion Stark
Li chiamarono... briganti!
Movie • 1999
Caporale Nerza
White Fang
Movie • 1973
Jason Scott
Django Strikes Again
Movie • 1987
Django
The Day of the Owl
Movie • 1968
Captain Bellodi
Fumata blanca
Movie • 2002
Cardenal Tura
The Shark Hunter
Movie • 1979
Mike di Donato
High Crime
Movie • 1973
Commissario Belli
War of the Planets
Movie • 1966
Lt. Jake Jacowitx
The Dragon Ring
Movie • 1994
Dragon King
The Flower in His Mouth
Movie • 1975
Professore Michele Belcore
Challenge to White Fang
Movie • 1974
Jason Scott
The Harder They Come
Movie • 1972
Django (archive footage)
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Movie • 2012
Self
Sahara Cross
Movie • 1977
Jean Ballard
Man, Pride and Vengeance
Movie • 1967
José
The Girl
Movie • 1987
Johan (John) Berg
Hans
Movie • 2006
Giudice/barbone
Mein Herz in Chile
Movie • 2008
Carlos Sanchez
Harmonie
Movie • 2020
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
Movie • 1992
Fernando
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
Movie • 1973
Johnny Ears
Top Line
Movie • 1988
Ted Angelo
La rabbia
Movie • 2008
Mentore
The Salamander
Movie • 1981
Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
Confessions of a Police Captain
Movie • 1971
Sostituto Procuratore Traini
The Tramplers
Movie • 1965
Charley Garvey
How to Kill a Judge
Movie • 1975
Giacomo Solaris
Submission
Movie • 1976
Armand
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Movie • 1971
Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
Vacation
Movie • 1971
Osiride
Gold
Movie • 1992
Gabriele da Poppi
La ragion pura
Movie • 2001
Marito
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
Movie • 1982
John Reed
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
Movie • 1980
Renzo Dominici
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
Movie • 1982
John Reed
New Order
Movie • 2012
Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
Movie • 1982
Self
Memories They Told Me
Movie • 2013
Paolo
Post Coitum
Movie • 2004
Bakchus
Race to Danger
Movie • 1988
Francis, il marinaio
Crazy Dog
Movie • 2012
Alvaro Genta
Márió, a varázsló
Movie • 2008
Mario
Prigioniero di un segreto
Movie • 2010
Il barbone
Young Toscanini
Movie • 1988
Claudio Toscanini
Obsessive Rhythms
Movie • 2014
Carmine
The Hired Killer
Movie • 1966
Tony Lo Bello
Death Rite
Movie • 1975
Sadry
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Movie • 2014
Lui-même
The Falcon
Movie • 1983
Banović Strahinja
A Double Victory
Movie • 1989
Saverio Pallucca
The Last Alchemist
Movie • 2012
Felix the Alchemist
Killer Mermaid
Movie • 2014
Niko
Giorni felici
Movie • 2023
Antonio
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Movie • 2001
General Francini
The Monk
Movie • 1972
Ambrosio
In the Hand of Dante
Movie • 2025
Don Lecco
Grog
Movie • 1982
Nicola Fanelli
Smiling Maniacs
Movie • 1975
Judge Dani
On Our Way
Movie • 2023
The Pope's Exorcist
Movie • 2023
The Pope
Sardinia Kidnapped
Movie • 1968
Gavino
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
Movie • 2002
Giuseppe Mantaldo
Un altare per la madre
Movie • 1986
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Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Movie • 2005
Self
Das Babylon Komplott
Movie • 1993
Chris Lang
Desert of Fire
Movie • 1997
Marcel Duvivier
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie • 2014
Self - Actor
Il tesoro di Damasco
Movie • 1998
Andrea
Sacra Corona
Movie • 2001
Bishop Gellért
The Man from Rome
Movie • 2022
The Pope
The Visitor
Movie • 1979
Jesus Christ
The Last Gunfighter
Movie • 2002
The pistolero
In the Company of Compañeros
Movie • 2001
Self
Mirka
Movie • 2000
Il Sindaco
A Night at the Grand Hotel
Movie • 2008
Ferran Moreno
Io e il re
Movie • 1995
Maggiore Ferri
Test of Memory
Movie • 1993
Paul Herzog
Figli di Maam
Movie • 2014
The Duel
Movie • 2021
The Legend of Valentino
Movie • 1975
Rudolph Valentino
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Movie • 2013
Self
Road to Ruin
Movie • 2016
Self
Earth
Movie • 2015
Mineurs
Movie • 2007
Michele Acucella
We Are Cinema
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Run for Your Life
Movie • 1988
Commissario
I Tarantiniani
Movie • 2013
Self
Entree Des Artists
Movie • 2020
Henry's Grandfather
Die Försterbuben
Movie • 1984
Böhme
André schafft sie alle
Movie • 1985
Andre
The Pirate
Movie • 1978
Baydr Al Fay
Handy
Movie • 2013
Frank The Black
Rack Up
Movie • 1997
Jesus Barro
I Knew Her Well
Movie • 1965
Italo - The garage attendant
The Temptation Of Gracie
Movie
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Movie • 2006
Self
Le rose di Danzica
Movie • 1979
General Konrad von Der Berg
Django Lives!
Movie
Django
The Innocent Sleep
Movie • 1996
Adolfo Cavani
Love Island
Movie • 2014
Marquis Polesini
Forever Blues
Movie • 2005
Luca
Pope Joan
Movie • 1972
Louis
Summer Solstice
Movie • 2005
Lorenzo
The Estate
Movie • 2025
Der Fall Lucona
Movie • 1993
Enzo Lombardi
The Crusaders
Movie • 2001
Ibnazul
La Celestina P… R…
Movie • 1965
Fabrizio
Breath of Life
Movie • 1990
Angelo
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
Movie • 2009
John Wick: Chapter 2
Movie • 2017
Julius
The Time of Their Lives
Movie • 2017
Alberto
The Lost City of Z
Movie • 2017
Baron de Gondoriz
Uninvited
Movie • 2000
Ralph Barolo
Dropout
Movie • 1970
Bruno
The Neighborhood
Movie • 2017
Guglielmo
Bad Inclination
Movie • 2003
Il barbone
The Repenter
Movie • 1985
Falco
The Broken Key
Movie • 2017
Hiram Abif
The Final Inquiry
Movie • 2007
Caifa
Magdalene
Movie • 1988
Janza
Agony
Movie • 2017
Carlo
Iceman
Movie • 2017
Ditob
The Versace Murder
Movie • 1998
Gianni Versace
Kamikaze '89
Movie • 1982
Weiss
The Uncrowned Heart
Movie • 2003
Bear's Trainer
The Spaghetti West
Movie • 2005
Self
Il crimine non va in pensione
Movie • 2017
il primario
A Rose in Winter
Movie • 2019
Rainer Praeger
Red Land
Movie • 2018
Professor Ambrosin
The Holy Family
Movie • 2006
Zachary
Guardians of the Clouds
Movie • 2004
Padre
The Collini Case
Movie • 2019
Fabrizio Collini
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
Movie • 2015
Himself
Sweet Country
Movie • 1987
Paul
Ultimo stadio
Movie • 2002
Antonio
Italian Engagement
Movie • 1964
Ed è subito sera
Movie • 2019
Bastardi
Movie • 2008
Rene Iuvara
Giornata Nera
Movie • 2006
Un delitto
Movie • 1963
Christmas in Rome
Movie • 2019
Luigi Forlinghetti
The Medal
Movie • 1997
Ing. Ferrero
The Third Eye
Movie • 1966
Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
Road to Capri
Movie • 2015
Guido
Querelle
Movie • 1982
Lieutenant Seblon
Letters to Juliet
Movie • 2010
Lorenzo
Istintobrass
Movie • 2013
Self
Off the Rails
Movie • 2021
Giovanni
Azzurro profondo
Movie • 1993
Luca Morinari
The Dark Dance
Movie • 2020
L'Impresario
Recon
Movie • 2019
Angelo
Havana Kyrie
Movie • 2019
Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
Movie • 2014
Self
Immortalist
Movie • 2020
Paolo Spersoni
Bella Mafia
Movie • 1997
Mario Domino
The Man Who Drew God
Movie • 2023
Emanuele
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Movie • 2023
Valentino's Spirit
The Match
Movie • 2021
Old Branko
The Jester from Transylvania
Movie • 2024
One-eye
Two Men Alone
Movie • 2021
Himself
Father
Movie • 2011
Enrico
Two Families
Movie • 2007
Morandi
Buon Lavoro
Movie • 2022
Compagni d'arte
Movie • 2024
Titanus 1904
Movie • 2024
Self
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
Movie • 2001
Self
Scorched Skin
Movie • 1962
Winds of Passion
Movie • 2000
Michele Giangrande
Roma elastica
Movie
The Run
Movie • 2025
Hunter
From Time to Time
Movie • 1992
Leonard De Vinci
Chimera
Movie • 2001
Imprenditore
Il Vecchio Terribile
Movie • 2026
Oste
Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery
TV • 2001
Self
Viva el lunes
TV • 1995
Self
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Dr. Peter Milne
Delicious
TV • 2016
Joe Benelli
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
TV • 2008
Max Freeman
Il sangue e la rosa
TV • 2008
Conte Uberto Mancini
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
TV • 2003
Painted Lady
TV • 1997
Robert Tassi
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
TV • 2002
Fashion Billionaire
Blaues Blut
TV • 1989
Sandro Castellani
Emigratis
TV • 2016
Self
Desert of Fire
TV • 1997
Marcel Duvivier
The Last Days of Pompeii
TV • 1984
Arbaces
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Roberto Distasio
Through the Night with...
TV • 2002
Self
Desideria e l'anello del drago
TV • 1995
Dragon King
The Return of Sandokan
TV • 1996
Yogi Azim
I promessi sposi
TV • 1989
fra Cristoforo
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
TV • 2005
Young Catherine
TV • 1991
Count Vorontsov
Na sowas!
TV • 1982
Self
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
TV • 2007
Caifa
Django
TV • 2023
Reverend
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
TV • 2010
Augustine of Hippo
La voce del sangue
TV • 2001
Antonio Castaldi
Der große Preis
TV • 1974
Self
David
TV • 1997
Nathan
Davide
TV • 1997
Nathan
Saint Paul
TV • 2000
Gamaliel
Mein Herz in Chile
TV • 2008
Carlos Sanchez
The Crusaders
TV • 2001
Ibnazul
Red Bells
TV • 1982
John Reed
Le rose di Danzica
TV • 1981
Il generale Konrad Von Den Berg