Franco Nero
- Acting
- November 23, 1941 · San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Roma elastica · The Old Filmmaker
- In the Hand of Dante · Don Lecco (86)
- Aurora · Bertoldo
- Il Vecchio Terribile · Oste
- L'ANIME CHE OGNI OBESO HA BISOGNO · Epk Camera Operator
- The Estate · Executive producer
- Titanus 1904 · Self
- Compagni d'arte
- The Jester from Transylvania · One-eye
- Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black · Valentino's Spirit
- Giorni felici · Antonio
- On Our Way
- The Pope's Exorcist · The Pope
- The Man Who Drew God · Emanuele, Director
- Django · Reverend
- The Man from Rome · The Pope
- Buon Lavoro
- The Duel
- We Are Cinema · Self
- Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained · Self
- Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto · Self
- Off the Rails · Giovanni
- Two Men Alone · Self
- The Match · Old Branko
- The Dark Dance · L'Impresario
- Harmonie
- Immortalist · Paolo Spersoni
- Entree Des Artists · Henry's Grandfather
- Havana Kyrie · Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
- Christmas in Rome · Luigi Forlinghetti
- Recon · Angelo
- A Rose in Winter · Rainer Praeger
- The Collini Case · Fabrizio Collini
- Ed è subito sera
- Red Land · Professor Ambrosin
- Iceman · Ditob
- The Broken Key · Hiram Abif
- Agony · Carlo
- The Neighborhood · Guglielmo
- Il crimine non va in pensione · il primario
- The Lost City of Z · Baron de Gondoriz
- The Time of Their Lives · Alberto
- John Wick: Chapter 2 · Julius
- Delicious · Joe Benelli
- Emigratis · Self
- Road to Ruin · Self
- Along the River · Frank De Ville
- Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man · Self
- Earth
- Road to Capri · Guido
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films · Self
- Figli di Maam
- Love Island · Marquis Polesini
- Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema · Self
- Killer Mermaid · Niko
- The Mystery of Dante · Executive producer
- Obsessive Rhythms · Carmine
- Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… · Lui-même
- Handy · Frank The Black
- Istintobrass · Self
- Memories They Told Me · Paolo
- The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti · Self
- I Tarantiniani · Self
- Django Unchained · Amerigo Vessepi, Thanks
- The Last Alchemist · Felix the Alchemist
- Crazy Dog · Alvaro Genta
- Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s · Self
- New Order · Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
- Cars 2 · Uncle Topolino (Voice)
- Father · Enrico
- Rasputin · Narratore
- Prigioniero di un segreto · Il barbone
- Letters to Juliet · Lorenzo
- Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine · Augustinus (age 76)
- Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire · Augustine of Hippo
- Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
- Killing Is My Business, Honey · Enrico Puzzo
- Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons · Max Freeman
- Márió, a varázsló · Mario, Co-producer
- A Night at the Grand Hotel · Ferran Moreno