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Franco Nero

23rd November 1941 San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Acting

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.

226 Movies 33 TV Shows 259 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Recon poster
Recon 25th October 2019 as Angelo
Red Land poster
Red Land 15th November 2018 as Professor Ambrosin
Iceman poster
Iceman 30th November 2017 as Ditob
Agony poster
Agony 5th October 2017 as Carlo
Handy poster
Handy 26th October 2013 as Frank The Black
New Order poster
New Order 22nd February 2012 as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
Cars 2 poster
Cars 2 11th June 2011 as Uncle Topolino (voice)
Father poster
Father 25th January 2011 as Enrico
Mineurs poster
Mineurs 13th July 2007 as Michele Acucella
Hans poster
Hans 27th January 2006 as Giudice/barbone
Mirka poster
Mirka 10th March 2000 as Il Sindaco
David poster
David 23rd March 1997 as Natan
Gold poster
Gold 6th June 1992 as Gabriele da Poppi
The Girl poster
The Girl 7th August 1987 as Johan (John) Berg
Querelle poster
Querelle 8th September 1982 as Lieutenant Seblon
Grog poster
Grog 3rd September 1982 as Nicola Fanelli
Mimi poster
Mimi 6th June 1979 as Guido
Keoma poster
Keoma 25th November 1976 as Keoma
Camelot poster
Camelot 25th October 1967 as Lancelot Du Lac
Django poster
Django 13th February 2023 as Reverend
David poster
David 6th April 1997 as Nathan