Biography
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Franco Nero licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
all 238
Movies 213
self 26
TV Shows 25
Producer 2
Voice 1
Narrator 1
Director 1
Giorni Felici (2023)
On Our Way (2023)
The Pope's Exorcist (2023)
The Man Who Drew God (2023)
Django (2023)
Silent Life (2022)
The Man from Rome (2022)
The Duel (2021)
We Are Cinema (2021)
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto (2021)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021)
Off the Rails (2021)
Two Men Alone (2021)
The Dark Dance (2020)
A Rose in Winter (2020)
Harmonie (2020)
The Match (2020)
Immortalist (2020)
The Jester from Transylvania (2020)
Havana Kyrie (2019)
Christmas in Rome (2019)
Recon (2019)
The Killers (2019)
The Collini Case (2019)
Ed è subito sera (2019)
Red Land (2018)
Iceman (2017)
The Broken Key (2017)
Agony (2017)
Death of the Sheik (2017)
The Neighborhood (2017)
Il crimine non va in pensione (2017)
The Lost City of Z (2017)
The Time of Their Lives (2017)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Delicious (2016)
Il ragazzo della Giudecca (2016)
Emigratis (2016)
Road to Ruin (2016)
Along the River (2016)
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man (2015)
Earth (2015)
Road to Capri (2015)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Figli di Maam (2014)
Love Island (2014)
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema (2014)
Killer Mermaid (2014)
The Mystery of Dante (2014)
Obsessive Rythms (2014)
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… (2014)
Istintobrass (2013)
Memories They Told Me (2013)
The Outsider - The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti (2013)
I Tarantiniani (2013)
Django Unchained (2012)
The Last Alchemist (2012)
Crazy Dog (2012)
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012)
New Order (2012)
Cars 2 (2011)
Father (2011)
Rasputin (2010)
Prigioniero di un segreto (2010)
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire (2010)
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire (2010)
Killing Is My Business, Honey (2009)
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons (2008)
Márió, a varázsló (2008)
A Night at the Grand Hotel (2008)
Il sangue e la rosa (2008)
Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008)
Bastardi (2008)
La rabbia (2008)
Mein Herz in Chile (2008)
Mineurs (2007)
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII (2007)
The Final Inquiry (2007)
The Holy Family (2006)
Amore e libertà - Masaniello (2006)
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern (2006)
Hans (2006)
Giornata Nera (2006)
Summer Solstice (2005)
Forever Blues (2005)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005)
The Spaghetti West (2005)
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show (2005)
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love (2005)
Post Coitum (2004)
Guardiani delle nuvole (2004)
Bad Inclination (2003)
The Uncrowned Heart (2003)
The Last Gunfighter (2002)
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell (2002)
Ultimo stadio (2002)
Through the Night with... (2002)
Fumata blanca (2002)
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften (2002)
In the Company of Compañeros (2001)
La ragion pura (2001)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
Sacra Corona (2001)
Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta (2001)
The Crusaders (2001)
Saint Paul (2000)
Uninvited (2000)
Mirka (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999)
Talk of Angels (1998)
Il tesoro di Damasco (1998)
The Versace Murder (1998)
Painted Lady (1997)
Bella Mafia (1997)
Desert of Fire (1997)
The Medal (1997)
David (1997)
Desert of Fire (1997)
The Conquest (1996)
Il Ritorno di Sandokan (1996)
The Innocent Sleep (1996)
Viva el lunes (1995)
Io e il re (1995)
Jonathan of the Bears (1995)
Desideria e l'anello del drago (1995)
The Dragon Ring (1994)
Das Babylon Komplott (1993)
Test of Memory (1993)
Der Fall Lucona (1993)
Azzurro profondo (1993)
Gold (1992)
Amelia Lópes O'Neill (1992)
Brothers and Sisters (1992)
Young Catherine (1991)
Touch and Die (1991)
Breath of Life (1990)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
I promessi sposi (1989)
Blaues Blut (1989)
Magdalene (1988)
Young Toscanini (1988)
Top Line (1988)
Race to Danger (1988)
Run for Your Life (1988)
Django Strikes Again (1987)
The Girl (1987)
Sweet Country (1987)
Garibaldi the General (1987)
Un altare per la madre (1986)
The Repenter (1985)
Andre Handles Them All (1985)
Devil's Crude (1985)
Die Försterbuben (1984)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
The Hitchhiker (1983)
The Falcon (1983)
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World (1982)
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire (1982)
Grog (1982)
Querelle (1982)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works (1982)
Kamikaze 1989 (1982)
Na sowas! (1982)
Enter the Ninja (1981)
The Salamander (1981)
The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
Day of the Cobra (1980)
The Blue-Eyed Bandit (1980)
The Shark Hunter (1979)
Le rose di Danzica (1979)
Mimi (1979)
The Visitor (1979)
The Pirate (1978)
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Sahara Cross (1977)
Hitch Hike (1977)
21 Hours at Munich (1976)
Keoma (1976)
Submission (1976)
Victory March (1976)
The Legend of Valentino (1975)
The Flower in His Mouth (1975)
Death Rite (1975)
Cry, Onion! (1975)
How to Kill a Judge (1975)
Smiling Maniacs (1975)
Challenge to White Fang (1974)
Street Law (1974)
Der große Preis (1974)
The Last Four Days (1974)
Blood Brothers (1974)
White Fang (1973)
The Assassination of Matteotti (1973)
High Crime (1973)
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (1973)
Redneck (1973)
The Monk (1972)
The Harder They Come (1972)
Pope Joan (1972)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek (1971)
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
Vacation (1971)
The Fifth Cord (1971)
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
Dropout (1970)
Compañeros (1970)
The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970)
The 5th Day of Peace (1970)
Tristana (1970)
The Battle of Neretva (1969)
Detective Belli (1969)
The Mercenary (1968)
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
Sardinia Kidnapped (1968)
The Day of the Owl (1968)
Man, Pride and Vengeance (1967)
Camelot (1967)
The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
Texas, Adios (1966)
Massacre Time (1966)
War of the Planets (1966)
The Wild, Wild Planet (1966)
The Third Eye (1966)
Django (1966)
The Hired Killer (1966)
The Tramplers (1965)
I Knew Her Well (1965)
La Celestina P… R… (1965)
Italian Engagement (1964)
Un delitto (1963)
Oggi ho vinto anch'io
D-D-Dreamer
Django Lives!
La battaglia di Gorthene
Soltanto un nome nei titoli di testa
In the Hand of Dante
Ratings
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1941-11-23 (82 years old)
Birth NameFrancesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero
Birth PlaceSan Prospero Parmense, Italy
SpouseVanessa Redgrave
ChildrenFranquito Sparanero, Carlo Gabriel Nero
CitizenshipsItaly
Also Known AsFrank Black, Frank Nero, Франко Неро, Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
- Franco Nero
- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons