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