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.
★8.2
MOVIE2012
Django Unchained
as Amerigo Vessepi
★6.2
MOVIE2011
Cars 2
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Julius
★7.0
MOVIE1990
Die Hard 2
as General Ramon Esperanza
★6.9
MOVIE2023
The Pope's Exorcist
as The Pope
★6.4
MOVIE2017
The Lost City of Z
as Baron de Gondoriz
★5.5
MOVIE2026
In the Hand of Dante
as Don Lecco (86)
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Letters to Juliet
as Lorenzo
★5.0
MOVIE2025
The Estate
★4.2
MOVIE1982
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
as John Reed
★4.0
MOVIE1992
Gold
as Gabriele da Poppi
★5.8
MOVIE1972
The Monk
as Ambrosio
★7.2
MOVIE1966
Django
as Django
MOVIETBA
El Sobrino
★7.3
MOVIE1966
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Abel
★5.0
MOVIE1975
Death Rite
as Sadry
★6.3
MOVIE1974
The Last Four Days
as Walter Audisio
★7.1
MOVIE1968
The Day of the Owl
as Captain Bellodi
★6.9
MOVIE2000
Saint Paul
as Gamaliel
★5.3
MOVIE2013
Istintobrass
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1978
Force 10 from Navarone
as Lescovar
★4.3
MOVIE2014
Killer Mermaid
as Niko
★4.5
MOVIE1978
The Pirate
as Baydr Al Fay
★6.6
MOVIE1997
David
as Natan
★7.4
MOVIE2019
The Collini Case
as Fabrizio Collini
MOVIE1982
Sergey Bondarchuk
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE2022
Buon Lavoro
★3.2
MOVIE2017
The Neighborhood
as Guglielmo
★6.2
MOVIE1967
Camelot
as Lancelot Du Lac
★6.1
MOVIE1976
Submission
as Armand
★4.9
MOVIE1987
The Girl
as Johan (John) Berg
MOVIE1997
The Medal
as Ing. Ferrero
★4.4
MOVIE1996
The Conquest
as Árpád vezér
★6.8
MOVIE1977
Hitch Hike
as Walter Mancini
★7.2
MOVIE2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
★6.2
MOVIE2017
Iceman
as Ditob
★6.6
MOVIE1972
The Harder They Come
as Django (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1982
Querelle
as Lieutenant Seblon
★6.5
MOVIE1970
Compañeros
as Yodlaf Peterson
★8.0
MOVIE2002
Fumata blanca
as Cardenal Tura
★7.2
MOVIE1970
Tristana
as Horacio
★5.7
MOVIE1968
Sardinia Kidnapped
as Gavino
★6.1
MOVIE2021
The Match
as Old Branko
★7.4
MOVIE1965
I Knew Her Well
as Italo - The garage attendant
★4.5
MOVIE1988
Top Line
as Ted Angelo
MOVIE2026
Il Vecchio Terribile
as Oste
MOVIE2006
Giornata Nera
★6.6
MOVIE1997
Bella Mafia
as Mario Domino
MOVIETBA
Django Lives!
as Django
★5.9
MOVIE2022
The Man from Rome
as The Pope
★4.9
MOVIE2019
Recon
as Angelo
MOVIE2008
Mein Herz in Chile
as Carlos Sanchez
★5.7
MOVIE2008
Bathory: Countess of Blood
as King Mathias
★6.9
MOVIE1968
The Mercenary
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
★4.6
MOVIE2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as General Francini
★4.3
MOVIE1979
The Shark Hunter
as Mike di Donato
MOVIETBA
The Temptation Of Gracie
★6.7
MOVIE1974
Street Law
as Carlo Antonelli
★7.2
MOVIE1975
How to Kill a Judge
as Giacomo Solaris
★6.2
MOVIE1979
Mimi
as Guido
★10.0
MOVIE2000
Winds of Passion
as Michele Giangrande
★6.8
MOVIE1969
The Battle of Neretva
as Capitano Michele Rossi
★4.6
MOVIE2010
Rasputin
as Narratore
★3.4
MOVIE1998
The Versace Murder
as Gianni Versace
MOVIE2026
Roma elastica
as The Old Filmmaker
★4.8
MOVIE1971
Vacation
as Osiride
★6.3
MOVIE1988
Young Toscanini
as Claudio Toscanini
★6.9
MOVIE1976
Keoma
as Keoma
★5.0
MOVIE2017
The Time of Their Lives
as Alberto
MOVIE2024
Compagni d'arte
★4.6
MOVIE2023
The Man Who Drew God
as Emanuele
★6.7
MOVIE1973
The Assassination of Matteotti
as Giacomo Matteotti
★5.5
MOVIE1966
The Hired Killer
as Tony Lo Bello
★5.5
MOVIE1981
The Salamander
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
★5.6
MOVIE1971
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
★7.0
MOVIE1994
The Dragon Ring
as Dragon King
★3.1
MOVIE2012
New Order
as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
★4.3
MOVIE2004
Guardians of the Clouds
as Padre
MOVIE2015
Road to Capri
as Guido
★5.0
MOVIE1991
Touch and Die
as Aquani
★4.8
MOVIE1992
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
as Fernando
★6.7
MOVIE1975
The Legend of Valentino
as Rudolph Valentino
★9.0
MOVIE1982
Grog
as Nicola Fanelli
★6.4
MOVIE1966
Massacre Time
as Tom Corbett
★6.5
MOVIE1971
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
as Vanzi
★5.3
MOVIE1979
The Visitor
as Jesus Christ
★5.6
MOVIE1970
Dropout
as Bruno
★5.1
MOVIE1987
Django Strikes Again
as Django
★5.5
MOVIE1999
Li chiamarono... briganti!
as Caporale Nerza
MOVIE2001
In the Company of Compañeros
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1973
White Fang
as Jason Scott
MOVIE2011
Father
as Enrico
★5.8
MOVIE2005
The Spaghetti West
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1979
Le rose di Danzica
as General Konrad von Der Berg
★4.4
MOVIE1973
Redneck
as Mosquito
★6.2
MOVIE1974
Challenge to White Fang
as Jason Scott
★3.2
MOVIE2017
The Broken Key
as Hiram Abif
★6.3
MOVIE1976
21 Hours at Munich
as Issa
★5.3
MOVIE1988
Race to Danger
as Francis, il marinaio
★5.3
MOVIE1975
Cry, Onion!
as Onion Stark
★6.2
MOVIE1968
A Quiet Place in the Country
as Leonardo Ferri
★4.1
MOVIE2014
Love Island
as Marquis Polesini
★5.9
MOVIE1995
Jonathan of the Bears
as Jonathan
★5.0
MOVIE1996
The Innocent Sleep
as Adolfo Cavani
★6.0
MOVIE1966
Texas, Adios
as Burt Sullivan
★6.2
MOVIE1974
Blood Brothers
as Nicola Bellizzi
★5.2
MOVIE2010
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
as Augustinus (age 76)
★9.5
MOVIE2021
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2020
Entree Des Artists
as Henry's Grandfather
MOVIE2015
Earth
★6.4
MOVIE1973
High Crime
as Commissario Belli
★7.7
MOVIE2012
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
as Self
MOVIE2005
Summer Solstice
as Lorenzo
★3.1
MOVIE1970
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as The gypsy
★10.0
MOVIE2013
Handy
as Frank The Black
★4.5
MOVIE1966
The Wild, Wild Planet
as Lt. Jake
★5.5
MOVIE1970
The Fifth Day of Peace
as Bruno Grauber
★7.0
MOVIE1989
A Double Victory
as Saverio Pallucca
★5.4
MOVIE1969
Detective Belli
as Commissario Stefano Belli
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Off the Rails
as Giovanni
★5.8
MOVIE1967
Man, Pride and Vengeance
as José
★6.4
MOVIE1965
The Tramplers
as Charley Garvey
★5.3
MOVIE1966
War of the Planets
as Lt. Jake Jacowitx
★10.0
MOVIE1990
Breath of Life
as Angelo
★6.1
MOVIE1980
Day of the Cobra
as Larry Stanziani
★6.8
MOVIE1971
Confessions of a Police Captain
as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
★6.6
MOVIE2019
Christmas in Rome
as Luigi Forlinghetti
★6.3
MOVIE1985
Devil's Crude
as Nick
★4.9
MOVIE1987
Sweet Country
as Paul
★6.2
MOVIE2006
The Holy Family
as Zachary
★5.5
MOVIE1998
Talk of Angels
as Dr. Vicente Areavaga
★6.0
MOVIE1980
The Man with Bogart's Face
as Hakim
★6.0
MOVIE2018
Red Land
as Professor Ambrosin
★7.0
MOVIE2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor
★5.8
MOVIE1966
The Third Eye
as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
★7.0
MOVIE1965
La Celestina P… R…
as Fabrizio
MOVIE2007
Two Families
as Morandi
★5.6
MOVIE1981
Enter the Ninja
as Cole
★4.8
MOVIE2007
The Final Inquiry
as Caifa
★6.0
MOVIE2019
A Rose in Winter
as Rainer Praeger
★8.4
MOVIE1997
Desert of Fire
as Marcel Duvivier
★5.3
MOVIE2014
Obsessive Rhythms
as Carmine
MOVIE2015
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
as Himself
★5.2
MOVIE1993
Azzurro profondo
as Luca Morinari
★9.0
MOVIE1985
André schafft sie alle
as Andre
★10.0
MOVIE2003
The Uncrowned Heart
as Bear's Trainer
★6.3
MOVIE1975
The Flower in His Mouth
as Professore Michele Belcore
★4.5
MOVIE1982
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
as John Reed
★5.3
MOVIE1982
Kamikaze '89
as Weiss
★5.1
MOVIE1973
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
as Johnny Ears
★5.0
MOVIE1977
Sahara Cross
as Jean Ballard
★9.0
MOVIE2000
Mirka
as Il Sindaco
★8.0
MOVIE1992
From Time to Time
as Leonard De Vinci
★5.3
MOVIE2000
Uninvited
as Ralph Barolo
★10.0
MOVIE1998
Il tesoro di Damasco
as Andrea
MOVIE2013
I Tarantiniani
as Self
MOVIE1963
Un delitto
★4.4
MOVIE1992
Brothers and Sisters
as Franco
★6.0
MOVIE2013
Memories They Told Me
as Paolo
★5.4
MOVIE2019
Havana Kyrie
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
★4.3
MOVIE2008
La rabbia
as Mentore
★5.5
MOVIE1993
Das Babylon Komplott
as Chris Lang
★2.9
MOVIE2003
Bad Inclination
as Il barbone
★4.3
MOVIE2001
The Crusaders
as Ibnazul
★6.2
MOVIE1982
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
as Self
MOVIE2024
The Jester from Transylvania
as One-eye
MOVIE2024
Titanus 1904
as Self
★4.2
MOVIE1993
Test of Memory
as Paul Herzog
★6.7
MOVIE2009
Killing Is My Business, Honey
as Enrico Puzzo
★4.5
MOVIE2004
Post Coitum
as Bakchus
★4.8
MOVIE1988
Run for Your Life
as Commissario
MOVIE2021
Two Men Alone
as Himself
★5.7
MOVIE1976
Victory March
as Captain Asciutto
★5.3
MOVIE2001
Sacra Corona
as Bishop Gellért
★4.0
MOVIE2008
Márió, a varázsló
as Mario
★9.0
MOVIE2002
Ultimo stadio
as Antonio
★6.6
MOVIE1971
The Fifth Cord
as Andrea Bild
★5.0
MOVIE1983
The Falcon
as Banović Strahinja
★6.3
MOVIE1985
The Repenter
as Falco
★6.0
MOVIE1993
Der Fall Lucona
as Enzo Lombardi
★3.0
MOVIE2023
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
as Valentino's Spirit
MOVIE2005
Forever Blues
as Luca
★10.0
MOVIE1964
Italian Engagement
MOVIE2010
Prigioniero di un segreto
as Il barbone
★7.0
MOVIE2012
Crazy Dog
as Alvaro Genta
★7.0
MOVIE1975
Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Dani
★5.1
MOVIE1980
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
as Renzo Dominici
★6.1
MOVIE1972
Pope Joan
as Louis
★3.5
MOVIE2023
On Our Way
★4.7
MOVIE1984
Die Försterbuben
as Böhme
★6.7
MOVIE2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1986
Un altare per la madre
as -
★6.5
MOVIE2006
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
as Self
MOVIE2016
Along the River
as Frank De Ville
★3.9
MOVIE1988
Magdalene
as Janza
★5.5
MOVIE2012
The Last Alchemist
as Felix the Alchemist
★4.7
MOVIE2023
Giorni felici
as Antonio
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Rack Up
as Jesus Barro
★6.0
MOVIE2008
A Night at the Grand Hotel
as Ferran Moreno
★4.0
MOVIE2020
The Dark Dance
as L'Impresario
★6.8
MOVIE2006
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
as Vicerè
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Chimera
as Imprenditore
★4.0
MOVIE2019
Ed è subito sera
★8.0
MOVIE2014
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
as Lui-même
MOVIETBA
La battaglia di Gorthene
★4.0
MOVIE2017
Agony
as Carlo
★5.0
MOVIE2006
Hans
as Giudice/barbone
★4.6
MOVIE1962
Scorched Skin
★3.7
MOVIE2001
La ragion pura
as Marito
MOVIE2014
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
as Self
★9.5
MOVIE2007
Mineurs
as Michele Acucella
★6.0
MOVIE2013
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
as Self
MOVIE2009
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
MOVIE2016
Road to Ruin
as Self
MOVIE2021
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
as Self
★7.8
MOVIE2005
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
as Judge
★4.0
MOVIE2008
Bastardi
as Rene Iuvara
★10.0
MOVIE2014
Figli di Maam
★6.6
MOVIE2002
The Last Gunfighter
as The pistolero
★5.6
MOVIE2017
Il crimine non va in pensione
as il primario
★7.0
MOVIE2002
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
as Giuseppe Mantaldo
MOVIE2001
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
as Self
MOVIE2021
The Duel
MOVIE1995
Io e il re
as Maggiore Ferri
MOVIE2020
Harmonie
★1.0
MOVIE2020
Immortalist
as Paolo Spersoni