Franco Nero
Acting
Born: Nov 23, 1941
From: San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Credits: 30 titles
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained | Self - Actor | 2021 | 6.96 |
| Killing Is My Business, Honey | Enrico Puzzo | 2009 | 6.7 |
| Bathory: Countess of Blood | King Mathias | 2008 | 5.669 |
| Amore e libertà - Masaniello | Vicerè | 2006 | 6.25 |
| Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show | Judge | 2005 | 7.8 |
| Saint Paul | Gamaliel | 2000 | 6.914 |
| David | Natan | 1997 | 6.539 |
| Jonathan of the Bears | Jonathan | 1995 | 5.911 |
| Brothers and Sisters | Franco | 1992 | 4.4 |
| Touch and Die | Aquani | 1991 | 5.0 |
| Die Hard 2 | General Ramon Esperanza | 1990 | 6.97 |
| Enter the Ninja | Cole | 1981 | 5.563 |
| The Man with Bogart's Face | Hakim | 1980 | 6.0 |
| Day of the Cobra | Larry Stanziani | 1980 | 6.133 |
| Keoma | Keoma | 1976 | 6.883 |
| Victory March | Captain Asciutto | 1976 | 5.633 |
| Blood Brothers | Nicola Bellizzi | 1974 | 6.194 |
| The Last Four Days | Walter Audisio | 1974 | 6.25 |
| The Assassination of Matteotti | Giacomo Matteotti | 1973 | 6.688 |
| The Fifth Cord | Andrea Bild | 1971 | 6.595 |
| The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Vanzi | 1971 | 6.712 |
| Tristana | Horacio | 1970 | 7.224 |
| Compañeros | Yodlaf Peterson | 1970 | 6.491 |
| The Battle of Neretva | Capitano Michele Rossi | 1969 | 6.804 |
| The Bible: In the Beginning... | Abel | 1966 | 7.265 |
| Django | Django | 1966 | 7.202 |
| Texas, Adios | Burt Sullivan | 1966 | 5.989 |
| Massacre Time | Tom Corbett | 1966 | 6.329 |
| The Wild, Wild Planet | Lt. Jake | 1966 | 4.519 |
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| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1941 |
| From | San Prospero Parmense, … |