Franco Nero
Age: N/A | From: San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Frank Black , Frank Nero , Франко Неро , Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero
Gender: Male
Place of birth: San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Movie Involvements: 188
TV Involvements: 19
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta
(2001) Self
Django
(2023) Reverend
Der große Preis
(1974) Self
The Pope's Exorcist
(2023) The Pope
The Hitchhiker
(1983) Dr. Peter Milne
Django Unchained
(2012) Amerigo Vessepi
John Wick: Chapter 2
(2017) Julius
Die Hard 2
(1990) General Ramon EsperanzaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| The Pope | ||
| Emanuele | ||
| Reverend | ||
| 2022 | Spirit | |
| The Pope | ||
| 2021 | N/A | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Himself | ||
| Self | ||
| Giovanni | ||
| Himself | ||
| 2020 | L'Impresario | |
| Rainer Praeger | ||
| N/A | ||
| Old Branko | ||
| Paolo Spersoni | ||
| Henry's Grandfather | ||
| One-eye | ||
| 2019 | Vittorio Arditi De Bellis | |
| Luigi Forlinghetti | ||
| Angelo | ||
| Fabrizio Collini | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2018 | Professor Ambrosin | |
| 2017 | Ditob | |
| Hiram Abif | ||
| Carlo | ||
| Guglielmo | ||
| il primario | ||
| N/A | ||
| Baron de Gondoriz | ||
| Alberto | ||
| Julius | ||
| 2016 | Joe Benelli | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Frank De Ville | ||
| 2015 | Himself | |
| N/A | ||
| Guido | ||
| 2014 | Self - Actor | |
| N/A | ||
| Marquis Polesini | ||
| Self | ||
| Niko | ||
| Carmine | ||
| Lui-même | ||
| Self | ||
| Paolo | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Amerigo Vessepi | |
| Felix the Alchemist | ||
| Alvaro Genta | ||
| Self | ||
| Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen | ||
| 2011 | Uncle Topolino (voice) | |
| Enrico | ||
| 2010 | Narratore | |
| Il barbone | ||
| Lorenzo | ||
| Augustine of Hippo | ||
| Augustinus (age 76) | ||
| 2009 | Enrico Puzzo | |
| 2008 | Max Freeman | |
| Mario | ||
| Ferran Moreno | ||
| Conte Uberto Mancini | ||
| King Mathias | ||
| Rene Iuvara | ||
| Mentore | ||
| Carlos Sanchez | ||
| 2007 | Michele Acucella | |
| Caifa | ||
| Caifa | ||
| 2006 | Zachary | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Giudice/barbone | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2005 | Lorenzo | |
| Luca | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Judge | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2004 | Bakchus | |
| Padre | ||
| 2003 | Il barbone | |
| N/A | ||
| Bear's Trainer | ||
| 2002 | The pistolero | |
| Giuseppe Mantaldo | ||
| Self | ||
| Cardenal Tura | ||
| Antonio | ||
| Fashion Billionaire | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| Marito | ||
| Gen. Francini | ||
| Antonio Castaldi | ||
| Bishop Gellért | ||
| Self | ||
| Ibnazul | ||
| 2000 | Gamaliel | |
| Ralph Barolo | ||
| Il Sindaco | ||
| 1999 | Roberto Distasio | |
| Caporale Nerza | ||
| 1998 | Dr. Vicente Areavaga | |
| Andrea | ||
| Gianni Versace | ||
| 1997 | Robert Tassi | |
| Mario Domino | ||
| Marcel Duvivier | ||
| Ing. Ferrero | ||
| Jesus Barro | ||
| Natan | ||
| Marcel Duvivier | ||
| 1996 | Árpád vezér | |
| Yogi Azim | ||
| Adolfo Cavani | ||
| 1995 | Self | |
| Maggiore Ferri | ||
| Jonathan | ||
| Dragon King | ||
| 1994 | Dragon King | |
| 1993 | Chris Lang | |
| Paul Herzog | ||
| Enzo Lombardi | ||
| Luca Morinari | ||
| 1992 | Gabriele da Poppi | |
| Fernando | ||
| Franco | ||
| 1991 | Count Vorontsov | |
| Aquani | ||
| 1990 | Angelo | |
| General Ramon Esperanza | ||
| 1989 | fra Cristoforo | |
| Sandro Castellani | ||
| 1988 | Janza | |
| Claudio Toscanini | ||
| Ted Angelo | ||
| Francis, il marinaio | ||
| Commissario | ||
| 1987 | Django | |
| Johan (John) Berg | ||
| Paul | ||
| 1986 | - | |
| 1985 | Falco | |
| Andre | ||
| Nick | ||
| 1984 | Böhme | |
| Arbaces | ||
| 1983 | Dr. Peter Milne | |
| Banović Strahinja | ||
| 1982 | John Reed | |
| John Reed | ||
| Lieutenant Seblon | ||
| Nicola Fanelli | ||
| Self | ||
| Weiss | ||
| Self | ||
| 1981 | Cole | |
| Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci | ||
| 1980 | Hakim | |
| Larry Stanziani | ||
| Renzo Dominici | ||
| 1979 | Mike di Donato | |
| General Konrad von Der Berg | ||
| Guido | ||
| Jesus Christ | ||
| 1978 | Baydr Al Fay | |
| Lescovar | ||
| 1977 | Jean Ballard | |
| Walter Mancini | ||
| 1976 | Issa | |
| Keoma | ||
| Armand | ||
| Captain Asciutto | ||
| 1975 | Rudolph Valentino | |
| Professore Michele Belcore | ||
| Sadry | ||
| Onion Stark | ||
| Giacomo Solaris | ||
| Judge Dani | ||
| 1974 | Jason Scott | |
| Carlo Antonelli | ||
| Self | ||
| Walter Audisio | ||
| Nicola Bellizzi | ||
| 1973 | Jason Scott | |
| Giacomo Matteotti | ||
| Commissario Belli | ||
| Johnny Ears | ||
| Mosquito | ||
| 1972 | Ambrosio | |
| Django (archive footage) | ||
| Louis | ||
| 1971 | Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky | |
| Vanzi | ||
| Osiride | ||
| Andrea Bild | ||
| Sostituto Procuratore Traini | ||
| 1970 | Yodlaf Peterson | |
| Bruno | ||
| The gypsy | ||
| Bruno Grauber | ||
| Horacio | ||
| 1969 | Capitani Michele Rossi | |
| Commissario Stefano Belli | ||
| 1968 | Sergei Kowalski, The Polish | |
| Leonardo Ferri | ||
| Gavino | ||
| Captain Bellodi | ||
| 1967 | José | |
| Lancelot Du Lac | ||
| 1966 | Abel | |
| Burt Sullivan | ||
| Tom Corbett | ||
| Lt. Jake Jacowitx | ||
| Lt. Jake | ||
| Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero) | ||
| Django | ||
| Tony Lo Bello | ||
| 1965 | Charley Garvey | |
| Italo - The garage attendant | ||
| Fabrizio | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Saverio Pallucca | ||
| N/A | ||
| Django | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Director | |
| 2005 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Executive Producer | |
| 2008 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2005 | Producer | |
| 2000 | Producer | |
| 1995 | Producer | |
| 1993 | Producer | |
| 1979 | Co-Producer | |
| 1971 | Producer | |
| 1970 | Co-Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Writer | |
| 1995 | Story | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Still Photographer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |