Franco Nero
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.
Acting
Movie
Django Unchained
as Amerigo Vessepi
2012
Movie
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Julius
2017
Movie
Cars 2
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
2011
Movie
Die Hard 2
as General Ramon Esperanza
1990
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Roberto Distasio
1999
Movie
The Pope's Exorcist
as The Pope
2023
Movie
The Lost City of Z
as Baron de Gondoriz
2017
Movie
Letters to Juliet
as Lorenzo
2010
Movie
Django
as Django
1966
Movie
The Collini Case
as Fabrizio Collini
2019
Movie
Force 10 from Navarone
as Lescovar
1978
Movie
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Abel
1966
Movie
Tristana
as Horacio
1970
Movie
Querelle
as Lieutenant Seblon
1982
Movie
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
2014
Movie
I Knew Her Well
as Italo - The garage attendant
1965
Movie
Keoma
as Keoma
1976
Movie
The Mercenary
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
1968
Movie
Enter the Ninja
as Cole
1981
Movie
Iceman
as Ditob
2017
Movie
The Harder They Come
as Django (archive footage)
1972
Movie
The Visitor
as Jesus Christ
1979
Movie
The Day of the Owl
as Captain Bellodi
1968
Movie
Bathory: Countess of Blood
as King Mathias
2008
Crew
Movie
Django Unchained
Thanks
2012
Movie
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Still Photographer
1966
Movie
Jonathan of the Bears
Producer
1995
Movie
The Shark Hunter
Co-Producer
1979
Movie
Vacation
Producer
1971
Movie
La rabbia
Producer
2008
Movie
The Man Who Drew God
Director
2023
Movie
Dropout
Co-Producer
1970
Movie
Uninvited
Producer
2000
Movie
The Mystery of Dante
Executive Producer
2014
Movie
Márió, a varázsló
Co-Producer
2008
Movie
L'ANIME CHE OGNI OBESO HA BISOGNO
Epk Camera Operator
2026