Franco Nero
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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 "ge...
Known For
Filmography
In the Hand of Dante
2026
as Don Lecco (86)
Roma elastica
2026
as The Old Filmmaker
Il Vecchio Terribile
2026
as Oste
Aurora
2026
as Bertoldo
The Estate
2025
The Jester from Transylvania
2024
as One-eye
Compagni d'arte
2024
Titanus 1904
2024
as Self
Giorni felici
2023
as Antonio
On Our Way
2023
The Pope's Exorcist
2023
as The Pope
The Man Who Drew God
2023
as Emanuele
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
as Valentino's Spirit
Django
2023
as Reverend
The Man from Rome
2022
as The Pope
Buon Lavoro
2022
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
as Self - Actor
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
as Self
The Duel
2021
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Off the Rails
2021
as Giovanni
The Match
2021
as Old Branko
Two Men Alone
2021
as Himself
Harmonie
2020
Entree Des Artists
2020
as Henry's Grandfather
The Dark Dance
2020
as L'Impresario
Immortalist
2020
as Paolo Spersoni
A Rose in Winter
2019
as Rainer Praeger
The Collini Case
2019
as Fabrizio Collini
Ed è subito sera
2019
Christmas in Rome
2019
as Luigi Forlinghetti
Recon
2019
as Angelo
Havana Kyrie
2019
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
Red Land
2018
as Professor Ambrosin
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
as Julius
The Time of Their Lives
2017
as Alberto
The Lost City of Z
2017
as Baron de Gondoriz
The Neighborhood
2017
as Guglielmo
The Broken Key
2017
as Hiram Abif
Agony
2017
as Carlo
Iceman
2017
as Ditob
Il crimine non va in pensione
2017
as il primario
Along the River
2016
as Frank De Ville
Road to Ruin
2016
as Self
Delicious
2016
as Joe Benelli
Emigratis
2016
as Self
Earth
2015
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015
as Himself
Road to Capri
2015
as Guido
Obsessive Rhythms
2014
as Carmine
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014
as Lui-même
Killer Mermaid
2014
as Niko
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self - Actor
Figli di Maam
2014
Love Island
2014
as Marquis Polesini
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
as Self
Memories They Told Me
2013
as Paolo
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013
as Self
I Tarantiniani
2013
as Self
Handy
2013
as Frank The Black
Istintobrass
2013
as Self
Django Unchained
2012
as Amerigo Vessepi
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012
as Self
New Order
2012
as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
Crazy Dog
2012
as Alvaro Genta
The Last Alchemist
2012
as Felix the Alchemist
Cars 2
2011
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
Father
2011
as Enrico
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010
as Augustinus (age 76)
Rasputin
2010
as Narratore
Prigioniero di un segreto
2010
as Il barbone
Letters to Juliet
2010
as Lorenzo
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
2010
as Augustine of Hippo
Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009
as Enrico Puzzo
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
as King Mathias
Mein Herz in Chile
2008
as Carlos Sanchez
La rabbia
2008
as Mentore
Márió, a varázsló
2008
as Mario
A Night at the Grand Hotel
2008
as Ferran Moreno
Bastardi
2008
as René Iuvara
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
as Max Freeman
Il sangue e la rosa
2008
as Conte Uberto Mancini
Mein Herz in Chile
2008
as Carlos Sanchez
Mineurs
2007
as Michele Acucella
The Final Inquiry
2007
as Caifa
Two Families
2007
as Morandi
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007
as Caifa
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
2006
as Vicerè
Hans
2006
as Giudice/barbone
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
as Self
The Holy Family
2006
as Zachary
Giornata Nera
2006
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
2005
as Judge
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
as Self
Forever Blues
2005
as Luca
Summer Solstice
2005
as Lorenzo
The Spaghetti West
2005
as Self
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
Post Coitum
2004
as Bakchus
Guardians of the Clouds
2004
as Padre
Bad Inclination
2003
as Il barbone
The Uncrowned Heart
2003
as Bear's Trainer
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
2003
Fumata blanca
2002
as Cardenal Tura
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
2002
as Giuseppe Mantaldo
The Last Gunfighter
2002
as The pistolero
Ultimo stadio
2002
as Antonio
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
2002
as Fashion Billionaire
Through the Night with...
2002
as Self
La ragion pura
2001
as Marito
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as General Francini
Sacra Corona
2001
as Bishop Gellért
In the Company of Compañeros
2001
as Self
The Crusaders
2001
as Ibnazul
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
2001
as Self
Chimera
2001
as Imprenditore
La voce del sangue
2001
as Antonio Castaldi
The Crusaders
2001
as Ibnazul
Saint Paul
2000
as Gamaliel
Mirka
2000
as Il Sindaco
Uninvited
2000
as Ralph Barolo
Winds of Passion
2000
as Michele Giangrande
Saint Paul
2000
as Gamaliel
Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999
as Caporale Nerza
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Roberto Distasio
Talk of Angels
1998
as Dr. Vicente Areavaga
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998
as Andrea
The Versace Murder
1998
as Gianni Versace
David
1997
as Natan
Desert of Fire
1997
as Marcel Duvivier
Rack Up
1997
as Jesus Barro
The Medal
1997
as Ing. Ferrero
Bella Mafia
1997
as Mario Domino
Painted Lady
1997
as Robert Tassi
Desert of Fire
1997
as Marcel Duvivier
David
1997
as Nathan
Davide
1997
as Nathan
The Conquest
1996
as Árpád vezér
The Innocent Sleep
1996
as Adolfo Cavani
The Return of Sandokan
1996
as Yogi Azim
Jonathan of the Bears
1995
as Jonathan
Io e il re
1995
as Maggiore Ferri
Viva el lunes
1995
as Self
Desideria e l'anello del drago
1995
as Dragon King
The Dragon Ring
1994
as Dragon King
Nemici intimi
1994
as Lorenzo Stradella
Das Babylon Komplott
1993
as Chris Lang
Test of Memory
1993
as Paul Herzog
Der Fall Lucona
1993
as Enzo Lombardi
Azzurro profondo
1993
as Luca Morinari
Brothers and Sisters
1992
as Franco
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
1992
as Fernando
Gold
1992
as Gabriele da Poppi
From Time to Time
1992
as Leonard De Vinci
Touch and Die
1991
as Aquani
Young Catherine
1991
as Count Vorontsov
Die Hard 2
1990
as General Ramon Esperanza
Breath of Life
1990
as Angelo
A Double Victory
1989
as Saverio Pallucca
Blaues Blut
1989
as Sandro Castellani
I promessi sposi
1989
as fra Cristoforo
Top Line
1988
as Ted Angelo
Race to Danger
1988
as Francis, il marinaio
Young Toscanini
1988
as Claudio Toscanini
Run for Your Life
1988
as Commissario
Magdalene
1988
as Janza
Django Strikes Again
1987
as Django
The Girl
1987
as Johan (John) Berg
Sweet Country
1987
as Paul
Un altare per la madre
1986
as -
Devil's Crude
1985
as Nick
André schafft sie alle
1985
as Andre
The Repenter
1985
as Falco
Die Försterbuben
1984
as Böhme
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984
as Arbaces
The Falcon
1983
as Banović Strahinja
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Dr. Peter Milne
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982
as John Reed
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982
as John Reed
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
1982
as Self
Grog
1982
as Nicola Fanelli
Kamikaze '89
1982
as Weiss
Querelle
1982
as Lieutenant Seblon
Sergey Bondarchuk
1982
as Self
Na sowas!
1982
as Self
Enter the Ninja
1981
as Cole
The Salamander
1981
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
Le rose di Danzica
1981
as Il generale Konrad Von Den Berg
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
as Hakim
Day of the Cobra
1980
as Larry Stanziani
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
1980
as Renzo Dominici
Mimi
1979
as Guido
The Shark Hunter
1979
as Mike di Donato
The Visitor
1979
as Jesus Christ
Le rose di Danzica
1979
as General Konrad von Der Berg
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Lescovar
Hitch Hike
1977
as Walter Mancini
Sahara Cross
1977
as Jean Ballard
The Pirate
1977
as Baydr Al Fay
Keoma
1976
as Keoma
Victory March
1976
as Captain Asciutto
21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Issa
Submission
1976
as Armand
Cry, Onion!
1975
as Onion Stark
The Flower in His Mouth
1975
as Professore Michele Belcore
How to Kill a Judge
1975
as Giacomo Solaris
Death Rite
1975
as Sadry
Smiling Maniacs
1975
as Judge Dani
The Legend of Valentino
1975
as Rudolph Valentino
Blood Brothers
1974
as Nicola Bellizzi
The Last Four Days
1974
as Walter Audisio
Street Law
1974
as Carlo Antonelli
Challenge to White Fang
1974
as Jason Scott
Der große Preis
1974
as Self
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
as Giacomo Matteotti
Redneck
1973
as Mosquito
White Fang
1973
as Jason Scott
High Crime
1973
as Commissario Belli
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973
as Johnny Ears
The Harder They Come
1972
as Django (archive footage)
The Monk
1972
as Ambrosio
Pope Joan
1972
as Louis
The Fifth Cord
1971
as Andrea Bild
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971
as Vanzi
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
Vacation
1971
as Osiride
Tristana
1970
as Horacio
Compañeros
1970
as Yodlaf Peterson
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
as The gypsy
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970
as Bruno Grauber
Dropout
1970
as Bruno
The Battle of Neretva
1969
as Capitano Michele Rossi
Detective Belli
1969
as Commissario Stefano Belli
The Mercenary
1968
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968
as Leonardo Ferri
The Day of the Owl
1968
as Captain Bellodi
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968
as Gavino
Camelot
1967
as Lancelot Du Lac
Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967
as José
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as Abel
Django
1966
as Django
Texas, Adios
1966
as Burt Sullivan
Massacre Time
1966
as Tom Corbett
The Wild, Wild Planet
1966
as Lt. Jake
War of the Planets
1966
as Lt. Jake Jacowitx
The Hired Killer
1966
as Tony Lo Bello
The Third Eye
1966
as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
The Tramplers
1965
as Charley Garvey
I Knew Her Well
1965
as Italo - The garage attendant
La Celestina P… R…
1965
as Fabrizio
Italian Engagement
1964
Un delitto
1963
Scorched Skin
1962