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Franco Nero

Screenwriter / Actor / Film Director / Film Producer / Musician / Model (person) | * 11/23/1941 (82) | San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna (Italy)
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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 productions. During the 1960s and 1970s, Nero was actively involved in many popular Italian "genre trends", including polizieschi, 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 ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a half-breed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries. ...

Django

NR

1966 | 3.6/5 | 1h 33min
Action, Western
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Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday ...

Die Hard 2

R

1990 | 3.5/5 | 2h 4min
Action, Thriller
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With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. ...

Django Unchained

R

2012 | 4.1/5 | 2h 45min
Drama, Western
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John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does batt ...

John Wick: Chapter 2

R

2017 | 3.7/5 | 2h 2min
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Franco Nero

Commander of The Order of Merit of The Italian Republic
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Movies with Franco Nero as Actor(193)

2023 La battaglia di Gorthene
as The Pope2023 The Pope's Exorcist
as Emanuele2023 The Man Who Drew God
2023 Giorni Felici
as Paul Herzog2023 Test of Memory
as Django2023 Django Lives!
as The Pope2022 The Man from Rome
as Spirit2022 Silent Life
as Giovanni2021 Off the Rails
2021 The Duel
as Old Branko2021 The Match
as himself2021 Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Rainer Praeger2020 A Rose in Winter
as One-eye2020 The Jester from Transylvania
as L'Impresario2020 The Dark Dance
as Paolo Spersoni2020 Immortalist
2020 Harmonie
2019 Ed è subito sera
as Luigi Forlinghetti2019 Christmas in Rome
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis2019 Havana Kyrie
as Fabrizio Collini2019 The Collini Case
as Angelo2019 Recon
as Professor Ambrosin2018 Red Land (Rosso Istria)
as Ditob2017 Iceman
as Hiram Abif2017 The Broken Key
as Baron de Gondoriz2017 The Lost City of Z
as Carlo2017 Agony
as Julius2017 John Wick: Chapter 2
as Alberto2017 The Time of Their Lives
as il primario2017 Il crimine non va in pensione
as Guglielmo2017 The Neighborhood
as himself2015 Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
as Guido2015 Road to Capri
2015 Earth
as himself2014 Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
as Marquis Polesini2014 Love Island
as Niko2014 Killer Mermaid
as Carmine2014 Obsessive Rythms
2014 Figli di Maam
as Self - Actor2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as himself2013 Istintobrass
as Paolo2013 Memories They Told Me
as himself2013 The Outsider - The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen2012 New Order
as Alvaro Genta2012 Crazy Dog
as Amerigo Vessepi2012 Django Unchained
as Felix the Alchemist2012 The Last Alchemist
as himself2012 Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
as Enrico2011 Father
as Uncle Topolino (voice)2011 Cars 2
as Augustinus (age 76)2010 Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
as Narratore2010 Rasputin
as Il barbone2010 Prigioniero di un segreto
as Lorenzo2010 Letters to Juliet
as Enrico Puzzo2009 Killing Is My Business, Honey
as Rene Iuvara2008 Bastardi
as Carlos Sanchez2008 Mein Herz in Chile
as Mentore2008 La rabbia
as Ferran Moreno2008 Eine Nacht im Grandhotel
as Mario2008 Márió, a varázsló
as King Mathias2008 Bathory: Countess of Blood
as Caifa2007 The Final Inquiry
as Michele Acucella2007 Mineurs
as himself2006 Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern
as Zachary2006 The Holy Family
as Giudice/barbone2006 Hans
2006 Amore e libertà - Masaniello
2006 Giornata Nera
as himself2005 Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as himself2005 The Spaghetti West
as Judge2005 Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
as Lorenzo2005 Summer Solstice
as Luca2005 Forever Blues
as Padre2004 Guardiani delle nuvole
as Bakchus2004 Post Coitum
as Il barbone2003 Bad Inclination
as Bear's Trainer2003 The Uncrowned Heart
as The pistolero2002 The Last Gunfighter
as Antonio2002 Ultimo stadio
as Cardenal Tura2002 Fumata blanca
as Giuseppe Mantaldo2002 Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
as Bishop Gellért2001 Sacra Corona
as Marito2001 La ragion pura
as Ibnazul2001 The Crusaders
as Gen. Francini2001 Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Ralph Barolo2000 Uninvited
as Gamaliel2000 Saint Paul
2000 Mirka
as Caporale Nerza1999 Li chiamarono... briganti!
as Dr. Vicente Areavaga1998 Talk of Angels
as Gianni Versace1998 The Versace Murder
as Andrea1998 Il tesoro di Damasco
as Mario Domino1997 Bella Mafia
as Marcel Duvivier1997 Deserto di fuoco
as Natan1997 David
1997 The Medal
as Árpád vezér1996 The Conquest
as Adolfo Cavani1996 The Innocent Sleep
as Jonathan1995 Jonathan of the Bears
as Dragon King1994 The Dragon Ring
as Chris Lang1993 Das Babylon Komplott
as Luca Morinari1993 Azzurro profondo
as Enzo Lombardi1993 Der Fall Lucona
as Gabriele da Poppi1992 Gold
as Franco1992 Brothers and Sisters
as Fernando1992 Amelia Lópes O'Neill
as Aquani1991 Touch and Die
as General Ramon Esperanza1990 Die Hard 2
as Angelo1990 Breath of Life
as Francis, il marinaio1988 Race to Danger
as Commissario1988 Run for Your Life
as Claudio Toscanini1988 Young Toscanini
as Janza1988 Magdalene
as Ted Angelo1988 Top Line
as Johan (John) Berg1987 The Girl
as Django1987 Django Strikes Again
as Paul1987 Sweet Country
as Andre1985 André schafft sie alle
as Falco1985 The Repenter
as Nick1985 Devil's Crude
as Böhme1984 Die Försterbuben
as John Reed1982 Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Last Works
as Weiss1982 Kamikaze 1989
as Lieutenant Seblon1982 Querelle
as Nicola Fanelli1982 Grog
as John Reed1982 Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci1981 The Salamander
as Cole1981 Enter the Ninja
as Banović Strahinja1981 The Falcon
as Larry Stanziani1980 Day of the Cobra
as Hakim1980 The Man with Bogart's Face
as Renzo Dominici1980 The Blue-Eyed Bandit
as Mike di Donato1979 The Shark Hunter
as Guido1979 Mimi
as General Konrad von Der Berg1979 Le rose di Danzica
as Jesus Christ1979 The Visitor
as Lescovar1978 Force 10 from Navarone
as Baydr Al Fay1978 The Pirate
as Jean Ballard1977 Sahara Cross
as Walter Mancini1977 Hitch Hike
as Captain Asciutto1976 Victory March
as Armand1976 Submission
as Issa1976 21 Hours at Munich
as Keoma1976 Keoma
as Sadry1976 Death Rite
as Onion Stark1975 Cry, Onion!
as Judge Dani1975 Smiling Maniacs
as Professore Michele Belcore1975 The Flower in His Mouth
as Giacomo Solaris1975 How to Kill a Judge
as Rudolph Valentino1975 The Legend of Valentino
as Walter Audisio1974 The Last Four Days
as Nicola Bellizzi1974 Blood Brothers
as Jason Scott1974 Challenge to White Fang
as Carlo Antonelli1974 Street Law
as Giacomo Matteotti1973 The Assassination of Matteotti
as Commissario Belli1973 High Crime
as Mosquito1973 Redneck
as Johnny Ears1973 Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
as Jason Scott1973 White Fang
as Louis1972 Pope Joan
as Ambrosio1972 The Monk
as Andrea Bild1971 The Fifth Cord
as Sostituto Procuratore Traini1971 Confessions of a Police Captain
as Vanzi1971 The Case Is Closed, Forget It
as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky1971 Don't Turn the Other Cheek
as Osiride1971 Vacation
as Yodlaf Peterson1970 Compañeros
as Bruno1970 Dropout
as The gypsy1970 The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Horacio1970 Tristana
as Bruno Grauber1970 5th Day of Peace
as Capitani Michele Rossi1969 The Battle of Neretva
as Commissario Stefano Belli1969 Detective Belli
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish1968 The Mercenary
as Leonardo Ferri1968 A Quiet Place in the Country
as Gavino1968 Sardinia Kidnapped
as Captain Bellodi1968 The Day of the Owl
as José1967 Pride and Vengeance
as Lancelot Du Lac1967 Camelot
as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)1966 The Third Eye
as Lt. Jake1966 The Wild, Wild Planet
as Abel1966 The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Tom Corbett1966 Massacre Time
as Lt. Jake Jacowitx1966 War of the Planets
as Django1966 Django
as Burt Sullivan1966 Texas, Adios
as Tony Lo Bello1966 The Hired Killer
as Fabrizio1965 La Celestina P… R…
as Edith Wickett1965 The Tramplers
as Italo - The garage attendant1965 I Knew Her Well
1964 Italian Engagement
1963 Un delitto

TV Shows/Series with Franco Nero as Actor(15)

as Joe Benelli2016 Delicious
as Max Freeman2008 Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2003 Der Fürst und das Mädchen
as Fashion Billionaire2002 Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
2002 Through the Night with...
as himself2001 Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as himself1995 Viva el lunes
as Count Vorontsov1991 Young Catherine
as fra Cristoforo1989 I promessi sposi
as Sandro Castellani1989 Blaues Blut
as Arbaces1984 The Last Days of Pompeii
as Dr. Peter Milne1983 The Hitchhiker
as himself1982 Na sowas!
as himself1974 Der große Preis

Movies with Franco Nero as Crew(13)

Directing/Director2023 The Man Who Drew God
Production/Producer2023 Test of Memory
Production/Executive Producer2014 The Mystery of Dante
Crew/Thanks2012 Django Unchained
Directing/Director2005 Forever Blues
Production/Producer2005 Forever Blues
Writing/Writer2005 Forever Blues
Production/Producer2000 Uninvited
Production/Producer1995 Jonathan of the Bears
Writing/Story1995 Jonathan of the Bears
Production/Co-Producer1979 The Shark Hunter
Production/Producer1971 Vacation
Production/Co-Producer1970 Dropout

Citizenship: Italy
Born: Sunday, 11/23 1941 (November) in San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna (Italy) (current age: 82 years + 148 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Spouses (current/former): Vanessa Redgrave
Children: Carlo Gabriel Nero, Franquito Sparanero
Siblings: Raffaele Sparanero
Other names for Franco Nero (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Frank Black"
"Frank Nero"
"Франко Неро"
"Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero"
Franco Nero frequently works together with these people:
Louis Nero (25x, Crew)
Enzo G. Castellari (20x, Crew)
Ennio Morricone (18x, Crew)
Damiano Damiani (13x, Crew)
Vanessa Redgrave (11x, Actress)
Sergio Corbucci (11x, Crew)
Tinto Brass (10x, Crew)
Pasquale Squitieri (10x, Crew)
Rocco Lerro (10x, Actor)
Sergio Canevari (8x, Crew)
Massimo Vanni (8x, Actor)
Lou Martini Jr. (8x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1613, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/24/2024