Franco Nero
Known for: Acting
Born: November 23, 1941
Place of birth: San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.
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Filmography
228 movies · 32 TV shows, newest first
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Roma elastica
2026
5.5
In the Hand of Dante
2026
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Aurora
2026
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Il Vecchio Terribile
2026
10.0
L'ANIME CHE OGNI OBESO HA BISOGNO
2026
5.0
The Estate
2025
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Titanus 1904
2024
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Compagni d'arte
2024
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The Jester from Transylvania
2024
3.0
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
4.7
Giorni felici
2023
3.5
On Our Way
2023
6.9
The Pope's Exorcist
2023
4.6
The Man Who Drew God
2023
5.5
Django
2023
6.0
The Man from Rome
2022
4.0
Buon Lavoro
2022
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The Duel
2021
9.5
We Are Cinema
2021
7.0
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
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Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
6.0
Off the Rails
2021
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Two Men Alone
2021
6.1
The Match
2021
4.0
The Dark Dance
2020
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Harmonie
2020
1.0
Immortalist
2020NR
Entree Des Artists
2020
5.4
Havana Kyrie
2019
6.6
Christmas in Rome
2019
4.9
Recon
2019
6.0
A Rose in Winter
2019
7.4
The Collini Case
2019
4.0
Ed è subito sera
2019
6.0
Red Land
2018
6.2
Iceman
2017
3.2
The Broken Key
2017
2.8
Agony
2017
3.2
The Neighborhood
2017
5.6
Il crimine non va in pensione
2017
6.4
The Lost City of Z
2017
5.0
The Time of Their Lives
2017
7.3
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
6.0
Delicious
2016
7.0
Emigratis
2016NR
Road to Ruin
2016NR
Along the River
2016
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Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015
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Earth
2015
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Road to Capri
2015
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
201410.0
Figli di Maam
2014
4.1
Love Island
2014
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Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
4.5
Killer Mermaid
2014
5.2
The Mystery of Dante
2014
5.3
Obsessive Rhythms
2014
8.0
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014
10.0
Handy
2013
5.3
Istintobrass
2013
6.0
Memories They Told Me
2013
6.0
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013
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I Tarantiniani
2013
8.2
Django Unchained
2012
5.5
The Last Alchemist
2012
7.5
Crazy Dog
2012
7.7
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012
3.1
New Order
2012
6.2
Cars 2
2011
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Father
2011
4.6
Rasputin
2010
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Prigioniero di un segreto
2010
7.0
Letters to Juliet
2010
5.2
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010
7.0
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
2010
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Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
6.7
Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009
7.5
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
4.0
Márió, a varázsló
2008
6.0
A Night at the Grand Hotel
2008
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Mein Herz in Chile
2008
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Mein Herz in Chile
2008
7.0
Il sangue e la rosa
2008
5.7
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
4.3
La rabbia
2008
4.0
Bastardi
2008
9.5
Mineurs
2007
4.8
The Final Inquiry
2007
5.0
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007
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Two Families
2007
6.2
The Holy Family
2006
6.8
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
2006
6.5
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
5.0
Hans
2006NR
Giornata Nera
2006
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Summer Solstice
2005
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Forever Blues
2005
6.7
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
5.8
The Spaghetti West
2005
7.8
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
2005
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Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
4.5
Post Coitum
2004
4.3
Guardians of the Clouds
2004
2.9
Bad Inclination
2003
8.0
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
200310.0
The Uncrowned Heart
2003
6.6
The Last Gunfighter
20027.0
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
2002
8.0
Fumata blanca
2002
9.0
Ultimo stadio
2002
7.9
Through the Night with...
2002
3.8
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
2002
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In the Company of Compañeros
2001
3.7
La ragion pura
2001
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The Crusaders
2001
4.6
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
10.0
La voce del sangue
2001
7.0
Chimera
2001
5.3
Sacra Corona
2001
NR
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
2001
4.3
The Crusaders
2001
6.9
Saint Paul
2000
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Saint Paul
2000
10.0
Winds of Passion
2000
5.3
Uninvited
2000
9.0
Mirka
2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
5.5
Li chiamarono... briganti!
1999
5.5
Talk of Angels
1998
10.0
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998
3.4
The Versace Murder
1998
8.0
Painted Lady
1997
6.6
Bella Mafia
1997
7.0
Desert of Fire
1997
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The Medal
1997
8.0
Rack Up
1997
NR
David
1997
6.6
David
1997NR
Davide
19978.4
Desert of Fire
1997
4.4
The Conquest
1996
7.3
The Return of Sandokan
1996
5.0
The Innocent Sleep
19966.0
Viva el lunes
1995
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Io e il re
1995
5.9
Jonathan of the Bears
1995
7.5
Desideria e l'anello del drago
1995
7.0
The Dragon Ring
1994
5.5
Das Babylon Komplott
1993
4.2
Test of Memory
1993
6.0
Der Fall Lucona
1993
5.2
Azzurro profondo
1993
4.4
Brothers and Sisters
1992
4.0
Gold
1992
8.0
From Time to Time
1992
5.0
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
1992
5.9
Young Catherine
1991
5.0
Touch and Die
1991
10.0
Breath of Life
1990
7.0
Die Hard 2
1990
7.1
I promessi sposi
19898.0
Blaues Blut
1989
7.0
A Double Victory
1989
3.9
Magdalene
1988
6.7
Young Toscanini
1988
4.5
Top Line
1988
5.3
Race to Danger
1988
4.8
Run for Your Life
1988
5.1
Django Strikes Again
1987
4.9
The Girl
1987
4.9
Sweet Country
19877.0
Un altare per la madre
1986
6.3
The Repenter
1985
9.0
André schafft sie alle
1985
6.3
Devil's Crude
1985
4.7
Die Försterbuben
1984
7.4
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984
6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
5.0
The Falcon
1983
4.5
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982
6.6
Querelle
1982
9.0
Grog
1982
6.2
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
1982
5.4
Kamikaze '89
19825.5
Na sowas!
1982
4.2
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982NR
Sergey Bondarchuk
1982
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Le rose di Danzica
1981
5.5
Enter the Ninja
1981
5.5
The Salamander
1981
6.0
The Man with Bogart's Face
1980
6.1
Day of the Cobra
1980
5.1
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
1980
4.3
The Shark Hunter
1979
8.0
Le rose di Danzica
1979
6.2
Mimi
1979
5.3
The Visitor
1979
6.2
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
5.0
The Pirate
1977
5.0
Sahara Cross
1977
6.7
Hitch Hike
1977
6.3
21 Hours at Munich
1976
6.8
Keoma
1976
6.2
Submission
1976
5.7
Victory March
1976
6.7
The Legend of Valentino
1975
6.3
The Flower in His Mouth
1975
4.9
Death Rite
1975
5.3
Cry, Onion!
1975
7.3
How to Kill a Judge
1975
7.0
Smiling Maniacs
1975
6.2
Challenge to White Fang
1974
6.7
Street Law
19747.3
Der große Preis
1974
6.3
The Last Four Days
1974
6.2
Blood Brothers
1974
6.4
White Fang
1973
6.7
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
6.4
High Crime
1973
5.1
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973
4.4
Redneck
1973
5.8
The Monk
1972
6.1
Pope Joan
1972
6.6
The Harder They Come
1972
5.6
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
6.6
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971
4.8
Vacation
1971
6.6
The Fifth Cord
1971
6.8
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
6.5
Compañeros
1970
5.6
Dropout
1970
3.1
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
5.5
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970
7.2
Tristana
1970
6.8
The Battle of Neretva
1969
5.5
Detective Belli
1969
6.9
The Mercenary
1968
6.3
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968
5.7
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968
7.1
The Day of the Owl
1968
5.8
Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967
6.2
Camelot
1967
7.3
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
6.0
Texas, Adios
1966
6.4
Massacre Time
1966
5.3
War of the Planets
1966
4.5
The Wild, Wild Planet
1966
5.9
The Third Eye
1966
7.2
Django
1966
5.5
The Hired Killer
1966
6.4
The Tramplers
1965
7.5
I Knew Her Well
1965
7.0
La Celestina P… R…
1965
10.0
Italian Engagement
1964NR
Un delitto
1963
4.6
Scorched Skin
1962NR
La battaglia di Gorthene
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The Temptation Of Gracie
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NR
Django Lives!
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El Sobrino
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