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