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 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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Franco Nero licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
Touch and Die
Aquani
Die Hard 2
General Ramon Esperanza
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Abel
Saint Paul
Gamaliel
David
Natan
Django
Django
Blood Brothers
Nicola Bellizzi
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self
Texas, Adios
Burt Sullivan
Keoma
Keoma
La battaglia di Gorthene
The Battle of Neretva
Capitani Michele Rossi
Massacre Time
Tom Corbett
Tristana
Horacio
The Wild, Wild Planet
Lt. Jake
The Man with Bogart's Face
Hakim
The Fifth Cord
Andrea Bild
Jonathan of the Bears
Jonathan
Victory March
Captain Asciutto
Compañeros
Yodlaf Peterson
Bathory: Countess of Blood
King Mathias
The Last Four Days
Walter Audisio
Killing Is My Business, Honey
Enrico Puzzo
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Vanzi
Day of the Cobra
Larry Stanziani
The Assassination of Matteotti
Giacomo Matteotti
Brothers and Sisters
Franco
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
Judge
Enter the Ninja
Cole
Detective Belli
Commissario Stefano Belli
Cars 2
Uncle Topolino (voice)
The Mercenary
Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
Force 10 from Navarone
Lescovar
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Augustinus (age 76)
Django Unchained
Amerigo Vessepi
The Conquest
Árpád vezér
Camelot
Lancelot Du Lac
Along the River
Frank De Ville
Mimi
Guido
The Virgin and the Gypsy
The gypsy
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Himself
Rasputin
Narratore
21 Hours at Munich
Issa
The 5th Day of Peace
Bruno Grauber
Redneck
Mosquito
Street Law
Carlo Antonelli
Hitch Hike
Walter Mancini
Devil's Crude
Nick
Talk of Angels
Dr. Vicente Areavaga
A Quiet Place in the Country
Leonardo Ferri
Cry, Onion!
Onion Stark
Li chiamarono... briganti!
Caporale Nerza
White Fang
Jason Scott
Django Strikes Again
Django
The Day of the Owl
Captain Bellodi
Fumata blanca
Cardenal Tura
The Shark Hunter
Mike di Donato
High Crime
Commissario Belli
War of the Planets
Lt. Jake Jacowitx
The Flower in His Mouth
Professore Michele Belcore
The Dragon Ring
Dragon King
Challenge to White Fang
Jason Scott
The Harder They Come
Django (archive footage)
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Self
Sahara Cross
Jean Ballard
Man, Pride and Vengeance
José
The Girl
Johan (John) Berg
Mein Herz in Chile
Carlos Sanchez
Hans
Giudice/barbone
Harmonie
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
Fernando
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
Johnny Ears
Top Line
Ted Angelo
La rabbia
Mentore
The Salamander
Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
Confessions of a Police Captain
Sostituto Procuratore Traini
The Tramplers
Charley Garvey
How to Kill a Judge
Giacomo Solaris
Submission
Armand
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
Vacation
Osiride
Gold
Gabriele da Poppi
La ragion pura
Marito
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
John Reed
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
Renzo Dominici
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
John Reed
New Order
Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
Self
Memories They Told Me
Paolo
Post Coitum
Bakchus
Race to Danger
Francis, il marinaio
Crazy Dog
Alvaro Genta
Márió, a varázsló
Mario
Prigioniero di un segreto
Il barbone
Young Toscanini
Claudio Toscanini
Obsessive Rythms
Carmine
The Hired Killer
Tony Lo Bello
Death Rite
Sadry
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Lui-même
The Falcon
Banović Strahinja
Oggi ho vinto anch'io
Saverio Pallucca
The Last Alchemist
Felix the Alchemist
Killer Mermaid
Niko
Giorni Felici
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Gen. Francini
The Monk
Ambrosio
In the Hand of Dante
Grog
Nicola Fanelli
Smiling Maniacs
Judge Dani
On Our Way
The Pope's Exorcist
The Pope
Sardinia Kidnapped
Gavino
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
Giuseppe Mantaldo
Un altare per la madre
-
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self
Das Babylon Komplott
Chris Lang
Desert of Fire
Marcel Duvivier
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor
Il tesoro di Damasco
Andrea
Sacra Corona
Bishop Gellért
The Man from Rome
The Pope
The Visitor
Jesus Christ
The Last Gunfighter
The pistolero
In the Company of Compañeros
Self
Mirka
Il Sindaco
A Night at the Grand Hotel
Ferran Moreno
Io e il re
Maggiore Ferri
Test of Memory
Paul Herzog
Figli di Maam
The Duel
The Legend of Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
The Outsider - The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Self
Road to Ruin
Self
Earth
Mineurs
Michele Acucella
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Run for Your Life
Commissario
I Tarantiniani
Self
Entree Des Artists
Henry's Grandfather
Die Försterbuben
Böhme
André schafft sie alle
Andre
The Pirate
Baydr Al Fay
Handy
Frank The Black
Rack Up
Jesus Barro
I Knew Her Well
Italo - The garage attendant
The Temptation Of Gracie
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Self
Le rose di Danzica
General Konrad von Der Berg
Django Lives!
Django
Agony (L'esecutore)
The Innocent Sleep
Adolfo Cavani
Love Island
Marquis Polesini
Forever Blues
Luca
Pope Joan
Louis
Summer Solstice
Lorenzo
The Estate
Der Fall Lucona
Enzo Lombardi
The Crusaders
Ibnazul
La Celestina P… R…
Fabrizio
Breath of Life
Angelo
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
John Wick: Chapter 2
Julius
The Time of Their Lives
Alberto
The Lost City of Z
Baron de Gondoriz
Uninvited
Ralph Barolo
Dropout
Bruno
The Neighborhood
Guglielmo
Bad Inclination
Il barbone
The Repenter
Falco
The Broken Key
Hiram Abif
The Final Inquiry
Caifa
Magdalene
Janza
Agony
Carlo
Iceman
Ditob
The Versace Murder
Gianni Versace
Kamikaze 1989
Weiss
The Uncrowned Heart
Bear's Trainer
The Spaghetti West
Self
Il crimine non va in pensione
il primario
A Rose in Winter
Rainer Praeger
Red Land
Professor Ambrosin
The Holy Family
Zachary
Guardiani delle nuvole
Padre
The Collini Case
Fabrizio Collini
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
Himself
Sweet Country
Paul
Ultimo stadio
Antonio
Italian Engagement
Ed è subito sera
Bastardi
Rene Iuvara
Giornata Nera
Un delitto
Christmas in Rome
Luigi Forlinghetti
The Medal
Ing. Ferrero
The Third Eye
Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
Road to Capri
Guido
Querelle
Lieutenant Seblon
Letters to Juliet
Lorenzo
Istintobrass
Self
Off the Rails
Giovanni
Azzurro profondo
Luca Morinari
The Dark Dance
L'Impresario
Recon
Angelo
Havana Kyrie
Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
Self
Immortalist
Paolo Spersoni
Bella Mafia
Mario Domino
The Man Who Drew God
Emanuele
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Spirit
The Match
Old Branko
The Jester from Transylvania
One-eye
Two Men Alone
Himself
Father
Enrico
Two Families
Morandi
Buon Lavoro
Compagni d'arte
Titanus 1904
Self
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
Self
Shows
Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta
Self
Viva el lunes
Self
The Hitchhiker
Dr. Peter Milne
Delicious
Joe Benelli
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
Max Freeman
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
Il sangue e la rosa
Conte Uberto Mancini
Painted Lady
Robert Tassi
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
Fashion Billionaire
Blaues Blut
Sandro Castellani
Emigratis
Self
Desert of Fire
Marcel Duvivier
The Last Days of Pompeii
Arbaces
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Roberto Distasio
Through the Night with...
Self
Desideria e l'anello del drago
Dragon King
Il Ritorno di Sandokan
Yogi Azim
I promessi sposi
fra Cristoforo
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
Young Catherine
Count Vorontsov
Na sowas!
Self
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Caifa
Django
Reverend
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Augustine of Hippo
La voce del sangue
Antonio Castaldi
Der große Preis
Self