Acting · San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy · Born November 23, 1941
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.
MovieRoma elastica
2026
as The Old Filmmaker
MovieIn the Hand of Dante
2026
as Don Lecco (86)
MovieIl Vecchio Terribile
2026
as Oste
MovieThe Estate
2025
MovieTitanus 1904
2024
as Self
MovieCompagni d'arte
2024
MovieThe Jester from Transylvania
2024
as One-eye
MovieSilent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
as Valentino's Spirit
MovieGiorni felici
2023
as Antonio
MovieOn Our Way
2023
MovieThe Pope's Exorcist
2023
as The Pope
MovieThe Man Who Drew God
2023
as Emanuele
TVDjango
2023
as Reverend
MovieThe Man from Rome
2022
as The Pope
MovieBuon Lavoro
2022
MovieThe Duel
2021
MovieWe Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDjango & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
as Self - Actor
MovieMarina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
as Self
MovieOff the Rails
2021
as Giovanni
MovieTwo Men Alone
2021
as Himself
MovieThe Match
2021
as Old Branko
MovieThe Dark Dance
2020
as L'Impresario
MovieHarmonie
2020
MovieImmortalist
2020
as Paolo Spersoni
Entree Des Artists
2020
as Henry's Grandfather
MovieHavana Kyrie
2019
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
MovieChristmas in Rome
2019
as Luigi Forlinghetti
MovieRecon
2019
as Angelo
MovieA Rose in Winter
2019
as Rainer Praeger
MovieThe Collini Case
2019
as Fabrizio Collini
MovieEd è subito sera
2019
MovieRed Land
2018
as Professor Ambrosin
MovieIceman
2017
as Ditob
MovieThe Broken Key
2017
as Hiram Abif
MovieAgony
2017
as Carlo
MovieThe Neighborhood
2017
as Guglielmo
MovieIl crimine non va in pensione
2017
as il primario
MovieThe Lost City of Z
2017
as Baron de Gondoriz
MovieThe Time of Their Lives
2017
as Alberto
MovieJohn Wick: Chapter 2
2017
as Julius
TVDelicious
2016
as Joe Benelli
TVEmigratis
2016
as Self
Road to Ruin
2016
as Self
Along the River
2016
as Frank De Ville
MovieSergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015
as Himself
MovieEarth
2015
MovieRoad to Capri
2015
as Guido
MovieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self - Actor
Figli di Maam
2014
MovieLove Island
2014
as Marquis Polesini
MovieRed Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014
as Self
MovieKiller Mermaid
2014
as Niko
MovieObsessive Rhythms
2014
as Carmine
MovieDjango, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
2014
as Lui-même
MovieHandy
2013
as Frank The Black
MovieIstintobrass
2013
as Self
MovieMemories They Told Me
2013
as Paolo
MovieThe Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013
as Self
MovieI Tarantiniani
2013
as Self
MovieDjango Unchained
2012
as Amerigo Vessepi
MovieThe Last Alchemist
2012
as Felix the Alchemist
MovieCrazy Dog
2012
as Alvaro Genta
MovieEurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012
as Self
MovieNew Order
2012
as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
MovieCars 2
2011
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
MovieFather
2011
as Enrico
MovieRasputin
2010
as Narratore
MoviePrigioniero di un segreto
2010
as Il barbone
MovieLetters to Juliet
2010
as Lorenzo
MovieRestless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010
as Augustinus (age 76)
TVAugustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
2010
as Augustine of Hippo
MovieFranco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
MovieKilling Is My Business, Honey
2009
as Enrico Puzzo
TVRosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
as Max Freeman
MovieMárió, a varázsló
2008
as Mario
MovieA Night at the Grand Hotel
2008
as Ferran Moreno
MovieMein Herz in Chile
2008
as Carlos Sanchez
TVMein Herz in Chile
2008
as Carlos Sanchez
TVIl sangue e la rosa
2008
as Conte Uberto Mancini
MovieBathory: Countess of Blood
2008
as King Mathias
MovieLa rabbia
2008
as Mentore
MovieBastardi
2008
as Rene Iuvara
MovieMineurs
2007
as Michele Acucella
MovieThe Final Inquiry
2007
as Caifa
TVL'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007
as Caifa
MovieTwo Families
2007
as Morandi
MovieThe Holy Family
2006
as Zachary
MovieAmore e libertà - Masaniello
2006
as Vicerè
MovieDenn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
as Self
MovieHans
2006
as Giudice/barbone
Giornata Nera
2006
MovieSummer Solstice
2005
as Lorenzo
MovieForever Blues
2005
as Luca
MovieElio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
as Self
MovieThe Spaghetti West
2005
as Self
MovieVasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
2005
as Judge
TVRosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
MoviePost Coitum
2004
as Bakchus
MovieGuardians of the Clouds
2004
as Padre
MovieBad Inclination
2003
as Il barbone
TVDer Fürst und das Mädchen
2003
The Uncrowned Heart
2003
as Bear's Trainer
MovieThe Last Gunfighter
2002
as The pistolero
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
2002
as Giuseppe Mantaldo
MovieFumata blanca
2002
as Cardenal Tura
MovieUltimo stadio
2002
as Antonio
TVThrough the Night with...
2002
as Self
TVLiebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
2002
as Fashion Billionaire
MovieIn the Company of Compañeros
2001
as Self
MovieLa ragion pura
2001
as Marito
TVThe Crusaders
2001
as Ibnazul
MovieMegiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as General Francini
TVLa voce del sangue
2001
as Antonio Castaldi
MovieChimera
2001
as Imprenditore
MovieSacra Corona
2001
as Bishop Gellért
MovieFranco Nero: Back in the Saddle
2001
as Self
MovieThe Crusaders
2001
as Ibnazul
MovieSaint Paul
2000
as Gamaliel
TVSaint Paul
2000
as Gamaliel
MovieWinds of Passion
2000
as Michele Giangrande
MovieUninvited
2000
as Ralph Barolo
MovieMirka
2000
as Il Sindaco
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Roberto Distasio
MovieLi chiamarono... briganti!
1999
as Caporale Nerza
MovieTalk of Angels
1998
as Dr. Vicente Areavaga
MovieIl tesoro di Damasco
1998
as Andrea
MovieThe Versace Murder
1998
as Gianni Versace
TVPainted Lady
1997
as Robert Tassi
MovieBella Mafia
1997
as Mario Domino
TVDesert of Fire
1997
as Marcel Duvivier
MovieThe Medal
1997
as Ing. Ferrero
MovieRack Up
1997
as Jesus Barro
TVDavid
1997
as Nathan
MovieDavid
1997
as Natan
Davide
1997
as Nathan
MovieDesert of Fire
1997
as Marcel Duvivier
MovieThe Conquest
1996
as Árpád vezér
TVThe Return of Sandokan
1996
as Yogi Azim
MovieThe Innocent Sleep
1996
as Adolfo Cavani
Viva el lunes
1995
as Self
MovieIo e il re
1995
as Maggiore Ferri
MovieJonathan of the Bears
1995
as Jonathan
TVDesideria e l'anello del drago
1995
as Dragon King
MovieThe Dragon Ring
1994
as Dragon King
MovieDas Babylon Komplott
1993
as Chris Lang
MovieTest of Memory
1993
as Paul Herzog
MovieDer Fall Lucona
1993
as Enzo Lombardi
MovieAzzurro profondo
1993
as Luca Morinari
MovieBrothers and Sisters
1992
as Franco
MovieGold
1992
as Gabriele da Poppi
MovieFrom Time to Time
1992
as Leonard De Vinci
MovieAmelia Lópes O'Neill
1992
as Fernando
TVYoung Catherine
1991
as Count Vorontsov
MovieTouch and Die
1991
as Aquani
MovieBreath of Life
1990
as Angelo
MovieDie Hard 2
1990
as General Ramon Esperanza
TVI promessi sposi
1989
as fra Cristoforo
Blaues Blut
1989
as Sandro Castellani
A Double Victory
1989
as Saverio Pallucca
MovieMagdalene
1988
as Janza
MovieYoung Toscanini
1988
as Claudio Toscanini
MovieTop Line
1988
as Ted Angelo
MovieRace to Danger
1988
as Francis, il marinaio
MovieRun for Your Life
1988
as Commissario
MovieDjango Strikes Again
1987
as Django
MovieThe Girl
1987
as Johan (John) Berg
MovieSweet Country
1987
as Paul
Un altare per la madre
1986
as -
MovieThe Repenter
1985
as Falco
MovieAndré schafft sie alle
1985
as Andre
MovieDevil's Crude
1985
as Nick
MovieDie Försterbuben
1984
as Böhme
TVThe Last Days of Pompeii
1984
as Arbaces
TVThe Hitchhiker
1983
as Dr. Peter Milne
MovieThe Falcon
1983
as Banović Strahinja
MovieRed Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982
as John Reed
MovieQuerelle
1982
as Lieutenant Seblon
MovieGrog
1982
as Nicola Fanelli
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
1982
as Self
MovieKamikaze '89
1982
as Weiss
Na sowas!
1982
as Self
MovieRed Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982
as John Reed
Sergey Bondarchuk
1982
as Self
TVLe rose di Danzica
1981
as Il generale Konrad Von Den Berg
MovieEnter the Ninja
1981
as Cole
MovieThe Salamander
1981
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
MovieThe Man with Bogart's Face
1980
as Hakim
MovieDay of the Cobra
1980
as Larry Stanziani
MovieThe Blue-Eyed Bandit
1980
as Renzo Dominici
MovieThe Shark Hunter
1979
as Mike di Donato
MovieLe rose di Danzica
1979
as General Konrad von Der Berg
MovieMimi
1979
as Guido
MovieThe Visitor
1979
as Jesus Christ
MovieThe Pirate
1978
as Baydr Al Fay
MovieForce 10 from Navarone
1978
as Lescovar
TVThe Pirate
1977
as Baydr Al Fay
MovieSahara Cross
1977
as Jean Ballard
MovieHitch Hike
1977
as Walter Mancini
Movie21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Issa
MovieKeoma
1976
as Keoma
MovieSubmission
1976
as Armand
MovieVictory March
1976
as Captain Asciutto
MovieThe Legend of Valentino
1975
as Rudolph Valentino
MovieThe Flower in His Mouth
1975
as Professore Michele Belcore
MovieDeath Rite
1975
as Sadry
MovieCry, Onion!
1975
as Onion Stark
MovieHow to Kill a Judge
1975
as Giacomo Solaris
MovieSmiling Maniacs
1975
as Judge Dani
MovieChallenge to White Fang
1974
as Jason Scott
MovieStreet Law
1974
as Carlo Antonelli
Der große Preis
1974
as Self
MovieThe Last Four Days
1974
as Walter Audisio
MovieBlood Brothers
1974
as Nicola Bellizzi
MovieWhite Fang
1973
as Jason Scott
MovieThe Assassination of Matteotti
1973
as Giacomo Matteotti
MovieHigh Crime
1973
as Commissario Belli
MovieDeaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973
as Johnny Ears
MovieRedneck
1973
as Mosquito
MovieThe Monk
1972
as Ambrosio
MoviePope Joan
1972
as Louis
MovieThe Harder They Come
1972
as Django (archive footage)
MovieDon't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
MovieThe Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971
as Vanzi
MovieVacation
1971
as Osiride
MovieThe Fifth Cord
1971
as Andrea Bild
MovieConfessions of a Police Captain
1971
as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
MovieCompañeros
1970
as Yodlaf Peterson
MovieDropout
1970
as Bruno
MovieThe Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
as The gypsy
MovieThe Fifth Day of Peace
1970
as Bruno Grauber
MovieTristana
1970
as Horacio
MovieThe Battle of Neretva
1969
as Capitano Michele Rossi
MovieDetective Belli
1969
as Commissario Stefano Belli
MovieThe Mercenary
1968
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
MovieA Quiet Place in the Country
1968
as Leonardo Ferri
MovieSardinia Kidnapped
1968
as Gavino
MovieThe Day of the Owl
1968
as Captain Bellodi
MovieMan, Pride and Vengeance
1967
as José
MovieCamelot
1967
as Lancelot Du Lac
MovieThe Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as Abel
MovieTexas, Adios
1966
as Burt Sullivan
MovieMassacre Time
1966
as Tom Corbett
MovieWar of the Planets
1966
as Lt. Jake Jacowitx
MovieThe Wild, Wild Planet
1966
as Lt. Jake
MovieThe Third Eye
1966
as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
MovieDjango
1966
as Django
MovieThe Hired Killer
1966
as Tony Lo Bello
MovieThe Tramplers
1965
as Charley Garvey
MovieI Knew Her Well
1965
as Italo - The garage attendant
MovieLa Celestina P… R…
1965
as Fabrizio
MovieItalian Engagement
1964
Un delitto
1963
MovieScorched Skin
1962
La battaglia di Gorthene
The Temptation Of Gracie
MovieDjango Lives!
as Django
El Sobrino
