
Franco Nero
Acting
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.

Il Vecchio Terribile
Oste

The Estate

The Run
Hunter

In the Hand of Dante
Don Lecco

Titanus 1904
Self

Compagni d'arte

The Jester from Transylvania
One-eye

Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Valentino's Spirit

Giorni felici
Antonio

On Our Way

The Pope's Exorcist
The Pope

The Man Who Drew God
Emanuele

The Man from Rome
The Pope

Buon Lavoro

The Duel

We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self - Actor

Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Self

Off the Rails
Giovanni

Two Men Alone
Himself

The Match
Old Branko

The Dark Dance
L'Impresario

Harmonie

Immortalist
Paolo Spersoni
Entree Des Artists
Henry's Grandfather

Havana Kyrie
Vittorio Arditi De Bellis

Christmas in Rome
Luigi Forlinghetti

Recon
Angelo

A Rose in Winter
Rainer Praeger

The Collini Case
Fabrizio Collini

Ed è subito sera

Red Land
Professor Ambrosin

Iceman
Ditob

The Broken Key
Hiram Abif

Agony
Carlo

The Neighborhood
Guglielmo

Il crimine non va in pensione
il primario

The Lost City of Z
Baron de Gondoriz

The Time of Their Lives
Alberto

John Wick: Chapter 2
Julius
Road to Ruin
Self
Along the River
Frank De Ville

Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
Himself

Earth

Road to Capri
Guido

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor
Figli di Maam

Love Island
Marquis Polesini

Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
Self

Killer Mermaid
Niko

Obsessive Rhythms
Carmine

Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Lui-même

Handy
Frank The Black

Istintobrass
Self

Memories They Told Me
Paolo

The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Self

I Tarantiniani
Self

Django Unchained
Amerigo Vessepi

The Last Alchemist
Felix the Alchemist

Crazy Dog
Alvaro Genta

Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Self

New Order
Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen

Cars 2
Uncle Topolino (voice)

Father
Enrico

Rasputin
Narratore

Prigioniero di un segreto
Il barbone

Letters to Juliet
Lorenzo

Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
Augustinus (age 76)

Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso

Killing Is My Business, Honey
Enrico Puzzo

Márió, a varázsló
Mario

A Night at the Grand Hotel
Ferran Moreno

Bathory: Countess of Blood
King Mathias

La rabbia
Mentore

Bastardi
Rene Iuvara

Mein Herz in Chile
Carlos Sanchez

Mineurs
Michele Acucella

The Final Inquiry
Caifa

Two Families
Morandi

The Holy Family
Zachary

Amore e libertà - Masaniello
Vicerè

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Self

Hans
Giudice/barbone
Giornata Nera

Summer Solstice
Lorenzo

Forever Blues
Luca

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self

The Spaghetti West
Self

Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
Judge

Post Coitum
Bakchus

Guardians of the Clouds
Padre

Bad Inclination
Il barbone
The Uncrowned Heart
Bear's Trainer

The Last Gunfighter
The pistolero
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
Giuseppe Mantaldo

Ultimo stadio
Antonio

Fumata blanca
Cardenal Tura

In the Company of Compañeros
Self

La ragion pura
Marito

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
General Francini

Chimera
Imprenditore

Sacra Corona
Bishop Gellért

Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
Self

The Crusaders
Ibnazul

Saint Paul
Gamaliel

Winds of Passion
Michele Giangrande

Uninvited
Ralph Barolo

Mirka
Il Sindaco

Li chiamarono... briganti!
Caporale Nerza

Talk of Angels
Dr. Vicente Areavaga

Il tesoro di Damasco
Andrea

The Versace Murder
Gianni Versace

Bella Mafia
Mario Domino

The Medal
Ing. Ferrero

Rack Up
Jesus Barro

David
Natan

Desert of Fire
Marcel Duvivier

The Conquest
Árpád vezér

The Innocent Sleep
Adolfo Cavani

Io e il re
Maggiore Ferri

Jonathan of the Bears
Jonathan

The Dragon Ring
Dragon King

Das Babylon Komplott
Chris Lang

Test of Memory
Paul Herzog

Der Fall Lucona
Enzo Lombardi

Azzurro profondo
Luca Morinari

Brothers and Sisters
Franco

Gold
Gabriele da Poppi

From Time to Time
Leonard De Vinci

Amelia Lópes O'Neill
Fernando

Touch and Die
Aquani

Breath of Life
Angelo

Die Hard 2
General Ramon Esperanza
A Double Victory
Saverio Pallucca

Magdalene
Janza

Young Toscanini
Claudio Toscanini

Top Line
Ted Angelo

Race to Danger
Francis, il marinaio

Run for Your Life
Commissario

Django Strikes Again
Django

The Girl
Johan (John) Berg

Sweet Country
Paul
Un altare per la madre
-

The Repenter
Falco

André schafft sie alle
Andre

Devil's Crude
Nick

Die Försterbuben
Böhme

The Falcon
Banović Strahinja

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
John Reed

Querelle
Lieutenant Seblon

Grog
Nicola Fanelli
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
Self

Kamikaze '89
Weiss

Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
John Reed

Enter the Ninja
Cole

The Salamander
Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci

The Man with Bogart's Face
Hakim

Day of the Cobra
Larry Stanziani

The Blue-Eyed Bandit
Renzo Dominici

The Shark Hunter
Mike di Donato

Le rose di Danzica
General Konrad von Der Berg

Mimi
Guido

The Visitor
Jesus Christ

The Pirate
Baydr Al Fay

Force 10 from Navarone
Lescovar

Sahara Cross
Jean Ballard

Hitch Hike
Walter Mancini

21 Hours at Munich
Issa

Keoma
Keoma

Submission
Armand

Victory March
Captain Asciutto

The Legend of Valentino
Rudolph Valentino

The Flower in His Mouth
Professore Michele Belcore

Death Rite
Sadry

Cry, Onion!
Onion Stark

How to Kill a Judge
Giacomo Solaris

Smiling Maniacs
Judge Dani

Challenge to White Fang
Jason Scott

Street Law
Carlo Antonelli

The Last Four Days
Walter Audisio

Blood Brothers
Nicola Bellizzi

White Fang
Jason Scott

The Assassination of Matteotti
Giacomo Matteotti

High Crime
Commissario Belli

Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
Johnny Ears

Redneck
Mosquito

The Monk
Ambrosio

Pope Joan
Louis

The Harder They Come
Django (archive footage)

Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky

The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Vanzi

Vacation
Osiride

The Fifth Cord
Andrea Bild

Confessions of a Police Captain
Sostituto Procuratore Traini

Dropout
Bruno

Compañeros
Yodlaf Peterson

The Virgin and the Gypsy
The gypsy

The Fifth Day of Peace
Bruno Grauber

Tristana
Horacio

The Battle of Neretva
Capitano Michele Rossi

Detective Belli
Commissario Stefano Belli

The Mercenary
Sergei Kowalski, The Polish

A Quiet Place in the Country
Leonardo Ferri

Sardinia Kidnapped
Gavino

The Day of the Owl
Captain Bellodi

Man, Pride and Vengeance
José

Camelot
Lancelot Du Lac

The Bible: In the Beginning...
Abel

Texas, Adios
Burt Sullivan

Massacre Time
Tom Corbett

War of the Planets
Lt. Jake Jacowitx

The Wild, Wild Planet
Lt. Jake

The Third Eye
Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)

Django
Django

The Hired Killer
Tony Lo Bello

The Tramplers
Charley Garvey

I Knew Her Well
Italo - The garage attendant

La Celestina P… R…
Fabrizio

Italian Engagement
Un delitto

Scorched Skin







