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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 23, 1941
Place of Birth
San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also Known As
- Frank Black
- Frank Nero
- Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero
- فرانکو نرو
- فرانکو نِرو
Franco Nero
2.5 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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The Estate
2025
0.0
Hunter
The Run
2025
5.1
Don Lecco
In the Hand of Dante
2025
0.0
Self
Titanus 1904
2024
0.0
Compagni d'arte
2024
3.0
Valentino's Spirit
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
4.0
Antonio
Giorni felici
2023
3.5
On Our Way
2023
6.9
The Pope
The Pope's Exorcist
2023
4.9
Emanuele
The Man Who Drew God
2023
Credits
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The Estate
2025
0.0
The Run
as Hunter
2025
0.0
In the Hand of Dante
as Don Lecco
2025
5.1
Titanus 1904
as Self
2024
0.0
Compagni d'arte
2024
0.0
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
as Valentino's Spirit
2023
3.0
Giorni felici
as Antonio
2023
4.0
On Our Way
2023
3.5
The Pope's Exorcist
as The Pope
2023
6.9
The Man Who Drew God
as Emanuele
2023
4.9
Django
as Reverend
2023
5.4
The Man from Rome
as The Pope
2022
5.8
Buon Lavoro
2022
4.0
The Duel
2021
0.0
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
9.5
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor
2021
7.0
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
as Self
2021
0.0
Off the Rails
as Giovanni
2021
6.0
Two Men Alone
as Himself
2021
0.0
The Match
as Old Branko
2021
6.1
The Dark Dance
as L'Impresario
2020
4.0
Harmonie
2020
0.0
Immortalist
as Paolo Spersoni
2020
1.0
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Entree Des Artists
as Henry's Grandfather
2020
0.0
The Jester from Transylvania
as One-eye
2020
6.0
Havana Kyrie
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
2019
6.0
Christmas in Rome
as Luigi Forlinghetti
2019
6.7
Recon
as Angelo
2019
4.9
A Rose in Winter
as Rainer Praeger
2019
6.0
The Collini Case
as Fabrizio Collini
2019
7.4
Ed è subito sera
2019
4.0
Red Land
as Professor Ambrosin
2018
6.0
Iceman
as Ditob
2017
6.2
The Broken Key
as Hiram Abif
2017
3.2
Agony
as Carlo
2017
4.0
The Neighborhood
as Guglielmo
2017
3.2
Il crimine non va in pensione
as il primario
2017
5.6
The Lost City of Z
as Baron de Gondoriz
2017
6.4
The Time of Their Lives
as Alberto
2017
5.0
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Julius
2017
7.3
Delicious
as Joe Benelli
2016
5.9
Emigratis
as Self
2016
7.0
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Road to Ruin
as Self
2016
0.0
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Along the River
as Frank De Ville
2016
0.0
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
as Himself
2015
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Earth
2015
0.0
Road to Capri
as Guido
2015
0.0
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
2014
7.2
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Figli di Maam
2014
10.0
Love Island
as Marquis Polesini
2014
4.1
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
as Self
2014
0.0
Killer Mermaid
as Niko
2014
4.2
Obsessive Rhythms
as Carmine
2014
5.3
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
as Lui-même
2014
8.0
Handy
as Frank The Black
2013
10.0
Istintobrass
as Self
2013
4.4
Memories They Told Me
as Paolo
2013
6.0
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
as Self
2013
6.0
I Tarantiniani
as Self
2013
0.0
Django Unchained
as Amerigo Vessepi
2012
8.2
The Last Alchemist
as Felix the Alchemist
2012
5.5
Crazy Dog
as Alvaro Genta
2012
7.0
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
as Self
2012
7.7
New Order
as Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
2012
3.1
Cars 2
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
2011
6.2
Father
as Enrico
2011
0.0
Rasputin
as Narratore
2010
4.5
Prigioniero di un segreto
as Il barbone
2010
0.0
Letters to Juliet
as Lorenzo
2010
7.0
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
as Augustinus (age 76)
2010
5.1
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
as Augustine of Hippo
2010
7.0
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
0.0
Killing Is My Business, Honey
as Enrico Puzzo
2009
6.7
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
as Max Freeman
2008
7.5
Márió, a varázsló
as Mario
2008
4.0
A Night at the Grand Hotel
as Ferran Moreno
2008
6.0
Mein Herz in Chile
as Carlos Sanchez
2008
0.0
Il sangue e la rosa
as Conte Uberto Mancini
2008
7.0
Bathory: Countess of Blood
as King Mathias
2008
5.7
La rabbia
as Mentore
2008
4.3
Bastardi
as Rene Iuvara
2008
0.0
Mein Herz in Chile
as Carlos Sanchez
2008
0.0
Mineurs
as Michele Acucella
2007
9.5
The Final Inquiry
as Caifa
2007
4.7
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
as Caifa
2007
5.0
Two Families
as Morandi
2007
0.0
The Holy Family
as Zachary
2006
7.1
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
as Vicerè
2006
6.5
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
as Self
2006
6.6
Hans
as Giudice/barbone
2006
5.0
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Giornata Nera
2006
0.0
Summer Solstice
as Lorenzo
2005
0.0
Forever Blues
as Luca
2005
0.0
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self
2005
6.7
The Spaghetti West
as Self
2005
5.8
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
as Judge
2005
7.8
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
0.0
Post Coitum
as Bakchus
2004
4.0
Guardians of the Clouds
as Padre
2004
2.0
Bad Inclination
as Il barbone
2003
2.4
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
2003
0.0
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The Uncrowned Heart
as Bear's Trainer
2003
0.0
The Last Gunfighter
as The pistolero
2002
6.2
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Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
as Giuseppe Mantaldo
2002
0.0
Through the Night with...
as Self
2002
8.0
Fumata blanca
as Cardenal Tura
2002
0.0
Ultimo stadio
as Antonio
2002
0.0
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
as Fashion Billionaire
2002
2.3
In the Company of Compañeros
as Self
2001
0.0
La ragion pura
as Marito
2001
2.0
The Crusaders
as Ibnazul
2001
0.0
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as General Francini
2001
4.5
La voce del sangue
as Antonio Castaldi
2001
0.0
Chimera
as Imprenditore
2001
0.0
Sacra Corona
as Bishop Gellért
2001
4.4
Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta
as Self
2001
8.9
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
as Self
2001
0.0
The Crusaders
as Ibnazul
2001
3.9
Saint Paul
as Gamaliel
2000
6.8
Saint Paul
as Gamaliel
2000
0.0
Winds of Passion
as Michele Giangrande
2000
0.0
Uninvited
as Ralph Barolo
2000
3.5
Mirka
as Il Sindaco
2000
0.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Roberto Distasio
1999
7.9
Li chiamarono... briganti!
as Caporale Nerza
1999
5.1
Talk of Angels
as Dr. Vicente Areavaga
1998
5.4
Il tesoro di Damasco
as Andrea
1998
0.0
The Versace Murder
as Gianni Versace
1998
2.3
Painted Lady
as Robert Tassi
1997
7.5
Bella Mafia
as Mario Domino
1997
6.6
Desert of Fire
as Marcel Duvivier
1997
10.0
The Medal
as Ing. Ferrero
1997
0.0
Rack Up
as Jesus Barro
1997
0.0
David
as Nathan
1997
0.0
David
as Natan
1997
6.5
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Davide
as Nathan
1997
0.0
Desert of Fire
as Marcel Duvivier
1997
9.3
The Conquest
as Árpád vezér
1996
4.2
The Return of Sandokan
as Yogi Azim
1996
7.5
The Innocent Sleep
as Adolfo Cavani
1996
4.0
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Viva el lunes
as Self
1995
6.0
Io e il re
as Maggiore Ferri
1995
0.0
Jonathan of the Bears
as Jonathan
1995
5.8
Desideria e l'anello del drago
as Dragon King
1995
0.0
The Dragon Ring
as Dragon King
1994
7.0
Das Babylon Komplott
as Chris Lang
1993
4.0
Test of Memory
as Paul Herzog
1993
3.0
Der Fall Lucona
as Enzo Lombardi
1993
5.0
Azzurro profondo
as Luca Morinari
1993
5.3
Brothers and Sisters
as Franco
1992
3.5
Gold
as Gabriele da Poppi
1992
3.7
From Time to Time
as Leonard De Vinci
1992
0.0
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
as Fernando
1992
3.8
Young Catherine
as Count Vorontsov
1991
5.7
Touch and Die
as Aquani
1991
3.3
Breath of Life
as Angelo
1990
0.0
Die Hard 2
as General Ramon Esperanza
1990
7.0
I promessi sposi
as fra Cristoforo
1989
6.4
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Blaues Blut
as Sandro Castellani
1989
0.0
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A Double Victory
as Saverio Pallucca
1989
0.0
Magdalene
as Janza
1988
3.3
Young Toscanini
as Claudio Toscanini
1988
5.9
Top Line
as Ted Angelo
1988
4.0
Race to Danger
as Francis, il marinaio
1988
4.0
Run for Your Life
as Commissario
1988
4.4
Django Strikes Again
as Django
1987
5.1
The Girl
as Johan (John) Berg
1987
4.0
Sweet Country
as Paul
1987
4.4
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Un altare per la madre
as -
1986
0.0
The Repenter
as Falco
1985
6.1
André schafft sie alle
as Andre
1985
0.0
Devil's Crude
as Nick
1985
4.5
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Die Försterbuben
as Böhme
1984
3.5
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Arbaces
1984
7.3
The Hitchhiker
as Dr. Peter Milne
1983
6.1
The Falcon
as Banović Strahinja
1983
4.6
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
as John Reed
1982
4.2
Querelle
as Lieutenant Seblon
1982
6.6
Grog
as Nicola Fanelli
1982
0.0
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
as Self
1982
5.7
Kamikaze '89
as Weiss
1982
5.3
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Na sowas!
as Self
1982
1.0
Red Bells
as John Reed
1982
0.0
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
as John Reed
1982
3.8
Enter the Ninja
as Cole
1981
5.4
The Salamander
as Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
1981
5.3
The Man with Bogart's Face
as Hakim
1980
5.9
Day of the Cobra
as Larry Stanziani
1980
5.8
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
as Renzo Dominici
1980
4.8
The Shark Hunter
as Mike di Donato
1979
4.1
Le rose di Danzica
as General Konrad von Der Berg
1979
0.0
Mimi
as Guido
1979
5.8
The Visitor
as Jesus Christ
1979
5.2
The Pirate
as Baydr Al Fay
1978
3.7
Force 10 from Navarone
as Lescovar
1978
6.2
Sahara Cross
as Jean Ballard
1977
2.0
Hitch Hike
as Walter Mancini
1977
6.8
21 Hours at Munich
as Issa
1976
6.2
Keoma
as Keoma
1976
6.9
Submission
as Armand
1976
6.1
Victory March
as Captain Asciutto
1976
5.9
The Legend of Valentino
as Rudolph Valentino
1975
5.5
The Flower in His Mouth
as Professore Michele Belcore
1975
6.2
Death Rite
as Sadry
1975
4.2
Cry, Onion!
as Onion Stark
1975
5.2
How to Kill a Judge
as Giacomo Solaris
1975
7.0
Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Dani
1975
0.0
Challenge to White Fang
as Jason Scott
1974
6.1
Street Law
as Carlo Antonelli
1974
6.4
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Der große Preis
as Self
1974
6.0
The Last Four Days
as Walter Audisio
1974
6.2
Blood Brothers
as Nicola Bellizzi
1974
6.0
White Fang
as Jason Scott
1973
6.4
The Assassination of Matteotti
as Giacomo Matteotti
1973
6.6
High Crime
as Commissario Belli
1973
6.5
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
as Johnny Ears
1973
4.8
Redneck
as Mosquito
1973
4.2
The Monk
as Ambrosio
1972
5.4
Pope Joan
as Louis
1972
5.9
The Harder They Come
as Django (archive footage)
1972
6.5
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
as Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
1971
5.3
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
as Vanzi
1971
6.7
Vacation
as Osiride
1971
4.6
The Fifth Cord
as Andrea Bild
1971
6.6
Confessions of a Police Captain
as Sostituto Procuratore Traini
1971
6.7
Dropout
as Bruno
1970
4.8
Compañeros
as Yodlaf Peterson
1970
6.5
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as The gypsy
1970
2.1
The Fifth Day of Peace
as Bruno Grauber
1970
5.4
Tristana
as Horacio
1970
7.2
The Battle of Neretva
as Capitano Michele Rossi
1969
6.8
Detective Belli
as Commissario Stefano Belli
1969
5.2
The Mercenary
as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
1968
6.9
A Quiet Place in the Country
as Leonardo Ferri
1968
6.2
Sardinia Kidnapped
as Gavino
1968
5.8
The Day of the Owl
as Captain Bellodi
1968
7.1
Man, Pride and Vengeance
as José
1967
5.7
Camelot
as Lancelot Du Lac
1967
6.2
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Abel
1966
7.3
Texas, Adios
as Burt Sullivan
1966
5.9
Massacre Time
as Tom Corbett
1966
6.3
War of the Planets
as Lt. Jake Jacowitx
1966
4.9
The Wild, Wild Planet
as Lt. Jake
1966
4.2
The Third Eye
as Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
1966
5.8
Django
as Django
1966
7.2
The Hired Killer
as Tony Lo Bello
1966
5.4
The Tramplers
as Charley Garvey
1965
5.9
I Knew Her Well
as Italo - The garage attendant
1965
7.4
La Celestina P… R…
as Fabrizio
1965
0.0
Italian Engagement
1964
0.0
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Un delitto
1963
0.0
Scorched Skin
1962
3.8
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Roma elastica
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0.0
Django Lives!
as Django
N/A
0.0
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The Temptation Of Gracie
N/A
0.0
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La battaglia di Gorthene
N/A
0.0