Franco Nero

Acting

Born Nov 23, 1941 (age 84) · San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Django Unchained2012
as ⁨Amerigo Vessepi⁩
John Wick: Chapter 22017
as ⁨Julius⁩
Cars 22011
as ⁨Uncle Topolino (voice)⁩
Die Hard 21990
as ⁨General Ramon Esperanza⁩
The Pope's Exorcist2023
as ⁨The Pope⁩
The Lost City of Z2017
as ⁨Baron de Gondoriz⁩
Letters to Juliet2010
as ⁨Lorenzo⁩
as ⁨Django⁩
as ⁨Fabrizio Collini⁩
as ⁨Lescovar⁩
as ⁨Abel⁩
as ⁨Horacio⁩
as ⁨Lieutenant Seblon⁩
as ⁨Italo - The garage attendant⁩
as ⁨Keoma⁩
as ⁨Sergei Kowalski, The Polish⁩
as ⁨Cole⁩
as ⁨Ditob⁩
as ⁨Django (archive footage)⁩
as ⁨Jesus Christ⁩
as ⁨Captain Bellodi⁩
as ⁨King Mathias⁩
as ⁨Yodlaf Peterson⁩
as ⁨Walter Mancini⁩
as ⁨Niko⁩
as ⁨Leonardo Ferri⁩
as ⁨Lancelot Du Lac⁩
as ⁨Andrea Bild⁩
as ⁨Tom Corbett⁩
as ⁨Don Lecco (86)⁩
as ⁨Luigi Forlinghetti⁩
as ⁨Jason Scott⁩
as ⁨Natan⁩
as ⁨Angelo⁩
as ⁨Capitano Michele Rossi⁩
as ⁨The Pope⁩
as ⁨Walter Audisio⁩
as ⁨Old Branko⁩
as ⁨Dragon King⁩
as ⁨Enrico Puzzo⁩
as ⁨Carlo Antonelli⁩
as ⁨The Old Filmmaker⁩
Out Wed, Dec 23

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Django Unchained2012
as ⁨Amerigo Vessepi⁩
John Wick: Chapter 22017
as ⁨Julius⁩
Cars 22011
as ⁨Uncle Topolino (voice)⁩
Die Hard 21990
as ⁨General Ramon Esperanza⁩
The Pope's Exorcist2023
as ⁨The Pope⁩
The Lost City of Z2017
as ⁨Baron de Gondoriz⁩
Letters to Juliet2010
as ⁨Lorenzo⁩
as ⁨Django⁩
as ⁨Fabrizio Collini⁩
as ⁨Lescovar⁩
as ⁨Abel⁩
as ⁨Horacio⁩
as ⁨Lieutenant Seblon⁩
as ⁨Italo - The garage attendant⁩
as ⁨Keoma⁩
as ⁨Sergei Kowalski, The Polish⁩
as ⁨Cole⁩
as ⁨Ditob⁩
as ⁨Django (archive footage)⁩
as ⁨Jesus Christ⁩
as ⁨Captain Bellodi⁩
as ⁨King Mathias⁩
as ⁨Yodlaf Peterson⁩
as ⁨Walter Mancini⁩
as ⁨Niko⁩
as ⁨Leonardo Ferri⁩
as ⁨Lancelot Du Lac⁩
as ⁨Andrea Bild⁩
as ⁨Tom Corbett⁩
as ⁨Don Lecco (86)⁩
as ⁨Luigi Forlinghetti⁩
as ⁨Jason Scott⁩
as ⁨Natan⁩
as ⁨Angelo⁩
as ⁨Capitano Michele Rossi⁩
as ⁨The Pope⁩
as ⁨Walter Audisio⁩
as ⁨Old Branko⁩
as ⁨Dragon King⁩
as ⁨Enrico Puzzo⁩
as ⁨Carlo Antonelli⁩
as ⁨The Old Filmmaker⁩
Out Wed, Dec 23