Franco Nero
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.
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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.
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Known for
In the Hand of Dante
Giorni Felici
On Our Way
The Pope's Exorcist
The Man Who Drew God
Django
Silent Life
The Man from Rome
The Duel
We Are Cinema
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Off the Rails
Two Men Alone
The Dark Dance
A Rose in Winter
Harmonie
The Match
Immortalist
The Jester from Transylvania
Havana Kyrie
Christmas in Rome
Recon
The Collini Case
Ed è subito sera
Red Land
Iceman
The Broken Key
Agony
The Neighborhood
Il crimine non va in pensione
Agony (L'esecutore)
The Lost City of Z
The Time of Their Lives
John Wick: Chapter 2
Delicious
Emigratis
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
Earth
Road to Capri
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Love Island
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
Killer Mermaid
The Mystery of Dante
Obsessive Rythms
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Handy
Istintobrass
Memories They Told Me
The Outsider - The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
I Tarantiniani
Django Unchained
The Last Alchemist
Crazy Dog
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
New Order
Cars 2
Father
Rasputin
Prigioniero di un segreto
Letters to Juliet
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Killing Is My Business, Honey
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
Márió, a varázsló
A Night at the Grand Hotel
Il sangue e la rosa
Bathory: Countess of Blood
Bastardi
La rabbia
Mein Herz in Chile
The Final Inquiry
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
The Holy Family
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern
Hans
Summer Solstice
Forever Blues
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
The Spaghetti West
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
Post Coitum
Guardiani delle nuvole
Bad Inclination
Der Fürst und das Mädchen
Through the Night with...
In the Company of Compañeros
La ragion pura
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
La voce del sangue
Sacra Corona
Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta
The Crusaders
Saint Paul
Uninvited
Mirka
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Li chiamarono... briganti!
Talk of Angels
Il tesoro di Damasco
The Versace Murder
Painted Lady
Bella Mafia
Desert of Fire
The Medal
Rack Up
David
Desert of Fire
The Conquest
Il Ritorno di Sandokan
The Innocent Sleep
Io e il re
Jonathan of the Bears
Desideria e l'anello del drago
The Dragon Ring
Das Babylon Komplott
Test of Memory
Der Fall Lucona
Azzurro profondo
Brothers and Sisters
Gold
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
Young Catherine
Touch and Die
Breath of Life
Die Hard 2
I promessi sposi
Magdalene
Young Toscanini
Top Line
Race to Danger
Run for Your Life
Django Strikes Again
The Girl
Sweet Country
The Repenter
Andre Handles Them All
Devil's Crude
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Hitchhiker
The Falcon
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
Querelle
Grog
Kamikaze 1989
Enter the Ninja
The Salamander
The Man with Bogart's Face
Day of the Cobra
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
The Shark Hunter
Le rose di Danzica
Mimi
The Visitor
The Pirate
Force 10 from Navarone
Sahara Cross
Hitch Hike
21 Hours at Munich
Keoma
Submission
Victory March
The Legend of Valentino
The Flower in His Mouth
Death Rite
Cry, Onion!
How to Kill a Judge
Smiling Maniacs
Challenge to White Fang
Street Law
The Last Four Days
Blood Brothers
White Fang
The Assassination of Matteotti
High Crime
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
Redneck
The Monk
The Harder They Come
Pope Joan
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Vacation
The Fifth Cord
Confessions of a Police Captain
Dropout
The Virgin and the Gypsy
The 5th Day of Peace
Tristana
The Battle of Neretva
Detective Belli
The Mercenary
A Quiet Place in the Country
Sardinia Kidnapped
The Day of the Owl
Man, Pride and Vengeance
Camelot
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Texas, Adios
Massacre Time
War of the Planets
The Wild, Wild Planet
The Third Eye
Django
The Hired Killer
The Tramplers
I Knew Her Well
La Celestina P… R…
Italian Engagement