Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
23 novembre 1941 (84)
Place of birth
San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also known as
Frank Black · Frank Nero · Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero
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.
Conosciuto per
8.2
Film
Django Unchained
Amerigo Vessepi
2012
6.2
Film
Cars 2
Uncle Topolino (voice)
2011
7.3
Film
John Wick: Chapter 2
Julius
2017
7.0
Film
Die Hard 2
General Ramon Esperanza
1990
6.9
Film
The Pope's Exorcist
The Pope
2023
5.5
Film
In the Hand of Dante
Don Lecco (86)
2026
6.2
Film
Mimi
Guido
1979
7.2
Film
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor
2014
7.2
Film
Tristana
Horacio
1970
6.2
Film
Force 10 from Navarone
Lescovar
1978
7.3
Film
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Abel
1966
5.8
Film
Man, Pride and Vengeance
José
1967
7.0
Film
Letters to Juliet
Lorenzo
2010
6.4
Film
The Lost City of Z
Baron de Gondoriz
2017
4.5
Film
The Pirate
Baydr Al Fay
1978
5.0
Series
The Pirate
Baydr Al Fay
1977
6.2
Film
Challenge to White Fang
Jason Scott
1974
6.1
Film
Submission
Armand
1976
6.9
Film
Saint Paul
Gamaliel
2000
4.2
Film
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
John Reed
1982
5.0
Film
The Estate
2025
5.0
Film
Touch and Die
Aquani
1991
7.2
Film
Django
Django
1966
7.1
Series
I promessi sposi
fra Cristoforo
1989
6.6
Film
David
Natan
1997
5.9
Series
Young Catherine
Count Vorontsov
1991
7.4
Film
The Collini Case
Fabrizio Collini
2019
7.3
Series
The Return of Sandokan
Yogi Azim
1996
8.0
Series
Painted Lady
Robert Tassi
1997
5.0
Series
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Caifa
2007
6.1
Film
The Match
Old Branko
2021
4.9
Film
Recon
Angelo
2019
6.3
Film
Iceman
Ditob
2017
3.2
Film
The Neighborhood
Guglielmo
2017
7.0
Series
Il sangue e la rosa
Conte Uberto Mancini
2008
10.0
Series
Desert of Fire
Marcel Duvivier
1997
3.5
Film
On Our Way
2023
6.0
Film
Red Land
Professor Ambrosin
2018
7.5
Series
Desideria e l'anello del drago
Dragon King
1995
7.0
Series
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Augustine of Hippo
2010
6.0
Film
Off the Rails
Giovanni
2021
5.0
Film
The Time of Their Lives
Alberto
2017
5.9
Film
The Man from Rome
The Pope
2022
7.0
Film
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self - Actor
2021
6.0
Film
A Rose in Winter
Rainer Praeger
2019
10.0
Series
La voce del sangue
Antonio Castaldi
2001–
4.6
Film
The Man Who Drew God
Emanuele
2023
3.2
Film
The Broken Key
Hiram Abif
2017
6.0
Film
Havana Kyrie
Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
2019
6.6
Film
Christmas in Rome
Luigi Forlinghetti
2019
4.0
Film
The Dark Dance
L'Impresario
2020
3.0
Film
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Valentino's Spirit
2023
4.0
Film
Buon Lavoro
2022
4.7
Film
Giorni felici
Antonio
2023
4.0
Film
Agony
Carlo
2017
1.0
Film
Immortalist
Paolo Spersoni
2020
5.6
Film
Il crimine non va in pensione
il primario
2017
4.0
Film
Ed è subito sera
2019
Acting credits 58 titles
In the Hand of Dante
as Don Lecco (86)
5.5
2026
The Estate
5.0
2025
The Man Who Drew God
as Emanuele
4.6
2023
Giorni felici
as Antonio
4.7
2023
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
as Valentino's Spirit
3.0
2023
The Pope's Exorcist
as The Pope
6.9
2023
On Our Way
3.5
2023
The Man from Rome
as The Pope
5.9
2022
Buon Lavoro
4.0
2022
The Match
as Old Branko
6.1
2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor
7.0
2021
Off the Rails
as Giovanni
6.0
2021
The Dark Dance
as L'Impresario
4.0
2020
Immortalist
as Paolo Spersoni
1.0
2020
Ed è subito sera
4.0
2019
Havana Kyrie
as Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
6.0
2019
Christmas in Rome
as Luigi Forlinghetti
6.6
2019
Recon
as Angelo
4.9
2019
The Collini Case
as Fabrizio Collini
7.4
2019
A Rose in Winter
as Rainer Praeger
6.0
2019
Red Land
as Professor Ambrosin
6.0
2018
The Neighborhood
as Guglielmo
3.2
2017
Agony
as Carlo
4.0
2017
The Time of Their Lives
as Alberto
5.0
2017
The Broken Key
as Hiram Abif
3.2
2017
Iceman
as Ditob
6.3
2017
Il crimine non va in pensione
as il primario
5.6
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Julius
7.3
2017
The Lost City of Z
as Baron de Gondoriz
6.4
2017
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
7.2
2014
Django Unchained
as Amerigo Vessepi
8.2
2012
Cars 2
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
6.2
2011
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
as Augustine of Hippo
7.0
2010
Letters to Juliet
as Lorenzo
7.0
2010
Il sangue e la rosa
as Conte Uberto Mancini
7.0
2008
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
as Caifa
5.0
2007
La voce del sangue
as Antonio Castaldi
10.0
2001–
Saint Paul
as Gamaliel
6.9
2000
Painted Lady
as Robert Tassi
8.0
1997
Desert of Fire
as Marcel Duvivier
10.0
1997
David
as Natan
6.6
1997
The Return of Sandokan
as Yogi Azim
7.3
1996
Desideria e l'anello del drago
as Dragon King
7.5
1995
Young Catherine
as Count Vorontsov
5.9
1991
Touch and Die
as Aquani
5.0
1991
Die Hard 2
as General Ramon Esperanza
7.0
1990
I promessi sposi
as fra Cristoforo
7.1
1989
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
as John Reed
4.2
1982
Mimi
as Guido
6.2
1979
The Pirate
as Baydr Al Fay
4.5
1978
Force 10 from Navarone
as Lescovar
6.2
1978
The Pirate
as Baydr Al Fay
5.0
1977
Submission
as Armand
6.1
1976
Challenge to White Fang
as Jason Scott
6.2
1974
Tristana
as Horacio
7.2
1970
Man, Pride and Vengeance
as José
5.8
1967
Django
as Django
7.2
1966
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Abel
7.3
1966