Personal Info
Known Credits
219
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1941-11-23 (84 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also Known For
Frank BlackFrank NeroФранко НероFrancesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparaneroفرانکو نروفرانکو نِرو
Franco Nero
Biography
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 "gen ...
Acting
2024 --
Titanus 1904
| Self
2024 --
Compagni d'arte
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2023 --
Giorni Felici
| Antonio
2023 --
On Our Way
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2023 --
The Pope's Exorcist
| The Pope
2023 --
The Man Who Drew God
| Emanuele
2022 --
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
| Spirit
2022 --
The Man from Rome
| The Pope
2022 --
Buon Lavoro
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2021 --
The Duel
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2021 --
We Are Cinema
| Self (archive footage)
2021 --
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
| Self - Actor
2021 --
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
| Himself
2021 --
Off the Rails
| Giovanni
2021 --
Two Men Alone
| Himself
2020 --
The Dark Dance
| L'Impresario
2020 --
A Rose in Winter
| Rainer Praeger
2020 --
Harmonie
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2020 --
The Match
| Old Branko
2020 --
Immortalist
| Paolo Spersoni
2020 --
Entree Des Artists
| Henry's Grandfather
2020 --
The Jester from Transylvania
| One-eye
2019 --
Havana Kyrie
| Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
2019 --
Christmas in Rome
| Luigi Forlinghetti
2019 --
Recon
| Angelo
2019 --
The Collini Case
| Fabrizio Collini
2019 --
Ed è subito sera
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2018 --
Red Land
| Professor Ambrosin
2017 --
Iceman
| Ditob
2017 --
The Broken Key
| Hiram Abif
2017 --
Agony
| Carlo
2017 --
The Neighborhood
| Guglielmo
2017 --
Il crimine non va in pensione
| il primario
2017 --
Agony (L'esecutore)
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2017 --
The Lost City of Z
| Baron de Gondoriz
2017 --
The Time of Their Lives
| Alberto
2017 --
John Wick: Chapter 2
| Julius
2016 --
Road to Ruin
| Self
2016 --
Along the River
| Frank De Ville
2015 --
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
| Himself
2015 --
Earth
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2015 --
Road to Capri
| Guido
2014 --
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
| Self - Actor
2014 --
Figli di Maam
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2014 --
Love Island
| Marquis Polesini
2014 --
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
| Self
2014 --
Killer Mermaid
| Niko
2014 --
Obsessive Rythms
| Carmine
2014 --
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
| Lui-même
2013 --
Handy
| Frank The Black
2013 --
Istintobrass
| Self
2013 --
Memories They Told Me
| Paolo
2013 --
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
| Self
2013 --
I Tarantiniani
| Self
2012 --
Django Unchained
| Amerigo Vessepi
2012 --
The Last Alchemist
| Felix the Alchemist
2012 --
Crazy Dog
| Alvaro Genta
2012 --
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
| Self
2012 --
New Order
| Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
2011 --
Cars 2
| Uncle Topolino (voice)
2011 --
Father
| Enrico
2010 --
Rasputin
| Narratore
2010 --
Prigioniero di un segreto
| Il barbone
2010 --
Letters to Juliet
| Lorenzo
2010 --
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
| Augustinus (age 76)
2009 --
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
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2009 --
Killing Is My Business, Honey
| Enrico Puzzo
2008 --
Márió, a varázsló
| Mario
2008 --
A Night at the Grand Hotel
| Ferran Moreno
2008 --
Bathory: Countess of Blood
| King Mathias
2008 --
La rabbia
| Mentore
2008 --
Bastardi
| Rene Iuvara
2008 --
Mein Herz in Chile
| Carlos Sanchez
2007 --
Mineurs
| Michele Acucella
2007 --
The Final Inquiry
| Caifa
2007 --
Two Families
| Morandi
2006 --
The Holy Family
| Zachary
2006 --
Amore e libertà - Masaniello
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2006 --
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
| Self
2006 --
Hans
| Giudice/barbone
2006 --
Giornata Nera
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2005 --
Summer Solstice
| Lorenzo
2005 --
Forever Blues
| Luca
2005 --
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
| Self
2005 --
The Spaghetti West
| Self
2005 --
Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
| Judge
2004 --
Post Coitum
| Bakchus
2004 --
Guardiani delle nuvole
| Padre
2003 --
Bad Inclination
| Il barbone
2003 --
The Uncrowned Heart
| Bear's Trainer
2002 --
The Last Gunfighter
| The pistolero
2002 --
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
| Giuseppe Mantaldo
2002 --
Ultimo stadio
| Antonio
2002 --
Fumata blanca
| Cardenal Tura
2001 --
In the Company of Compañeros
| Self
2001 --
La ragion pura
| Marito
2001 --
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
| Gen. Francini
2001 --
Sacra Corona
| Bishop Gellért
2001 --
Franco Nero: Back in the Saddle
| Self
2001 --
The Crusaders
| Ibnazul
2000 --
Saint Paul
| Gamaliel
2000 --
Uninvited
| Ralph Barolo
2000 --
Mirka
| Il Sindaco
1999 --
Li chiamarono... briganti!
| Caporale Nerza
1998 --
Talk of Angels
| Dr. Vicente Areavaga
1998 --
Il tesoro di Damasco
| Andrea
1998 --
The Versace Murder
| Gianni Versace
1997 --
Bella Mafia
| Mario Domino
1997 --
The Medal
| Ing. Ferrero
1997 --
Rack Up
| Jesus Barro
1997 --
David
| Natan
1997 --
Desert of Fire
| Marcel Duvivier
1996 --
The Conquest
| Árpád vezér
1996 --
The Innocent Sleep
| Adolfo Cavani
1995 --
Io e il re
| Maggiore Ferri
1995 --
Jonathan of the Bears
| Jonathan
1994 --
The Dragon Ring
| Dragon King
1993 --
Das Babylon Komplott
| Chris Lang
1993 --
Test of Memory
| Paul Herzog
1993 --
Der Fall Lucona
| Enzo Lombardi
1993 --
Azzurro profondo
| Luca Morinari
1992 --
Brothers and Sisters
| Franco
1992 --
Gold
| Gabriele da Poppi
1992 --
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
| Fernando
1991 --
Touch and Die
| Aquani
1990 --
Breath of Life
| Angelo
1990 --
Die Hard 2
| General Ramon Esperanza
1988 --
Magdalene
| Janza
1988 --
Young Toscanini
| Claudio Toscanini
1988 --
Top Line
| Ted Angelo
1988 --
Race to Danger
| Francis, il marinaio
1988 --
Run for Your Life
| Commissario
1987 --
Django Strikes Again
| Django
1987 --
The Girl
| Johan (John) Berg
1987 --
Sweet Country
| Paul
1986 --
Un altare per la madre
| -
1985 --
The Repenter
| Falco
1985 --
André schafft sie alle
| Andre
1985 --
Devil's Crude
| Nick
1984 --
Die Försterbuben
| Böhme
1983 --
The Falcon
| Banović Strahinja
1982 --
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
| John Reed
1982 --
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
| John Reed
1982 --
Querelle
| Lieutenant Seblon
1982 --
Grog
| Nicola Fanelli
1982 --
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
| Self
1982 --
Kamikaze 1989
| Weiss
1981 --
Enter the Ninja
| Cole
1981 --
The Salamander
| Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
1980 --
The Man with Bogart's Face
| Hakim
1980 --
Day of the Cobra
| Larry Stanziani
1980 --
The Blue-Eyed Bandit
| Renzo Dominici
1979 --
The Shark Hunter
| Mike di Donato
1979 --
Le rose di Danzica
| General Konrad von Der Berg
1979 --
Mimi
| Guido
1979 --
The Visitor
| Jesus Christ
1978 --
The Pirate
| Baydr Al Fay
1978 --
Force 10 from Navarone
| Lescovar
1977 --
Sahara Cross
| Jean Ballard
1977 --
Hitch Hike
| Walter Mancini
1976 --
21 Hours at Munich
| Issa
1976 --
Keoma
| Keoma
1976 --
Submission
| Armand
1976 --
Victory March
| Captain Asciutto
1975 --
The Legend of Valentino
| Rudolph Valentino
1975 --
The Flower in His Mouth
| Professore Michele Belcore
1975 --
Death Rite
| Sadry
1975 --
Cry, Onion!
| Onion Stark
1975 --
How to Kill a Judge
| Giacomo Solaris
1975 --
Smiling Maniacs
| Judge Dani
1974 --
Challenge to White Fang
| Jason Scott
1974 --
Street Law
| Carlo Antonelli
1974 --
The Last Four Days
| Walter Audisio
1974 --
Blood Brothers
| Nicola Bellizzi
1973 --
White Fang
| Jason Scott
1973 --
The Assassination of Matteotti
| Giacomo Matteotti
1973 --
High Crime
| Commissario Belli
1973 --
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
| Johnny Ears
1973 --
Redneck
| Mosquito
1972 --
The Monk
| Ambrosio
1972 --
The Harder They Come
| Django (archive footage)
1972 --
Pope Joan
| Louis
1971 --
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
| Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
1971 --
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
| Vanzi
1971 --
Vacation
| Osiride
1971 --
The Fifth Cord
| Andrea Bild
1971 --
Confessions of a Police Captain
| Sostituto Procuratore Traini
1970 --
Dropout
| Bruno
1970 --
Compañeros
| Yodlaf Peterson
1970 --
The Virgin and the Gypsy
| The gypsy
1970 --
The 5th Day of Peace
| Bruno Grauber
1970 --
Tristana
| Horacio
1969 --
The Battle of Neretva
| Capitani Michele Rossi
1969 --
Detective Belli
| Commissario Stefano Belli
1968 --
The Mercenary
| Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
1968 --
A Quiet Place in the Country
| Leonardo Ferri
1968 --
Sardinia Kidnapped
| Gavino
1968 --
The Day of the Owl
| Captain Bellodi
1967 --
Man, Pride and Vengeance
| José
1967 --
Camelot
| Lancelot Du Lac
1966 --
The Bible: In the Beginning...
| Abel
1966 --
Texas, Adios
| Burt Sullivan
1966 --
Massacre Time
| Tom Corbett
1966 --
War of the Planets
| Lt. Jake Jacowitx
1966 --
The Wild, Wild Planet
| Lt. Jake
1966 --
The Third Eye
| Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
1966 --
Django
| Django
1966 --
The Hired Killer
| Tony Lo Bello
1965 --
The Tramplers
| Charley Garvey
1965 --
I Knew Her Well
| Italo - The garage attendant
1965 --
La Celestina P… R…
| Fabrizio
1964 --
Italian Engagement
|
1963 --
Un delitto
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