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