Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1941-11-23 (83 years)
- Place of BirthSan Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Also Known AsFrank BlackFrank NeroFrancesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparaneroفرانکو نروفرانکو نِرو
Franco Nero
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2025
In the Hand of Dante
As: Don Lecco
- 2023
Giorni Felici
As: Antonio
- 2023
The Pope's Exorcist
As: The Pope
- 2023
The Man Who Drew God
As: Emanuele
- 2023
Django
As: Reverend
- 2022
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
As: Spirit
- 2022
The Man from Rome
As: The Pope
- 2021
Off the Rails
As: Giovanni
2020The Dark Dance
As: L'Impresario
2020The Match
As: Old Branko
2020Immortalist
As: Paolo Spersoni
2020The Jester from Transylvania
As: One-eye
2019Havana Kyrie
As: Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
2019Christmas in Rome
As: Luigi Forlinghetti
2019Recon
As: Angelo
2019A Rose in Winter
As: Rainer Praeger
2019The Collini Case
As: Fabrizio Collini
2018Red Land
As: Professor Ambrosin
2017Iceman
As: Ditob
2017The Broken Key
As: Hiram Abif
2017Agony
As: Carlo
2017The Neighborhood
As: Guglielmo
2017Il crimine non va in pensione
As: il primario
- 2017
The Lost City of Z
As: Baron de Gondoriz
2017The Time of Their Lives
As: Alberto
- 2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
As: Julius
2016Delicious
As: Joe Benelli
2015Road to Capri
As: Guido
2014Love Island
As: Marquis Polesini
2014Killer Mermaid
As: Niko
2014Obsessive Rhythms
As: Carmine
2014Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
As: Lui-même
2013Handy
As: Frank The Black
2013Memories They Told Me
As: Paolo
- 2012
Django Unchained
As: Amerigo Vessepi
2012The Last Alchemist
As: Felix the Alchemist
2012Crazy Dog
As: Alvaro Genta
2012New Order
As: Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen
- 2011
Cars 2
As: Uncle Topolino (voice)
2011Father
As: Enrico
2010Rasputin
As: Narratore
2010Prigioniero di un segreto
As: Il barbone
2010Letters to Juliet
As: Lorenzo
2010Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
As: Augustinus (age 76)
2010Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
As: Augustine of Hippo
2009Killing Is My Business, Honey
As: Enrico Puzzo
2008Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
As: Max Freeman
2008Márió, a varázsló
As: Mario
2008A Night at the Grand Hotel
As: Ferran Moreno
2008Mein Herz in Chile
As: Carlos Sanchez
2008Il sangue e la rosa
As: Conte Uberto Mancini
2008Bathory: Countess of Blood
As: King Mathias
2008La rabbia
As: Mentore
2008Bastardi
As: Rene Iuvara
2008Mein Herz in Chile
As: Carlos Sanchez
2007Mineurs
As: Michele Acucella
2007The Final Inquiry
As: Caifa
2007L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
As: Caifa
2007Two Families
As: Morandi
2006The Holy Family
As: Zachary
2006Amore e libertà - Masaniello
As: Vicerè
2006Hans
As: Giudice/barbone
2005Summer Solstice
As: Lorenzo
2005Forever Blues
As: Luca
2005Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show
As: Judge
2004Post Coitum
As: Bakchus
2004Guardians of the Clouds
As: Padre
2003Bad Inclination
As: Il barbone
2002The Last Gunfighter
As: The pistolero
2002Fumata blanca
As: Cardenal Tura
2002Ultimo stadio
As: Antonio
2001La ragion pura
As: Marito
2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
As: General Francini
2001La voce del sangue
As: Antonio Castaldi
2001Sacra Corona
As: Bishop Gellért
2001The Crusaders
As: Ibnazul
2000Saint Paul
As: Gamaliel
2000Saint Paul
As: Gamaliel
2000Winds of Passion
As: Michele Giangrande
2000Uninvited
As: Ralph Barolo
2000Mirka
As: Il Sindaco
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As: Roberto Distasio
1999Li chiamarono... briganti!
As: Caporale Nerza
1998Talk of Angels
As: Dr. Vicente Areavaga
1998Il tesoro di Damasco
As: Andrea
1998The Versace Murder
As: Gianni Versace
1997Painted Lady
As: Robert Tassi
1997Bella Mafia
As: Mario Domino
1997Desert of Fire
As: Marcel Duvivier
1997The Medal
As: Ing. Ferrero
1997Rack Up
As: Jesus Barro
1997David
As: Nathan
1997David
As: Natan
- 1997
Desert of Fire
As: Marcel Duvivier
1996The Conquest
As: Árpád vezér
1996Il Ritorno di Sandokan
As: Yogi Azim
1996The Innocent Sleep
As: Adolfo Cavani
1995Io e il re
As: Maggiore Ferri
1995Jonathan of the Bears
As: Jonathan
1995Desideria e l'anello del drago
As: Dragon King
1994The Dragon Ring
As: Dragon King
1993Das Babylon Komplott
As: Chris Lang
1993Test of Memory
As: Paul Herzog
1993Der Fall Lucona
As: Enzo Lombardi
1993Azzurro profondo
As: Luca Morinari
1992Brothers and Sisters
As: Franco
1992Gold
As: Gabriele da Poppi
1992From Time to Time
As: Leonard De Vinci
1992Amelia Lópes O'Neill
As: Fernando
1991Young Catherine
As: Count Vorontsov
1991Touch and Die
As: Aquani
1990Breath of Life
As: Angelo
- 1990
Die Hard 2
As: General Ramon Esperanza
1989I promessi sposi
As: fra Cristoforo
1988Magdalene
As: Janza
1988Young Toscanini
As: Claudio Toscanini
1988Top Line
As: Ted Angelo
1988Race to Danger
As: Francis, il marinaio
1988Run for Your Life
As: Commissario
1987Django Strikes Again
As: Django
1987The Girl
As: Johan (John) Berg
1987Sweet Country
As: Paul
1985The Repenter
As: Falco
1985André schafft sie alle
As: Andre
1985Devil's Crude
As: Nick
1984The Last Days of Pompeii
As: Arbaces
1983The Hitchhiker
As: Dr. Peter Milne
1983The Falcon
As: Banović Strahinja
1982Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
As: John Reed
1982Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
As: John Reed
1982Querelle
As: Lieutenant Seblon
1982Grog
As: Nicola Fanelli
1982Kamikaze '89
As: Weiss
1981Enter the Ninja
As: Cole
1981The Salamander
As: Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci
1980The Man with Bogart's Face
As: Hakim
1980Day of the Cobra
As: Larry Stanziani
1980The Blue-Eyed Bandit
As: Renzo Dominici
1979The Shark Hunter
As: Mike di Donato
1979Le rose di Danzica
As: General Konrad von Der Berg
1979Mimi
As: Guido
1979The Visitor
As: Jesus Christ
1978The Pirate
As: Baydr Al Fay
1978Force 10 from Navarone
As: Lescovar
1977Sahara Cross
As: Jean Ballard
1977Hitch Hike
As: Walter Mancini
197621 Hours at Munich
As: Issa
1976Keoma
As: Keoma
1976Submission
As: Armand
1976Victory March
As: Captain Asciutto
1975The Legend of Valentino
As: Rudolph Valentino
1975The Flower in His Mouth
As: Professore Michele Belcore
1975Death Rite
As: Sadry
1975Cry, Onion!
As: Onion Stark
1975How to Kill a Judge
As: Giacomo Solaris
1975Smiling Maniacs
As: Judge Dani
1974Challenge to White Fang
As: Jason Scott
1974Street Law
As: Carlo Antonelli
1974The Last Four Days
As: Walter Audisio
1974Blood Brothers
As: Nicola Bellizzi
1973White Fang
As: Jason Scott
1973The Assassination of Matteotti
As: Giacomo Matteotti
1973High Crime
As: Commissario Belli
1973Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
As: Johnny Ears
1973Redneck
As: Mosquito
1972The Monk
As: Ambrosio
1972Pope Joan
As: Louis
1971Don't Turn the Other Cheek
As: Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
1971The Case Is Closed, Forget It
As: Vanzi
1971Vacation
As: Osiride
1971The Fifth Cord
As: Andrea Bild
1971Confessions of a Police Captain
As: Sostituto Procuratore Traini
1970Compañeros
As: Yodlaf Peterson
1970Dropout
As: Bruno
1970The Virgin and the Gypsy
As: The gypsy
1970The 5th Day of Peace
As: Bruno Grauber
1970Tristana
As: Horacio
1969The Battle of Neretva
As: Capitano Michele Rossi
1969Detective Belli
As: Commissario Stefano Belli
1968The Mercenary
As: Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
1968A Quiet Place in the Country
As: Leonardo Ferri
1968Sardinia Kidnapped
As: Gavino
1968The Day of the Owl
As: Captain Bellodi
1967Man, Pride and Vengeance
As: José
1967Camelot
As: Lancelot Du Lac
1966The Bible: In the Beginning...
As: Abel
1966Texas, Adios
As: Burt Sullivan
1966Massacre Time
As: Tom Corbett
1966War of the Planets
As: Lt. Jake Jacowitx
1966The Wild, Wild Planet
As: Lt. Jake
1966The Third Eye
As: Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero)
1966Django
As: Django
1966The Hired Killer
As: Tony Lo Bello
1965The Tramplers
As: Charley Garvey
1965I Knew Her Well
As: Italo - The garage attendant
1965La Celestina P… R…
As: Fabrizio