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