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Franco Nero

Franco Nero

Acting

November 23, 1941 (84 years old)
San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Male
244 Movies
33 TV Shows

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.

Django
Django

Django

1966 7.2

as Django

Age 24 (now 84)
Die Hard 2
Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2

1990 7.0

as General Ramon Esperanza

Age 48 (now 84)
Letters to Juliet
Letters to Juliet

Letters to Juliet

2010 7.0

as Lorenzo

Age 68 (now 84)
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 2

John Wick: Chapter 2

2017 7.3

as Julius

Age 75 (now 84)
Keoma
Keoma

Keoma

1976 6.9

as Keoma

Age 35 (now 84)
The Mercenary
The Mercenary

The Mercenary

1968 6.9

as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish

Age 27 (now 84)
The Pope's Exorcist
The Pope's Exorcist

The Pope's Exorcist

2023 6.9

as The Pope

Age 81 (now 84)
The Day of the Owl
The Day of the Owl

The Day of the Owl

1968 7.1

as Captain Bellodi

Age 26 (now 84)
Tristana
Tristana

Tristana

1970 7.2

as Horacio

Age 28 (now 84)
Querelle
Querelle

Querelle

1982 6.6

as Lieutenant Seblon

Age 40 (now 84)
Compañeros
Compañeros

Compañeros

1970 6.5

as Yodlaf Peterson

Age 29 (now 84)
Hitch Hike
Hitch Hike

Hitch Hike

1977 6.8

as Walter Mancini

Age 35 (now 84)
Enter the Ninja
Enter the Ninja

Enter the Ninja

1981 5.6

as Cole

Age 39 (now 84)
The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z

The Lost City of Z

2017 6.4

as Baron de Gondoriz

Age 75 (now 84)
A Quiet Place in the Country
A Quiet Place in the Country

A Quiet Place in the Country

1968 6.2

as Leonardo Ferri

Age 26 (now 84)
The Fifth Cord
The Fifth Cord

The Fifth Cord

1971 6.6

as Andrea Bild

Age 29 (now 84)