Actor

Franco Nero

November 23, 1941 · San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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...

Notable work

8.2
Django Unchained (2012)
as Amerigo Vessepi
7.3
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
as Julius
6.2
Cars 2 (2011)
as Uncle Topolino (voice)
7
Die Hard 2 (1990)
as General Ramon Esperanza
6.9
The Pope's Exorcist (2023)
as The Pope
6.4
The Lost City of Z (2017)
as Baron de Gondoriz
7
Letters to Juliet (2010)
as Lorenzo
7.4
The Collini Case (2019)
as Fabrizio Collini
6.2
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
as Lescovar

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