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Franco Nero
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…
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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 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.
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2026
Roma elastica
Movie The Old Filmmaker
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2026
In the Hand of Dante
Movie Don Lecco (86)
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2026
Aurora
Movie Bertoldo
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2026
Il Vecchio Terribile
Movie Oste
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2026
L'ANIME CHE OGNI OBESO HA BISOGNO
Movie Epk Camera Operator
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2025
The Estate
Movie
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2024
Titanus 1904
Movie Self
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2024
Compagni d'arte
Movie
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2024
The Jester from Transylvania
Movie One-eye
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2023
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Movie Valentino's Spirit
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2023
Giorni felici
Movie Antonio
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2023
On Our Way
Movie
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2023
The Pope's Exorcist
Movie The Pope
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2023
The Man Who Drew God
Movie Emanuele
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2023
Django
TV show Reverend
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2022
The Man from Rome
Movie The Pope
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2022
Buon Lavoro
Movie
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2021
The Duel
Movie
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2021
We Are Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Movie Self - Actor
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2021
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Movie Self
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2021
Off the Rails
Movie Giovanni
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2021
Two Men Alone
Movie Himself
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2021
The Match
Movie Old Branko
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2020
The Dark Dance
Movie L'Impresario
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2020
Harmonie
Movie
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2020
Immortalist
Movie Paolo Spersoni
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2020
Entree Des Artists
Movie Henry's Grandfather
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2019
Havana Kyrie
Movie Vittorio Arditi De Bellis
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2019
Christmas in Rome
Movie Luigi Forlinghetti
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2019
Recon
Movie Angelo
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2019
A Rose in Winter
Movie Rainer Praeger
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2019
The Collini Case
Movie Fabrizio Collini
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2019
Ed è subito sera
Movie
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2018
Red Land
Movie Professor Ambrosin
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2017
Iceman
Movie Ditob
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2017
The Broken Key
Movie Hiram Abif
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2017
Agony
Movie Carlo
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2017
The Neighborhood
Movie Guglielmo
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2017
Il crimine non va in pensione
Movie il primario
