Franco Nero (born 23 November 1941) is an Italian actor.He is best known for his roles of the title character in Sergio Corbucci's Django (1966), Sir Lancelot in Joshua Logan's Camelot (1967), Horacio in Luis Buñuel's Tristana (1970), the title character in Enzo G. Castellari's Keoma (1976), Captain Nikolai Lescovar/Colonel von Ingorslebon in Guy Hamilton's Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Cole in Menahem Golan's Enter the Ninja (1981), his reprising role again as the title character in Nello Rosatti's Django 2 (1987), General Ramon Esperanza in Renny Harlin's Die Hard 2 (1990), Gianni Versace in Menahem Golan's The Versace Murder (1998), General Francini in Brian Trenchard-Smith's Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001) and Lorenzo Bartolini in Gary Winick's Letters to Juliet (2010).He also played the narrator in the film Rasputin (2010) directed by Louis Nero and voice the character of Uncle Topolino in the animated film Cars 2 (2011) directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Brad Lewis. In 2012 Nero made a cameo appearance in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained.
| Full Name | Franco Nero |
| Net Worth | $250,000 |
| Date Of Birth | November 23, 1941 |
| Place Of Birth | San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Height | 1.8 m |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Profession | Screenwriter, Film producer, Voice Actor |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Spouse | Vanessa Redgrave |
| Children | Carlo Gabriel Nero, Franquito Sparanero |
| Nicknames | Franco Nero, Nero, Franco |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0626259 |
| Awards | David di Donatello for Best Actor |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor, AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama |
| Movies | Django, Django Unchained, Keoma, Camelot, Letters to Juliet, Die Hard 2, Massacre Time, The Mercenary, Compañeros, Enter the Ninja, Texas, Adios, Querelle, Django Strikes Again, Force 10 from Navarone, Hitch-Hike, Cars 2, The Bible: In the Beginning..., Cry, Onion!, Tristana, High Crime, Long Live ... |
| TV Shows | Der Fürst und das Mädchen, The Betrothed |
| Star Sign | Sagittarius |
| # | Quote |
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| 1 | I am the busiest actor. Why? Because an actor either decides he wants to be a star and play the same role over and over, or be an actor and change all the time. |
| 2 | [on his two-month stint at acting school] They wanted to *teach* me to act. But to act is natural. It is ten percent acting and ninety percent being smart. |
| 3 | [to L.A. Times columnist Roderick Mann] If you're a big Hollywood star, you make one movie a year at the most. I can make five in Europe. |
| 4 | on 11/27/1978] I was working as a set photographer on [Dino De Laurentiis'] The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966). Director John Huston had seen a photo of me and said, "That's the face I want". |
| 5 | [interview in Toronto Globe and Mail, 11/12/1982] I would speak to Vanessa's [Vanessa Redgrave] father [Sir Michael Redgrave], or Laurence Olivier or John Gielgud, and they told me that, at a certain point, I had to make a choice. I could be a star and maybe make lots of money, or I could change roles all the time and have a more interesting--and longer--career. People will criticize you, they said, but if you keep changing, you'll win in the end. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Hans | 2006 | | Homeless / Magistrate |
| Summer Solstice | 2005 | TV Movie | Lorenzo |
| Forever Blues | 2005 | | Luca |
| Guardiani delle nuvole | 2004 | | Padre |
| L'unica testimone | 2004 | Short | |
| Post coitum | 2004 | | Bakchus, photographer |
| Cattive inclinazioni | 2003 | | Vagrant |
| Herz ohne Krone | 2003 | TV Movie | Bear's Trainer |
| Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften | 2003 | TV Mini-Series | Pietro Bellini / Fashion Billionaire |
| L'ultimo pistolero | 2002 | Short | Pistolero |
| Die 8. Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell | 2002 | | Giuseppe Mantaldo |
| Fumata blanca | 2002 | | Cardenal Tura |
| Ultimo stadio | 2002 | | Antonio |
| Crociati | 2001 | TV Movie | Ibnazul |
| Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | 2001 | | Gen. Francini |
| The Sleeping Wife | 2001 | | |
| Sacra Corona | 2001 | | Bishop Gellért |
| Chimera | 2001 | | Imprenditore |
| St. Paul | 2000 | TV Movie | Gamaliel |
| Maestrale | 2000 | | Michele Giangrande |
| Mirka | 2000 | | |
| La voce del sangue | 1999 | TV Movie | Antonio Castaldi |
| Uninvited | 1999 | | Ralph Barolo |
| Li chiamarono... briganti! | 1999 | | Il caporale dei carabinieri Nerza |
| Talk of Angels | 1998 | | Dr. Vicente Areavaga |
| Il tesoro di Damasco | 1998 | TV Movie | Andrea |
| The Versace Murder | 1998 | | Gianni Versace |
| Painted Lady | 1997 | TV Movie | Robert Tassi |
| Bella Mafia | 1997 | TV Movie | Mario Domino |
| Nessuno escluso | 1997 | TV Movie | Alfonso Martinez |
| Il deserto di fuoco | 1997 | TV Mini-Series | Marcel Duvivier |
| La medaglia | 1997 | | Ing. Ferrero |
| Il tocco - La sfida | 1997 | | Jesus Barro |
| David | 1997 | TV Movie | Nathan |
| The Conquest | 1996 | | Árpád vezér |
| The Return of Sandokan | 1996 | TV Mini-Series | Yogi Azim |
| Ha-Italkim Ba'im | 1996 | | Luigi |
| The Innocent Sleep | 1996 | | Adolfo Cavani |
| Io e il re | 1995 | | Maggiore Ferri |
| Desideria e l'anello del drago | 1995 | TV Movie | Dragon King |
| Nemici intimi | 1994 | TV Movie | Lorenzo Stradella |
| Jonathan degli orsi | 1994 | | Jonathan |
| Das Babylon Komplott | 1993 | TV Movie | Chris Lang |
| Der Fall Lucona | 1993 | | Enzo Lombardo |
| Azzurro profondo | 1993 | TV Movie | Luca Morinari |
| Zoloto | 1992 | | Gabriele da Poppi |
| Fratelli e sorelle | 1992 | | Franco |
| Prova di memoria | 1992 | | Paul Herzog |
| From Time to Time | 1992 | Short | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Touch and Die | 1992 | TV Movie | Aquani |
| Julianus barát | 1991 | TV Series | Fra Domenico |
| Amelia Lópes O'Neill | 1991 | | Fernando |
| Young Catherine | 1991 | TV Movie | Count Vorontsov |
| Breath of Life | 1990 | | Angelo |
| Die Hard 2 | 1990 | | Esperanza |
| Blaues Blut | 1990 | TV Mini-Series | Sandro Castellani |
| Oggi ho vinto anch'io | 1989 | TV Movie | Saverio Palluca |
| Il Magistrato | 1989 | TV Movie | Paolo Pizzi |
| I promessi sposi | 1989 | TV Mini-Series | Friar Cristofero |
| Magdalene | 1988 | | Janza |
| Pigmalione 88 | 1988 | | Lorenzo |
| Run for Your Life | 1988 | | Commissare |
| Il giovane Toscanini | 1988 | | Claudio Toscanini |
| Top Line | 1988 | | Ted Angelo |
| Windmills of the Gods | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Ionescu |
| Grosso guaio a Cartagena | 1987 | | Francis, il marinaio |
| Django 2 - Il grande ritorno | 1987 | | Django |
| The Girl | 1987 | | Johan (John) Berg |
| Il generale | 1987 | TV Mini-Series | Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| Sweet Country | 1987 | | Paul |
| Un altare per la madre | 1986 | TV Movie | |
| Il pentito | 1985 | | Falco |
| Un marinaio e mezzo | 1985 | TV Movie | Nick |
| The Hitchhiker | 1985 | TV Series | Dr. Peter Milne |
| André schafft sie alle | 1985 | | André |
| Die Försterbuben | 1984 | TV Movie | Boehme |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | 1984 | TV Mini-Series | Arbaces |
| Wagner | 1981-1983 | TV Series | Crespi |
| Krasnye kolokola, film vtoroy - Ya videl rozhdenie novogo mira | 1983 | | John Reed |
| Grog | 1982 | | Nicola Fanelli |
| Querelle | 1982 | | Lieutenant Seblon |
| Kamikaze 89 | 1982 | | Weiss |
| Mexico in Flames | 1982 | | John Reed |
| Enter the Ninja | 1981 | | Cole |
| Banovic Strahinja | 1981 | | Banovic Strahinja |
| Le rose di Danzica | 1981 | TV Mini-Series | Il generale Konrad Von Den Berg (1981) |
| The Salamander | 1981 | | Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci |
| Il giorno del Cobra | 1980 | | Larry Stanziani |
| The Blue-Eyed Bandit | 1980 | | Renzo Dominici |
| The Man with Bogart's Face | 1980 | | Hakim |
| Il cacciatore di squali | 1979 | | Mike di Donato |
| Un dramma borghese | 1979 | | Guido |
| The Visitor | 1979 | | Jesus Christ (uncredited) |
| The Pirate | 1978 | TV Movie | Baydr Al Fay |
| Force 10 from Navarone | 1978 | | Lescovar |
| Hitch-Hike | 1977 | | Walter Mancini |
| Sahara Cross | 1977 | | John Ballard |
| Keoma | 1976 | | Keoma Shannon |
| 21 Hours at Munich | 1976 | TV Movie | Issa |
| Submission | 1976 | | Armand |
| Death Rite | 1976 | | Sadry |
| Victory March | 1976 | | Captain Asciutto |
| The Legend of Valentino | 1975 | TV Movie | Rudolph Valentino |
| The Flower in His Mouth | 1975 | | Professore Michele Belcore |
| Cipolla Colt | 1975 | | Onion Stark |
| Perché si uccide un magistrato | 1975 | | Giacomo Solaris |
| Smiling Maniacs | 1975 | | Judge Dani |
| Challenge to White Fang | 1974 | | Jason Scott |
| Street Law | 1974 | | Carlo |
| The Last 4 Days | 1974 | | Walter Audisio 'Valerio' |
| I guappi | 1974 | | Nicola Bellizzi |
| White Fang | 1973 | | Jason Scott |
| La polizia incrimina la legge assolve | 1973 | | Vice-Commissioner Belli |
| Il delitto Matteotti | 1973 | | Giacomo Matteotti |
| Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears | 1973 | | Johnny Ears |
| Senza ragione | 1973 | | Mosquito |
| Le moine | 1972 | | Ambrosio |
| Pope Joan | 1972 | | Louis |
| Don't Turn the Other Cheek | 1971 | | Prince Dmitri Vassilovich Orlowsky |
| L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi | 1971 | | Vanzi |
| La vacanza | 1971 | | Osiride |
| Giornata nera per l'ariete | 1971 | | Andrea Bild |
| Confessions of a Police Captain | 1971 | | Deputy D.A. Traini |
| Companeros | 1970 | | Yodlaf Peterson |
| Dropout | 1970 | | Bruno |
| The Fifth Day of Peace | 1970 | | Bruno Grauber |
| The Virgin and the Gypsy | 1970 | | The Gypsy |
| Tristana | 1970 | | Horacio |
| Bitka na Neretvi | 1969 | | Riva |
| Un detective | 1969 | | Commissario Stefano Belli |
| The Mercenary | 1968 | | Sergei Kowalski - the Polish |
| Un tranquillo posto di campagna | 1968 | | Leonardo Ferri |
| Sequestro di persona | 1968 | | Gavino |
| Il giorno della civetta | 1968 | | Capt. Bellodi |
| Pride and Vengeance | 1967 | | Don José / Django |
| Camelot | 1967 | | Lancelot Du Lac |
| The Bible: In the Beginning... | 1966 | | Abel |
| Texas, Adios | 1966 | | Burt Sullivan |
| The Brute and the Beast | 1966 | | Tom Corbett |
| Wild, Wild Planet | 1966 | | Jake, Lieutenant |
| The Third Eye | 1966 | | Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero) |
| The War of the Planets | 1966 | | Lt. Jake Jacowitz |
| Django | 1966 | | Django |
| Hired Killer | 1966 | | Tony Lo Bello (as Frank Nero) |
| The Tramplers | 1965 | | Charley Garvey (as Frank Nero) |
| Io la conoscevo bene | 1965 | | Italo - The garage attendant |
| La Celestina P... R... | 1965 | | Fabrizio |
| Engagement Italiano | 1964 | | |
| Un delitto | 1963 | Short | The Boy |
| Pelle viva | 1962 | | |
| Unforgettable | 2017/I | pre-production | |
| Inferno by Dante | 2017 | post-production | Circles Introduction (Italian) (voice) |
| The Battle of Gorthene: La Battaglia di Gorthene | 2017 | pre-production | |
| The Executrix | 2017 | filming | Carlo |
| Silent Life | 2017 | filming | Alexander De Salm |
| The Time of Their Lives | 2017 | post-production | Alberto |
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | 2017 | post-production | |
| Iceman | 2017 | post-production | Ditob |
| Keoma Rises | 2017 | announced | Keoma |
| Marathon | 2017 | announced | Don Jose |
| The Broken Key | 2016 | post-production | Hiram Abif |
| The Jester from Transylvania | 2016 | post-production | One-eye |
| Django Lives! | | announced | Django |
| Prairie Bones | | announced | Juliano (rumored) |
| Road to Capri | | pre-production | Guido |
| The Last Hit Man | | announced | Slade Muso |
| Un Futuro Asegurado | | announced | |
| Death of the Sheik | 2017 | Short | Rudolph Valentino's soul |
| Il Ragazzo Della Giudecca | 2016 | | Salvatore |
| Along the River | 2016 | Short | Frank De Ville |
| The Kid | 2015/III | Short | Franco Nero |
| Gemma di Maggio | 2015 | Short | Gaetano Old |
| il Buio | 2015 | Short | Clochard |
| Figli di Maam | 2014 | | Herod |
| Love Island | 2014 | | Marquis Polesini |
| Mamula | 2014 | | Niko |
| Dante's Hell Animated | 2013 | Short | Circles Introduction (Italian version, voice) |
| Cadences obstinées | 2013 | | Carmine |
| Handy | 2013 | | Frank The Black |
| The Last Alchemist | 2012 | Short | Felix the Alchemist |
| The Woods | 2012/I | | Enzo Philipo |
| Django Unchained | 2012 | | Amerigo Vessepi |
| A Memória que me Contam | 2012 | | Paolo |
| Canepazzo | 2012 | | Alvaro Genta |
| New Order | 2012 | | Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 2011 | TV Series | Roberto Distasio |
| Cars 2 | 2011 | | Uncle Topolino (voice) |
| Father | 2011/II | | Enrico |
| Rasputin | 2010 | | Narrator |
| Prigioniero di un segreto | 2010 | | |
| Letters to Juliet | 2010 | | Lorenzo |
| Angelus Hiroshimae | 2010 | | The Hunter |
| Sant'Agostino | 2010 | TV Movie | Augustinus (age 76) |
| Palestrina - princeps musicae | 2009 | | Domenico Ferrabosco |
| Lullaby | 2009/IV | Short | Angelo della morte |
| Killing Is My Business, Honey | 2009 | | Enrico Puzzo |
| Elena | 2008/II | Short | Colonel |
| Four Seasons | 2008 | TV Mini-Series | Max Freeman |
| Ti stramo: Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo | 2008 | | Il barbone |
| Eine Nacht im Grandhotel | 2008 | TV Movie | Ferran Moreno |
| Mein Herz in Chile | 2008 | TV Movie | Carlos Sanchez |
| Il sangue e la rosa | 2008 | TV Series | Umberto Mancini |
| Una storia di lupi | 2008 | Short | Hermit |
| Bathory: Countess of Blood | 2008 | | King Mathias II |
| La rabbia | 2008 | | Mentore |
| Bastardi | 2008 | | Rene Iuvara |
| Márió, a varázsló | 2008 | | Mario |
| Two Families | 2007 | | Morandi |
| Der Fürst und das Mädchen | 2007 | TV Series | Conte Massimo di Romano Herzog Massimo di Romano |
| Mineurs | 2007 | | Michele Acucella |
| La sacra famiglia | 2006 | TV Movie | Zachary |
| Amore e libertà - Masaniello | 2006 | | Vicerè D'Arcos |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Mediterranean Diet, Example to the World | 2016 | Documentary short | |
| Earth | 2015/II | Documentary voice | |
| Cinema 3 | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Étrangement vôtre! | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Poltrone Rosse - Parma e il Cinema | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Janela Indiscreta | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Istintobrass | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Outsider - Il Cinema Di Antonio Margheriti | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Letters to Juliet: A Courtyard in Verona | 2010 | Short | Himself |
| Letters to Juliet: The Making of in Italia | 2010 | Short | Himself |
| Made in Hollywood | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Videocracy | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Soltanto un nome nei titoli di testa | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Seitenblicke | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Quelli che... il calcio | 2006-2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Role Play | 2007 | Short | Himself |
| Viaggio in corso nel cinema di Carlo Lizzani | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Durch die Nacht mit... | 2007 | TV Series documentary | |
| Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Giornata nera | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Laying Down the Law | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Street Law: Laying Down the Law | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Franco Nero in His Own Words | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Strange Stories from the West | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Elio Petri... appunti su un autore | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Spaghetti West | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself |
| È solo un rock'n'roll show | 2005 | Video | Himself |
| Django: et le western apporta la violence | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Django: Filming Django | 2003 | Video short | Himself |
| Filming Django: Exclusive Interview with Franco Nero | 2003 | Video short | Himself |
| Django: The One and Only | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself - 'Django' |
| The Devil Thumbs a Ride | 2002 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Once Upon a Time in Europe | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 2001 World Music Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| ¿Qué apostamos? | 1994-1996 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 65th Annual Academy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| La nit | 1988 | TV Movie | Himself - Presenter |
| The Wizard of Babylon | 1982 | Documentary | Himself |
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Letzte Arbeiten | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1979 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Good Morning America | 1978 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1971 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
| The 41st Annual Academy Awards | 1969 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|
| 2012 | Capri Legend Award | Capri, Hollywood | | |
| 2008 | City of Seville Award | Seville European Film Festival | | |
| 2007 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Transilvania International Film Festival | | |
| 2006 | Special Jury Award | Golden Globes, Italy | | Forever Blues (2005) |
| 2003 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards) | | |
| 1999 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Los Angeles Italian Film Awards | | |
| 1995 | Actor's Mission Award | Art Film Festival | | |
| 1989 | Career Charybdis | Taormina International Film Festival | | |
| 1971 | Golden Goblet | Golden Goblets, Italy | Best Actor (Migliore Attore) | Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica (1971) |
| 1968 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best Actor (Migliore Attore) | Il giorno della civetta (1968) |
$250,000
