Franco Nero

About

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),...

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999Cars 2Movie • 2011Django UnchainedMovie • 2012The HitchhikerSeries • 1983John Wick: Chapter 2Movie • 2017The Lost City of ZMovie • 2017Die Hard 2Movie • 1990The Pope's ExorcistMovie • 2023Letters to JulietMovie • 2010In the Hand of DanteMovie • 2026The Bible: In the Beginning...Movie • 1966DjangoSeries • 2023DjangoMovie • 1966Bathory: Countess of BloodMovie • 2008The Collini CaseMovie • 2019Hitch HikeMovie • 1977Force 10 from NavaroneMovie • 1978Saint PaulMovie • 2000The MercenaryMovie • 1968The Day of the OwlMovie • 1968I Knew Her WellMovie • 1965KeomaMovie • 1976The Fifth CordMovie • 1971Django Strikes AgainMovie • 1987