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Franco Nero
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero also professionally known as Franco Nero is an esteemed Italian actor. He gained worldwide recognition and fame for his outstanding portrayal of the title character in the Spaghetti Western film Django (1966). This film not only made him a popular culture icon but also launched his international career that includes numerous leading and supporting roles in a diverse variety of films and television productions. Nero actively took part in the famous Italian 'genre trends' during the 1960s and 1970s, featuring prominently in gialli, polizieschi, and Spaghetti Westerns. Some of his best-known films include The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), Camelot (1967), and The Day of the Owl (1968), among others. His extensive acting career was not limited to Italy and he has appeared in English-language films such as Die Hard 2 (1990), Enter the Ninja (1981), and Force 10 from Navarone (1978). He also wrote, produced, and starred in Jonathan degli orsi (1993). His most recent appearances include films like Letters to Juliet (2010), Cars 2 (2011), and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), to name a few.
Franco Nero's personal life has been as vibrant and exciting as his acting career. He met his long-time romantic partner and future wife, Vanessa Redgrave while filming Camelot. The couple married in 2006 and have a son together, Carlo Gabriel Nero, who is also an actor. Nero's name has been linked with famous actresses including Catherine Deneuve, Goldie Hawn, and Ursula Andress in the 1970s. Beyond these romantic links, Nero's life was not void of controversy. A paternity suit was filed against him back in 1987 claiming that he fathered a child after a brief romantic affair. Nero also had a second son, Frank Sparanero, with Danica Pevec.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero
Born: San Prospero Parmense, Parma, Italy
Citizenship: Italy
Birthday: November 23, 1941
Occupations: Actor, producer, director
Years Active: 1962-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Vanessa Redgrave
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Awards and Nominations Received by Franco Nero
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Movies Featuring Franco Nero
Tristana (re-release)
Django
On Our Way
The Collini Case
Iceman
Force 10 from Navarone
The Pope's Exorcist
The Match
Agony
Enter the Ninja
Life as a B-Movie: Piero Vivarelli
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Rasputin
Obsessive Rythms
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Memories They Told Me
Istintobrass
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the ’70s
Killer Mermaid
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Agony
The Broken Key
The Time of Their Lives
Red Land
The Crusaders
The Collini Case
The Last Gunfighter
Bad Inclination
Post Coitum
Saint Paul
Sacra Corona
The Spaghetti West
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
The Final Inquiry
The Holy Family
Recon
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Young Catherine
Amelia Lópes O’Neill
Day of the Cobra
The Man with Bogart’s Face
The Salamander
Kamikaze ’89
Querelle
The Falcon
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Repenter
The Girl
Race to Danger
A Rose in Winter
Top Line
Sweet Country
Magdalene
Young Toscanini
Off the Rails
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
We Are Cinema
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
The Man Who Drew God
Giorni Felici
Top Line
Sweet Country
Magdalene
The Day of the Owl
The Shark Hunter
Man, Pride and Vengeance
Cry, Onion!
I Knew Her Well
Death Rite
Street Law
Confessions of a Police Captain
The Tramplers
The Mercenary
The Visitor
Sardinia Kidnapped
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
High Crime
The Hired Killer
The Flower in His Mouth
Keoma
Sahara Cross
Tristana
Li chiamarono… briganti!
David
Redneck
Dropout
The Conquest
Jonathan of the Bears
Mimi
The Wild, Wild Planet
Submission
Compañeros
The Monk
Il Ritorno di Sandokan
The Bible: In the Beginning…
Bella Mafia
Don’t Turn the Other Cheek
The Battle of Neretva
The Innocent Sleep
Painted Lady
Hitch Hike
How to Kill a Judge
The Assassination of Matteotti
Victory March
Challenge to White Fang
Detective Belli
Pope Joan
Texas, Adios
The 5th Day of Peace
Smiling Maniacs
Massacre Time
The Last Four Days
The Virgin and the Gypsy
A Quiet Place in the Country
The Third Eye
The Legend of Valentino
The Fifth Cord
21 Hours at Munich
Brothers and Sisters
Vacation
Career Timeline
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2021
The Match
Old Branko
Off the Rails
Giovanni
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Himself
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self - Actor
2014
Obsessive Rythms
Carmine
Killer Mermaid
Niko
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor
2013
Tristana (re-release)
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Self
Memories They Told Me
Paolo
Istintobrass
Self
2006
The Final Inquiry
Caifa
The Holy Family
Zachary
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Self
1988
Race to Danger
Francis, il marinaio
Top Line
Ted Angelo
Magdalene
Janza
Young Toscanini
Claudio Toscanini
Top Line
Ted Angelo
Magdalene
Janza
1982
Kamikaze ’89
Weiss
Querelle
Lieutenant Seblon
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works
Self
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
John Reed
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
John Reed
1975
Cry, Onion!
Onion Stark
Death Rite
Sadry
The Flower in His Mouth
Professore Michele Belcore
How to Kill a Judge
Giacomo Solaris
Smiling Maniacs
Judge Dani
The Legend of Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
1974
Street Law
Carlo Antonelli
Challenge to White Fang
Jason Scott
The Last Four Days
Walter Audisio
1973
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
Johnny Ears
High Crime
Commissario Belli
Redneck
Mosquito
The Assassination of Matteotti
Giacomo Matteotti
1971
Confessions of a Police Captain
Sostituto Procuratore Traini
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Vanzi
Don’t Turn the Other Cheek
Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
The Fifth Cord
Andrea Bild
Vacation
Osiride
1970
Tristana
Horacio
Dropout
Bruno
Compañeros
Yodlaf Peterson
The 5th Day of Peace
Bruno Grauber
The Virgin and the Gypsy
The gypsy
1968
The Day of the Owl
Captain Bellodi
The Mercenary
Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
Sardinia Kidnapped
Gavino
A Quiet Place in the Country
Leonardo Ferri
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