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Franco Nero
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Italian actor (born 1941)
Franco Nero is an Italian actor born in 1941 who became a notable figure in European cinema. He is significant for his contributions to film during a prolific career spanning several decades.
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- In the Hand of Dante — Don Lecco (86)2026
- Roma elastica — The Old Filmmaker2026
- Il Vecchio Terribile — Oste2026
- Aurora — Bertoldo2026
- The Estate2025
- The Jester from Transylvania — One-eye2024
- Compagni d'arte2024
- Titanus 1904 — Self2024
- Giorni felici — Antonio2023
- On Our Way2023
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giuseppe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- San Prospero Parmense
- Spouse
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Franco Nero, 36th Fajr International Film Festival (86250) (cropped).jpg
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- Franco Nero
- name in native language
- Franco Nero
- date of birth
- 1941-11-23
- birth name
- Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- pseudonym
- Franco Nero
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Encyclopedic overview
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor. 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 productions.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Nero was actively involved in many popular Italian "genre trends", including polizieschi, 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), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), and The Pope's Exorcist (2023).
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