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Franco Nero

23 Nov, 1941 in 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 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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Django
73% (1966)
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Keoma
68% (1976)
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Tristana
72% (1970)
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Victory March
57% (1976)
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Mimi
61% (1979)
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Redneck
44% (1973)
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Street Law
66% (1974)
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Hans
50% (2006)
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Harmonie
0% (2020)
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La rabbia
43% (2008)
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Submission
63% (1976)
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Vacation
48% (1971)
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Gold
40% (1992)
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Post Coitum
45% (2004)
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Giorni felici
47% (2023)
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The Monk
58% (1972)
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Grog
90% (1982)
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On Our Way
35% (2023)
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Mirka
90% (2000)
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Io e il re
0% (1995)
Figli di Maam
100% (2014)
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Earth
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Mineurs
95% (2007)
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Rack Up
80% (1997)
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Pope Joan
61% (1972)
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Breath of Life
100% (1990)
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The Repenter
62% (1985)
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Magdalene
39% (1988)
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Iceman
62% (2017)
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The Holy Family
62% (2006)
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Bastardi
40% (2008)
Un delitto
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The Medal
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Recon
49% (2019)
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Immortalist
10% (2020)
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Bella Mafia
66% (1997)
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The Match
61% (2021)
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Father
0% (2011)
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Two Families
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Buon Lavoro
40% (2022)
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Scorched Skin
46% (1962)
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Chimera
70% (2001)
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Aurora
0% (2026)