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Franco Nero is an iconic Italian actor known for his starring role in the classic Spaghetti Western film ‘Django.’ With a career spanning over 50 years, he has appeared in a wide variety of films, from Westerns and crime dramas to comedies and action movies. Despite his fame, he has also maintained a long-term relationship with actress Vanessa Redgrave.
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Siblings
Raffaele Sparanero
Spouses
Children
Carlo Gabriel Nero
Franquito Sparanero
About the Franco Nero
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), Companeros (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).
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 (b.1969).
Frequently Asked Questions
Franco Nero’s 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.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Franco Nero was actively involved in many popular Italian ‘genre trends’, including polizieschi, gialli, and Spaghetti Westerns.
Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave are the parents of the actor Carlo Gabriel Nero, who was born in 1969.
Some of Franco Nero’s best-known films include The Bible: In the Beginning… (1966), Camelot (1967), The Day of the Owl (1968), The Mercenary (1968), Tristana (1970), and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017).
Franco Nero, whose full name is Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero, was born on November 23, 1941.
Franco Nero is an Italian actor, producer, and director who has appeared in over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television productions.
Franco Nero has had a long relationship with Vanessa Redgrave, which began during the filming of Camelot. They were married in 2006.
6 Quotes by Franco Nero
- 1.
It doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re about to die.
Franco NeroItalian actor
- 2.
Every western I did and will do; I will do it for the never ending young kid inside of me.
Franco NeroItalian actor
- 3.
You’re the one who likes cigars right? Try smoking this.
Franco NeroItalian actor
- 4.
Someone who was a part of my life. Probably the only one that really mattered.
Franco NeroItalian actor
- 5.
Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone.
Franco NeroItalian actor
- 6.
I’m crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It’s like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It’s in my blood. I need it.
Franco NeroItalian actor