Franco Nero
About
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Also Known As
Francesco Sparanero
Birth Place
Parma, IT
Born
November 23, 1941
Biography
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A handsome Italian leading man, Franco Nero first came to the attention of US audiences as Abel in John Huston's epic "The Bible...In the Beginning" (1966). The following year, he cut a dashing figure as the youthful Lancelot opposite Vanessa Redgrave's Guenevere in Joshua Logan's opulent filming of the hit musical "Camelot." Since then, Nero has appeared in over 50 motion pictures rangi...
Filmography
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Forever Blues
(2005)
Director
John Wick: Chapter 2
(2017)
The Broken Key
(2016)
The Lost City of Z
(2016)
Django
(2012)
Cars 2
(2011)
Voice
Family & Companions
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Carroll Baker
Companion
Actor. In a June 2000 interview with the London <i>Times</i>, Baker revealed their affair.
Vanessa Redgrave
Companion
Actor. Mother of Nero's son Carlo.
Biography
A handsome Italian leading man, Franco Nero first came to the attention of US audiences as Abel in John Huston's epic "The Bible...In the Beginning" (1966). The following year, he cut a dashing figure as the youthful Lancelot opposite Vanessa Redgrave's Guenevere in Joshua Logan's opulent filming of the hit musical "Camelot." Since then, Nero has appeared in over 50 motion pictures ranging from "A Quiet Place in the Country" (1968) to "Force Ten From Navaronne" (1978) to "Querelle" (1982) to "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" (1990). More recently, he played an idealistic doctor whose family is touched by the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in "Talk of Angels" and was cast as the slain fashion designer in "The Versace Murders" (both 1998).
On the small screen, Nero starred as the legendary silent screen actor in "The Legend of Valentino" (ABC, 1975) and later was featured in the miniseries "The Last Days of Pompeii" (ABC, 1984) and "Young Catherine" (TNT, 1991). With actress Vanessa Redgrave, he has a son Carlo Sparanero who is a director.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Forever Blues
(2005)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
John Wick: Chapter 2
(2017)
The Broken Key
(2016)
The Lost City of Z
(2016)
Django
(2012)
Cars 2
(2011)
Voice
Letters to Juliet
(2010)
Killing Is My Business, Honey
(2009)
Albakiara - Il film
(2008)
La Rabbia
(2008)
Mario the Magician
(2008)
Bathory
(2008)
Bastardi
(2008)
Mineurs
(2007)
Forever Blues
(2005)
Chimera
(2001)
Entrepreneur
Megiddo: Omega Code 2
(2001)
Mirka
(2000)
Uninvited
(1998)
Barolo
The Versace Murder
(1998)
Gianni Versace
The Medal
(1997)
Talk of Angels
(1996)
Dr Vicente Areavaga
The Innocent Sleep
(1995)
Cavani
Jonathan of the Bears
(1994)
Jonathan
Touch And Die
(1992)
Brothers and Sisters
(1992)
Franco
Amelia Lopes O'Neill
(1991)
Fernando
Die Hard 2
(1990)
A Breath of Life
(1990)
Gesualdo
Il Giovane Toscanini
(1988)
Silent Night
(1988)
Un Altare per la Madre
(1987)
The Girl
(1987)
John Berg
Sweet Country
(1987)
Garibaldi - the General
(1986)
Die Forstenbuben
(1985)
Bohme
Il Pentito
(1985)
Der Falke
(1983)
Grog
(1983)
Nicola
The Salamander
(1983)
Dante Matucci
Ten Days That Shook the World
(1983)
Kamikaze '89
(1982)
Weiss
Querelle
(1982)
Lieutenant Seblon
Enter the Ninja
(1981)
The Man with Bogart's Face
(1980)
The Day of the Cobra
(1980)
Larry Stanciani
Un Dramma Borghese
(1979)
Guido
Le Rose di Danzica
(1979)
Konrad Von Der Berg
Force Ten From Navarone
(1978)
Captain Radicek/Nicolai Lescovar--Double Agent
The Naked Prey
(1977)
Submission
(1977)
Armand
Autostop rosso sangue
(1976)
Walter Mancini
Keoma
(1976)
Keoma Shannon
21 Hours At Munich
(1976)
Issa
La Marche Triomphale
(1975)
The Legend of Valentino
(1975)
Last Days of Mussolini
(1974)
Colonel Valerio
Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia
(1974)
Judge Cusani
Il Cittadino Si Ribella
(1974)
Carlo
Perche si uccide un Magistrato
(1974)
Deaf Smith And Johnny Ears
(1973)
Il Delitto Matteotti
(1973)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
(1973)
Le Moine
(1973)
Ambrosio
Pope Joan
(1972)
Senza Ragione
(1972)
Mosquito
The Battle of Neretva
(1971)
Captain Riva
Confessions of a Police Captain
(1971)
La Vacanza
(1971)
Poacher
Confessione di un Commissario di Polizia al Procuratore Della Repubblica
(1971)
District Attorney Traini
The Virgin and the Gypsy
(1970)
Gypsy
The Mercenary
(1970)
Bill Douglas
Detective Belli
(1970)
Stefano Belli
Tristana
(1970)
Horacio
A Quiet Place in the Country
(1970)
Leonardo Ferri
Mafia
(1969)
Captain Bellodi
The Brute and the Beast
(1968)
Tom
The Hired Killer
(1967)
Tony Lobello
Camelot
(1967)
Lancelot Du Lac
The Wild, Wild Planet
(1967)
Jake
The Bible...In the Beginning
(1966)
Abel
The Tramplers
(1966)
Charley Garvey
War Of The Planets
(1965)
Writer (Feature Film)
Forever Blues
(2005)
Screenplay
Jonathan of the Bears
(1994)
Screenwriter
Producer (Feature Film)
La Rabbia
(2008)
Producer
Forever Blues
(2005)
Producer
Uninvited
(1998)
Producer; Producer ("Presents")
Jonathan of the Bears
(1994)
Producer
A Breath of Life
(1990)
Producer
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Django Unchained
(2012)
Cameo
Cast (Special)
Painted Lady
(1998)
Robert Tassi
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Pope John Paul II
(2005)
Bella Mafia
(1997)
David
(1997)
Nathan
Young Catherine
(1991)
Windmills Of The Gods
(1988)
The Last Days of Pompeii
(1984)
Harold Robbins' The Pirate
(1978)
Life Events
1964
Made feature film debut in "La ragazza in prestito"
1966
Had first lead role in Sergio Corbucci's "Django"
1966
Had featured role as Abel in John Huston's "The Bible: In the Beginning"
1967
Portrayed Lancelot in his first English language film "Camelot"; met long time romantic partner, Vanessa Redgrave, who also co-starred
1968
Appeared in the mafia film "Il giorno della civetta" opposite Claudia Cardinale
1970
Featured in the English language film "The Virgin and the Gypsy"
1970
Served as one of the producers on "Drop Out"
1974
Played the humiliated engineer out for revenge in "Street Law"
1975
Made his American TV debut as Valentino in "The Legend of Valentino" (ABC)
1978
Made TV miniseries debut in "The Pirate" (CBS)
1982
Cast as the gay lieutenant in "Querelle"
1993
Established own production company
1993
Wrote, produced and starred in "Jonathan degli orsi"
1996
Starred in Hungarian director Gábor Koltay's "Honfoglalás"
1998
Portrayed Gianni Versace in the "The Versace Murder"
1998
Co-starred as an idealistic physician in "Talk of Angels"
2001
Appeared in Koltay's "Sacra Corona"
2010
Co-starred with wife Vanessa Redgrave in "Letters to Juliet"
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Family
Carlo Gabriel Nero
Son
Director. Born in 1969; graduated from NYU Film School; has son born c. 1990; mother, Vanessa Redgrave.
Companions
Carroll Baker
Companion
Actor. In a June 2000 interview with the London <i>Times</i>, Baker revealed their affair.
Vanessa Redgrave
Companion
Actor. Mother of Nero's son Carlo.
