Franco Nero
Franco Nero (born 23 November 1941) is an Italian actor. He is best known for his roles of the title character in Sergio Corbucci's Django (1966), Sir Lancelot in Joshua Logan's Camelot (1967), Horacio in Luis Buñuel's Tristana (1970), the title character in Enzo G. Castellari's Keoma (1976), Captain Nikolai Lescovar/Colonel von Ingorslebon in Guy Hamilton's Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Cole in Menahem Golan's Enter the Ninja(1981), his reprising role again as the title character in Nello Rossatti's Django Strikes Again (1987), General Ramon Esperanza in Renny Harlin's Die Hard 2 (1990), Gianni Versace in Menahem Golan's The Versace Murder (1998), General Francini in Brian Trenchard-Smith's Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001) and Lorenzo Bartolini in Gary Winick's Letters to Juliet (2010). He also played the narrator in the film Rasputin (2010) directed by Louis Nero and voiced the character of Uncle Topolino in the animated film Cars 2 (2011) directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Brad Lewis. In 2012 Nero made a cameo appearance inQuentin Tarantino's Django Unchained.
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- Born:
- Nov 23, 1941 In San Prospero Parmense, Italy
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 200
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Roma elastica
- Latest Project:
- Movie In the Hand of Dante 2025-09-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | La battaglia di Gorthene | 2026 | |
| Movie | Roma elastica | 2026 | |
| Movie | In the Hand of Dante | Don Lecco | 2025-09-03 |
| Movie | Compagni d'arte | 2024-10-07 | |
| Movie | The Man Who Drew God | Emanuele | 2023-03-02 |
| Movie | On Our Way | 2023-05-19 | |
| Movie | Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black | Valentino's Spirit | 2023-11-20 |
| Movie | Giorni felici | Antonio | 2023-10-05 |
| Movie | The Pope's Exorcist | The Pope | 2023-04-05 |
| Movie | The Man from Rome | The Pope | 2022-10-21 |
| Movie | Buon Lavoro | 2022-06-07 | |
| Movie | Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto | Self | 2021-10-15 |
| Movie | We Are Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-16 |
| Movie | The Match | Old Branko | 2021-07-10 |
| Movie | The Jester from Transylvania | One-eye | 2020-01-01 |
| Movie | The Dark Dance | L'Impresario | 2020-12-18 |
| Movie | Harmonie | 2020-09-20 | |
| Movie | Immortalist | Paolo Spersoni | 2020-07-10 |
| Movie | Havana Kyrie | Vittorio Arditi De Bellis | 2019-12-20 |
| Movie | The Collini Case | Fabrizio Collini | 2019-04-18 |
| Movie | A Rose in Winter | Rainer Praeger | 2019-05-07 |
| Movie | Ed è subito sera | 2019-03-21 | |
| Movie | Red Land | Professor Ambrosin | 2018-11-15 |
| Movie | The Time of Their Lives | Alberto | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Julius | 2017-02-08 |
| Movie | The Lost City of Z | Baron de Gondoriz | 2017-03-15 |
| Movie | The Neighborhood | Guglielmo | 2017-08-18 |
| Movie | The Broken Key | Hiram Abif | 2017-11-16 |
| Movie | Il crimine non va in pensione | il primario | 2017-06-15 |
| Movie | Agony | Carlo | 2017-10-05 |
| Movie | Iceman | Ditob | 2017-11-30 |
| Movie | Earth | 2015-06-26 | |
| Movie | Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… | Lui-même | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Obsessive Rhythms | Carmine | 2014-01-08 |
| Movie | Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema | Self | 2014-07-24 |
| Movie | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Actor | 2014-10-06 |
| Movie | Figli di Maam | 2014-10-01 | |
| Movie | Love Island | Marquis Polesini | 2014-08-08 |
| Movie | Killer Mermaid | Niko | 2014-03-08 |
| Movie | I Tarantiniani | Self | 2013-02-21 |
| Movie | Memories They Told Me | Paolo | 2013-06-26 |
| Movie | The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti | Self | 2013-04-17 |
| Movie | Istintobrass | Self | 2013-08-30 |
| Movie | Django Unchained | Amerigo Vessepi | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | New Order | Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen | 2012-02-22 |
| Movie | The Last Alchemist | Felix the Alchemist | 2012-12-10 |
| Movie | Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Self | 2012-03-30 |
| Movie | Crazy Dog | Alvaro Genta | 2012-04-16 |
| Movie | Cars 2 | Uncle Topolino (voice) | 2011-06-11 |
| Movie | Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire | Augustinus (age 76) | 2010-01-31 |
| Movie | Letters to Juliet | Lorenzo | 2010-05-13 |
| Movie | Prigioniero di un segreto | Il barbone | 2010-07-15 |
| Movie | Rasputin | Narratore | 2010-09-04 |
| Movie | Killing Is My Business, Honey | Enrico Puzzo | 2009-02-26 |
| Movie | Mein Herz in Chile | Carlos Sanchez | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | La rabbia | Mentore | 2008-02-28 |
| Movie | Bastardi | Rene Iuvara | 2008-01-04 |
| Movie | Bathory: Countess of Blood | King Mathias | 2008-07-10 |
| Movie | Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo | Il Barbone | 2008-11-28 |
| Movie | A Night at the Grand Hotel | Ferran Moreno | 2008-10-29 |
| Movie | Márió, a varázsló | Mario | 2008-11-28 |
| Movie | The Final Inquiry | Caifa | 2007-04-04 |
| Movie | Mineurs | Michele Acucella | 2007-07-13 |
| Series | L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII | Caifa | 2007-04-02 |
| Movie | Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern | Self | 2006-04-23 |
| Movie | The Holy Family | Zachary | 2006-10-12 |
| Movie | Forever Blues | Luca | 2005-10-11 |
| Series | Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love | 2005-01-01 | |
| Movie | Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show | Judge | 2005-07-09 |
| Movie | Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker | Self | 2005-09-03 |
| Movie | The Spaghetti West | Self | 2005-09-01 |
| Movie | Summer Solstice | Lorenzo | 2005-12-25 |
| Movie | Post Coitum | Bakchus | 2004-05-20 |
| Movie | Guardians of the Clouds | Padre | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Bad Inclination | Il barbone | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | The Uncrowned Heart | Bear's Trainer | 2003-05-26 |
| Series | Der Fürst und das Mädchen | Conte Massimo di Romano | 2003-09-17 |
| Movie | Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell | Giuseppe Mantaldo | 2002-09-25 |
| Movie | Ultimo stadio | Antonio | 2002-05-10 |
| Movie | Fumata blanca | Cardenal Tura | 2002-05-10 |
| Movie | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | General Francini | 2001-09-07 |
| Movie | The Crusaders | Ibnazul | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Chimera | Imprenditore | 2001-05-26 |
| Movie | Sacra Corona | Bishop Gellért | 2001-04-11 |
| Movie | Mirka | Il Sindaco | 2000-03-10 |
| Series | Saint Paul | Gamaliel | 2000-12-03 |
| Movie | Saint Paul | Gamaliel | 2000-12-03 |
| Movie | Uninvited | Ralph Barolo | 2000-05-19 |
| Movie | Li chiamarono... briganti! | Caporale Nerza | 1999-05-28 |
| Movie | Il tesoro di Damasco | Andrea | 1998-10-06 |
| Movie | The Versace Murder | Gianni Versace | 1998-07-15 |
| Movie | Talk of Angels | Dr. Vicente Areavaga | 1998-10-30 |
| Series | Painted Lady | Robert Tassi | 1997-12-07 |
| Movie | Desert of Fire | Marcel Duvivier | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | David | Natan | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | Bella Mafia | Mario Domino | 1997-11-16 |
| Movie | Rack Up | Jesus Barro | 1997-05-09 |
| Series | Il Ritorno di Sandokan | Yogi Azim | 1996-10-06 |
| Movie | The Conquest | Árpád vezér | 1996-12-12 |
| Movie | The Innocent Sleep | Adolfo Cavani | 1996-01-25 |
| Movie | Jonathan of the Bears | Jonathan | 1995-04-21 |
| Movie | Io e il re | Maggiore Ferri | 1995-09-01 |
| Series | Desideria e l'anello del drago | Dragon King | 1995-01-02 |
| Movie | The Dragon Ring | Dragon King | 1994-01-02 |
| Movie | Der Fall Lucona | Enzo Lombardi | 1993-06-10 |
| Movie | Das Babylon Komplott | Chris Lang | 1993-11-01 |
| Movie | Brothers and Sisters | Franco | 1992-09-11 |
| Movie | Gold | Gabriele da Poppi | 1992-06-06 |
| Movie | Amelia Lópes O'Neill | Fernando | 1992-02-05 |
| Series | Young Catherine | Count Vorontsov | 1991-02-17 |
| Movie | Touch and Die | Aquani | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Die Hard 2 | General Ramon Esperanza | 1990-07-03 |
| Movie | Breath of Life | Angelo | 1990-10-11 |
| Series | I promessi sposi | fra Cristoforo | 1989-11-12 |
| Movie | Run for Your Life | Commissario | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Top Line | Ted Angelo | 1988-08-16 |
| Movie | Race to Danger | Francis, il marinaio | 1988-04-14 |
| Movie | Magdalene | Janza | 1988-11-25 |
| Movie | Young Toscanini | Claudio Toscanini | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | Sweet Country | Paul | 1987-01-23 |
| Movie | Django Strikes Again | Django | 1987-10-22 |
| Movie | The Girl | Johan (John) Berg | 1987-08-07 |
| Movie | André schafft sie alle | Andre | 1985-03-29 |
| Movie | The Repenter | Falco | 1985-11-15 |
| Movie | Die Försterbuben | Böhme | 1984-12-26 |
| Series | The Last Days of Pompeii | Arbaces | 1984-05-06 |
| Movie | The Falcon | Banović Strahinja | 1983-03-29 |
| Series | Red Bells | John Reed | 1982-03-19 |
| Movie | Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire | John Reed | 1982-03-19 |
| Movie | Querelle | Lieutenant Seblon | 1982-09-08 |
| Movie | Kamikaze '89 | Weiss | 1982-07-16 |
| Movie | Grog | Nicola Fanelli | 1982-09-03 |
| Movie | Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works | Self | 1982-07-25 |
| Movie | Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World | John Reed | 1982-10-18 |
| Movie | Enter the Ninja | Cole | 1981-07-17 |
| Movie | The Salamander | Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci | 1981-04-25 |
| Movie | The Blue-Eyed Bandit | Renzo Dominici | 1980-08-07 |
| Movie | Day of the Cobra | Larry Stanziani | 1980-08-12 |
| Movie | The Man with Bogart's Face | Hakim | 1980-10-03 |
| Movie | The Visitor | Jesus Christ | 1979-03-22 |
| Movie | Mimi | Guido | 1979-06-06 |
| Movie | Le rose di Danzica | General Konrad von Der Berg | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | The Shark Hunter | Mike di Donato | 1979-12-24 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Baydr Al Fay | 1978-11-21 |
| Movie | Force 10 from Navarone | Lescovar | 1978-08-16 |
| Movie | Sahara Cross | Jean Ballard | 1977-09-10 |
| Movie | Hitch Hike | Walter Mancini | 1977-04-30 |
| Movie | Victory March | Captain Asciutto | 1976-03-12 |
| Movie | 21 Hours at Munich | Issa | 1976-12-25 |
| Movie | Submission | Armand | 1976-03-26 |
| Movie | Keoma | Keoma | 1976-11-25 |
| Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Judge Dani | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | How to Kill a Judge | Giacomo Solaris | 1975-02-05 |
| Movie | The Flower in His Mouth | Professore Michele Belcore | 1975-10-30 |
| Movie | The Legend of Valentino | Rudolph Valentino | 1975-11-23 |
| Movie | Death Rite | Sadry | 1975-09-05 |
| Movie | Cry, Onion! | Onion Stark | 1975-08-25 |
| Movie | Blood Brothers | Nicola Bellizzi | 1974-02-23 |
| Movie | The Last Four Days | Walter Audisio | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Challenge to White Fang | Jason Scott | 1974-10-25 |
| Movie | Street Law | Carlo Antonelli | 1974-09-17 |
| Movie | Redneck | Mosquito | 1973-02-02 |
| Movie | White Fang | Jason Scott | 1973-12-21 |
| Movie | The Assassination of Matteotti | Giacomo Matteotti | 1973-09-13 |
| Movie | High Crime | Commissario Belli | 1973-08-12 |
| Movie | Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears | Johnny Ears | 1973-03-29 |
| Movie | The Monk | Ambrosio | 1972-11-02 |
| Movie | The Harder They Come | Django (archive footage) | 1972-08-01 |
| Movie | Pope Joan | Louis | 1972-08-16 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Police Captain | Sostituto Procuratore Traini | 1971-03-26 |
| Movie | The Fifth Cord | Andrea Bild | 1971-08-17 |
| Movie | The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Vanzi | 1971-10-27 |
| Movie | Vacation | Osiride | 1971-09-04 |
| Movie | Don't Turn the Other Cheek | Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky | 1971-12-22 |
| Movie | The Fifth Day of Peace | Bruno Grauber | 1970-04-17 |
| Movie | Tristana | Horacio | 1970-03-29 |
| Movie | Dropout | Bruno | 1970-12-18 |
| Movie | Compañeros | Yodlaf Peterson | 1970-12-18 |
| Movie | The Virgin and the Gypsy | The gypsy | 1970-06-01 |
| Movie | Detective Belli | Commissario Stefano Belli | 1969-09-06 |
| Movie | The Battle of Neretva | Capitano Michele Rossi | 1969-10-07 |
| Movie | The Day of the Owl | Captain Bellodi | 1968-02-17 |
| Movie | The Mercenary | Sergei Kowalski, The Polish | 1968-12-20 |
| Movie | A Quiet Place in the Country | Leonardo Ferri | 1968-11-14 |
| Movie | Sardinia Kidnapped | Gavino | 1968-03-14 |
| Movie | Camelot | Lancelot Du Lac | 1967-10-25 |
| Movie | Man, Pride and Vengeance | José | 1967-12-22 |
| Movie | Django | Django | 1966-04-06 |
| Movie | The Hired Killer | Tony Lo Bello | 1966-03-25 |
| Movie | The Third Eye | Mino Alberti (as Frank Nero) | 1966-06-11 |
| Movie | Massacre Time | Tom Corbett | 1966-08-10 |
| Movie | Texas, Adios | Burt Sullivan | 1966-08-28 |
| Movie | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Abel | 1966-09-28 |
| Movie | War of the Planets | Lt. Jake Jacowitx | 1966-07-21 |
| Movie | The Wild, Wild Planet | Lt. Jake | 1966-07-15 |
| Movie | La Celestina P… R… | Fabrizio | 1965-03-17 |
| Movie | The Tramplers | Charley Garvey | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | I Knew Her Well | Italo - The garage attendant | 1965-12-01 |
| Movie | Italian Engagement | 1964-10-16 | |
| Movie | Scorched Skin | 1962-10-18 |