Cast

Franco Nero

1941

Active years (films on this site)

1966–2014

Genres

DramaActionWesternThrillerCrime

Schools and movements

Italian Neorealism and AfterContemporary European Art CinemaBalkan CinemaBritish Cinema

Directors worked with

Damiano Damiani4 filmsSergio Corbucci3 filmsLucio Fulci3 filmsAntonio Margheriti2 filmsJoshua Logan1 filmElio Petri1 filmVeljko Bulajić1 filmGiuliano Montaldo1 filmLuis Buñuel1 filmFlorestano Vancini1 filmCarlo Lizzani1 filmLuigi Zampa1 filmSalvatore Samperi1 filmPasquale Festa Campanile1 filmGuy Hamilton1 filmVatroslav Mimica1 filmRainer Werner Fassbinder1 filmSergei Bondarchuk1 filmMichael Anderson1 filmNick Hamm1 filmLuciano Odorisio1 filmJuraj Jakubisko1 filmJasmila Žbanić1 filmFanny Ardant1 film

Biography

Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero, 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.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

International

• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1992
• Time Machine Award 2014
• David di Donatello for Best Actor

Awards (from the Sinekatalog award pages)

• 1968 · David di Donatello: Best Actor (David di Donatello for Best Actor)
• 2014 · Sitges Film Festival: Time Machine Award

32 films on this site

1. Django 1966 · Sergio Corbucci · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
2. Massacre Time 1966 · Lucio Fulci · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
3. The Wild, Wild Planet 1966 · Antonio Margheriti · IMDb 4.6 · Cast
4. War of the Planets 1966 · Antonio Margheriti · IMDb 4.0 · Cast
5. Camelot 1967 · Joshua Logan · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
6. A Quiet Place in the Country 1968 · Elio Petri · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
7. Mafia 1968 · Damiano Damiani · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
8. The Mercenary 1968 · Sergio Corbucci · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
9. The Battle of Neretva 1969 · Veljko Bulajić · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
10. Compañeros 1970 · Sergio Corbucci · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
11. The Fifth Day of Peace 1970 · Giuliano Montaldo · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
12. Tristana 1970 · Luis Buñuel · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
13. Confessions of a Police Captain 1971 · Damiano Damiani · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
14. The Case Is Closed, Forget It 1971 · Damiano Damiani · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
15. Il delitto Matteotti 1973 · Florestano Vancini · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
16. White Fang 1973 · Lucio Fulci · IMDb 6.0 · Cast
17. Challenge to White Fang 1974 · Lucio Fulci · IMDb 5.6 · Cast
18. The Last 4 Days 1974 · Carlo Lizzani · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
19. How to Kill a Judge 1975 · Damiano Damiani · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
20. The Flower in His Mouth 1975 · Luigi Zampa · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
21. Submission 1976 · Salvatore Samperi · IMDb 6.2 · Cast
22. Hitch Hike 1977 · Pasquale Festa Campanile · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
23. Force 10 from Navarone 1978 · Guy Hamilton · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
24. Banovic Strahinja 1981 · Vatroslav Mimica · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
25. Querelle 1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
26. Red Bells 1982 · Sergei Bondarchuk · IMDb 5.8 · Cast
27. Young Catherine 1991 · Michael Anderson · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
28. Talk of Angels 1998 · Nick Hamm · IMDb 5.8 · Cast
29. Guardians of the Clouds 2004 · Luciano Odorisio · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
30. Bathory: Countess of Blood 2008 · Juraj Jakubisko · IMDb 5.8 · Cast
31. Love Island 2014 · Jasmila Žbanić · IMDb 5.3 · Cast
32. Obsessive Rhythms 2014 · Fanny Ardant · IMDb 4.6 · Cast