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:
- 160
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Django Lives!
- Latest Project:
- Movie In the Hand of Dante 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Django Lives! | Django | 2025 |
| Movie | In the Hand of Dante | 2025 | |
| Movie | On Our Way | 2023-05-19 | |
| Movie | The Dark Dance | L'Impresario | 2020-12-18 |
| Movie | Harmonie | 2020-09-20 | |
| 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 | Il crimine non va in pensione | il primario | 2017-06-15 |
| Movie | The Lost City of Z | Baron de Gondoriz | 2017-03-15 |
| Movie | The Broken Key | Hiram Abif | 2017-11-16 |
| Movie | Agony | Carlo | 2017-10-05 |
| Movie | The Neighborhood | Guglielmo | 2017-08-18 |
| Movie | Iceman | Ditob | 2017-11-30 |
| Movie | Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man | Himself | 2015-09-21 |
| Movie | Earth | 2015-06-26 | |
| Movie | Obsessive Rythms | Carmine | 2014-01-08 |
| Movie | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Actor | 2014-10-06 |
| Movie | Killer Mermaid | Niko | 2014-03-08 |
| Movie | Love Island | Marquis Polesini | 2014-08-08 |
| 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 | Django Unchained | Amerigo Vessepi | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Self | 2012-03-30 |
| Movie | The Last Alchemist | Felix the Alchemist | 2012-12-10 |
| Movie | Crazy Dog | Alvaro Genta | 2012-04-16 |
| Movie | Cars 2 | Uncle Topolino (voice) | 2011-06-11 |
| Movie | Letters to Juliet | Lorenzo | 2010-05-13 |
| Movie | Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire | Augustinus (age 76) | 2010-01-31 |
| 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 | La rabbia | Mentore | 2008-02-28 |
| Movie | Mein Herz in Chile | Carlos Sanchez | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Bathory: Countess of Blood | King Mathias | 2008-07-10 |
| Movie | Márió, a varázsló | Mario | 2008-11-28 |
| Movie | Four Seasons - Summer | Max Freeman | 2008-12-25 |
| 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 | The Final Inquiry | Caifa | 2007-04-04 |
| Movie | Mineurs | Michele Acucella | 2007-07-13 |
| Movie | Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern | Self | 2006-04-23 |
| Movie | Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker | Self | 2005-09-03 |
| Movie | Vasco Rossi - È solo un rock'n'roll show | Judge | 2005-07-09 |
| Movie | Summer Solstice | Lorenzo | 2005-12-25 |
| Movie | Forever Blues | Luca | 2005-10-11 |
| Movie | Post Coitum | Bakchus | 2004-05-20 |
| Movie | Bad Inclination | Il barbone | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | The Uncrowned Heart | Bear's Trainer | 2003-05-26 |
| Movie | Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell | Giuseppe Mantaldo | 2002-09-25 |
| Movie | Fumata blanca | Cardenal Tura | 2002-05-10 |
| Movie | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | Gen. Francini | 2001-09-07 |
| Movie | The Crusaders | Ibnazul | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Sacra Corona | Bishop Gellért | 2001-04-11 |
| Movie | Mirka | Il Sindaco | 2000-03-10 |
| Movie | Saint Paul | Gamaliel | 2000-12-03 |
| Movie | Uninvited | Ralph Barolo | 2000-05-19 |
| Movie | Li chiamarono... briganti! | Caporale Nerza | 1999-05-28 |
| Movie | The Versace Murder | Gianni Versace | 1998-07-15 |
| Movie | Il tesoro di Damasco | Andrea | 1998-10-06 |
| Movie | Talk of Angels | Dr. Vicente Areavaga | 1998-10-30 |
| Movie | Bella Mafia | Mario Domino | 1997-11-16 |
| Movie | Desert of Fire | Marcel Duvivier | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | The Innocent Sleep | Adolfo Cavani | 1996-01-25 |
| Movie | The Return of Sandokan | Yogi Azim | 1996-10-06 |
| Movie | The Conquest | Árpád vezér | 1996-12-12 |
| Movie | Jonathan of the Bears | Jonathan | 1995-04-21 |
| Movie | The Dragon Ring | Dragon King | 1994-01-02 |
| Movie | Das Babylon Komplott | Chris Lang | 1993-11-01 |
| Movie | Der Fall Lucona | Enzo Lombardi | 1993-06-10 |
| Movie | Amelia Lópes O'Neill | Fernando | 1992-02-05 |
| Movie | Brothers and Sisters | Franco | 1992-09-11 |
| Movie | Gold | Gabriele da Poppi | 1992-06-06 |
| Movie | The Timekeeper | Leonardo da Vinci | 1992-04-02 |
| Movie | Young Catherine | Count Vorontsov | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Touch and Die | Aquani | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Breath of Life | Angelo | 1990-10-11 |
| Movie | Die Hard 2 | General Ramon Esperanza | 1990-07-03 |
| Movie | Run for Your Life | Commissario | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Race to Danger | Francis, il marinaio | 1988-04-14 |
| Movie | Young Toscanini | Claudio Toscanini | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | Magdalene | Janza | 1988-11-25 |
| Movie | Top Line | Ted Angelo | 1988-08-16 |
| Movie | Sweet Country | Paul | 1987-01-23 |
| Movie | The Girl | Johan (John) Berg | 1987-08-07 |
| Movie | Django Strikes Again | Django | 1987-10-22 |
| Movie | The Repenter | Falco | 1985-11-15 |
| Movie | André schafft sie alle | Andre | 1985-03-29 |
| Series | The Last Days of Pompeii | Arbaces | 1984-05-06 |
| Movie | Die Försterbuben | Böhme | 1984-12-26 |
| Movie | The Falcon | Banović Strahinja | 1983-03-29 |
| Movie | Wagner | Crespi | 1983-01-01 |
| Movie | Kamikaze 1989 | Weiss | 1982-07-16 |
| Movie | Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works | Self | 1982-07-25 |
| Movie | Grog | Nicola Fanelli | 1982-09-03 |
| Movie | Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire | John Reed | 1982-10-01 |
| Movie | Querelle | Lieutenant Seblon | 1982-09-08 |
| Movie | Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World | John Reed | 1982-10-18 |
| Movie | The Salamander | Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci | 1981-04-25 |
| Movie | Enter the Ninja | Cole | 1981-07-17 |
| Movie | The Man with Bogart's Face | Hakim | 1980-10-03 |
| Movie | The Blue-Eyed Bandit | Renzo Dominici | 1980-08-07 |
| Movie | Day of the Cobra | Larry Stanziani | 1980-08-12 |
| Movie | The Visitor | Jesus Christ | 1979-03-14 |
| Movie | The Shark Hunter | Mike di Donato | 1979-12-24 |
| Movie | Le rose di Danzica | General Konrad von Der Berg | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | Mimi | Guido | 1979-06-06 |
| Movie | Force 10 from Navarone | Lescovar | 1978-08-16 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Baydr Al Fay | 1978-11-21 |
| Movie | Hitch Hike | Walter Mancini | 1977-04-30 |
| Movie | Sahara Cross | Jean Ballard | 1977-09-10 |
| Movie | Victory March | Captain Asciutto | 1976-03-12 |
| Movie | Submission | Armand | 1976-03-26 |
| Movie | 21 Hours at Munich | Issa | 1976-12-25 |
| Movie | Keoma | Keoma | 1976-11-25 |
| Movie | How to Kill a Judge | Giacomo Solaris | 1975-02-05 |
| Movie | Cry, Onion! | Onion Stark | 1975-08-25 |
| Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Judge Dani | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | Death Rite | Sadry | 1975-09-05 |
| Movie | The Legend of Valentino | Rudolph Valentino | 1975-11-23 |
| Movie | The Flower in His Mouth | Professore Michele Belcore | 1975-10-30 |
| Movie | Blood Brothers | Nicola Bellizzi | 1974-02-23 |
| Movie | Street Law | Carlo Antonelli | 1974-09-17 |
| Movie | The Last Four Days | Walter Audisio | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Challenge to White Fang | Jason Scott | 1974-10-25 |
| Movie | Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears | Johnny Ears | 1973-03-29 |
| Movie | Redneck | Mosquito | 1973-02-02 |
| Movie | High Crime | Commissario Belli | 1973-08-12 |
| Movie | White Fang | Jason Scott | 1973-12-21 |
| Movie | The Assassination of Matteotti | Giacomo Matteotti | 1973-09-13 |
| Movie | Pope Joan | Louis | 1972-08-16 |
| Movie | The Monk | Ambrosio | 1972-11-02 |
| 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 5th Day of Peace | Bruno Grauber | 1970-04-17 |
| Movie | Tristana | Horacio | 1970-03-29 |
| Movie | The Virgin and the Gypsy | The gypsy | 1970-06-01 |
| Movie | Compañeros | Yodlaf Peterson | 1970-12-18 |
| Movie | Dropout | Bruno | 1970-12-18 |
| Movie | The Battle of Neretva | Capitani Michele Rossi | 1969-10-07 |
| Movie | Sardinia Kidnapped | Gavino | 1968-03-14 |
| 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 | 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 Wild, Wild Planet | Lt. Jake | 1966-07-15 |
| Movie | War of the Planets | Lt. Jake Jacowitx | 1966-07-21 |
| 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 |