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:
- 162
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Django Lives!
- Latest Project:
- Movie In the Hand of Dante 2025-09-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Django Lives! | Django | 2026 |
| Movie | In the Hand of Dante | Don Lecco | 2025-09-03 |
| 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 | The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti | Self | 2013-04-17 |
| Movie | Memories They Told Me | Paolo | 2013-06-26 |
| 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 | The Last Alchemist | Felix the Alchemist | 2012-12-10 |
| Movie | Django Unchained | Amerigo Vessepi | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | Cars 2 | Uncle Topolino (voice) | 2011-06-11 |
| Movie | Rasputin | Narratore | 2010-09-04 |
| 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 | Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso | 2009-09-16 | |
| 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 | A Night at the Grand Hotel | Ferran Moreno | 2008-10-29 |
| Movie | Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo | Il Barbone | 2008-11-28 |
| Movie | Márió, a varázsló | Mario | 2008-11-28 |
| Movie | Four Seasons - Summer | Max Freeman | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Mineurs | Michele Acucella | 2007-07-13 |
| Movie | The Final Inquiry | Caifa | 2007-04-04 |
| 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 | Wagner | Crespi | 1983-01-01 |
| Movie | The Falcon | Banović Strahinja | 1983-03-29 |
| Movie | Kamikaze '89 | Weiss | 1982-07-16 |
| Movie | Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World | John Reed | 1982-10-18 |
| Movie | Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works | Self | 1982-07-25 |
| Movie | Grog | Nicola Fanelli | 1982-09-03 |
| Movie | Querelle | Lieutenant Seblon | 1982-09-08 |
| Movie | Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire | John Reed | 1982-10-01 |
| 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 | The Man with Bogart's Face | Hakim | 1980-10-03 |
| Movie | Day of the Cobra | Larry Stanziani | 1980-08-12 |
| Movie | The Visitor | Jesus Christ | 1979-03-22 |
| Movie | Le rose di Danzica | General Konrad von Der Berg | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | The Shark Hunter | Mike di Donato | 1979-12-24 |
| Movie | Mimi | Guido | 1979-06-06 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Baydr Al Fay | 1978-11-21 |
| Movie | Force 10 from Navarone | Lescovar | 1978-08-16 |
| 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 | Keoma | Keoma | 1976-11-25 |
| Movie | Submission | Armand | 1976-03-26 |
| Movie | 21 Hours at Munich | Issa | 1976-12-25 |
| Movie | How to Kill a Judge | Giacomo Solaris | 1975-02-05 |
| Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Judge Dani | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | Cry, Onion! | Onion Stark | 1975-08-25 |
| Movie | The Legend of Valentino | Rudolph Valentino | 1975-11-23 |
| Movie | The Flower in His Mouth | Professore Michele Belcore | 1975-10-30 |
| Movie | Death Rite | Sadry | 1975-09-05 |
| Movie | Blood Brothers | Nicola Bellizzi | 1974-02-23 |
| Movie | Challenge to White Fang | Jason Scott | 1974-10-25 |
| Movie | The Last Four Days | Walter Audisio | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Street Law | Carlo Antonelli | 1974-09-17 |
| Movie | Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears | Johnny Ears | 1973-03-29 |
| Movie | Redneck | Mosquito | 1973-02-02 |
| Movie | The Assassination of Matteotti | Giacomo Matteotti | 1973-09-13 |
| Movie | White Fang | Jason Scott | 1973-12-21 |
| Movie | High Crime | Commissario Belli | 1973-08-12 |
| 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 | A Quiet Place in the Country | Leonardo Ferri | 1968-11-14 |
| Movie | The Day of the Owl | Captain Bellodi | 1968-02-17 |
| Movie | Sardinia Kidnapped | Gavino | 1968-03-14 |
| Movie | The Mercenary | Sergei Kowalski, The Polish | 1968-12-20 |
| 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 | The Wild, Wild Planet | Lt. Jake | 1966-07-15 |
| Movie | War of the Planets | Lt. Jake Jacowitx | 1966-07-21 |
| Movie | Texas, Adios | Burt Sullivan | 1966-08-28 |
| Movie | Massacre Time | Tom Corbett | 1966-08-10 |
| Movie | La Celestina P… R… | Fabrizio | 1965-03-17 |
| Movie | I Knew Her Well | Italo - The garage attendant | 1965-12-01 |
| Movie | The Tramplers | Charley Garvey | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | Scorched Skin | 1962-10-18 |