Franco Nero
Gender: Male
Born: 23rd November 1941 (currently 70 years old)
Nationality: Italy
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Movies: Camelot, Django, Enter the Ninja, Tristana, High Crime, Die Hard 2, Desideria e l'Anello del Drago, The Mercenary, Force 10 from Navarone, Bathory, Querelle, Compañeros, Il giorno della civetta, The Bible: In The Beginning, Texas, Adios, Io la conoscevo bene, The Virgin and the Gypsy, The Salamander, Detective Belli, Hitch-Hike, Pride and Vengeance, Mario the Magician, Los Amigos, Banovic Strahinja, Massacre Time, Long Live Your Death, A Quiet Place in the Country, Victory March, The Versace Murder, Keoma, Pope Joan, Letters to Juliet, 21 Hours at Munich, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, The Day of the Cobra, Sahara Cross, The Fifth Cord, Talk of Angels, How to Kill a Judge, The Man with Bogart's Face, Mirka, The Rite, Dropout, La vacanza, Breath of Life, The Fifth Day of Peace, The Girl, Uninvited, Street Law, Last Days of Mussolini, Mexico in Flames, Post Coitum, Cars 2, Amelia Lópes O'Neill, The Versace Murder, Li chiamarono... briganti!, Death Rite, The Wizards Hunter: The Hunt for Evangelion Crowley, The Third Eye, Dante's Inferno Animated, Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling, Confessions of a Police Captain, David
Franco Nero (born 23 November 1941) is an Italian actor.
Nero was born Francesco Sparanero in San Prospero Parmense (province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna), the son of a sergeant in the carabinieri, originally from San Severo. He grew up in Bedonia and in Milan. He studied briefly at the Economy and Trade faculty of the local university, before leaving to study at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.
Nero's first film role was a small part in La ragazza in prestito (1964), and he had his first lead role in Sergio Corbucci's Django (1966) a Spaghetti Western and one of his best known films. In 1966 from Django he went on to appear in eight more films released that year including Texas, addio (1967) and Tempo di massacro.
In 1967, he appeared in Camelot as Lancelot, where he met his long time romantic partner, and later on in life his wife, Vanessa Redgrave. Following this he appeared in the mafia film Il giorno della civetta opposite Claudia Cardinale released in 1968.
A lack of proficiency in English tended to limit these roles, although he also appeared in other English language films including The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Enter the Ninja (1981) and Die
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