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.
Movie | In the Hand of Dante | 2025 | |
Movie | Giorni Felici | 2023-10-05 | |
Movie | The Pope's Exorcist | The Pope | 2023-04-05 |
Movie | On Our Way | 2023-05-19 | |
Movie | The Man from Rome | The Pope | 2022-10-21 |
Movie | Off the Rails | Giovanni | 2021-07-23 |
Movie | We Are Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-16 |
Movie | Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto | Himself | 2021-10-15 |
Movie | The Jester from Transylvania | One-eye | 2020-01-01 |
Movie | Immortalist | Paolo Spersoni | 2020-07-10 |
Movie | The Match | Old Branko | 2020-09-01 |
Movie | A Rose in Winter | Rainer Praeger | 2020-10-05 |
Movie | The Dark Dance | L'Impresario | 2020-12-18 |
Movie | Harmonie | 2020-09-20 | |
Movie | The Collini Case | Fabrizio Collini | 2019-04-18 |
Movie | Ed è subito sera | 2019-03-21 | |
Movie | Havana Kyrie | Vittorio Arditi De Bellis | 2019-12-20 |
Movie | Christmas in Rome | Luigi Forlinghetti | 2019-11-30 |
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 | Iceman | Ditob | 2017-11-30 |
Movie | Agony | Carlo | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | The Neighborhood | Guglielmo | 2017-08-18 |
Movie | The Broken Key | Hiram Abif | 2017-11-16 |
Movie | Earth | 2015-06-26 | |
Movie | Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man | Himself | 2015-09-21 |
Movie | Obsessive Rythms | Carmine | 2014-01-08 |
Movie | Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… | Lui-même | 2014-01-01 |
Movie | Killer Mermaid | Niko | 2014-03-08 |
Movie | Figli di Maam | 2014-10-01 | |
Movie | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Actor | 2014-10-06 |
Movie | Love Island | Marquis Polesini | 2014-08-08 |
Movie | Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema | Self | 2014-07-24 |
Movie | I Tarantiniani | Self | 2013-02-21 |
Movie | Istintobrass | Self | 2013-08-30 |
Movie | The Outsider - The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti | Self | 2013-04-17 |
Movie | Memories They Told Me | Paolo | 2013-06-26 |
Movie | New Order | Dr. Cornelius Van Morgen | 2012-02-22 |
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 | Father | Enrico | 2011-01-25 |
Movie | Letters to Juliet | Lorenzo | 2010-05-13 |
Movie | Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire | Augustinus (age 76) | 2010-01-31 |
Movie | Rasputin | Narratore | 2010-09-04 |
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 | Bastardi | Rene Iuvara | 2008-03-01 |
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 | Bathory: Countess of Blood | King Mathias | 2008-07-10 |
Series | L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII | Caifa | 2007-04-02 |
Movie | The Final Inquiry | Caifa | 2007-04-04 |
Movie | Mineurs | Michele Acucella | 2007-07-13 |
Movie | Hans | Giudice/barbone | 2006-01-27 |
Movie | The Holy Family | Zachary | 2006-10-12 |
Movie | Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern | Self | 2006-04-23 |
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 | Forever Blues | Luca | 2005-10-11 |
Movie | Post Coitum | Bakchus | 2004-05-20 |
Movie | Guardiani delle nuvole | Padre | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | The Uncrowned Heart | Bear's Trainer | 2003-05-26 |
Movie | Bad Inclination | Il barbone | 2003-09-26 |
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 | Sacra Corona | Bishop Gellért | 2001-04-11 |
Movie | The Crusaders | Ibnazul | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | Gen. Francini | 2001-09-07 |
Series | La voce del sangue | Antonio Castaldi | 2001-06-07 |
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 | Talk of Angels | Dr. Vicente Areavaga | 1998-10-30 |
Movie | Il tesoro di Damasco | Andrea | 1998-10-06 |
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 | The Innocent Sleep | Adolfo Cavani | 1996-01-25 |
Movie | The Conquest | Árpád vezér | 1996-12-12 |
Series | Il Ritorno di Sandokan | Yogi Azim | 1996-10-06 |
Series | Desideria e l'anello del drago | Dragon King | 1995-01-02 |
Movie | Jonathan of the Bears | Jonathan | 1995-04-21 |
Movie | Io e il re | Maggiore Ferri | 1995-09-01 |
Movie | The Dragon Ring | Dragon King | 1994-01-02 |
Movie | Der Fall Lucona | Enzo Lombardi | 1993-06-10 |
Movie | Test of Memory | Paul Herzog | 1993-10-07 |
Movie | Das Babylon Komplott | Chris Lang | 1993-11-01 |
Movie | Amelia Lópes O'Neill | Fernando | 1992-02-05 |
Movie | Gold | Gabriele da Poppi | 1992-06-06 |
Movie | Brothers and Sisters | Franco | 1992-09-11 |
Series | Young Catherine | Count Vorontsov | 1991-02-17 |
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 |
Series | I promessi sposi | fra Cristoforo | 1989-11-12 |
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 | Top Line | Ted Angelo | 1988-08-16 |
Movie | Magdalene | Janza | 1988-11-25 |
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 | Andre Handles Them All | 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 |
Movie | Kamikaze 1989 | Weiss | 1982-07-16 |
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 | Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire | John Reed | 1982-10-01 |
Movie | Querelle | Lieutenant Seblon | 1982-09-08 |
Movie | Grog | Nicola Fanelli | 1982-09-03 |
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 | Mimi | Guido | 1979-06-06 |
Movie | The Visitor | Jesus Christ | 1979-03-14 |
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 Legend of Valentino | Rudolph Valentino | 1975-11-23 |
Movie | The Flower in His Mouth | Professore Michele Belcore | 1975-10-30 |
Movie | Cry, Onion! | Onion Stark | 1975-08-25 |
Movie | Death Rite | Sadry | 1975-09-05 |
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 Harder They Come | Django (archive footage) | 1972-09-01 |
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 | Don't Turn the Other Cheek | Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky | 1971-12-22 |
Movie | Vacation | Osiride | 1971-09-04 |
Movie | The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Vanzi | 1971-10-27 |
Movie | Tristana | Horacio | 1970-03-29 |
Movie | The 5th Day of Peace | Bruno Grauber | 1970-04-17 |
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 | The Battle of Neretva | Capitani Michele Rossi | 1969-10-07 |
Movie | Detective Belli | Commissario Stefano Belli | 1969-09-06 |
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 | 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 | Texas, Adios | Burt Sullivan | 1966-08-28 |
Movie | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Abel | 1966-09-28 |
Movie | The Wild, Wild Planet | Lt. Jake | 1966-07-15 |
Movie | Massacre Time | Tom Corbett | 1966-08-10 |
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 |
Movie | Italian Engagement | 1964-10-16 |