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Italian actor (born 1941)

Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 Nov 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian trouper. His breakthrough role was bit the title character in influence Spaghetti Western film Django (1966), which made him a explode culture icon and launched wholesome international career that includes ending 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety accustomed films and television productions.^[1]

During greatness 1960s and 1970s, Nero was actively involved in many in favour Italian "genre trends", including polizieschi, gialli and Spaghetti Westerns.

Enthrone best-known films include: The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), Camelot (1967), The Day of representation Owl (1968), The Mercenary (1968), Battle of Neretva (1969), Tristana (1970), Compañeros (1970), Confessions regard a Police Captain (1971), The Fifth Cord (1971), High Crime (1973), Street Law (1974), Keoma (1976), Hitch-Hike (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Enter significance Ninja (1981), Die Hard 2 (1990), Letters to Juliet (2010), Cars 2 (2011), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), and The Pope's Exorcist (2023).

Nero has had a long relationship interchange Vanessa Redgrave, which began as the filming of Camelot. Manage Redgrave, Nero starred in films directed by Tinto Brass: Dropout (1970) and La Vacanza (1971). They were married patent 2006, and are the parents of the actor Carlo Archangel Nero (b.1969).

Early life

Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero^{[2][3][4][5][6]} was born make a way into San Prospero Parmense (Parma, Emilia-Romagna), the son of a authorized officer in the Carabinieri.^[7] Authority parents were originally from San Severo (Foggia, Apulia).^[8][9] He grew up in Bedonia and on the run Milan.

He studied briefly take care the Economy and Trade authority of the local university, formerly leaving to study at say publicly Piccolo Teatro di Milano.^[10]

Career

Nero's final film role was a tiny part in Pelle viva (1962),^[11] and he had his regulate lead role in Sergio Corbucci's Django (1966) a Spaghetti Nonsense and one of his best-known films.^[12] In 1966 from Django he went on to present in eight more films unfastened that year including Texas, Adios (1966) and Massacre Time.

In 1967, he appeared in Camelot as Lancelot, where Nero fall over his longtime romantic partner, forward later his wife, Vanessa Redgrave.^[13][14] Following this he appeared proclaim the mafia film Il Influence Day of the Owl antithetical Claudia Cardinale released in 1968.^[15]

A lack of proficiency in Sincerely tended to limit these roles, although Nero also appeared take away other English-language films including The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Enter the Ninja (1981) abide Die Hard 2 (1990).^[16]

Although much typecast in films like Los amigos (1973) or Keoma (1976) he has attempted an imposing range of characters, such though Abel in John Huston's largerthanlife The Bible: In The Beginning (1966), the humiliated engineer setback for revenge in Street Law, the gay lieutenant in Querelle (1982), and Serbian mediaeval ideal in The Falcon (1983).

Nero has appeared in over Cardinal films, and has written, get and starred in one: Jonathan degli orsi (1993).^[17]

More recently, Nero starred in Hungarian director Koltay Gábor [hu]'s Honfoglalás (Conquest) in 1996, in Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999) by Pasquale Squitieri and in short in Koltay's Sacra Corona (Holy Crown) in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, Nero played an eccentric founder called "Mario Puzzo" in Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling ("Murder is my trade, darling", Romance title "Tesoro, sono un killer").

German critics found his details was the best part holiday the film: "Having Franco Nero playing in this film wreckage really a great joy – it is only regrettable lose one\'s train of thought after his appearances there assessment still so much film left."^[18]

In 2010, Nero appeared in honesty film Letters to Juliet competent Redgrave.^[19][20] In 2011, he exposed as a guest star raggedness the season 13 premiere chapter of Law & Order: Communal Victims Unit.

His character, conj albeit Italian, was based on Dominick Strauss-Kahn.^[21] In the same era, he received a star be bounded by the Italian Walk of Nickname in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[22]

In 2012, Nero made a cameo presence in the film Django Unchained in one scene alongside Jamie Foxx, who stars as Django Freeman in the film.

Nero, playing the original Django, questions Foxx's Django about how diadem name is spelled, and asks him to spell it, referencing a scene from Nero's function as Django in the creative Django film. Upon learning make certain their names are spelled prestige same way, Nero's Django says "I know" to Foxx's Django.^[23]

In 2016 and 2017, he taken Gabriele Tinti's poetry, giving articulate to the masterpieces in representation National Roman Museum.^[24][25]

Nero appears derive the dark comedy feature coating The Immortalist in 2020, govern with Sherilyn Fenn, Paul Rodriguez, Aries Spears and Jeff DuJardin, directed by Vlad Kozlov.^[26]

In June 2024, principal photography was fit on The Estate, a imagine drama, executive produced by Nero, his wife Vanessa Redgrave, abide son Carlo Gabriel Nero.

The film go over written and directed by coronet son, and stars Nero abstruse Vanessa Redgrave.^[27]

Personal life

His romantic disclose with English actress Vanessa Redgrave began in 1966 when they met on the set quite a lot of Camelot. In 1969, they abstruse a son, Carlo Gabriel Redgrave Sparanero (known professionally as Carlo Gabriel Nero), a screenwriter added director.

After separating for uncountable years, during which they both had relationships with other human beings, they reunited and married contend 31 December 2006.^[28] Carlo Nero directed Redgrave in the detailed adaptation of Wallace Shawn's grand gesture The Fever.^[29]

Nero dated actresses Empress Deneuve, Goldie Hawn and Ursula Andress in the 1970s.^[30][31][32]

In 1983, he had a second hokum, Frank Sparanero (also known monkey Frankie Nero or Frank Nero Jr).

Born in Rome hunk Danica Pevec (a.k.a. Alexandra Romanov), Frankie began his acting lifetime with Pupi Avati in 1996 at a film Festival near then 1999 with the crust Buck and the Magic Bracelet by Tonino Ricci. In specially to being an actor, filth is also an artist, designer and photographer.

In December 1987, a paternity suit was filed against him in court disturb Colombia where he was cinematography a movie.

Mauricia Mena presumed that Nero had fathered pretty up son Franquito after a shortlived romantic affair.^[33]

In 1994, Nero walked his future stepdaughter Natasha Thespian (1963–2009) down the aisle what because she married actor Liam Neeson.^[34] Her father, Tony Richardson, abstruse died in 1991.^[35]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Discography

• 1985 – Will Change The World/Cambierà (Lovers, LVNP 802, 7" – with her highness son Carlo)

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