Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero, known professionally as Franco Nero was born in Parma, Italy, on November 23, 1941, is an Italian actor. Young Franco Nero first started performing in student plays. He made his big screen debut in comedy drama film I Knew Her Well (1965) in role as Italo. He got his television debut in ABC biographical film The Legend of Valentino (1975) in role as Rudolph Valentino. Franco's breakthrough performance came as Django in spaghetti Western film Django (1966). He landed his directorial debut with drama film Forever Blues (2005) also starred as Luca.
How tall is Franco Nero and what is his weight? Franco Nero's height is 5' 11" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 180 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, his weight is 176 іn pоunds or 80 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. He is 82 years old. His net worth is around 10 million dollars.
Franco Nero
November 23, 1941
82 years old
Italy
Sagittarius
Light Brown
Blue
5 ft 11 in | 180 cm
$10 Million
80 kg | 176 lbs
Not available
He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male for his role as Lancelot du Lac in musical fantasy drama film Camelot (1967).
He won the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor for his role as Capt. Claudio Bellodi in crime drama movie The Day of the Owl (1968).
He won the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor for his role as Capt. Bellodi in crime drama film Mafia (Il giorno della civetta) (1968).
He was nominated for the Golden Laurel Award for Star of Tomorrow, Male for his role as The Gypsy in drama movie The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970).
He won the Italian Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role as Deputy D.A. Traini in crime drama film Confessions of a Police Captain (1971).
He won the London International Motion Pictures Award for Best Actor and the New York Cinematography Award for Best Actor for his role as L'Impresario in thriller movie La danza nera (2020).
He was nominated for the Madrid International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in an English Language Feature Film for his role as Branko in sports historical drama film The Match (2021).
He was nominated for the Orlando Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Paolo Spersoni in drama movie Immortalist (2021).
The Mercenary (1968) Western as Sergei "Polack" Kowalski
Battle of Neretva (1969) war action as Capt. Michele Riva
Tristana (1970) drama as Horacio
Compañeros (1970) buddy comedy as Yodlaf Peterson
The Fifth Cord (1971) giallo as Andrea Bild
Keoma (1976) spaghetti Western as Keoma Shannon
Force 10 from Navarone (1978) war as Captain Lescovar / Colonel Von Ingolsleben
Enter the Ninja (1981) martial arts as Cole
Querelle (1982) arthouse as Lieutenant Seblon
Die Hard 2 (1990) action thriller as General Ramon Esperanza
He voiced Uncle Topolino in animated spy comedy film Cars 2 (2011).
The Lost City of Z (2016) epic biographical adventure drama as Baron de Gondoriz
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) neo-noir action thriller as Julius
He directed and starred as Emanuele in drama film The Man Who Drew God (2022).
The Pope's Exorcist (2023) supernatural horror as The Pope
He was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini-Series for his role as Paolo Pizzi in thriller miniseries The Magistrate (1989).
The Return of Sandokan (1996) adventure series as Yogi Azim
The Crusaders (2001) Italian adventure miniseries as Ibn-Azul
Delicious (2017-2018) Sky 1 drama series as Joe Benelli
Django (2022) Sky Atlantic and Canal+ Western series as Reverend
Studied economics and trade in Milan University.
Studied at Piccolo Teatro di Milano.
He was discovered by director John Huston.
He voiced Uncle Topolino in video game Cars 2: The Video Game (2011).
He dated Mauricia Mena (1987-1989), Ursula Andress (1976), Carroll Baker (1973), Nathalie Delon (1971-1972) and Catherine Deneuve (1970).
He married actress Vanessa Redgrave in 2006, they have one son, Carlo Gabriel Redgrave Sparanero.