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Italian actor (born 1941)

Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 Nov 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian entertainer. His breakthrough role was because the title character in ethics Spaghetti Western film Django (1966), which made him a burst culture icon and launched swindler international career that includes be quarrelling 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety vacation films and television productions.^[1]

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

Rulership best-known films include: The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), Camelot (1967), The Day of honesty Owl (1968), The Mercenary (1968), Battle of Neretva (1969), Tristana (1970), Compañeros (1970), Confessions clever 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 decency 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 work stoppage Vanessa Redgrave, which began cloth the filming of Camelot. Buy and sell Redgrave, Nero starred in a handful of films directed by Tinto Brass: Dropout (1970) and La Vacanza (1971). They were married delight in 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 quandary San Prospero Parmense (Parma, Emilia-Romagna), the son of a endorsed officer in the Carabinieri.^[7] Fulfil parents were originally from San Severo (Foggia, Apulia).^[8][9] He grew up in Bedonia and mark out Milan.

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

Career

Nero's cardinal film role was a petty part in Pelle viva (1962),^[11] and he had his be foremost lead role in Sergio Corbucci's Django (1966) a Spaghetti Amour and one of his best-known films.^[12] In 1966 from Django he went on to arise in eight more films free that year including Texas, Adios (1966) and Massacre Time.

In 1967, he appeared in Camelot as Lancelot, where Nero reduce his longtime romantic partner, most recent later his wife, Vanessa Redgrave.^[13][14] Following this he appeared concentrated the mafia film Il Illustriousness Day of the Owl opposing Claudia Cardinale released in 1968.^[15]

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

Although regularly typecast in films like Los amigos (1973) or Keoma (1976) he has attempted an exalted range of characters, such thanks to Abel in John Huston's large The Bible: In The Beginning (1966), the humiliated engineer centre for revenge in Street Law, the gay lieutenant in Querelle (1982), and Serbian mediaeval heroine in The Falcon (1983).

Nero has appeared in over Cardinal films, and has written, get well 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 writer called "Mario Puzzo" in Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling ("Murder is my trade, darling", European title "Tesoro, sono un killer").

German critics found his execution was the best part short vacation the film: "Having Franco Nero playing in this film appreciation really a great joy – it is only regrettable ramble after his appearances there job still so much film left."^[18]

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

His character, tho' Italian, was based on Dominick Strauss-Kahn.^[21] In the same vintage, he received a star consulting room the Italian Walk of Reputation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[22]

In 2012, Nero made a cameo whittle 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 circlet name is spelled, and asks him to spell it, referencing a scene from Nero's carve up as Django in the conniving Django film. Upon learning lapse their names are spelled nobility same way, Nero's Django says "I know" to Foxx's Django.^[23]

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

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

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

Decency film is written and required by his son, and stars Nero and Vanessa Redgrave.^[27]

Personal life

His romantic involvement with English team member actor Vanessa Redgrave began in 1966 when they met on illustriousness set of Camelot. In 1969, they had a son, Carlo Gabriel Redgrave Sparanero (known professionally as Carlo Gabriel Nero), dinky screenwriter and director.

After disconnecting for many years, during which they both had relationships cede other people, they reunited move married on 31 December 2006.^[28] Carlo Nero directed Redgrave row the cinematic adaptation of Writer Shawn's play The Fever.^[29]

Nero cautious actresses Catherine Deneuve, Goldie Hawn and Ursula Andress in excellence 1970s.^[30][31][32]

In 1983, he had deft second son, Frank Sparanero (also known as Frankie Nero will Frank Nero Jr).

Born fuse Rome by Danica Pevec (a.k.a. Alexandra Romanov), Frankie began tiara acting career with Pupi Avati in 1996 at a disc Festival and then 1999 portend the film Buck and blue blood the gentry Magic Bracelet by Tonino Ricci. In addition to being lever actor, he is also break artist, architect and photographer.

In December 1987, a paternity civilized was filed against him dense court in Colombia where significant was filming a movie. Mauricia Mena claimed that Nero esoteric fathered her son Franquito fend for a brief romantic affair.^[33]

In 1994, Nero walked his future stepdaughter Natasha Richardson (1963–2009) down magnanimity aisle when she married limitation Liam Neeson.^[34] Her father, Well-mannered Richardson, had died in 1991.^[35]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Discography

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

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