Franco Nero

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.

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Django Unchained (2012)

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With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Tarantino
CAST:  Jamie Foxx  •  Christoph Waltz  •  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Kerry Washington

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Tarantino
CAST:  Jamie Foxx  •  Christoph Waltz  •  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Kerry Washington

Sweet Country (1987)

An American couple in Chile is drawn into the turmoil that followed President Salvador Allende's 1973 overthrow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mihalis Kakogiannis
CAST:  Jane Alexander  •  John Cullum  •  Carole Laure  •  Franco Nero

An American couple in Chile is drawn into the turmoil that followed President Salvador Allende's 1973 overthrow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mihalis Kakogiannis
CAST:  Jane Alexander  •  John Cullum  •  Carole Laure  •  Franco Nero

Camelot (1967)

The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threatens to topple King Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Logan
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Franco Nero  •  David Hemmings

The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threatens to topple King Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Logan
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Franco Nero  •  David Hemmings

Die Hard 2 (1990)

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Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renny Harlin
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  William Sadler  •  Franco Nero

Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renny Harlin
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  William Sadler  •  Franco Nero

Django (1966)

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A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a half-breed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Corbucci
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  José Bódalo  •  Loredana Nusciak  •  Ángel Álvarez

A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a half-breed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Corbucci
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  José Bódalo  •  Loredana Nusciak  •  Ángel Álvarez

Enter the Ninja (1981)

After completing his training of ninjutsu within Japan, an American Angolan Bush War veteran by the name of Cole visits his war buddy Frank Landers and his newly wed wife Mary Ann Landers, who are the owners of a large piece of farming land in the Philippines. Cole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menahem Golan
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Susan George  •  Christopher George  •  Shô Kosugi

After completing his training of ninjutsu within Japan, an American Angolan Bush War veteran by the name of Cole visits his war buddy Frank Landers and his newly wed wife Mary Ann Landers, who are the owners of a large piece of farming land in the Philippines. Cole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menahem Golan
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Susan George  •  Christopher George  •  Shô Kosugi

The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)

Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Covers Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood and Abraham and Isaac.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Michael Parks  •  Ulla Bergryd  •  Richard Harris  •  Franco Nero

Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Covers Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood and Abraham and Isaac.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Michael Parks  •  Ulla Bergryd  •  Richard Harris  •  Franco Nero

Tristana (1970)

Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope, a protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don sells his possessions to avoid manual labor and champions the causes of the dispossessed and downtrodden of society. He takes advantage of the vulnerable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Fernando Rey  •  Franco Nero  •  Lola Gaos

Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope, a protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don sells his possessions to avoid manual labor and champions the causes of the dispossessed and downtrodden of society. He takes advantage of the vulnerable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Fernando Rey  •  Franco Nero  •  Lola Gaos

Querelle (1982)

A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug-smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
CAST:  Brad Davis  •  Franco Nero  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Laurent Malet

A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug-smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
CAST:  Brad Davis  •  Franco Nero  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Laurent Malet

Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Robert Shaw  •  Barbara Bach  •  Edward Fox

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Robert Shaw  •  Barbara Bach  •  Edward Fox

The Battle of Neretva (1969)

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Veljko Bulajić
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Curd Jürgens  •  Hardy Krüger  •  Anthony Dawson

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Veljko Bulajić
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Curd Jürgens  •  Hardy Krüger  •  Anthony Dawson

Letters to Juliet (2010)

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An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Winick
CAST:  Amanda Seyfried  •  Marcia DeBonis  •  Gael García Bernal  •  Christopher Egan

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Winick
CAST:  Amanda Seyfried  •  Marcia DeBonis  •  Gael García Bernal  •  Christopher Egan

Submission (1976)

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In wartime France, Pharmacist Eliane (Lisa Gastoni) begins a torrid affair with her shop assistant Armand (Franco Nero), but she soon becomes dominated by him. He demands more and more from her, humiliating her and putting her family at risk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvatore Samperi
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Lisa Gastoni  •  Claudia Marsani  •  Raymond Pellegrin

In wartime France, Pharmacist Eliane (Lisa Gastoni) begins a torrid affair with her shop assistant Armand (Franco Nero), but she soon becomes dominated by him. He demands more and more from her, humiliating her and putting her family at risk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvatore Samperi
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Lisa Gastoni  •  Claudia Marsani  •  Raymond Pellegrin

Mirka (2000)

The isolated lives of people on a farm at the top of the mountains are changed by a ten-year-old child named Mirka.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
CAST:  Karim Benhadj  •  Barbora Bobuľová  •  Tiziano Cerrocchi  •  Adriano Corona

The isolated lives of people on a farm at the top of the mountains are changed by a ten-year-old child named Mirka.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
CAST:  Karim Benhadj  •  Barbora Bobuľová  •  Tiziano Cerrocchi  •  Adriano Corona

A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)

A painter facing a creative block arranges to spend the weekend in the country at his mistress's villa. While staying there, his sanity begins to disintegrate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elio Petri
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Georges Géret  •  Gabriella Boccardo

A painter facing a creative block arranges to spend the weekend in the country at his mistress's villa. While staying there, his sanity begins to disintegrate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elio Petri
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Georges Géret  •  Gabriella Boccardo

David (1997)

A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be king, under the watchful eyes of prophet Samuel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Markowitz
CAST:  Nathaniel Parker  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Leonard Nimoy  •  Sheryl Lee

A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be king, under the watchful eyes of prophet Samuel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Markowitz
CAST:  Nathaniel Parker  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Leonard Nimoy  •  Sheryl Lee

The Third Eye (1966)

Young nobleman Mino lives with his mother and Marta, the housekeeper, in an old, decaying castle. He is infantile and morbidly attached to the weird duo; his only hobby is taxidermy. Laura, Mino's fiancee, is met with jealousy and hatred by the two women, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mino Guerrini
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Gioia Pascal  •  Erika Blanc  •  Olga Solbelli

Young nobleman Mino lives with his mother and Marta, the housekeeper, in an old, decaying castle. He is infantile and morbidly attached to the weird duo; his only hobby is taxidermy. Laura, Mino's fiancee, is met with jealousy and hatred by the two women, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mino Guerrini
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Gioia Pascal  •  Erika Blanc  •  Olga Solbelli

Run for Your Life (1988)

Major Charles Forsythe (Carradine) is a Vietnam veteran U.S. Army officer stationed near Rome. He is a brutal, if effective, commander who was "fragged" by his own men in Vietnam. When he is denied promotion because of the number of men injured during his training ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Young
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Lauren Hutton  •  George Segal  •  Franco Nero

Major Charles Forsythe (Carradine) is a Vietnam veteran U.S. Army officer stationed near Rome. He is a brutal, if effective, commander who was "fragged" by his own men in Vietnam. When he is denied promotion because of the number of men injured during his training ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Young
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Lauren Hutton  •  George Segal  •  Franco Nero

Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire (1982)

A chronicle of the Russian and Mexican revolutions in the early 20th century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergey Bondarchuk
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Ursula Andress  •  Jorge Luke  •  Sydne Rome

A chronicle of the Russian and Mexican revolutions in the early 20th century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergey Bondarchuk
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Ursula Andress  •  Jorge Luke  •  Sydne Rome

Mimi (1979)

Guido is an international journalist with an unusually difficult relationship with his daughter, Mimi. He hasn't seen her for several years and has just taken her away from the boarding school she was immured in. She is now 15, and for some reason is doing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florestano Vancini
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Lara Wendel  •  Dalila Di Lazzaro  •  Carlo Bagno

Guido is an international journalist with an unusually difficult relationship with his daughter, Mimi. He hasn't seen her for several years and has just taken her away from the boarding school she was immured in. She is now 15, and for some reason is doing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florestano Vancini
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Lara Wendel  •  Dalila Di Lazzaro  •  Carlo Bagno
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