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Franco Nero

Franco Nero

Birthday: 1941-11-23 | Place of Birth: San Prospero Parmense, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
The Man Who Drew God

as    Emanuele

2021
Off the Rails

as    Giovanni

2021
Two Men Alone

as    Himself

2021
The Match

as    Old Branko

2020
A Rose in Winter

as    Rainer Praeger

2019
Recon

as    Angelo

2019
Iceman

as    Ditob

2019
The Collini Case

as    Fabrizio Collini

2019
Christmas in Rome

as    Luigi Forlinghetti

2017
The Time of Their Lives

as    Alberto

2017
The Lost City of Z

as    Baron de Gondoriz

2017
The Neighborhood

as    Guglielmo

2017
John Wick: Chapter 2

as    Julius

2014
Obsessive Rythms

as    Carmine

2014
Love Island

as    Marquis Polesini

2014
Killer Mermaid

as    Niko

2013
Istintobrass

as    Self

2012
The Last Alchemist

as    Felix the Alchemist

2010
Letters to Juliet

as    Lorenzo

2009
Killing Is My Business, Honey

as    Enrico Puzzo

2008
Bathory: Countess of Blood

as    King Mathias

2008
Four Seasons - Summer

as    Max Freeman

2005
The Spaghetti West

as    Self

2002
Fumata blanca

as    Cardenal Tura