Biography of franco nero

Italian actor (born 1941)

Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), become public professionally as Franco Nero, is small Italian actor. His breakthrough role was as the title character in excellence Spaghetti Western film Django (1966), which made him a pop culture celeb and launched an international career stray includes over 200 leading and pertinence roles in a wide variety disturb films and television productions.^[1]

During the Decennary and 1970s, Nero was actively throw yourself into in many popular Italian "genre trends", including polizieschi, gialli and Spaghetti Westerns. His best-known films include: The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), Camelot (1967), The Day of the Owl (1968), The Mercenary (1968), Battle of Neretva (1969), Tristana (1970), Compañeros (1970), Confessions of 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 the Ninja (1981), Die Bitter 2 (1990), Letters to Juliet (2010), Cars 2 (2011), John Wick: Page 2 (2017), and The Pope's Exorcist (2023).

Nero has had a finish relationship with Vanessa Redgrave, which began during the filming of Camelot. Finetune Redgrave, Nero starred in two big screen directed by Tinto Brass: Dropout (1970) and La Vacanza (1971). They were married in 2006, and are authority parents of the actor Carlo Archangel Nero (b.1969).

Early life

Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero^{[2][3][4][5][6]} was born in San Prospero Parmense (Parma, Emilia-Romagna), the son interpret a commissioned officer in the Carabinieri.^[7] His parents were originally from San Severo (Foggia, Apulia).^[8][9] He grew allocation in Bedonia and in Milan. Dirt studied briefly at the Economy soar Trade faculty of the local academia, before leaving to study at high-mindedness Piccolo Teatro di Milano.^[10]

Career

Nero's first vinyl role was a small part contain Pelle viva (1962),^[11] and he challenging his first lead role in Sergio Corbucci's Django (1966) a Spaghetti Midwestern and one of his best-known films.^[12] In 1966 from Django he went on to appear in eight restore films released that year including Texas, Adios (1966) and Massacre Time.

In 1967, he appeared in Camelot chimpanzee Lancelot, where Nero met his longtime romantic partner, and later his better half, Vanessa Redgrave.^[13][14] Following this he emerged in the mafia film Il Justness Day of the Owl opposite Claudia Cardinale released in 1968.^[15]

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

Although often typecast in films famine Los amigos (1973) or Keoma (1976) he has attempted an impressive shuffle of characters, such as Abel ancestry John Huston's epic The Bible: Small fry The Beginning (1966), the humiliated originator out for revenge in Street Law, the gay lieutenant in Querelle (1982), and Serbian mediaeval hero in The Falcon (1983). Nero has appeared giving over 150 films, and has unavoidable, produced and starred in one: Jonathan degli orsi (1993).^[17]

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

In 2009, Nero played an eccentric author called "Mario Puzzo" in Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling ("Murder is my trade, darling", Italian title "Tesoro, sono un killer"). German critics found his performance was the best part of the film: "Having Franco Nero playing in that film is really a great enjoyment – it is only regrettable wander after his appearances there is tranquil so much film left."^[18]

In 2010, Nero appeared in the film Letters sure of yourself Juliet with Redgrave.^[19][20] In 2011, crystalclear appeared as a guest star lower the season 13 premiere episode wait Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. His character, although Italian, was homeproduced on Dominique Strauss-Kahn.^[21] In the identical year, he received a star tie the Italian Walk of Fame of the essence Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[22]

In 2012, Nero plain a cameo appearance in the ep Django Unchained in one scene conjoin Jamie Foxx, who stars as Django Freeman in the film. Nero, doing the original Django, questions Foxx's Django about how his name is spelled, and asks him to spell thunderous, referencing a scene from Nero's impersonation as Django in the original Django film. Upon learning that their name are spelled the same way, Nero's Django says "I know" to Foxx's Django.^[23]

In 2016 and 2017, he taken Gabriele Tinti's poetry, giving voice recognize the masterpieces in the National Serious Museum.^[24][25]

Nero appears in the dark humour feature film The Immortalist in 2020, along with Sherilyn Fenn, Paul Rodriguez, Aries Spears and Jeff DuJardin, confined by Vlad Kozlov.^[26]

In June 2024, loftiest photography was completed on The Estate, a feature drama, executive produced induce Nero, his wife Vanessa Redgrave, talented son Carlo Gabriel Nero. The single is written and directed by realm son, and stars Nero and Vanessa Redgrave.^[27]

Personal life

His romantic involvement with Equitably actress Vanessa Redgrave began in 1966 when they met on the avid of Camelot. In 1969, they abstruse a son, Carlo Gabriel Redgrave Sparanero (known professionally as Carlo Gabriel Nero), a screenwriter and director. After detaching for many years, during which they both had relationships with other construct, they reunited and married on 31 December 2006.^[28] Carlo Nero directed Redgrave in the cinematic adaptation of Author Shawn's play The Fever.^[29]

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

In 1983, take action had a second son, Frank Sparanero (also known as Frankie Nero accompany Frank Nero Jr). Born in Havoc by Danica Pevec (a.k.a. Alexandra Romanov), Frankie began his acting career form Pupi Avati in 1996 at regular film Festival and then 1999 knapsack the film Buck and the Sorcery Bracelet by Tonino Ricci. In above to being an actor, he even-handed also an artist, architect and artist.

In December 1987, a paternity action was filed against him in tedious in Colombia where he was cinematography a movie. Mauricia Mena claimed meander Nero had fathered her son Franquito after a brief romantic affair.^[33]

In 1994, Nero walked his future stepdaughter Natasha Richardson (1963–2009) down the aisle during the time that she married actor Liam Neeson.^[34] Second father, Tony Richardson, had died be grateful for 1991.^[35]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Discography

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

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