Franco Nero

Franco Nero

Infobox actor


name = Franco Nero
birthname = Francesco Sparanero
birthdate = birth date and age|1941|11|23
birthplace = San Prospero, Italy
spouse = Vanessa Redgrave (2006 - )

Franco Nero (born November 23, 1941) is an Italian actor.

Biography

Personal life

Nero was born Francesco Sparanero in San Prospero, Emilia-Romagna, and grew up in Bedonia and in Milan. He studied briefly at the Economy and Trade faculty of the local university, before leaving to study at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.

His romantic involvement with British actress Vanessa Redgrave has continued for 40 years. In 1969, they had a son, Carlo Gabriel Sparanero (known professionally as Carlo Nero), a screenwriter and director. On December 31, 2006, they married. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0626259/bio Franco Nero biography] from Internet Movie Database]

In 1987, while filming in Cartagena, (Colombia) he was involved in an affair with Mauricia Mena and fathered a son named "Franquito". [ [http://www.semana.com/wf_InfoArticulo.aspx?IdArt=95593 Articulo Impreso Archivado Los hijos secretos ] ]

Career

His first film role was a small part in "La ragazza in prestito" (1964), and he had his first lead role in Sergio Corbucci's "Django" (1966) a Spaghetti Western and one of his most well-known films. In 1966 from "Django" he went on to appear in eight more films released that year including "Texas, addio" and "Tempo di massacro".

In 1967, he appeared in his first English language film, "Camelot" as Lancelot, where he met his future romantic partner, Vanessa Redgrave. Following this he appeared in the mafia film "Il giorno della civetta" opposite Claudia Cardinale released in 1968.

A lack of proficiency in English tended to limit these roles, although he also appeared in other English language films including "The Virgin and the Gypsy" (1970), "Force 10 from Navarone" (1978), "Enter the Ninja" (1981) and "Die Hard 2" (1990).

Although often typecast in films like "Los amigos" (1972) or "Keoma" (1976) he has attempted an impressive range of characters, such as Abel in John Huston's epic "" (1966), the humiliated engineer out for revenge in "Street Law," and the gay lieutenant in "Querelle" (1982). He has appeared in almost 150 films, and has written, produced and starred in one: "Jonathan degli orsi" (1993).

More recently, he starred in Hungarian director Gábor Koltay's "Honfoglalás (Conquest)" in 1996, and subsequently in Koltay's "Sacra Corona (Holy Crown)" in 2001.

References

External links

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NAME= Nero, Franco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Sparanero, Francesco
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1941-11-23
PLACE OF BIRTH= San Prospero, Italy
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