- 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 Italianactor .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 asCarlo Nero ), a screenwriter and director. On December 31, 2006, they married. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0626259/bio Franco Nero biography] fromInternet 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) aSpaghetti 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 themafia film "Il giorno della civetta" oppositeClaudia 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 inJohn 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
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Persondata
NAME= Nero, Franco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Sparanero, Francesco
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1941-11-23
PLACE OF BIRTH=San Prospero ,Italy
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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