Franco Nero è un interprete di grande esperienza, capace di portare in scena personaggi intensi e complessi con naturalezza. Ha lavorato in cinema, televisione e teatro, alternando ruoli drammatici e caratterizzazioni più leggere. La sua presenza scenica, unita a una recitazione solida e istintiva, lo rende un attore affidabile e versatile, adatto a produzioni che cercano professionalità e capacità di adattamento. Disponibile per cinema, serie, spot e progetti indipendenti.
Franco Nero è nato a Parma. È noto per essere l’attore italiano più internazionale.
È anche noto per i suoi ruoli da protagonista in Django di Sergio Corbucci (1966), Sir Lancillotto in Camelot di Joshua Logan (1967), per il quale è stato nominato per il Golden Globe.
Nero è apparso in oltre 215 film in tutto il mondo e ha lavorato con i migliori registi europei, come Luis Bunuel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Claude Chabrol, Sergei Bondarciuk, Michael Cacoyannis, Silvano Agosti, Elio Petri, Marco Bellocchio, solo per citarne alcuni.
Ha anche interpretato il ruolo di eroi nazionali come “Garibaldi” (Italia), “Arpad” (Ungheria) e “Banovic Strakigna” (ex Jugoslavia).
Attore in film di successo come “La leggenda di Valentino”, “21 ore a Monaco”, “Force Ten di Navarone”, “Enter the Ninja”, “The Versace Murder”, “Die Hard 2”, “Lettere a Giulietta”, Django Unchained, John Wick 2.
Ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti e nel 1992 per i suoi meriti artistici l’onoreficenza di Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana gli è stata conferita dal Presidente della Repubblica italiana.
Nel 2011 è stato premiato dalla Brunel University di Londra con il titolo onorifico di dottore in lettere honoris causa e a Toronto (Canada) con una stella sulla Walk of Fame.
Franco Nero, a leading actor in international cinema, was born in Parma (Northern Italy).
His inclination for acting had already become obvious in his teenage years when he began organizing and participating in student plays.
After a short stint at a leading theatre school, he moved to Rome where he joined a small group of friends for the purpose of making some documentaries.
Still unsure of his ultimate vocation, he worked various jobs on the crew.
The role as Abel in John Houston’s film The Bible (1964) marked a crucial point in his career.
A few months later he had his big break with the internationally acclaimed cult-classic Spaghetti-Western, “Django”. The following year Joshua Logan cast him in the film version of “Camelot” (Warner Bros.), opposite Vanessa Redgrave, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe award.
Nero has appeared in more than 185 movies around the world and has worked with Europe’s top directors, such as Luis Bunuel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Claude Chabrol, Sergei Bondarciuk, Michael Cacoyannis, Elio Petri, Marco Bellocchio, just to mention a few. He has also played the role of leading national heroes such “Garibaldi” (Italy), “Arpad” (Hungary), and “Banovic Strakigna” (Former Yugoslavia). In the United States he has been seen in successful mini-series such as “The Pirate” (Warner Bros.), “The Last Days of Pompei” (CBS), “Young Catherine” (TNT), “Bella Mafia” (CBS), “The Painted Lady”, “Saint Augustine”, and movies such as “The Legend of Valentino”, “21 Hours to Munich” , “Force Ten from Navarone”, “Enter the Ninja”, “The Versace Murder”, “Die Hard 2”, and recently “Letters to Juliet”.
At the beginning oh the 80’s, he also began producing, writing and directing.
Between films, he participates in various theatrical events.
Over the last fortyfive years he has been a benefactor of the Don Bosco orphanage in Tivoli.
He has received many awards and in 1992 for his artistic merits a knighthood of the Italian Republic was bestowed on him by the President of Italy.
In 2011 he was honoured by Brunel University of London with the honorary degree of doctor of Letters honoris causa and in Toronto (Canada) with a star on the walk of fame.
