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

He was born Franco Spartanero in San Prospero and
grew up in Bedonia and Milan. He studied briefly
at the Facoltà di Economia e Commercio before
leaving to study at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.

His first film role was a small part in La Ragazza
in Prestito (1964), 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
(musical)|Camelot as Lancelot. A certain lack of
facility with 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 with a Vengeance (1990).
Although often typecast in films like Los amigos
(1972) or Keoma (1976) he has attempted an
impressive range of characters, like Abel in John
Huston's epic The Bible: In The Beginning|The
Bible (1966) 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).

While working on Camelot he became close to
Vanessa Redgrave, and in 1969 they had a son,
Carlo Gabriel Nero - a screen-writer and director.

See also: Notable figures in Western films|Other
notable figures in Western films