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Franco Nero

1941 - Today

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Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film Django (1966), which made him a pop culture icon and launched an international career that includes over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television productions. During the 1960s and 1970s, Nero was actively involved in many popular Italian "genre trends", including polizieschi, gialli, and Spaghetti Westerns. His best-known films include The Bible: In the Beginning... Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franco Nero is the 268th most popular actor (down from 179th in 2019), the 651st most popular biography from Italy (down from 494th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Actor.

Franco Nero is most famous for his portrayal of Django in the 1966 film "Django".

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Franco Nero ranks 268 out of 13,578. Before him are David Suchet, Julianne Moore, Marcel Marceau, Liza Minnelli, Lon Chaney, and Christopher Reeve. After him are Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris, Isabelle Adjani, Robert Mitchum, George Clooney, and Michael Keaton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Franco Nero ranks 33. Before him are Julia Kristeva, Fausto Cercignani, Dick Cheney, Mahmoud Darwish, Laura Antonelli, and Jon Brower Minnoch. After him are Nick Nolte, Jon Lord, Tadao Ando, Flórián Albert, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and Ahmet Necdet Sezer.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Nero ranks 651 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Romanus (850), Ludovico Einaudi (1955), Giulio Andreotti (1919), Queen Paola of Belgium (1937), Pope Leo VIII (900), and Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610). After him are Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Alcide De Gasperi (1881), Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Hiero II of Syracuse (-308), Giorgia Meloni (1977), and Catherine Cornaro (1454).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Franco Nero ranks 15. Before him are Anna Magnani (1908), Giulietta Masina (1921), Ornella Muti (1955), Silvana Mangano (1930), Giuliano Gemma (1938), and Monica Vitti (1931). After him are Raffaella Carrà (1943), Virna Lisi (1936), Rudolph Valentino (1895), Giancarlo Giannini (1942), Lino Ventura (1919), and Vittorio Gassman (1922).

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