13 Facts About Franco Nero

Franco Nero has had a long relationship with Vanessa Redgrave, which began during the filming of Camelot.

Franco Nero's parents were originally from San Severo.

Franco Nero studied briefly at the Economy and Trade faculty of the local university, before leaving to study at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.

Franco Nero's first film role was a small part in Pelle viva, and he had his first lead role in Sergio Corbucci's Django a Spaghetti Western and one of his best-known films.

Franco Nero has appeared in over 150 films, and has written, produced and starred in one: Jonathan degli orsi.

In 2010, Franco Nero appeared in the film Letters to Juliet with Redgrave.

In 2012, Franco Nero made a cameo appearance in the film Django Unchained in one scene alongside Jamie Foxx, who stars as Django Freeman in the film.

Franco Nero, playing the original Django, questions Foxx's Django about how his name is spelled, and asks him to spell it, referencing a scene from Franco Nero's role as Django in the original Django film.

Franco Nero appears in the dark comedy feature film The Immortalist in 2020, along with Sherilyn Fenn, Paul Rodriguez, Aries Spears and Jeff DuJardin, directed by Vlad Kozlov.

Carlo Franco Nero directed Redgrave in the cinematic adaptation of Wallace Shawn's play The Fever.

Franco Nero dated actresses Catherine Deneuve, Goldie Hawn, and Ursula Andress in the 1970s.

Mauricia Mena claimed that Franco Nero had fathered her son Franquito after a brief romantic affair.

In 1994, Franco Nero walked his future stepdaughter Natasha Richardson down the aisle when she married actor Liam Neeson.