Franco Nero

About Franco Nero

..In the Beginning" (1966). The following year, he cut a dashing figure as the youthful Lancelot opposite Vanessa Redgrave's Guenevere in Joshua Logan's opulent filming of the hit musical "Camelot". Since then, Nero has appeared in over 50 motion pictures ranging from "A Quiet Place in the Country" (1968) to "Force Ten From Navaronne" (1978) to "Querelle" (1982) to "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" (1990). More recently, he played an idealistic doctor whose family is touched by the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in "Talk of Angels" and was cast as the slain fashion designer in "The Versace Murders" (both 1998).

On the small screen, Nero starred as the legendary silent screen actor in "The Legend of Valentino" (ABC, 1975) and later was featured in the miniseries "The Last Days of Pompeii" (ABC, 1984) and "Young Catherine" (TNT, 1991). With actress Vanessa Redgrave, he has a son Carlo Sparanero who is a director.

Partners

Companion

Carroll Baker. In a June 2000 interview with the London Times, Baker revealed their affair

Companion

Mauricia Mena. Had a brief affair while filming in Cartagena in 1987, which produced a son named Franquito

Wife

Vanessa Redgrave. Met on the set of "Camelot" (1967); he played Lancelot to her Guenevere; separated for many years, during which they both had relationships with other people; they later reunited and married on Dec. 31, 2006 after almost 40 years together

Education

Piccolo Teatro di Milano

Career Milestones

2010

Co-starred with wife Vanessa Redgrave in "Letters to Juliet"

2001

Appeared in Koltay's "Sacra Corona"

1998

Portrayed Gianni Versace in the "The Versace Murder"

1998

Co-starred as an idealistic physician in "Talk of Angels"

1996

Starred in Hungarian director Gábor Koltay's "Honfoglalás"

1993

Wrote, produced and starred in "Jonathan degli orsi"

1993

Established own production company

1982

Cast as the gay lieutenant in "Querelle"

1978

Made TV miniseries debut in "The Pirate" (CBS)

1975

Made his American TV debut as Valentino in "The Legend of Valentino" (ABC)

1974

Played the humiliated engineer out for revenge in "Street Law"

1970

Served as one of the producers on "Drop Out"

1970

Featured in the English language film "The Virgin and the Gypsy"

1968

Appeared in the mafia film "Il giorno della civetta" opposite Claudia Cardinale

1967

Portrayed Lancelot in his first English language film "Camelot"; met long time romantic partner, Vanessa Redgrave, who also co-starred

1966

Had first lead role in Sergio Corbucci's "Django"

1966

Had featured role as Abel in John Huston's "The Bible: In the Beginning"

1964

Made feature film debut in "La ragazza in prestito"