Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (1941-yil 23-noyabrda tug'ilgan), professional nomi Franco Nero, italiyalik aktyor, produser va rejissordir. Uning muvaffaqiyatli roli spaghetti vestern filmi Django (1966) da bosh qahramon sifatida bo'lib, bu uni pop madaniyat ikonasiga aylantirdi va xalqaro karerasini boshladi, bu esa 200 dan ortiq asosiy va yordamchi rollarni o'z ichiga olgan turli xil filmlar va teleko'rsatuvlarda o'z aksini topdi. 1960-yillar va 1970-yillarda Nero ko'plab mashhur italiyalik "janr tendentsiyalarida", jumladan poliziotteschi, gialli va spaghetti vesternlarda faol ishtirok etdi. Uning eng mashhur filmlari qatoriga The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), Camelot (1967), The Day of the Owl (1968), The Mercenary (1968), Battle of Neretva (1969), Tristana (1970), Compañeros (1970), Confessions of a Police Captain (1971), The Fifth Cord (1971), High Crime (1973), Street Law (1974), Keoma (1976), Hitch-Hike (1977), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Enter the Ninja (1981), Die Hard 2 (1990), Letters to Juliet (2010), Cars 2 (2011) va John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) kiradi. Nero va Vanessa Redgrave o'rtasida uzoq muddatli munosabatlar mavjud bo'lib, bu Camelot filmini suratga olish paytida boshlangan. Ular 2006-yilda turmush qurgan va aktyor Carlo Gabriel Nero ning ota-onalari hisoblanadi.
