Franco Nero

He is best known for his roles as the title character in Sergio Corbuccis Django , Sir Lancelot in Joshua Logans Camelot , Horacio in Luis Buuels Tristana , the title character in Enzo G. Castellaris Keoma , Captain Nikolai LescovarColonel von Ingorslebon in Guy Hamiltons Forcefrom Navarone , Cole in Menahem Golans Enter the Ninja , his reprising role again as the title character in Nello Rossattis Django Strikes Again , General Ramon Esperanza in Renny Harlins Die Hard, Gianni Versace in Menahem Golans The Versace Murder , General Francini in Brian TrenchardSmiths Megiddo The Omega Code and Lorenzo Bartolini in Gary Winicks Letters to Juliet .

Nero was born Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero in San Prospero Parmense , the son of a commissioner officer in the Carabinieri, originally from San Severo. He grew up in Bedonia and in Milan. He studied briefly at the Economy and Trade faculty of the local university, before leaving to study at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.

Source: Wikipedia