Gian Maria Volonté
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-04-09
Day of Death
1994-12-06 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Gian Maria Volonté
Biography
Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous outside of Italy for his roles as the main villain in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (credited in the USA as "Johnny Wels") and For a Few Dollars More.
In Italy and much of Europe, he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, including four films directed by Elio Petri - We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1971), The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) and Todo modo (1976). He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco & Vanzetti (1971).
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Rosi About Eboli
as Self
(2021)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Zénon the Rebel
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Forgotten Activism
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Spanish Western
as The Indian (archive footage)
(2005)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
Funes, a Great Love
as El tano Bérgami
(1993)
Banderas, the Tyrant
as Tirano Banderas
(1991)
A Simple Story
as Carmelo Franzò
(1990)
Tre colonne in cronaca
as Alberto Landolfi
(1990)
Open Doors
as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
(1989)
Pestalozzi's Mountain
as Pestalozzi
(1988)
The Abyss
as Zenone
(1987)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
(1987)
A Boy from Calabria
as Felice
(1986)
Il caso Moro
as Aldo Moro
(1983)
The Death of Mario Ricci
as Bernard Fontana
(1981)
Lady of the Camelias
as Plessis
(1980)
Stark System
as Stark
(1979)
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Carlo Levi
(1979)
Operation Ogre
as Izarra
(1978)
Reflections on a Political Cinema
as Self - Interviewee
(1977)
I Am Afraid
as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
(1976)
One Way or Another
as M.
(1975)
Letters from Marusia
as Gregorio
(1975)
The Suspect
as Emilio
(1973)
Lucky Luciano
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
(1973)
Giordano Bruno
as Giordano Bruno
(1972)
The Assassination
as Sadiel
(1972)
Slap the Monster on Page One
as Bizanti
(1972)
The Mattei Affair
as Enrico Mattei
(1972)
La tenda in piazza
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
(1971)
Sacco & Vanzetti
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
(1971)
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
as Lulù Massa
(1970)
(1970)
Le Cercle Rouge
as Vogel
(1970)
Many Wars Ago...
as Lt. Ottolenghi
(1970)
Wind from the East
as The Soldier
(1970)
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
(1970)
(1969)
Under the Sign of Scorpio
as Renno
(1969)
The Bandit
as Gramigna
(1969)
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
as Narrator (voice)
(1968)
The Seven Cervi Brothers
as Aldo Cervi
(1968)
The Violent Four
as Piero Cavallero
(1968)
Summit
as Paolo
(1967)
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Professore Paolo Laurana
(1967)
A Bullet for the General
as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
(1967)
Face to Face
as Professor Brett Fletcher
(1967)
Caravaggio
as Caravaggio
(1966)
For Love and Gold
as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
(1966)
The Witch
as Fabrizio
(1966)
Wake Up and Die
as Inspector Moroni
(1966)
Gangster Girl
as Jascha Freud
(1966)
Seasons of Our Love
as Leonardo Varzi
(1965)
For a Few Dollars More
as El Indio
(1965)
La strada più lunga
as Michele
(1964)
A Fistful of Dollars
as Ramón Rojo
(1964)
The Magnificent Cuckold
as Assessore
(1963)
Summer Night
as Alberto
(1963)
The Terrorist
as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
(1963)
The Felling of the Forest
as Guglielmo
(1962)
The Four Days of Naples
as Stimolo
(1962)
A Man for Burning
as Salvatore
(1961)
Girl with a Suitcase
as Piero Benotti
(1961)
Hercules and the Captive Women
as Re di Sparta
(1961)
On the Tiger's Back
as Papaleo
(1961)
Journey Beneath the Desert
as Tarath
(1960)
Under Ten Flags
as Samuel Braunstein
(1959)
Saul
as David
(1957)
Phaedra
as Ippolito
Crew
(1995)
Ulysses' Gaze
In Memory Of
(1980)
Stark System
Writer
(1972)
La tenda in piazza
Director
(1972)
Reggio Calabria
Director