Gian Maria Volonté

Acting

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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Date of Birth:

1933-04-09

Country:

Milano, Lombardia, Italy

Media of

Gian Maria Volonté

Photos (21)

Filmography of

Gian Maria Volonté

Found 74 movies in total

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

Self (archive footage)

... 2024

... 2022

We Are Cinema

Self (archive footage)

... 2021

Zénon the Rebel

Self (archive footage)

... 2019

Forgotten Activism

Self (archive footage)

... 2017

Spanish Western

The Indian (archive footage)

... 2015

... 2005

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

Self (archive footage)

... 2005

... 2004

Banderas, the Tyrant

Tirano Banderas

... 1993

Funes, a Great Love

El tano Bérgami

... 1993

A Simple Story

Carmelo Franzò

... 1991

Open Doors

Giudice Vito Di Francesco

... 1990

Tre colonne in cronaca

Alberto Landolfi

... 1990

... 1989

The Abyss

Zenone

... 1988

... 1987

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Dr. Cristo Bedoya

... 1987

The Moro Affair

Aldo Moro

... 1986

The Death of Mario Ricci

Bernard Fontana

... 1983

... 1981

Stark System

Stark

... 1980

... 1979

... 1979

... 1978

I Am Afraid

Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano

... 1977

... 1976

... 1975

The Suspect

Emilio

... 1975

Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno

... 1973

Lucky Luciano

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

... 1973

... 1972

... 1972

La tenda in piazza

Self (voice) (uncredited)

... 1972

The Mattei Affair

Enrico Mattei

... 1972

... 1971

Sacco & Vanzetti

Bartolomeo Vanzetti

... 1971

... 1970

Many Wars Ago

Lt. Ottolenghi

... 1970

Wind from the East

The Soldier

... 1970

Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli

Self / Reenactor (uncredited)

... 1970

... 1969

... 1969

The Bandit

Gramigna

... 1969

Summit

Paolo

... 1968

The Violent Four

Piero Cavallero

... 1968

... 1968

Face to Face

Professor Brett Fletcher

... 1967

Caravaggio

Caravaggio

... 1967

We Still Kill the Old Way

Professore Paolo Laurana

... 1967

A Bullet for the General

Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'

... 1967

Gangster Girl

Jascha Freud

... 1966

The Witch

Fabrizio

... 1966

For Love and Gold

Teofilatto dei Leonzi

... 1966

Wake Up and Die

Inspector Moroni

... 1966

Seasons of Our Love

Leonardo Varzi

... 1966

... 1965

... 1965

... 1964

A Fistful of Dollars

Ramón Rojo

... 1964

The Terrorist

Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere

... 1963

... 1963

Summer Night

Alberto

... 1963

... 1962

A Man for Burning

Salvatore

... 1962

... 1961

... 1961

... 1961

Girl with a Suitcase

Piero Benotti

... 1961

Under Ten Flags

Samuel Braunstein

... 1960

Saul

David

... 1959

Phaedra

Ippolito

... 1957