Gian Maria Volonté
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 9, 1933
- Died
- December 6, 1994 (aged 61)
- Birthplace
- Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gian Maria Volonté, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Rosi About Eboli
Movie · as Self
We Are Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Zénon the Rebel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Forgotten Activism
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
Movie · as The Indian (archive footage)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Banderas, the Tyrant
Movie · as Tirano Banderas
Funes, a Great Love
Movie · as El tano Bérgami
A Simple Story
Movie · as Carmelo Franzò
Open Doors
Movie · as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Tre colonne in cronaca
Movie · as Alberto Landolfi
Pestalozzi's Mountain
Movie · as Pestalozzi
The Abyss
Movie · as Zenone
A Boy from Calabria
Movie · as Felice
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Movie · as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
The Moro Affair
Movie · as Aldo Moro
The Death of Mario Ricci
Movie · as Bernard Fontana
The Charterhouse of Parma
TV · as Count Mosca · 6 eps
Lady of the Camelias
Movie · as Plessis
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
TV · as Plessis · 2 eps
Stark System
Movie · as Stark
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
TV · as Carlo Levi · 4 eps
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Movie · as Carlo Levi
Operation Ogre
Movie · as Izarra
Reflections on a Political Cinema
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Am Afraid
Movie · as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
One Way or Another
Movie · as M.
The Suspect
Movie · as Emilio
Letters from Marusia
Movie · as Gregorio
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Giordano Bruno
Movie · as Giordano Bruno
Lucky Luciano
Movie · as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Festival dell’Unità 1972
Movie · as self
The Mattei Affair
Movie · as Enrico Mattei
Slap the Monster on Page One
Movie · as Bizanti
The Assassination
Movie · as Sadiel
La tenda in piazza
Movie · as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Sacco & Vanzetti
Movie · as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Movie · as Lulù Massa
Le Cercle Rouge
Movie · as Vogel
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Movie · as Dottore
Many Wars Ago
Movie · as Lt. Ottolenghi
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
Movie · as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
Wind from the East
Movie · as The Northern Ranger
Hypotheses About Pinelli's Death
Movie · as Self
The Bandit
Movie · as Gramigna
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Under the Sign of Scorpio
Movie · as Renno
The Violent Four
Movie · as Piero Cavallero
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Movie · as Aldo Cervi
Summit
Movie · as Paolo
A Bullet for the General
Movie · as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
Face to Face
Movie · as Professor Brett Fletcher
We Still Kill the Old Way
Movie · as Professore Paolo Laurana
Caravaggio
Movie · as Caravaggio
Diamoci del tu
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Witch
Movie · as Fabrizio
Wake Up and Die
Movie · as Inspector Moroni
Seasons of Our Love
Movie · as Leonardo Varzi
A Gangstergirl
Movie · as Jascha Freud
For Love and Gold
Movie · as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
For a Few Dollars More
Movie · as El Indio
La strada più lunga
Movie · as Michele
Una vita in gioco
TV · as Radek · 1 ep
The Magnificent Cuckold
Movie · as Assessore
A Fistful of Dollars
Movie · as Ramón Rojo
Vita di Michelangelo
TV · as Michelangelo · 3 eps
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
TV · as Radek · 1 ep
The Terrorist
Movie · as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
The Felling of the Forest
Movie · as Guglielmo
Summer Night
Movie · as Alberto
The Four Days of Naples
Movie · as Stimolo
A Man for Burning
Movie · as Salvatore
Journey Beneath the Desert
Movie · as Tarath
Hercules and the Captive Women
Movie · as Re di Sparta
Girl with a Suitcase
Movie · as Piero Benotti
On the Tiger's Back
Movie · as Papaleo
Under Ten Flags
Movie · as Samuel Braunstein
Saul
Movie · as David
La foresta pietrificata
Movie
The Idiot
TV · as Parfen Rogozin · 6 eps
Phaedra
Movie · as Ippolito