Gian Maria Volonté
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1933-04-09
- Died
- 1994-12-06
- Place of birth
- Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Also known as
- Johnny Wels · Gian-Maria Volonte · Джан Мария Волонте
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
TV Shows (9)
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
1964
as Radek
The Charterhouse of Parma
1982
as Count Mosca
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981
as Plessis
The Idiot
1959
as Parfen Rogozin
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
1980
as Carlo Levi
Diamoci del tu
1967
as Self
Vita di Michelangelo
1964
as Michelangelo
Una vita in gioco
1965
as Radek
Movies (75)
A Fistful of Dollars
1964
as Ramón Rojo
For a Few Dollars More
1965
as El Indio
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970
as Dottore
Giordano Bruno
1973
as Giordano Bruno
The Suspect
1975
as Emilio
Le Cercle Rouge
1970
as Vogel
Saul
1959
as David
Spanish Western
2015
as The Indian (archive footage)
The Terrorist
1963
as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
Summit
1968
as Paolo
Many Wars Ago
1970
as Lt. Ottolenghi
Pestalozzi's Mountain
1989
as Pestalozzi
Lucky Luciano
1973
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Forgotten Activism
2017
as Self (archive footage)
A Bullet for the General
1967
as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
For Love and Gold
1966
as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
Operation Ogre
1979
as Izarra
Girl with a Suitcase
1961
as Piero Benotti
The Assassination
1972
as Sadiel
One Way or Another
1976
as M.
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
as Assessore
Under Ten Flags
1960
as Samuel Braunstein
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961
as Re di Sparta
Lady of the Camelias
1981
as Plessis
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971
as Lulù Massa
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Face to Face
1967
as Professor Brett Fletcher
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
as Professore Paolo Laurana
Wake Up and Die
1966
as Inspector Moroni
A Boy from Calabria
1987
as Felice
Open Doors
1990
as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Carlo Levi
The Violent Four
1968
as Piero Cavallero
Tre colonne in cronaca
1990
as Alberto Landolfi
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993
as Tirano Banderas
Journey Beneath the Desert
1961
as Tarath
The Mattei Affair
1972
as Enrico Mattei
On the Tiger's Back
1961
as Papaleo
The Witch
1966
as Fabrizio
Under the Sign of Scorpio
1969
as Renno
Wind from the East
1970
as The Northern Ranger
I Am Afraid
1977
as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972
as Bizanti
The Abyss
1988
as Zenone
The Moro Affair
1986
as Aldo Moro
A Simple Story
1991
as Carmelo Franzò
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968
as Aldo Cervi
The Four Days of Naples
1962
as Stimolo
Stark System
1980
as Stark
Letters from Marusia
1975
as Gregorio
A Gangstergirl
1966
as Jascha Freud
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Death of Mario Ricci
1983
as Bernard Fontana
Phaedra
1957
as Ippolito
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
1970
as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
Caravaggio
1967
as Caravaggio
Summer Night
1963
as Alberto
The Bandit
1969
as Gramigna
La tenda in piazza
1972
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
A Man for Burning
1962
as Salvatore
Seasons of Our Love
1966
as Leonardo Varzi
Funes, a Great Love
1993
as El tano Bérgami
Reflections on a Political Cinema
1978
as Self - Interviewee
Zénon the Rebel
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
1969
as Narrator (voice)
The Felling of the Forest
1963
as Guglielmo
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
1970
as Self
La foresta pietrificata
1959
La strada più lunga
1965
as Michele
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Rosi About Eboli
2022
as Self
About Gian Maria Volonté
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 Citi… With 84 credits spanning from 1957 to 2024, Gian Maria Volonté has appeared in 75 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gian Maria Volonté Movies
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964) — as Ramón Rojo
- For a Few Dollars More (1965) — as El Indio
- Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) — as Dottore
- Giordano Bruno (1973) — as Giordano Bruno
- The Suspect (1975) — as Emilio
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