Gian Maria Volonté
Known for Acting · 86 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 (10)
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
1964
as Radek
The Charterhouse of Parma
1982
as Count Mosca
Diamoci del tu
1967
as Self
Una vita in gioco
1965
as Radek
Vita di Michelangelo
1964
as Michelangelo
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
1980
as Carlo Levi
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981
as Plessis
The Idiot
1959
as Parfen Rogozin
Movies (76)
A Fistful of Dollars
1964
as Ramón Rojo
For a Few Dollars More
1965
as El Indio
Operation Ogre
1979
as Izarra
Le Cercle Rouge
1970
as Vogel
Festival dell’Unità 1972
1973
as self
Wake Up and Die
1966
as Inspector Moroni
The Assassination
1972
as Sadiel
The Abyss
1988
as Zenone
Zénon the Rebel
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Summer Night
1963
as Alberto
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970
as Dottore
Open Doors
1990
as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Under Ten Flags
1960
as Samuel Braunstein
One Way or Another
1976
as M.
Giordano Bruno
1973
as Giordano Bruno
Girl with a Suitcase
1961
as Piero Benotti
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971
as Lulù Massa
For Love and Gold
1966
as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
The Violent Four
1968
as Piero Cavallero
The Mattei Affair
1972
as Enrico Mattei
Many Wars Ago
1970
as Lt. Ottolenghi
Lady of the Camelias
1981
as Plessis
Face to Face
1967
as Professor Brett Fletcher
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
as Assessore
Lucky Luciano
1973
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
Reflections on a Political Cinema
1978
as Self - Interviewee
The Moro Affair
1986
as Aldo Moro
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
as Professore Paolo Laurana
A Bullet for the General
1967
as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
Phaedra
1957
as Ippolito
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
1969
as Narrator (voice)
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968
as Aldo Cervi
On the Tiger's Back
1961
as Papaleo
The Death of Mario Ricci
1983
as Bernard Fontana
Tre colonne in cronaca
1990
as Alberto Landolfi
A Boy from Calabria
1987
as Felice
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972
as Bizanti
The Four Days of Naples
1962
as Stimolo
I Am Afraid
1977
as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
Letters from Marusia
1975
as Gregorio
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Suspect
1975
as Emilio
Wind from the East
1970
as The Northern Ranger
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Carlo Levi
Spanish Western
2015
as The Indian (archive footage)
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961
as Re di Sparta
The Bandit
1969
as Gramigna
Forgotten Activism
2017
as Self (archive footage)
A Man for Burning
1962
as Salvatore
Seasons of Our Love
1966
as Leonardo Varzi
A Simple Story
1991
as Carmelo Franzò
The Witch
1966
as Fabrizio
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Funes, a Great Love
1993
as El tano Bérgami
Pestalozzi's Mountain
1989
as Pestalozzi
La foresta pietrificata
1959
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993
as Tirano Banderas
The Terrorist
1963
as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
A Gangstergirl
1966
as Jascha Freud
La strada più lunga
1965
as Michele
Stark System
1980
as Stark
Summit
1968
as Paolo
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
1970
as Self
La tenda in piazza
1972
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
1970
as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
Under the Sign of Scorpio
1969
as Renno
Journey Beneath the Desert
1961
as Tarath
Caravaggio
1967
as Caravaggio
The Felling of the Forest
1963
as Guglielmo
Saul
1959
as David
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 86 credits spanning from 1957 to 2024, Gian Maria Volonté has appeared in 76 films and 10 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
- Operation Ogre (1979) — as Izarra
- Le Cercle Rouge (1970) — as Vogel
- Festival dell’Unità 1972 (1973) — as self
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