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