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Gian Maria Volonté
Gian Maria Volonté

Gian Maria Volonté

ActingBorn April 9, 1933Died December 6, 1994 (age 61)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.

Filmography

2024
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022Movie
2021
We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2019
Zénon the Rebel

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2017
Forgotten Activism

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2015
Spanish Western

as The Indian (archive footage)

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2004Movie
1993
Banderas, the Tyrant

as Tirano Banderas

Movie
1993
Funes, a Great Love

as El tano Bérgami

Movie
1991
A Simple Story

as Carmelo Franzò

Movie
1990
Open Doors

as Giudice Vito Di Francesco

Movie
1990
Tre colonne in cronaca

as Alberto Landolfi

Movie
1989Movie
1988
The Abyss

as Zenone

Movie
1987Movie
1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold

as Dr. Cristo Bedoya

Movie
1986
The Moro Affair

as Aldo Moro

Movie
1983
The Death of Mario Ricci

as Bernard Fontana

Movie
1982TV
1981Movie
1980TV
1980
Stark System

as Stark

Movie
1979Movie
1979Movie
1978Movie
1977
I Am Afraid

as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano

Movie
1976Movie
1975Movie
1975
The Suspect

as Emilio

Movie
1974TV
1973
Giordano Bruno

as Giordano Bruno

Movie
1973
Lucky Luciano

as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

Movie
1972Movie
1972Movie
1972
La tenda in piazza

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1972
The Mattei Affair

as Enrico Mattei

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Sacco & Vanzetti

as Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Movie
1970
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli

as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)

Movie
1970Movie
1970
Many Wars Ago

as Lt. Ottolenghi

Movie
1970
Wind from the East

as The Northern Ranger

Movie
1969Movie
1969Movie
1969
The Bandit

as Gramigna

Movie
1968
Summit

as Paolo

Movie
1968
The Violent Four

as Piero Cavallero

Movie
1968Movie
1967
Face to Face

as Professor Brett Fletcher

Movie
1967
Caravaggio

as Caravaggio

Movie
1967TV
1967
We Still Kill the Old Way

as Professore Paolo Laurana

Movie
1967
A Bullet for the General

as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'

Movie
1966
A Gangstergirl

as Jascha Freud

Movie
1966
The Witch

as Fabrizio

Movie
1966
For Love and Gold

as Teofilatto dei Leonzi

Movie
1966
Wake Up and Die

as Inspector Moroni

Movie
1966
Seasons of Our Love

as Leonardo Varzi

Movie
1965Movie
1965Movie
1965TV
1964
Vita di Michelangelo

as Michelangelo

TV
1964Movie
1964
A Fistful of Dollars

as Ramón Rojo

Movie
1963
The Terrorist

as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere

Movie
1963Movie
1963
Summer Night

as Alberto

Movie
1962Movie
1962
A Man for Burning

as Salvatore

Movie
1961Movie
1961Movie
1961Movie
1961
Girl with a Suitcase

as Piero Benotti

Movie
1960
Under Ten Flags

as Samuel Braunstein

Movie
1959
Saul

as David

Movie
1959
The Idiot

as Parfen Rogozin

TV
1957
Phaedra

as Ippolito

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 9, 1933
Day of DeathDecember 6, 1994
Place of BirthMilano, Lombardia, Italy
Popularity1.0