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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/09/2024
Rosi About Eboli
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/2022
We Are Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/12/2021
Zénon the Rebel
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/12/2019
Forgotten Activism
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2017
Spanish Western
Character:The Indian (archive footage)
Release Date:04/05/2015
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/10/2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/09/2005
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/01/2004
Banderas, the Tyrant
Character:Tirano Banderas
Release Date:19/11/1993
Funes, a Great Love
Character:El tano Bérgami
Release Date:01/04/1993
A Simple Story
Character:Carmelo Franzò
Release Date:12/09/1991
Open Doors
Character:Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Release Date:29/03/1990
Tre colonne in cronaca
Character:Alberto Landolfi
Release Date:09/03/1990
Pestalozzi's Mountain
Character:Pestalozzi
Release Date:17/03/1989
The Abyss
Character:Zenone
Release Date:13/05/1988
A Boy from Calabria
Character:Felice
Release Date:11/09/1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Character:Dr. Cristo Bedoya
Release Date:08/05/1987
The Moro Affair
Character:Aldo Moro
Release Date:20/11/1986
The Death of Mario Ricci
Character:Bernard Fontana
Release Date:25/05/1983
Lady of the Camelias
Character:Plessis
Release Date:26/02/1981
Stark System
Character:Stark
Release Date:14/03/1980
Operation Ogre
Character:Izarra
Release Date:28/09/1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Character:Carlo Levi
Release Date:23/02/1979
Reflections on a Political Cinema
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:05/07/1978
I Am Afraid
Character:Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
Release Date:06/10/1977
One Way or Another
Character:M.
Release Date:30/04/1976
Letters from Marusia
Character:Gregorio
Release Date:26/12/1975
The Suspect
Character:Emilio
Release Date:21/02/1975
Giordano Bruno
Character:Giordano Bruno
Release Date:29/11/1973
Lucky Luciano
Character:Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Release Date:19/10/1973
Slap the Monster on Page One
Character:Bizanti
Release Date:19/10/1972
The Assassination
Character:Sadiel
Release Date:04/10/1972
La tenda in piazza
Character:Self (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:19/02/1972
The Mattei Affair
Character:Enrico Mattei
Release Date:26/01/1972
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Character:Lulù Massa
Release Date:17/09/1971
Sacco & Vanzetti
Character:Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Release Date:16/03/1971
Le Cercle Rouge
Character:Vogel
Release Date:19/10/1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Character:Dottore
Release Date:16/10/1970
Many Wars Ago
Character:Lt. Ottolenghi
Release Date:17/09/1970
Wind from the East
Character:The Northern Ranger
Release Date:19/08/1970
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
Character:Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1970
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1970
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:20/04/1969
Under the Sign of Scorpio
Character:Renno
Release Date:04/04/1969
The Bandit
Character:Gramigna
Release Date:29/01/1969
Summit
Character:Paolo
Release Date:16/10/1968
The Violent Four
Character:Piero Cavallero
Release Date:29/03/1968
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Character:Aldo Cervi
Release Date:16/02/1968
Face to Face
Character:Professor Brett Fletcher
Release Date:23/11/1967
Caravaggio
Character:Caravaggio
Release Date:15/10/1967
We Still Kill the Old Way
Character:Professore Paolo Laurana
Release Date:24/02/1967
A Bullet for the General
Character:Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
Release Date:13/01/1967
A Gangstergirl
Character:Jascha Freud
Release Date:13/10/1966
The Witch
Character:Fabrizio
Release Date:16/09/1966
For Love and Gold
Character:Teofilatto dei Leonzi
Release Date:07/04/1966
Wake Up and Die
Character:Inspector Moroni
Release Date:06/04/1966
Seasons of Our Love
Character:Leonardo Varzi
Release Date:25/03/1966
For a Few Dollars More
Character:El Indio
Release Date:18/12/1965
La strada più lunga
Character:Michele
Release Date:24/11/1965
The Magnificent Cuckold
Character:Assessore
Release Date:19/10/1964
A Fistful of Dollars
Character:Ramón Rojo
Release Date:12/09/1964
The Terrorist
Character:Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
Release Date:25/10/1963
The Felling of the Forest
Character:Guglielmo
Release Date:18/09/1963
Summer Night
Character:Alberto
Release Date:03/06/1963
The Four Days of Naples
Character:Stimolo
Release Date:16/11/1962
A Man for Burning
Character:Salvatore
Release Date:26/10/1962
On the Tiger's Back
Character:Papaleo
Release Date:20/12/1961
Hercules and the Captive Women
Character:Re di Sparta
Release Date:19/08/1961
Journey Beneath the Desert
Character:Tarath
Release Date:05/05/1961
Girl with a Suitcase
Character:Piero Benotti
Release Date:09/02/1961
Under Ten Flags
Character:Samuel Braunstein
Release Date:15/09/1960
Saul
Character:David
Release Date:06/11/1959
La foresta pietrificata
Character:
Release Date:19/06/1959
Phaedra
Character:Ippolito
Release Date:26/02/1957
Television Appearances
The Charterhouse of Parma
Character:Count Mosca
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
Character:Plessis
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Character:Carlo Levi
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Diamoci del tu
Character:Self
Diamoci del tu
Character:
Una vita in gioco
Character:Radek
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
Character:Radek
Vita di Michelangelo
Character:Michelangelo
The Idiot
Character:Parfen Rogozin
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