Gian Maria Volonté

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.

Known For

Spécial cinéma

For a Few Dollars More

A Fistful of Dollars

Le Cercle Rouge

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

The Charterhouse of Parma

Le inchieste del commissario Maigret

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

All Movies (76)

• Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rosi About Eboli2022 · as Self
• We Are Cinema2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Zénon the Rebel2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Forgotten Activism2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Spanish Western2015 · as The Indian (archive footage)
• Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Banderas, the Tyrant1993 · as Tirano Banderas
• Funes, a Great Love1993 · as El tano Bérgami
• A Simple Story1991 · as Carmelo Franzò
• Open Doors1990 · as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
• Tre colonne in cronaca1990 · as Alberto Landolfi
• Pestalozzi's Mountain1989 · as Pestalozzi
• The Abyss1988 · as Zenone
• A Boy from Calabria1987 · as Felice
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold1987 · as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
• The Moro Affair1986 · as Aldo Moro
• The Death of Mario Ricci1983 · as Bernard Fontana
• Lady of the Camelias1981 · as Plessis
• Stark System1980 · as Stark
• Operation Ogre1979 · as Izarra
• Christ Stopped at Eboli1979 · as Carlo Levi
• Reflections on a Political Cinema1978 · as Self - Interviewee
• I Am Afraid1977 · as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
• One Way or Another1976 · as M.
• Letters from Marusia1975 · as Gregorio
• The Suspect1975 · as Emilio
• Giordano Bruno1973 · as Giordano Bruno
• Lucky Luciano1973 · as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
• Festival dell’Unità 19721973 · as self
• Slap the Monster on Page One1972 · as Bizanti
• The Assassination1972 · as Sadiel
• La tenda in piazza1972 · as Self (voice) (uncredited)
• The Mattei Affair1972 · as Enrico Mattei
• The Working Class Goes to Heaven1971 · as Lulù Massa
• Sacco & Vanzetti1971 · as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
• Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli1970 · as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
• Le Cercle Rouge1970 · as Vogel
• Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion1970 · as Dottore
• Many Wars Ago1970 · as Lt. Ottolenghi
• Wind from the East1970 · as The Northern Ranger
• Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli1970 · as Self
• Apollon: una fabbrica occupata1969 · as Narrator (voice)
• Under the Sign of Scorpio1969 · as Renno
• The Bandit1969 · as Gramigna
• Summit1968 · as Paolo
• The Violent Four1968 · as Piero Cavallero
• The Seven Cervi Brothers1968 · as Aldo Cervi
• Face to Face1967 · as Professor Brett Fletcher
• Caravaggio1967 · as Caravaggio
• We Still Kill the Old Way1967 · as Professore Paolo Laurana
• A Bullet for the General1967 · as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
• A Gangstergirl1966 · as Jascha Freud
• The Witch1966 · as Fabrizio
• For Love and Gold1966 · as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
• Wake Up and Die1966 · as Inspector Moroni
• Seasons of Our Love1966 · as Leonardo Varzi
• For a Few Dollars More1965 · as El Indio
• La strada più lunga1965 · as Michele
• The Magnificent Cuckold1964 · as Assessore
• A Fistful of Dollars1964 · as Ramón Rojo
• The Terrorist1963 · as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
• The Felling of the Forest1963 · as Guglielmo
• Summer Night1963 · as Alberto
• The Four Days of Naples1962 · as Stimolo
• A Man for Burning1962 · as Salvatore
• On the Tiger's Back1961 · as Papaleo
• Hercules and the Captive Women1961 · as Re di Sparta
• Journey Beneath the Desert1961 · as Tarath
• Girl with a Suitcase1961 · as Piero Benotti
• Under Ten Flags1960 · as Samuel Braunstein
• Saul1959 · as David
• La foresta pietrificata1959
• Phaedra1957 · as Ippolito

All TV Shows (9)

• The Charterhouse of Parma1982 · as Count Mosca
• La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie1981 · as Plessis
• Cristo si è fermato a Eboli1980 · as Carlo Levi
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
• Diamoci del tu1967 · as Self
• Una vita in gioco1965 · as Radek
• Le inchieste del commissario Maigret1964 · as Radek
• Vita di Michelangelo1964 · as Michelangelo
• The Idiot1959 · as Parfen Rogozin