Acting
Gian Maria Volonté
IT, FR, ES, EL cinema · 79 credits
Born
9 April 1933
Died
6 December 1994 (aged 61)
Birthplace
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Also known as Johnny Wels · Gian-Maria Volonte · Джан Мария Волонте
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
Filmography
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Zénon the Rebel
as Self (archive footage)
Forgotten Activism
as Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
as The Indian (archive footage)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
as Self (archive footage)
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
as Self (archive footage)
Ulysses' Gaze
In Memory Of
Banderas, the Tyrant
as Tirano Banderas
Funes, a Great Love
as El tano Bérgami
A Simple Story
as Carmelo Franzò
Open Doors
as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Tre colonne in cronaca
as Alberto Landolfi
Pestalozzi's Mountain
as Pestalozzi
The Abyss
as Zenone
A Boy from Calabria
as Felice
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
The Moro Affair
as Aldo Moro
The Death of Mario Ricci
as Bernard Fontana
Lady of the Camelias
as Plessis
Stark System
as Stark, Writer
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Carlo Levi
Operation Ogre
as Izarra
Reflections on a Political Cinema
as Self - Interviewee
I Am Afraid
as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
The Suspect
as Emilio
Letters from Marusia
as Gregorio
Giordano Bruno
as Giordano Bruno
Lucky Luciano
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
The Mattei Affair
as Enrico Mattei
Slap the Monster on Page One
as Bizanti
The Assassination
as Sadiel
La tenda in piazza
1972
La tenda in piazza
as Self (voice) (uncredited), Director
Sacco & Vanzetti
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
as Lulù Massa
Le Cercle Rouge
as Vogel
Many Wars Ago
as Lt. Ottolenghi
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
1970
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
Wind from the East
as The Northern Ranger
The Bandit
as Gramigna
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
as Narrator (voice)
The Violent Four
as Piero Cavallero
The Seven Cervi Brothers
as Aldo Cervi
Summit
as Paolo
A Bullet for the General
as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
Face to Face
as Professor Brett Fletcher
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Professore Paolo Laurana
Caravaggio
as Caravaggio
The Witch
as Fabrizio
Wake Up and Die
as Inspector Moroni
Seasons of Our Love
as Leonardo Varzi
A Gangstergirl
as Jascha Freud
For Love and Gold
as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
For a Few Dollars More
as El Indio
La strada più lunga
as Michele
The Magnificent Cuckold
as Assessore
A Fistful of Dollars
as Ramón Rojo
The Terrorist
as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
The Felling of the Forest
as Guglielmo
Summer Night
as Alberto
The Four Days of Naples
as Stimolo
A Man for Burning
as Salvatore
Hercules and the Captive Women
as Re di Sparta
Girl with a Suitcase
as Piero Benotti
On the Tiger's Back
as Papaleo
Under Ten Flags
as Samuel Braunstein
Saul
as David
Phaedra
as Ippolito