Acting · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · Born April 9, 1933
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.
MovieVolonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRosi About Eboli
2022
as Self
MovieWe Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieZénon the Rebel
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieForgotten Activism
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSpanish Western
2015
as The Indian (archive footage)
MovieUn attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieElio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieInvestigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBanderas, the Tyrant
1993
as Tirano Banderas
MovieFunes, a Great Love
1993
as El tano Bérgami
MovieA Simple Story
1991
as Carmelo Franzò
MovieOpen Doors
1990
as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
MovieTre colonne in cronaca
1990
as Alberto Landolfi
MoviePestalozzi's Mountain
1989
as Pestalozzi
MovieThe Abyss
1988
as Zenone
MovieA Boy from Calabria
1987
as Felice
MovieChronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
MovieThe Moro Affair
1986
as Aldo Moro
MovieThe Death of Mario Ricci
1983
as Bernard Fontana
TVThe Charterhouse of Parma
1982
as Count Mosca
MovieLady of the Camelias
1981
as Plessis
TVLa Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981
as Plessis
TVCristo si è fermato a Eboli
1980
as Carlo Levi
MovieStark System
1980
as Stark
MovieOperation Ogre
1979
as Izarra
MovieChrist Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Carlo Levi
MovieReflections on a Political Cinema
1978
as Self - Interviewee
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
MovieI Am Afraid
1977
as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
MovieOne Way or Another
1976
as M.
MovieLetters from Marusia
1975
as Gregorio
MovieThe Suspect
1975
as Emilio
TVSpécial cinéma
1974
as Self
MovieGiordano Bruno
1973
as Giordano Bruno
MovieLucky Luciano
1973
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
MovieFestival dell’Unità 1972
1973
as self
MovieSlap the Monster on Page One
1972
as Bizanti
MovieThe Assassination
1972
as Sadiel
La tenda in piazza
1972
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Mattei Affair
1972
as Enrico Mattei
MovieThe Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971
as Lulù Massa
MovieSacco & Vanzetti
1971
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
1970
as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
MovieLe Cercle Rouge
1970
as Vogel
MovieInvestigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970
as Dottore
MovieMany Wars Ago
1970
as Lt. Ottolenghi
MovieWind from the East
1970
as The Northern Ranger
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
1970
as Self
MovieApollon: una fabbrica occupata
1969
as Narrator (voice)
MovieUnder the Sign of Scorpio
1969
as Renno
MovieThe Bandit
1969
as Gramigna
MovieSummit
1968
as Paolo
MovieThe Violent Four
1968
as Piero Cavallero
MovieThe Seven Cervi Brothers
1968
as Aldo Cervi
MovieFace to Face
1967
as Professor Brett Fletcher
MovieCaravaggio
1967
as Caravaggio
TVDiamoci del tu
1967
as Self
MovieWe Still Kill the Old Way
1967
as Professore Paolo Laurana
MovieA Bullet for the General
1967
as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
MovieA Gangstergirl
1966
as Jascha Freud
MovieThe Witch
1966
as Fabrizio
MovieFor Love and Gold
1966
as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
MovieWake Up and Die
1966
as Inspector Moroni
MovieSeasons of Our Love
1966
as Leonardo Varzi
MovieFor a Few Dollars More
1965
as El Indio
MovieLa strada più lunga
1965
as Michele
TVUna vita in gioco
1965
as Radek
TVLe inchieste del commissario Maigret
1964
as Radek
TVVita di Michelangelo
1964
as Michelangelo
MovieThe Magnificent Cuckold
1964
as Assessore
MovieA Fistful of Dollars
1964
as Ramón Rojo
MovieThe Terrorist
1963
as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
MovieThe Felling of the Forest
1963
as Guglielmo
MovieSummer Night
1963
as Alberto
MovieThe Four Days of Naples
1962
as Stimolo
MovieA Man for Burning
1962
as Salvatore
MovieOn the Tiger's Back
1961
as Papaleo
MovieHercules and the Captive Women
1961
as Re di Sparta
MovieJourney Beneath the Desert
1961
as Tarath
MovieGirl with a Suitcase
1961
as Piero Benotti
MovieUnder Ten Flags
1960
as Samuel Braunstein
MovieSaul
1959
as David
TVThe Idiot
1959
as Parfen Rogozin
MovieLa foresta pietrificata
1959
MoviePhaedra
1957
as Ippolito
