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).
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Acting (71 movies)
For a Few Dollars More
1965
Journey Beneath the Desert
1961
Le Cercle Rouge
1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970
Rosi About Eboli
2022
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961
Open Doors
1990
A Bullet for the General
1967
The Witch
1966
The Mattei Affair
1972
The Moro Affair
1986
Face to Face
1967
The Abyss
1988
Operation Ogre
1979
Giordano Bruno
1973
The Four Days of Naples
1962
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972
One Way or Another
1976
Lady of the Camelias
1981
Girl with a Suitcase
1961
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971
The Violent Four
1968
I Am Afraid
1977
A Boy from Calabria
1987
Many Wars Ago
1970
Lucky Luciano
1973
On the Tiger's Back
1961
A Simple Story
1991
The Suspect
1975
Wake Up and Die
1966
Seasons of Our Love
1966
The Assassination
1972
The Death of Mario Ricci
1983
The Bandit
1969
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
The Terrorist
1963
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993
A Man for Burning
1962
Pestalozzi's Mountain
1989
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
1969
Summit
1968
Stark System
1980
The Felling of the Forest
1963
Phaedra
1957
Summer Night
1963
Wind from the East
1970
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
A Gangstergirl
1966
Letters from Marusia
1975
We Are Cinema
2021
Tre colonne in cronaca
1990
Forgotten Activism
2017
Under the Sign of Scorpio
1969
Funes, a Great Love
1993
Under Ten Flags
1960
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005
Caravaggio
1967
A Fistful of Dollars
1964
For Love and Gold
1966
Zénon the Rebel
2019
La strada più lunga
1965
Spanish Western
2015
Reflections on a Political Cinema
1978
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024
Saul
1959
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Stark System | 1980 | Writer |