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Gian Maria Volonté

Gian Maria Volonté

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

09/04/1933

Day of Death

06/12/1994
(61) years old

Place of Birth

Milano, Lombardia, Italy

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 notabl... Read More

Known For

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

Rosi About Eboli

Rosi About Eboli

We Are Cinema

We Are Cinema

Zénon the Rebel

Zénon the Rebel

Forgotten Activism

Forgotten Activism

Spanish Western

Spanish Western

Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté

Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté

Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté

Banderas, the Tyrant

Banderas, the Tyrant

Filmography

Cast

2024

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Rosi About Eboli

as Self

2021

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Zénon the Rebel

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Forgotten Activism

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Spanish Western

as The Indian (archive footage)

2005

Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté

as Self (archive footage)

1993

Banderas, the Tyrant

as Tirano Banderas

1993

Funes, a Great Love

as El tano Bérgami

1991

A Simple Story

as Carmelo Franzò

1990

Open Doors

as Giudice Vito Di Francesco

1990

Tre colonne in cronaca

as Alberto Landolfi

1989

Pestalozzi's Mountain

as Pestalozzi

1988

The Abyss

as Zenone

1987

A Boy from Calabria

as Felice

1987

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

as Dr. Cristo Bedoya

1986

The Moro Affair

as Aldo Moro

1983

The Death of Mario Ricci

as Bernard Fontana

1981

Lady of the Camelias

as Plessis

1980

Stark System

as Stark

1979

Operation Ogre

as Izarra

1979

Christ Stopped at Eboli

as Carlo Levi

1978

Reflections on a Political Cinema

as Self - Interviewee

1977

I Am Afraid

as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano

1976

One Way or Another

as M.

1975

Letters from Marusia

as Gregorio

1975

The Suspect

as Emilio

1973

Giordano Bruno

as Giordano Bruno

1973

Lucky Luciano

as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

1972

Slap the Monster on Page One

as Bizanti

1972

The Assassination

as Sadiel

1972

La tenda in piazza

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

1972

The Mattei Affair

as Enrico Mattei

1971

The Working Class Goes to Heaven

as Lulù Massa

1971

Sacco & Vanzetti

as Bartolomeo Vanzetti

1970

Le Cercle Rouge

as Vogel

1970

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspici...

as Dottore

1970

Many Wars Ago

as Lt. Ottolenghi

1970

Wind from the East

as The Soldier

1970

Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli

as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)

1970

Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli

as Self

1969

Apollon: una fabbrica occupata

as Narrator (voice)

1969

Under the Sign of Scorpio

as Renno

1969

The Bandit

as Gramigna

1968

Summit

as Paolo

1968

The Violent Four

as Piero Cavallero

1968

The Seven Cervi Brothers

as Aldo Cervi

1967

Face to Face

as Professor Brett Fletcher

1967

Caravaggio

as Caravaggio

1967

We Still Kill the Old Way

as Professore Paolo Laurana

1967

A Bullet for the General

as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'

1966

Gangster Girl

as Jascha Freud

1966

The Witch

as Fabrizio

1966

For Love and Gold

as Teofilatto dei Leonzi

1966

Wake Up and Die

as Inspector Moroni

1966

Seasons of Our Love

as Leonardo Varzi

1965

For a Few Dollars More

as El Indio

1965

La strada più lunga

as Michele

1964

The Magnificent Cuckold

as Assessore

1964

A Fistful of Dollars

as Ramón Rojo

1963

The Terrorist

as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere

1963

The Felling of the Forest

as Guglielmo

1963

Summer Night

as Alberto

1962

The Four Days of Naples

as Stimolo

1962

A Man for Burning

as Salvatore

1961

On the Tiger's Back

as Papaleo

1961

Hercules and the Captive Women

as Re di Sparta

1961

Journey Beneath the Desert

as Tarath

1961

Girl with a Suitcase

as Piero Benotti

1960

Under Ten Flags

as Samuel Braunstein

1959

Saul

as David

1957

Phaedra

as Ippolito

Crew

1995

Ulysses' Gaze

as In Memory Of

1980

Stark System

as Writer

1972

Reggio Calabria

as Director

1972

La tenda in piazza

as Director