Gian Maria Volonté
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 9, 1933
- Died
- December 6, 1994
- Birthplace
- Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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.
Filmography
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Rosi About Eboli 2022
as Self
We Are Cinema 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Zénon the Rebel 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Forgotten Activism 2017
as Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western 2015
as The Indian (archive footage)
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté 2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair 2002
Thanks
Ulysses' Gaze 1995
In Memory Of
Banderas, the Tyrant 1993
as Tirano Banderas
Funes, a Great Love 1993
as El tano Bérgami
A Simple Story 1991
as Carmelo Franzò
Open Doors 1990
as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Tre colonne in cronaca 1990
as Alberto Landolfi
Pestalozzi's Mountain 1989
as Pestalozzi
The Abyss 1988
as Zenone
A Boy from Calabria 1987
as Felice
Chronicle of a Death Foretold 1987
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
The Moro Affair 1986
as Aldo Moro
The Death of Mario Ricci 1983
as Bernard Fontana
Lady of the Camelias 1981
as Plessis
Stark System 1980
as Stark, Writer
Operation Ogre 1979
as Izarra
Christ Stopped at Eboli 1979
as Carlo Levi
Reflections on a Political Cinema 1978
as Self - Interviewee
I Am Afraid 1977
as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
One Way or Another 1976
as M.
Letters from Marusia 1975
as Gregorio
The Suspect 1975
as Emilio
Giordano Bruno 1973
as Giordano Bruno
Lucky Luciano 1973
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Festival dell’Unità 1972 1973
as self
Reggio Calabria 1972
Director
Slap the Monster on Page One 1972
as Bizanti
The Assassination 1972
as Sadiel
- La tenda in piazza
La tenda in piazza 1972
as Self (voice) (uncredited), Director
The Mattei Affair 1972
as Enrico Mattei
The Working Class Goes to Heaven 1971
as Lulù Massa
Sacco & Vanzetti 1971
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
- Hypotheses About Pinelli's Death
Hypotheses About Pinelli's Death 1970
as Self
- Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli 1970
as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
Le Cercle Rouge 1970
as Vogel
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 1970
as Dottore
Many Wars Ago 1970
as Lt. Ottolenghi
Wind from the East 1970
as The Northern Ranger
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata 1969
as Narrator (voice)
Under the Sign of Scorpio 1969
as Renno
The Bandit 1969
as Gramigna
Summit 1968
as Paolo
The Violent Four 1968
as Piero Cavallero
The Seven Cervi Brothers 1968
as Aldo Cervi
Face to Face 1967
as Professor Brett Fletcher
Caravaggio 1967
as Caravaggio
We Still Kill the Old Way 1967
as Professore Paolo Laurana
A Bullet for the General 1967
as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
A Gangstergirl 1966
as Jascha Freud
The Witch 1966
as Fabrizio
For Love and Gold 1966
as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
Wake Up and Die 1966
as Inspector Moroni
Seasons of Our Love 1966
as Leonardo Varzi
For a Few Dollars More 1965
as El Indio
La strada più lunga 1965
as Michele
The Magnificent Cuckold 1964
as Assessore
A Fistful of Dollars 1964
as Ramón Rojo
The Terrorist 1963
as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
The Felling of the Forest 1963
as Guglielmo
Summer Night 1963
as Alberto
The Four Days of Naples 1962
as Stimolo
A Man for Burning 1962
as Salvatore
On the Tiger's Back 1961
as Papaleo
Hercules and the Captive Women 1961
as Re di Sparta
Journey Beneath the Desert 1961
as Tarath
Girl with a Suitcase 1961
as Piero Benotti
Under Ten Flags 1960
as Samuel Braunstein
Saul 1959
as David
La foresta pietrificata 1959
Actor
Phaedra 1957
as Ippolito
Credits from TMDB.