Gian Maria Volonté
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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Movies (79)
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Rosi About Eboli
2022 · Self
We Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Zénon the Rebel
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Forgotten Activism
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
2015 · The Indian (archive footage)
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004 · Self (archive footage)
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
2002 · Thanks
Ulysses' Gaze
1995 · In Memory Of
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993 · Tirano Banderas
Funes, a Great Love
1993 · El tano Bérgami
A Simple Story
1991 · Carmelo Franzò
Open Doors
1990 · Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Tre colonne in cronaca
1990 · Alberto Landolfi
Pestalozzi's Mountain
1989 · Pestalozzi
The Abyss
1988 · Zenone
A Boy from Calabria
1987 · Felice
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987 · Dr. Cristo Bedoya
The Moro Affair
1986 · Aldo Moro
The Death of Mario Ricci
1983 · Bernard Fontana
Lady of the Camelias
1981 · Plessis
Stark System
1980 · Stark, Writer
Operation Ogre
1979 · Izarra
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979 · Carlo Levi
Reflections on a Political Cinema
1978 · Self - Interviewee
I Am Afraid
1977 · Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
One Way or Another
1976 · M.
Letters from Marusia
1975 · Gregorio
The Suspect
1975 · Emilio
Giordano Bruno
1973 · Giordano Bruno
Lucky Luciano
1973 · Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Festival dell’Unità 1972
1973 · self
Reggio Calabria
1972 · Director
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972 · Bizanti
The Assassination
1972 · Sadiel
La tenda in piazza
1972 · Self (voice) (uncredited), Director
The Mattei Affair
1972 · Enrico Mattei
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971 · Lulù Massa
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971 · Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Hypotheses About Pinelli's Death
1970 · Self
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
1970 · Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · Vogel
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970 · Dottore
Many Wars Ago
1970 · Lt. Ottolenghi
Wind from the East
1970 · The Northern Ranger
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
1969 · Narrator (voice)
Under the Sign of Scorpio
1969 · Renno
The Bandit
1969 · Gramigna
Summit
1968 · Paolo
The Violent Four
1968 · Piero Cavallero
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968 · Aldo Cervi
Face to Face
1967 · Professor Brett Fletcher
Caravaggio
1967 · Caravaggio
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967 · Professore Paolo Laurana
A Bullet for the General
1967 · Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
A Gangstergirl
1966 · Jascha Freud
The Witch
1966 · Fabrizio
For Love and Gold
1966 · Teofilatto dei Leonzi
Wake Up and Die
1966 · Inspector Moroni
Seasons of Our Love
1966 · Leonardo Varzi
For a Few Dollars More
1965 · El Indio
La strada più lunga
1965 · Michele
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964 · Assessore
A Fistful of Dollars
1964 · Ramón Rojo
The Terrorist
1963 · Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
The Felling of the Forest
1963 · Guglielmo
Summer Night
1963 · Alberto
The Four Days of Naples
1962 · Stimolo
A Man for Burning
1962 · Salvatore
On the Tiger's Back
1961 · Papaleo
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961 · Re di Sparta
Journey Beneath the Desert
1961 · Tarath
Girl with a Suitcase
1961 · Piero Benotti
Under Ten Flags
1960 · Samuel Braunstein
Saul
1959 · David
La foresta pietrificata
1959
Phaedra
1957 · Ippolito
TV shows (10)
The Charterhouse of Parma
1982 · Count Mosca
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981 · Plessis
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
1980 · Carlo Levi
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self
Diamoci del tu
1967 · Self
Una vita in gioco
1965 · Radek
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
1964 · Radek
Vita di Michelangelo
1964 · Michelangelo
The Idiot
1959 · Parfen Rogozin