People
Gian Maria Volonté
- Name: Gian Maria Volonté
- Birthday: 1933-04-09
- Also known as: Johnny Wels,Gian-Maria Volonte,Джан Мария Волонте
- Place of birth: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Popularity: 4.635
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces as Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-23 |
| Rosi About Eboli as Self | 2022-11-16 |
| We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-16 |
| Zénon the Rebel as Self (archive footage) | 2019-12-11 |
| Forgotten Activism as Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-01 |
| Spanish Western as The Indian (archive footage) | 2015-05-04 |
| Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté as Self (archive footage) | 2005-10-29 |
| Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker as Self (archive footage) | 2005-09-03 |
| Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté as Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-12 |
| Banderas, the Tyrant as Tirano Banderas | 1993-11-19 |
| Funes, a Great Love as El tano Bérgami | 1993-04-01 |
| A Simple Story as Carmelo Franzò | 1991-09-12 |
| Open Doors as Giudice Vito Di Francesco | 1990-03-29 |
| Tre colonne in cronaca as Alberto Landolfi | 1990-03-09 |
| Pestalozzi's Mountain as Pestalozzi | 1989-03-17 |
| The Abyss as Zenone | 1988-05-13 |
| A Boy from Calabria as Felice | 1987-09-11 |
| Chronicle of a Death Foretold as Dr. Cristo Bedoya | 1987-05-08 |
| Il caso Moro as Aldo Moro | 1986-11-20 |
| The Death of Mario Ricci as Bernard Fontana | 1983-05-25 |
| Lady of the Camelias as Plessis | 1981-02-26 |
| Stark System as Stark | 1980-03-14 |
| Operation Ogre as Izarra | 1979-09-28 |
| Christ Stopped at Eboli as Carlo Levi | 1979-02-23 |
| Reflections on a Political Cinema as Self - Interviewee | 1978-07-05 |
| I Am Afraid as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano | 1977-10-06 |
| One Way or Another as M. | 1976-04-30 |
| Letters from Marusia as Gregorio | 1975-12-26 |
| The Suspect as Emilio | 1975-02-21 |
| Giordano Bruno as Giordano Bruno | 1973-11-29 |
| Lucky Luciano as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano | 1973-10-19 |
| Slap the Monster on Page One as The Managing Editor of 'Il Giornale' | 1972-10-19 |
| The Assassination as Sadiel | 1972-10-04 |
| La tenda in piazza as Self (voice) (uncredited) | 1972-02-19 |
| The Mattei Affair as Enrico Mattei | 1972-01-26 |
| The Working Class Goes to Heaven as Lulù Massa | 1971-09-17 |
| Sacco & Vanzetti as Bartolomeo Vanzetti | 1971-03-16 |
| Le Cercle Rouge as Vogel | 1970-10-19 |
| Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion as Dottore | 1970-10-16 |
| Many Wars Ago as Lt. Ottolenghi | 1970-09-17 |
| Wind from the East as Le Ranger Nordiste (uncredited) | 1970-08-19 |
| Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli as Self / Reenactor (uncredited) | 1970-01-01 |
| Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli as Self | 1970-01-01 |
| Apollon: una fabbrica occupata as Narrator (voice) | 1969-04-20 |
| Under the Sign of Scorpio as Renno | 1969-04-04 |
| The Bandit as Gramigna | 1969-01-29 |
| Summit as Paolo | 1968-10-16 |
| The Violent Four as Piero Cavallero | 1968-03-29 |
| The Seven Cervi Brothers as Aldo Cervi | 1968-02-16 |
| Face to Face as Professor Brett Fletcher | 1967-11-23 |
| Caravaggio as Caravaggio | 1967-10-15 |
| We Still Kill the Old Way as Professore Paolo Laurana | 1967-02-24 |
| A Bullet for the General as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho' | 1967-01-13 |
| Gangster Girl as Jascha Freud | 1966-10-13 |
| The Witch as Fabrizio | 1966-09-16 |
| For Love and Gold as Teofilatto dei Leonzi | 1966-04-07 |
| Wake Up and Die as Inspector Moroni | 1966-04-06 |
| Seasons of Our Love as Leonardo Varzi | 1966-03-25 |
| For a Few Dollars More as El Indio | 1965-12-18 |
| La strada più lunga as Michele | 1965-11-24 |
| The Magnificent Cuckold as Assessore | 1964-10-19 |
| A Fistful of Dollars as Ramón Rojo | 1964-09-12 |
| The Terrorist as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere | 1963-10-25 |
| The Felling of the Forest as Guglielmo | 1963-09-18 |
| Summer Night as Alberto | 1963-06-03 |
| The Four Days of Naples as Stimolo | 1962-11-16 |
| A Man for Burning as Salvatore | 1962-10-26 |
| On the Tiger's Back as Papaleo | 1961-12-20 |
| Hercules and the Captive Women as Re di Sparta | 1961-08-19 |
| Journey Beneath the Desert as Tarath | 1961-05-05 |
| Girl with a Suitcase as Piero Benotti | 1961-02-09 |
| Under Ten Flags as Samuel Braunstein | 1960-09-15 |
| Saul as David | 1959-11-06 |
| Fedra as Ippolito | 1957-02-26 |
