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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 9, 1933
Died
December 6, 1994
Place of Birth
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Also Known As
- Johnny Wels
- Gian-Maria Volonte
- Джан Мария Волонте
Gian Maria Volonté
1.4 Popularity
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gian Maria Volonté, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
7.1
Self (archive footage)
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024
10.0
Self
Rosi About Eboli
2022
9.5
Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
2021
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Zénon the Rebel
2019
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Forgotten Activism
2017
6.2
The Indian (archive footage)
Spanish Western
2015
5.2
Self (archive footage)
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
6.5
Self (archive footage)
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004
5.1
Tirano Banderas
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993
Credits
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.1
Rosi About Eboli
as Self
2022
10.0
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
9.5
Zénon the Rebel
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Forgotten Activism
as Self (archive footage)
2017
8.0
Spanish Western
as The Indian (archive footage)
2015
6.2
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
as Self (archive footage)
2005
5.2
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
2005
6.7
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
as Self (archive footage)
2004
6.5
Banderas, the Tyrant
as Tirano Banderas
1993
5.1
Funes, a Great Love
as El tano Bérgami
1993
4.6
A Simple Story
as Carmelo Franzò
1991
6.8
Open Doors
as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
1990
7.2
Tre colonne in cronaca
as Alberto Landolfi
1990
5.9
Pestalozzi's Mountain
as Pestalozzi
1989
6.3
The Abyss
as Zenone
1988
5.2
A Boy from Calabria
as Felice
1987
6.5
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
1987
7.3
The Moro Affair
as Aldo Moro
1986
6.5
The Death of Mario Ricci
as Bernard Fontana
1983
6.0
The Charterhouse of Parma
as Count Mosca
1982
10.0
Lady of the Camelias
as Plessis
1981
6.0
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
as Plessis
1981
4.0
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
as Carlo Levi
1980
0.0
Stark System
as Stark
1980
10.0
Operation Ogre
as Izarra
1979
6.9
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Carlo Levi
1979
7.1
Reflections on a Political Cinema
as Self - Interviewee
1978
8.0
I Am Afraid
as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
1977
7.1
One Way or Another
as M.
1976
7.6
Letters from Marusia
as Gregorio
1975
5.4
The Suspect
as Emilio
1975
6.3
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
Giordano Bruno
as Giordano Bruno
1973
6.3
Lucky Luciano
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1973
6.3
Slap the Monster on Page One
as Bizanti
1972
7.6
The Assassination
as Sadiel
1972
6.7
🎬
La tenda in piazza
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
1972
0.0
The Mattei Affair
as Enrico Mattei
1972
7.5
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
as Lulù Massa
1971
7.8
Sacco & Vanzetti
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
1971
7.6
Le Cercle Rouge
as Vogel
1970
7.6
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
as Dottore
1970
8.2
Many Wars Ago
as Lt. Ottolenghi
1970
7.3
Wind from the East
as The Soldier
1970
6.8
🎬
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
1970
7.7
🎬
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
as Self
1970
6.8
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
as Narrator (voice)
1969
0.0
Under the Sign of Scorpio
as Renno
1969
5.4
The Bandit
as Gramigna
1969
5.1
Summit
as Paolo
1968
5.5
The Violent Four
as Piero Cavallero
1968
6.5
The Seven Cervi Brothers
as Aldo Cervi
1968
6.9
Face to Face
as Professor Brett Fletcher
1967
7.0
Caravaggio
as Caravaggio
1967
0.0
Diamoci del tu
as Self
1967
8.0
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Professore Paolo Laurana
1967
6.6
A Bullet for the General
as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
1967
6.6
A Gangstergirl
as Jascha Freud
1966
4.0
The Witch
as Fabrizio
1966
6.4
For Love and Gold
as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
1966
7.7
Wake Up and Die
as Inspector Moroni
1966
6.0
Seasons of Our Love
as Leonardo Varzi
1966
5.0
For a Few Dollars More
as El Indio
1965
8.0
La strada più lunga
as Michele
1965
6.0
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
as Radek
1964
9.4
Vita di Michelangelo
as Michelangelo
1964
5.5
The Magnificent Cuckold
as Assessore
1964
6.5
A Fistful of Dollars
as Ramón Rojo
1964
7.8
The Terrorist
as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
1963
6.4
The Felling of the Forest
as Guglielmo
1963
7.0
Summer Night
as Alberto
1963
5.9
The Four Days of Naples
as Stimolo
1962
7.5
A Man for Burning
as Salvatore
1962
5.2
On the Tiger's Back
as Papaleo
1961
7.2
Hercules and the Captive Women
as Re di Sparta
1961
4.2
Journey Beneath the Desert
as Tarath
1961
2.4
Girl with a Suitcase
as Piero Benotti
1961
7.1
Under Ten Flags
as Samuel Braunstein
1960
5.4
Saul
as David
1959
0.0
The Idiot
as Parfen Rogozin
1959
6.5
Phaedra
as Ippolito
1957
0.0