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Gian Maria Volonté

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 S

Born

Apr 09, 1933

Milano, Lombardia, Italy

Died

Dec 06, 1994

Known For

Acting

Movies

76 acting

5 crew

Popularity

1.2

Known For

For a Few Dollars More
For a Few Dollars More
1965 • as El Indio
★ 8.0
A Fistful of Dollars
A Fistful of Dollars
1964 • as Ramón Rojo
★ 7.8
Le Cercle Rouge
Le Cercle Rouge
1970 • as Vogel
★ 7.6
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971 • as Lulù Massa
★ 7.8
Operation Ogre
Operation Ogre
1979 • as Izarra
★ 6.9
For Love and Gold
For Love and Gold
1966 • as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
★ 7.7
Zénon the Rebel
Zénon the Rebel
2019 • as Self (archive footage)
The Assassination
The Assassination
1972 • as Sadiel
★ 6.6
A Bullet for the General
A Bullet for the General
1967 • as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
★ 6.6
Wake Up and Die
Wake Up and Die
1966 • as Inspector Moroni
★ 6.3
Girl with a Suitcase
Girl with a Suitcase
1961 • as Piero Benotti
★ 7.1
The Four Days of Naples
The Four Days of Naples
1962 • as Stimolo
★ 7.6
Lucky Luciano
Lucky Luciano
1973 • as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
★ 6.4
Lady of the Camelias
Lady of the Camelias
1981 • as Plessis
★ 6.1
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987 • as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
★ 7.3
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
1973 • as Giordano Bruno
★ 6.4
Hercules and the Captive Women
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961 • as Re di Sparta
★ 4.3
Face to Face
Face to Face
1967 • as Professor Brett Fletcher
★ 7.0
Slap the Monster on Page One
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972 • as Bizanti
★ 7.7
Under Ten Flags
Under Ten Flags
1960 • as Samuel Braunstein
★ 5.7
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979 • as Carlo Levi
★ 7.2
We Still Kill the Old Way
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967 • as Professore Paolo Laurana
★ 6.8
Sacco & Vanzetti
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971 • as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
★ 7.6
Spanish Western
Spanish Western
2015 • as The Indian (archive footage)
★ 6.4
Wind from the East
Wind from the East
1970 • as The Northern Ranger
★ 6.7
Festival dell’Unità 1972
★ 10.0
Journey Beneath the Desert
Journey Beneath the Desert
1961 • as Tarath
★ 3.3
The Death of Mario Ricci
The Death of Mario Ricci
1983 • as Bernard Fontana
★ 6.3
The Witch
The Witch
1966 • as Fabrizio
★ 6.5
Open Doors
Open Doors
1990 • as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
★ 7.3
The Abyss
The Abyss
1988 • as Zenone
★ 5.4
On the Tiger's Back
On the Tiger's Back
1961 • as Papaleo
★ 7.4
One Way or Another
One Way or Another
1976 • as M.
★ 7.7
We Are Cinema
We Are Cinema
2021 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.5
The Magnificent Cuckold
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964 • as Assessore
★ 6.6
Summer Night
Summer Night
1963 • as Alberto
★ 6.2
The Mattei Affair
The Mattei Affair
1972 • as Enrico Mattei
★ 7.5
The Violent Four
The Violent Four
1968 • as Piero Cavallero
★ 6.6
The Moro Affair
The Moro Affair
1986 • as Aldo Moro
★ 6.6
Letters from Marusia
Letters from Marusia
1975 • as Gregorio
★ 5.6
Seasons of Our Love
Seasons of Our Love
1966 • as Leonardo Varzi
★ 5.4
Tre colonne in cronaca
Tre colonne in cronaca
1990 • as Alberto Landolfi
★ 6.4
Reflections on a Political Cinema
Reflections on a Political Cinema
1978 • as Self - Interviewee
★ 8.0
The Terrorist
The Terrorist
1963 • as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
★ 6.6
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.7
A Man for Burning
A Man for Burning
1962 • as Salvatore
★ 5.8
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.2
The Seven Cervi Brothers
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968 • as Aldo Cervi
★ 6.9
The Bandit
The Bandit
1969 • as Gramigna
★ 5.5
A Boy from Calabria
A Boy from Calabria
1987 • as Felice
★ 6.6
Many Wars Ago
Many Wars Ago
1970 • as Lt. Ottolenghi
★ 7.3
Funes, a Great Love
Funes, a Great Love
1993 • as El tano Bérgami
★ 4.9
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
I Am Afraid
I Am Afraid
1977 • as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
★ 7.2
Phaedra
Phaedra
1957 • as Ippolito
The Suspect
The Suspect
1975 • as Emilio
★ 6.6
Banderas, the Tyrant
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993 • as Tirano Banderas
★ 5.4
movie
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
1970 • as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
★ 7.7
Under the Sign of Scorpio
Under the Sign of Scorpio
1969 • as Renno
★ 5.7
Summit
Summit
1968 • as Paolo
★ 6.3
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
1969 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
The Felling of the Forest
The Felling of the Forest
1963 • as Guglielmo
★ 6.8
Pestalozzi's Mountain
Pestalozzi's Mountain
1989 • as Pestalozzi
★ 6.5
Stark System
Stark System
1980 • as Stark
★ 8.5
La strada più lunga
La strada più lunga
1965 • as Michele
★ 6.0
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
A Simple Story
A Simple Story
1991 • as Carmelo Franzò
★ 6.8
movie
★ 6.8
Forgotten Activism
Forgotten Activism
2017 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Saul
Saul
1959 • as David
movie
La tenda in piazza
1972 • as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
1967 • as Caravaggio
★ 9.0
A Gangstergirl
A Gangstergirl
1966 • as Jascha Freud
★ 4.6
Rosi About Eboli
Rosi About Eboli
2022 • as Self
★ 10.0