Gian Maria Volonté

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-04-09

Day of death

1994-12-06 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Milano, Lombardia, Italy

Gian Maria Volonté

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

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • For a Few Dollars More

    For a Few Dollars More

  • A Fistful of Dollars

    A Fistful of Dollars

  • The Working Class Goes to Heaven

    The Working Class Goes to Heaven

  • I Am Afraid

    I Am Afraid

  • Spanish Western

    Spanish Western

  • Sacco & Vanzetti

    Sacco & Vanzetti

  • A Bullet for the General

    A Bullet for the General

  • Caravaggio

    Caravaggio

  • Summit

    Summit

  • Christ Stopped at Eboli

    Christ Stopped at Eboli

  • The Moro Affair

    The Moro Affair

  • The Four Days of Naples

    The Four Days of Naples

  • Lucky Luciano

    Lucky Luciano

  • Wind from the East

    Wind from the East

  • Stark System

    Stark System

  • The Magnificent Cuckold

    The Magnificent Cuckold

  • Letters from Marusia

    Letters from Marusia

  • Banderas, the Tyrant

    Banderas, the Tyrant

  • Le Cercle Rouge

    Le Cercle Rouge

  • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

    Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

  • Giordano Bruno

    Giordano Bruno

  • Slap the Monster on Page One

    Slap the Monster on Page One

  • Lady of the Camelias

    Lady of the Camelias

  • For Love and Gold

    For Love and Gold

  • La tenda in piazza

    La tenda in piazza

  • Saul

    Saul

  • One Way or Another

    One Way or Another

  • The Suspect

    The Suspect

  • A Man for Burning

    A Man for Burning

  • Under Ten Flags

    Under Ten Flags

  • We Still Kill the Old Way

    We Still Kill the Old Way

  • The Witch

    The Witch

  • The Charterhouse of Parma

    The Charterhouse of Parma

  • Chronicle of a Death Foretold

    Chronicle of a Death Foretold

  • Many Wars Ago

    Many Wars Ago

  • We Are Cinema

    We Are Cinema

  • Le inchieste del commissario Maigret

    Le inchieste del commissario Maigret

  • The Seven Cervi Brothers

    The Seven Cervi Brothers

  • The Death of Mario Ricci

    The Death of Mario Ricci

  • A Gangstergirl

    A Gangstergirl

  • Tre colonne in cronaca

    Tre colonne in cronaca

  • Wake Up and Die

    Wake Up and Die

  • Vita di Michelangelo

    Vita di Michelangelo

  • Girl with a Suitcase

    Girl with a Suitcase

  • Face to Face

    Face to Face

  • Hercules and the Captive Women

    Hercules and the Captive Women

  • Funes, a Great Love

    Funes, a Great Love

  • Operation Ogre

    Operation Ogre

  • On the Tiger's Back

    On the Tiger's Back

  • La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie

    La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie

  • The Assassination

    The Assassination

  • Seasons of Our Love

    Seasons of Our Love

  • The Bandit

    The Bandit

  • The Mattei Affair

    The Mattei Affair

  • The Idiot

    The Idiot

  • Pestalozzi's Mountain

    Pestalozzi's Mountain

  • Diamoci del tu

    Diamoci del tu

  • The Felling of the Forest

    The Felling of the Forest

  • Phaedra

    Phaedra

  • Journey Beneath the Desert

    Journey Beneath the Desert

  • Open Doors

    Open Doors

  • The Abyss

    The Abyss

  • Apollon: una fabbrica occupata

    Apollon: una fabbrica occupata

  • A Boy from Calabria

    A Boy from Calabria

  • Summer Night

    Summer Night

  • The Violent Four

    The Violent Four

  • Cristo si è fermato a Eboli

    Cristo si è fermato a Eboli

  • Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté

    Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté

  • Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

    Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

  • Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli

    Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli

  • Rosi About Eboli

    Rosi About Eboli

  • A Simple Story

    A Simple Story

  • La strada più lunga

    La strada più lunga

  • Reflections on a Political Cinema

    Reflections on a Political Cinema

  • Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli

    Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli

  • Under the Sign of Scorpio

    Under the Sign of Scorpio

  • Zénon the Rebel

    Zénon the Rebel

  • The Terrorist

    The Terrorist

  • Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

    Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

  • Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté

    Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté

  • Forgotten Activism

    Forgotten Activism