Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 09, 1933
Died
Dec 06, 1994
Place of Birth
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Credits
89 titles
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
Filmography
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage)
Rosi About Eboli
Self
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Zénon the Rebel
Self (archive footage)
Forgotten Activism
Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
The Indian (archive footage)
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Self (archive footage)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Self (archive footage)
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
Thanks
Ulysses' Gaze
In Memory Of
Banderas, the Tyrant
Tirano Banderas
Funes, a Great Love
El tano Bérgami
A Simple Story
Carmelo Franzò
Open Doors
Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Tre colonne in cronaca
Alberto Landolfi
Pestalozzi's Mountain
Pestalozzi
The Abyss
Zenone
A Boy from Calabria
Felice
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Dr. Cristo Bedoya
The Moro Affair
Aldo Moro
The Death of Mario Ricci
Bernard Fontana
The Charterhouse of Parma
Count Mosca
Lady of the Camelias
Plessis
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
Plessis
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Carlo Levi
Stark System
Stark
Operation Ogre
Izarra
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Carlo Levi
Reflections on a Political Cinema
Self - Interviewee
Ciné regards
Self
I Am Afraid
Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
One Way or Another
M.
Letters from Marusia
Gregorio
The Suspect
Emilio
Spécial cinéma
Self
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Lucky Luciano
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Festival dell’Unità 1972
self
Reggio Calabria
Director
Slap the Monster on Page One
Bizanti
The Assassination
Sadiel
La tenda in piazza
Self (voice) (uncredited)
The Mattei Affair
Enrico Mattei
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Lulù Massa
Sacco & Vanzetti
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
Le Cercle Rouge
Vogel
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Dottore
Many Wars Ago
Lt. Ottolenghi