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Gian Maria Volonté

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Known For

61 Years Old

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.

Born

Milano, Lombardia, Italy on 9th April 1933

Died

6th December 1994

All Credits

Spécial cinéma Image
Spécial cinéma
Self
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret Image
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
Radek
A Fistful of Dollars Image
A Fistful of Dollars
Ramón Rojo
For a Few Dollars More Image
For a Few Dollars More
El Indio
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli Image
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Carlo Levi
Le Cercle Rouge Image
Le Cercle Rouge
Vogel
The Working Class Goes to Heaven Image
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Lulù Massa
Vita di Michelangelo Image
Vita di Michelangelo
Michelangelo
The Charterhouse of Parma Image
The Charterhouse of Parma
Count Mosca
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Image
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Dottore
We Still Kill the Old Way Image
We Still Kill the Old Way
Professore Paolo Laurana
For Love and Gold Image
For Love and Gold
Teofilatto dei Leonzi
A Bullet for the General Image
A Bullet for the General
Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
The Magnificent Cuckold Image
The Magnificent Cuckold
Assessore
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Image
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Dr. Cristo Bedoya
Lucky Luciano Image
Lucky Luciano
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
The Moro Affair Image
The Moro Affair
Aldo Moro
Sacco & Vanzetti Image
Sacco & Vanzetti
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Girl with a Suitcase Image
Girl with a Suitcase
Piero Benotti
Diamoci del tu Image
Diamoci del tu
Self
Hercules and the Captive Women Image
Hercules and the Captive Women
Re di Sparta
The Idiot Image
The Idiot
Parfen Rogozin
Face to Face Image
Face to Face
Professor Brett Fletcher
We Are Cinema Image
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Under Ten Flags Image
Under Ten Flags
Samuel Braunstein
Giordano Bruno Image
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Christ Stopped at Eboli Image
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Carlo Levi
The Abyss Image
The Abyss
Zenone
The Assassination Image
The Assassination
Sadiel
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie Image
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
Plessis
On the Tiger's Back Image
On the Tiger's Back
Papaleo
Many Wars Ago Image
Many Wars Ago
Lt. Ottolenghi
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker Image
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
The Violent Four Image
The Violent Four
Piero Cavallero
Spanish Western Image
Spanish Western
The Indian (archive footage)
Operation Ogre Image
Operation Ogre
Izarra
Tre colonne in cronaca Image
Tre colonne in cronaca
Alberto Landolfi
The Witch Image
The Witch
Fabrizio
One Way or Another Image
One Way or Another
M.
The Four Days of Naples Image
The Four Days of Naples
Stimolo
I Am Afraid Image
I Am Afraid
Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
The Mattei Affair Image
The Mattei Affair
Enrico Mattei
Under the Sign of Scorpio Image
Under the Sign of Scorpio
Renno
Slap the Monster on Page One Image
Slap the Monster on Page One
Bizanti
Seasons of Our Love Image
Seasons of Our Love
Leonardo Varzi
Lady of the Camelias Image
Lady of the Camelias
Plessis
The Death of Mario Ricci Image
The Death of Mario Ricci
Bernard Fontana
A Simple Story Image
A Simple Story
Carmelo Franzò
Wake Up and Die Image
Wake Up and Die
Inspector Moroni
The Suspect Image
The Suspect
Emilio
Funes, a Great Love Image
Funes, a Great Love
El tano Bérgami
The Terrorist Image
The Terrorist
Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
The Bandit Image
The Bandit
Gramigna
Open Doors Image
Open Doors
Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Journey Beneath the Desert Image
Journey Beneath the Desert
Tarath
Summer Night Image
Summer Night
Alberto
Reflections on a Political Cinema Image
Reflections on a Political Cinema
Self - Interviewee
Wind from the East Image
Wind from the East
The Soldier
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces Image
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage)
The Seven Cervi Brothers Image
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Aldo Cervi
Banderas, the Tyrant Image
Banderas, the Tyrant
Tirano Banderas
A Boy from Calabria Image
A Boy from Calabria
Felice
Letters from Marusia Image
Letters from Marusia
Gregorio
Caravaggio Image
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Summit Image
Summit
Paolo
A Man for Burning Image
A Man for Burning
Salvatore
Stark System Image
Stark System
Stark
Saul Image
Saul
David
Gangster Girl Image
Gangster Girl
Jascha Freud
Rosi About Eboli Image
Rosi About Eboli
Self
La strada più lunga Image
La strada più lunga
Michele
Pestalozzi's Mountain Image
Pestalozzi's Mountain
Pestalozzi
The Felling of the Forest Image
The Felling of the Forest
Guglielmo
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté Image
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Self (archive footage)
No Image
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
Self
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté Image
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Self (archive footage)
Zénon the Rebel Image
Zénon the Rebel
Self (archive footage)
No Image
La tenda in piazza
Self (voice) (uncredited)
No Image
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
Forgotten Activism Image
Forgotten Activism
Self (archive footage)
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata Image
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
Narrator (voice)
Phaedra Image
Phaedra
Ippolito