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.
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Movies (46)
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Rosi About Eboli
as Self
2022
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Zénon the Rebel
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Forgotten Activism
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Spanish Western
as The Indian (archive footage)
2015
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Ulysses' Gaze
In Memory Of (Crew)
1995
Banderas, the Tyrant
as Tirano Banderas
1993
Funes, a Great Love
as El tano Bérgami
1993
A Simple Story
as Carmelo Franzò
1991
Open Doors
as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
1990
Tre colonne in cronaca
as Alberto Landolfi
1990
Pestalozzi's Mountain
as Pestalozzi
1989
The Abyss
as Zenone
1988
A Boy from Calabria
as Felice
1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
1987
The Moro Affair
as Aldo Moro
1986
The Death of Mario Ricci
as Bernard Fontana
1983
Lady of the Camelias
as Plessis
1981
Stark System
as Stark
1980
Operation Ogre
as Izarra
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Carlo Levi
1979
Reflections on a Political Cinema
as Self - Interviewee
1978
I Am Afraid
as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
1977
One Way or Another
as M.
1976
Letters from Marusia
as Gregorio
1975
The Suspect
as Emilio
1975
Giordano Bruno
as Giordano Bruno
1973
Lucky Luciano
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1973
Reggio Calabria
Director (Directing)
1972
Slap the Monster on Page One
as Bizanti
1972
The Assassination
as Sadiel
1972
La tenda in piazza
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
1972
The Mattei Affair
as Enrico Mattei
1972
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
as Lulù Massa
1971
Sacco & Vanzetti
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
1971
Le Cercle Rouge
as Vogel
1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
as Dottore
1970
Many Wars Ago
as Lt. Ottolenghi
1970
Wind from the East
as The Soldier
1970
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
1970
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
as Self
1970
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
as Narrator (voice)
1969
