Personal Info
Known Credits
74
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1933-04-09 (92 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Also Known For
Johnny WelsGian-Maria VolonteДжан Мария Волонте
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 Stil ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
| Self (archive footage)
2022 --
Rosi About Eboli
| Self
2021 --
We Are Cinema
| Self (archive footage)
2019 --
Zénon the Rebel
| Self (archive footage)
2017 --
Forgotten Activism
| Self (archive footage)
2015 --
Spanish Western
| The Indian (archive footage)
2005 --
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
| Self (archive footage)
2005 --
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
| Self (archive footage)
2004 --
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
| Self (archive footage)
1993 --
Banderas, the Tyrant
| Tirano Banderas
1993 --
Funes, a Great Love
| El tano Bérgami
1991 --
A Simple Story
| Carmelo Franzò
1990 --
Open Doors
| Giudice Vito Di Francesco
1990 --
Tre colonne in cronaca
| Alberto Landolfi
1989 --
Pestalozzi's Mountain
| Pestalozzi
1988 --
The Abyss
| Zenone
1987 --
A Boy from Calabria
| Felice
1987 --
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
| Dr. Cristo Bedoya
1986 --
Il caso Moro
| Aldo Moro
1983 --
The Death of Mario Ricci
| Bernard Fontana
1981 --
Lady of the Camelias
| Plessis
1980 --
Stark System
| Stark
1979 --
Operation Ogre
| Izarra
1979 --
Christ Stopped at Eboli
| Carlo Levi
1978 --
Reflections on a Political Cinema
| Self - Interviewee
1977 --
I Am Afraid
| Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
1976 --
One Way or Another
| M.
1975 --
Letters from Marusia
| Gregorio
1975 --
The Suspect
| Emilio
1973 --
Giordano Bruno
| Giordano Bruno
1973 --
Lucky Luciano
| Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1972 --
Slap the Monster on Page One
| Bizanti
1972 --
The Assassination
| Sadiel
1972 --
La tenda in piazza
| Self (voice) (uncredited)
1972 --
The Mattei Affair
| Enrico Mattei
1971 --
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
| Lulù Massa
1971 --
Sacco & Vanzetti
| Bartolomeo Vanzetti
1970 --
Le Cercle Rouge
| Vogel
1970 --
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
| Dottore
1970 --
Many Wars Ago
| Lt. Ottolenghi
1970 --
Wind from the East
| Le Ranger Nordiste
1970 --
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
| Self
1970 --
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
| Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
1969 --
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
| Narrator (voice)
1969 --
Under the Sign of Scorpio
| Renno
1969 --
The Bandit
| Gramigna
1968 --
Summit
| Paolo
1968 --
The Violent Four
| Piero Cavallero
1968 --
The Seven Cervi Brothers
| Aldo Cervi
1967 --
Face to Face
| Professor Brett Fletcher
1967 --
Caravaggio
| Caravaggio
1967 --
We Still Kill the Old Way
| Professore Paolo Laurana
1967 --
A Bullet for the General
| Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
1966 --
Gangster Girl
| Jascha Freud
1966 --
The Witch
| Fabrizio
1966 --
For Love and Gold
| Teofilatto dei Leonzi
1966 --
Wake Up and Die
| Inspector Moroni
1966 --
Seasons of Our Love
| Leonardo Varzi
1965 --
For a Few Dollars More
| El Indio
1965 --
La strada più lunga
| Michele
1964 --
The Magnificent Cuckold
| Assessore
1964 --
A Fistful of Dollars
| Ramón Rojo
1963 --
The Terrorist
| Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
1963 --
The Felling of the Forest
| Guglielmo
1963 --
Summer Night
| Alberto
1962 --
The Four Days of Naples
| Stimolo
1962 --
A Man for Burning
| Salvatore
1961 --
On the Tiger's Back
| Papaleo
1961 --
Hercules and the Captive Women
| Re di Sparta
1961 --
Journey Beneath the Desert
| Tarath
1961 --
Girl with a Suitcase
| Piero Benotti
1960 --
Under Ten Flags
| Samuel Braunstein
1959 --
Saul
| David
1957 --
Phaedra
| Ippolito