Gian Maria Volonté
Known for: Acting
Born: April 9, 1933
Died: December 6, 1994
Place of birth: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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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Filmography
79 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
7.1
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024
10.0
Rosi About Eboli
2022
9.5
We Are Cinema
2021
NR
Zénon the Rebel
2019
8.0
Forgotten Activism
2017
6.4
Spanish Western
2015
5.2
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005
6.7
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
6.5
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004
6.3
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
2002
7.5
Ulysses' Gaze
1995
5.4
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993
4.9
Funes, a Great Love
1993
6.8
A Simple Story
1991
7.2
Open Doors
1990
6.4
Tre colonne in cronaca
1990
6.5
Pestalozzi's Mountain
1989
5.4
The Abyss
1988
6.6
A Boy from Calabria
1987
7.3
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
6.6
The Moro Affair
1986
6.3
The Death of Mario Ricci
1983
8.5
The Charterhouse of Parma
1982
6.1
Lady of the Camelias
1981
4.0
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981
8.0
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
1980
8.5
Stark System
1980
6.9
Operation Ogre
1979
7.2
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
8.0
Reflections on a Political Cinema
1978
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
7.2
I Am Afraid
1977
7.7
One Way or Another
1976
5.6
Letters from Marusia
1975
6.6
The Suspect
1975
9.5
Spécial cinéma
1974
6.4
Giordano Bruno
1973
6.3
Lucky Luciano
1973
10.0
Festival dell’Unità 1972
1973
NR
Reggio Calabria
1972
7.7
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972
6.6
The Assassination
1972NR
La tenda in piazza
1972
7.5
The Mattei Affair
1972
7.8
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971
7.7
Sacco & Vanzetti
19717.7
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
1970
7.6
Le Cercle Rouge
1970
8.2
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970
7.3
Many Wars Ago
1970
6.7
Wind from the East
19706.8
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
1970
8.0
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
1969
5.7
Under the Sign of Scorpio
1969
5.5
The Bandit
1969
6.3
Summit
1968
6.6
The Violent Four
1968
6.9
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968
7.0
Face to Face
1967
9.0
Caravaggio
1967
8.0
Diamoci del tu
1967
6.7
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
6.6
A Bullet for the General
1967
4.6
A Gangstergirl
1966
6.5
The Witch
1966
7.7
For Love and Gold
1966
6.3
Wake Up and Die
1966
5.4
Seasons of Our Love
1966
8.0
For a Few Dollars More
1965
6.0
La strada più lunga
1965
8.0
Una vita in gioco
1965
9.0
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
1964
7.0
Vita di Michelangelo
1964
6.6
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
7.8
A Fistful of Dollars
1964
6.5
The Terrorist
1963
6.8
The Felling of the Forest
1963
6.3
Summer Night
1963
7.6
The Four Days of Naples
1962
5.6
A Man for Burning
1962
7.4
On the Tiger's Back
1961
4.3
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961
3.3
Journey Beneath the Desert
1961
7.1
Girl with a Suitcase
1961
5.7
Under Ten Flags
1960
NR
Saul
1959
8.3
The Idiot
1959
NR
La foresta pietrificata
1959
NR
Phaedra
1957