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Gian Maria Volonté

Gian Maria Volonté

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 S

Born

Apr 09, 1933

Milano, Lombardia, Italy

Died

Dec 06, 1994

Known For

Acting

Movies

75 acting

5 crew

Popularity

1.1

Known For

A Fistful of Dollars
A Fistful of Dollars
1964 as Ramón Rojo
★ 7.8
For a Few Dollars More
For a Few Dollars More
1965 as El Indio
★ 8.0
Le Cercle Rouge
Le Cercle Rouge
1970 as Vogel
★ 7.6
Face to Face
Face to Face
1967 as Professor Brett Fletcher
★ 7.0
A Bullet for the General
A Bullet for the General
1967 as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
★ 6.6
Many Wars Ago
Many Wars Ago
1970 as Lt. Ottolenghi
★ 7.3
Girl with a Suitcase
Girl with a Suitcase
1961 as Piero Benotti
★ 7.1
Operation Ogre
Operation Ogre
1979 as Izarra
★ 6.9
Hercules and the Captive Women
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961 as Re di Sparta
★ 4.2
Sacco & Vanzetti
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971 as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
★ 7.6
For Love and Gold
For Love and Gold
1966 as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
★ 7.7
Slap the Monster on Page One
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972 as Bizanti
★ 7.6
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987 as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
★ 7.3
The Mattei Affair
The Mattei Affair
1972 as Enrico Mattei
★ 7.5
The Magnificent Cuckold
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964 as Assessore
★ 6.5
The Assassination
The Assassination
1972 as Sadiel
★ 6.7
We Are Cinema
We Are Cinema
2021 as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.5
One Way or Another
One Way or Another
1976 as M.
★ 7.6
On the Tiger's Back
On the Tiger's Back
1961 as Papaleo
★ 7.2
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
1973 as Giordano Bruno
★ 6.3
We Still Kill the Old Way
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967 as Professore Paolo Laurana
★ 6.6
The Abyss
The Abyss
1988 as Zenone
★ 5.2
The Seven Cervi Brothers
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968 as Aldo Cervi
★ 6.9
The Moro Affair
The Moro Affair
1986 as Aldo Moro
★ 6.5
Lucky Luciano
Lucky Luciano
1973 as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
★ 6.3
Lady of the Camelias
Lady of the Camelias
1981 as Plessis
★ 6.0
The Witch
The Witch
1966 as Fabrizio
★ 6.4
The Four Days of Naples
The Four Days of Naples
1962 as Stimolo
★ 7.5
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
1969 as Narrator (voice)
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971 as Lulù Massa
★ 7.8
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979 as Carlo Levi
★ 7.1
Under Ten Flags
Under Ten Flags
1960 as Samuel Braunstein
★ 5.5
The Violent Four
The Violent Four
1968 as Piero Cavallero
★ 6.5
Wake Up and Die
Wake Up and Die
1966 as Inspector Moroni
★ 6.2
A Boy from Calabria
A Boy from Calabria
1987 as Felice
★ 6.5
Under the Sign of Scorpio
Under the Sign of Scorpio
1969 as Renno
★ 5.4
I Am Afraid
I Am Afraid
1977 as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
★ 7.1
The Terrorist
The Terrorist
1963 as Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
★ 6.4
A Man for Burning
A Man for Burning
1962 as Salvatore
★ 5.2
Banderas, the Tyrant
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993 as Tirano Banderas
★ 5.1
movie
★ 6.8
A Gangstergirl
A Gangstergirl
1966 as Jascha Freud
★ 4.0
The Death of Mario Ricci
The Death of Mario Ricci
1983 as Bernard Fontana
★ 6.0
Open Doors
Open Doors
1990 as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
★ 7.2
Journey Beneath the Desert
Journey Beneath the Desert
1961 as Tarath
★ 2.4
movie
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
1970 as Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
★ 7.7
Spanish Western
Spanish Western
2015 as The Indian (archive footage)
★ 6.2
The Suspect
The Suspect
1975 as Emilio
★ 6.3
Stark System
Stark System
1980 as Stark
★ 10.0
Zénon the Rebel
Zénon the Rebel
2019 as Self (archive footage)
Letters from Marusia
Letters from Marusia
1975 as Gregorio
★ 5.4
Wind from the East
Wind from the East
1970 as The Northern Ranger
★ 6.8
Summit
Summit
1968 as Paolo
★ 5.5
Summer Night
Summer Night
1963 as Alberto
★ 5.9
Tre colonne in cronaca
Tre colonne in cronaca
1990 as Alberto Landolfi
★ 5.9
The Bandit
The Bandit
1969 as Gramigna
★ 5.1
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
Pestalozzi's Mountain
Pestalozzi's Mountain
1989 as Pestalozzi
★ 6.3
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
1967 as Caravaggio
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.7
La strada più lunga
La strada più lunga
1965 as Michele
★ 6.0
A Simple Story
A Simple Story
1991 as Carmelo Franzò
★ 6.8
Seasons of Our Love
Seasons of Our Love
1966 as Leonardo Varzi
★ 5.0
Phaedra
Phaedra
1957 as Ippolito
Funes, a Great Love
Funes, a Great Love
1993 as El tano Bérgami
★ 4.6
movie
La tenda in piazza
1972 as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Saul
Saul
1959 as David
The Felling of the Forest
The Felling of the Forest
1963 as Guglielmo
★ 7.0
Reflections on a Political Cinema
Reflections on a Political Cinema
1978 as Self - Interviewee
★ 8.0
Rosi About Eboli
Rosi About Eboli
2022 as Self
★ 10.0
Forgotten Activism
Forgotten Activism
2017 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005 as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.2