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).
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Filmography
Cast Credits
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2024
Rosi About Eboli
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
We Are Cinema
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2021
Zénon the Rebel
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2019
Forgotten Activism
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2017
Spanish Western
Character: The Indian (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2015
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2005
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2004
Banderas, the Tyrant
Character: Tirano Banderas
MOVIE • 1993
Funes, a Great Love
Character: El tano Bérgami
MOVIE • 1993
A Simple Story
Character: Carmelo Franzò
MOVIE • 1991
Open Doors
Character: Giudice Vito Di Francesco
MOVIE • 1990
Tre colonne in cronaca
Character: Alberto Landolfi
MOVIE • 1990
Pestalozzi's Mountain
Character: Pestalozzi
MOVIE • 1989
The Abyss
Character: Zenone
MOVIE • 1988
A Boy from Calabria
Character: Felice
MOVIE • 1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Character: Dr. Cristo Bedoya
MOVIE • 1987
The Moro Affair
Character: Aldo Moro
MOVIE • 1986
The Death of Mario Ricci
Character: Bernard Fontana
MOVIE • 1983
Crew
