Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1933-04-09
Day of Death
1994-12-06
Place of Birth
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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.
Filmography (75)
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024
Rosi About Eboli
2022
We Are Cinema
2021
Zénon the Rebel
2019
Forgotten Activism
2017
Spanish Western
2015
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004
Banderas, the Tyrant
1993
Funes, a Great Love
1993
A Simple Story
1991
Open Doors
1990
Tre colonne in cronaca
1990
