
Gian Maria Volonté
Acting
Born: 1933-04-09 · Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Died: 1994-12-06
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
🎬 Movies (20)

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024
Self (archive footage)

Rosi About Eboli
2022
Self

We Are Cinema
2021
Self (archive footage)

Zénon the Rebel
2019
Self (archive footage)

Forgotten Activism
2017
Self (archive footage)

Spanish Western
2015
The Indian (archive footage)

Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
2005
Self (archive footage)

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
Self (archive footage)

Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004
Self (archive footage)

Banderas, the Tyrant
1993
Tirano Banderas

Funes, a Great Love
1993
El tano Bérgami

A Simple Story
1991
Carmelo Franzò

Open Doors
1990
Giudice Vito Di Francesco

Tre colonne in cronaca
1990
Alberto Landolfi

Pestalozzi's Mountain
1989
Pestalozzi

The Abyss
1988
Zenone

A Boy from Calabria
1987
Felice

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
Dr. Cristo Bedoya

The Moro Affair
1986
Aldo Moro

The Death of Mario Ricci
1983
Bernard Fontana
📺 TV Shows (9)

The Charterhouse of Parma
1982
Count Mosca

La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981
Plessis

Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
1980
Carlo Levi

Spécial cinéma
1974
Self

Diamoci del tu
1967
Self

Una vita in gioco
1965
Radek

Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
1964
Radek

Vita di Michelangelo
1964
Michelangelo

The Idiot
1959
Parfen Rogozin