Gian Maria Volonté
Acting
Born April 9, 1933 · 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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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
Pestalozzi's Mountain
1989
The Abyss
1988
A Boy from Calabria
1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
The Moro Affair
1986
The Death of Mario Ricci
1983
Lady of the Camelias
1981
Stark System
1980
Operation Ogre
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
Reflections on a Political Cinema
1978
I Am Afraid
1977
One Way or Another
1976
Letters from Marusia
1975
The Suspect
1975
Giordano Bruno
1973
Lucky Luciano
1973
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972
The Assassination
1972
La tenda in piazza
1972
The Mattei Affair
1972
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971
Le Cercle Rouge
1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970
Many Wars Ago
1970
Wind from the East
1970
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
1970
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
1970
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
1969
Under the Sign of Scorpio
1969
The Bandit
1969
Summit
1968
The Violent Four
1968
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968
Face to Face
1967
Caravaggio
1967
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
A Bullet for the General
1967
A Gangstergirl
1966
The Witch
1966
For Love and Gold
1966
Wake Up and Die
1966
Seasons of Our Love
1966
For a Few Dollars More
1965
La strada più lunga
1965
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964
A Fistful of Dollars
1964
The Terrorist
1963
The Felling of the Forest
1963
Summer Night
1963
The Four Days of Naples
1962
A Man for Burning
1962
On the Tiger's Back
1961
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961
Journey Beneath the Desert
1961
Girl with a Suitcase
1961
Under Ten Flags
1960
Saul
1959
La foresta pietrificata
1959
Phaedra
1957