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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.
Acted in 69
2010s
- 2015
Spanish Western
The Indian (archive footage)
1990s
- 1993
Banderas, the Tyrant
Tirano Banderas
Funes, a Great Love
El tano Bérgami
- 1991
A Simple Story
Carmelo Franzò
- 1990
Open Doors
Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Tre colonne in cronaca
Alberto Landolfi
1980s
- 1989
Pestalozzi's Mountain
Pestalozzi
- 1988
The Abyss
Zenone
- 1987
A Boy from Calabria
Felice
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Dr. Cristo Bedoya
- 1986
The Moro Affair
Aldo Moro
- 1983
The Death of Mario Ricci
Bernard Fontana
- 1982
The Charterhouse of Parma
Count Mosca · 6 episodes
- 1981
Lady of the Camelias
Plessis
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
Plessis · 2 episodes
- 1980
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Carlo Levi · 4 episodes
Stark System
Stark
1970s
- 1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Carlo Levi
- 1977
I Am Afraid
Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
- 1976
One Way or Another
M.
- 1975
Letters from Marusia
Gregorio
The Suspect
Emilio
- 1973
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Lucky Luciano
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
- 1972
Slap the Monster on Page One
Bizanti
The Mattei Affair
Enrico Mattei
- 1971
- 1970
Wind from the East
The Northern Ranger
1960s
- 1969
Under the Sign of Scorpio
Renno
The Bandit
Gramigna
- 1968
Summit
Paolo
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Aldo Cervi
- 1967
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
- 1966
A Gangstergirl
Jascha Freud
For Love and Gold
Teofilatto dei Leonzi
Wake Up and Die
Inspector Moroni
Seasons of Our Love
Leonardo Varzi
- 1965
La strada più lunga
Michele
Una vita in gioco
Radek · 1 episode
- 1964
Vita di Michelangelo
Michelangelo · 3 episodes
The Magnificent Cuckold
Assessore
- 1963
The Terrorist
Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
The Felling of the Forest
Guglielmo
Summer Night
Alberto
- 1962
The Four Days of Naples
Stimolo
A Man for Burning
Salvatore
- 1961
Journey Beneath the Desert
Tarath
- 1960
Under Ten Flags
Samuel Braunstein
1950s
- 1959
Saul
David
The Idiot
Parfen Rogozin · 6 episodes
La foresta pietrificata
Movie
- 1957
Phaedra
Ippolito
Other crew 1
1990s
- 1995
Wrote 1
1980s
- 1980
Stark System
Writer
Directed 1
1970s
- 1972
Reggio Calabria
Director
Appearances14
2020s
- 2024
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage)
- 2022
Rosi About Eboli
Self
- 2021
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
Zénon the Rebel
Self (archive footage)
- 2017
Forgotten Activism
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2005
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Self (archive footage)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
- 2004
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1978
Reflections on a Political Cinema
Self - Interviewee
- 1974
- 1973
Festival dell’Unità 1972
self
1960s
- 1969
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
Narrator (voice)
- 1967
Diamoci del tu
Self · 1 episode
Thanked in the credits1
2000s
- 2002
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
Thanks