Gian Maria Volonté

Actor

Born: April 9, 1933
Died: December 6, 1994 (age 61)
From: 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…

Filmography (77)

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
Lady of the Camelias (1981)
Plessis
Stark System (1980)
Stark
Operation Ogre (1979)
Izarra
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Carlo Levi
Reflections on a Political Cinema (1978)
Self - Interviewee
I Am Afraid (1977)
Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
One Way or Another (1976)
M.
Letters from Marusia (1975)
Gregorio
The Suspect (1975)
Emilio
Giordano Bruno (1973)
Giordano Bruno