Gian Maria Volonté
Acting
- Born:
- 1933-04-09
- Died:
- 1994-12-06
- Place of birth:
- Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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.
Known For
Filmography
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Rosi About Eboli
We Are Cinema
Zénon the Rebel
Forgotten Activism
Spanish Western
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Banderas, the Tyrant
Funes, a Great Love
A Simple Story
Open Doors
Tre colonne in cronaca
Pestalozzi's Mountain
The Abyss
A Boy from Calabria
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
The Moro Affair
The Death of Mario Ricci
The Charterhouse of Parma
Lady of the Camelias
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Stark System
Operation Ogre
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Reflections on a Political Cinema
Ciné regards
I Am Afraid
One Way or Another
Letters from Marusia
The Suspect
Spécial cinéma
Giordano Bruno
Lucky Luciano
Festival dell’Unità 1972
Slap the Monster on Page One
The Assassination
La tenda in piazza
The Mattei Affair
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Sacco & Vanzetti
Documents on Giuseppe Pinelli
Le Cercle Rouge
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Many Wars Ago
Wind from the East
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
Under the Sign of Scorpio
The Bandit
Summit
The Violent Four
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Face to Face
Caravaggio
Diamoci del tu
We Still Kill the Old Way
A Bullet for the General
A Gangstergirl
The Witch
For Love and Gold
Wake Up and Die
Seasons of Our Love
For a Few Dollars More
La strada più lunga
Una vita in gioco
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
Vita di Michelangelo
The Magnificent Cuckold
A Fistful of Dollars
The Terrorist
The Felling of the Forest
Summer Night
The Four Days of Naples
A Man for Burning
On the Tiger's Back
Hercules and the Captive Women
Journey Beneath the Desert
Girl with a Suitcase
Under Ten Flags
Saul
The Idiot
La foresta pietrificata
Phaedra