Gian Maria Volonté
Acting
Born April 9, 1933 · 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…
Known For · 40 titles
Spécial cinéma
Ciné regards
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Violent Four
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
Le Cercle Rouge
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Festival dell’Unità 1972
The Charterhouse of Parma
Una vita in gioco
Diamoci del tu
Operation Ogre
For Love and Gold
The Abyss
Face to Face
A Bullet for the General
Wake Up and Die
Under Ten Flags
The Assassination
Girl with a Suitcase
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Lady of the Camelias
We Are Cinema
Summer Night
The Idiot
Zénon the Rebel
Vita di Michelangelo
The Magnificent Cuckold
Open Doors
Giordano Bruno
Lucky Luciano
Reflections on a Political Cinema
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Hercules and the Captive Women
Christ Stopped at Eboli
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
We Still Kill the Old Way
Sacco & Vanzetti