Gian Maria Volonté
Age: N/A | From: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Johnny Wels , Gian-Maria Volonte , Джан Мария Волонте
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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Movie Involvements: 70
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
(1964) Radek
For a Few Dollars More
(1965) El Indio
The Charterhouse of Parma
(1982) Count Mosca
A Fistful of Dollars
(1964) Ramón Rojo
Vita di Michelangelo
(1964) Michelangelo
Le Cercle Rouge
(1970) Vogel
A Bullet for the General
(1967) Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
(1970) DottoreActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self | |
| 2021 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | The Indian (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2004 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1993 | Tirano Banderas | |
| El tano Bérgami | ||
| 1991 | Carmelo Franzò | |
| 1990 | Giudice Vito Di Francesco | |
| Alberto Landolfi | ||
| 1989 | Pestalozzi | |
| 1988 | Zenone | |
| 1987 | Felice | |
| Dr. Cristo Bedoya | ||
| 1986 | Aldo Moro | |
| 1983 | Bernard Fontana | |
| 1982 | Count Mosca | |
| 1981 | Plessis | |
| Plessis | ||
| 1980 | Stark | |
| 1979 | Izarra | |
| Carlo Levi | ||
| 1978 | Self - Interviewee | |
| 1977 | Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano | |
| 1976 | M. | |
| 1975 | Gregorio | |
| Emilio | ||
| 1973 | Giordano Bruno | |
| Charles 'Lucky' Luciano | ||
| 1972 | The Managing Editor of 'Il Giornale' | |
| Sadiel | ||
| Self (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Enrico Mattei | ||
| 1971 | Lulù Massa | |
| Bartolomeo Vanzetti | ||
| 1970 | Vogel | |
| Dottore | ||
| Lt. Ottolenghi | ||
| Le ranger nordiste | ||
| Self / Reenactor (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1969 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Renno | ||
| Gramigna | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| Piero Cavallero | ||
| Aldo Cervi | ||
| 1967 | Professor Brett Fletcher | |
| Caravaggio | ||
| Professore Paolo Laurana | ||
| Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho' | ||
| 1966 | Jascha Freud | |
| Fabrizio | ||
| Teofilatto dei Leonzi | ||
| Inspector Moroni | ||
| Leonardo Varzi | ||
| 1965 | El Indio | |
| Michele | ||
| 1964 | Radek | |
| Michelangelo | ||
| Assessore | ||
| Ramón Rojo | ||
| 1963 | Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere | |
| Guglielmo | ||
| Alberto | ||
| 1962 | Stimolo | |
| Salvatore | ||
| 1961 | Papaleo | |
| Re di Sparta | ||
| Tarath | ||
| Piero Benotti | ||
| 1960 | Samuel Braunstein | |
| 1959 | Parfen Rogozin | |
| 1957 | Ippolito | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | In Memory Of | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
