Acting credits
81
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Gian Maria Volonté
Acting
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Movies: 74Series: 9Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 14276
IMDb ID: nm0002231
Known for: Acting
Born: April 9, 1933
Died: December 6, 1994
Age: 61
Place of birth: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1957 - 2024
Years active: 68
Average TMDB rating: 7.01
Wikidata: Q317110
Also known as
Johnny Wels • Gian-Maria Volonte • Джан Мария Волонте
Other jobs
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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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Gian Maria Volonté.
7.1
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
10.0
Rosi About Eboli
as Self
2022 Movie
9.5
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Zénon the Rebel
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
8.0
Forgotten Activism
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
6.2
Spanish Western
as The Indian (archive footage)
2015 Movie
5.2
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
as Self (archive footage)
2005 Movie
6.7
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
2005 Movie
6.5
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
as Self (archive footage)
2004 Movie
7.4
Ulysses' Gaze
In Memory Of
1995 Movie
5.1
Banderas, the Tyrant
as Tirano Banderas
1993 Movie
4.6
Funes, a Great Love
as El tano Bérgami
1993 Movie
6.8
A Simple Story
as Carmelo Franzò
1991 Movie
7.2
Open Doors
as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
1990 Movie
5.9
Tre colonne in cronaca
as Alberto Landolfi
1990 Movie
6.3
Pestalozzi's Mountain
as Pestalozzi
1989 Movie
5.2
The Abyss
as Zenone
1988 Movie
6.5
A Boy from Calabria
as Felice
1987 Movie
7.3
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
1987 Movie
6.5
The Moro Affair
as Aldo Moro
1986 Movie
6.0
The Death of Mario Ricci
as Bernard Fontana
1983 Movie
6.0
Lady of the Camelias
as Plessis
1981 Movie
10.0
Stark System
as Stark
1980 Movie
6.9
Operation Ogre
as Izarra
1979 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Gian Maria Volonté.
10.0
The Charterhouse of Parma
as Count Mosca • 6 eps
1982 Series
4.0
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
as Plessis • 2 eps
1981 Series
8.0
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
as Carlo Levi • 4 eps
1980 Series
Spécial cinéma
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
8.0
Diamoci del tu
as Self • 1 eps
1967 Series
Una vita in gioco
as Radek • 1 eps
1965 Series
9.4
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
as Radek • 1 eps
1964 Series
5.5
Vita di Michelangelo
as Michelangelo • 3 eps
1964 Series
6.5
The Idiot
as Parfen Rogozin • 6 eps
1959 Series