Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1933-04-09
- Day of Death1994-12-06 (61 years)
- Place of BirthMilano, Lombardia, Italy
- Also Known AsJohnny WelsGian-Maria VolonteДжан Мария Волонте
Gian Maria Volonté
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1993
Banderas, the Tyrant
As: Tirano Banderas
- 1993
Funes, a Great Love
As: El tano Bérgami
- 1991
A Simple Story
As: Carmelo Franzò
- 1990
Open Doors
As: Giudice Vito Di Francesco
- 1990
Tre colonne in cronaca
As: Alberto Landolfi
- 1989
Pestalozzi's Mountain
As: Pestalozzi
- 1988
The Abyss
As: Zenone
- 1987
A Boy from Calabria
As: Felice
1987Chronicle of a Death Foretold
As: Dr. Cristo Bedoya
1986Il caso Moro
As: Aldo Moro
1983The Death of Mario Ricci
As: Bernard Fontana
1982The Charterhouse of Parma
As: Count Mosca
1981Lady of the Camelias
As: Plessis
1981La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
As: Plessis
1980Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
As: Carlo Levi
1980Stark System
As: Stark
1979Operation Ogre
As: Izarra
1979Christ Stopped at Eboli
As: Carlo Levi
1977I Am Afraid
As: Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
1976One Way or Another
As: M.
1975Letters from Marusia
As: Gregorio
1975The Suspect
As: Emilio
1973Giordano Bruno
As: Giordano Bruno
1973Lucky Luciano
As: Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1972Slap the Monster on Page One
As: Bizanti
1972The Assassination
As: Sadiel
1972The Mattei Affair
As: Enrico Mattei
1971The Working Class Goes to Heaven
As: Lulù Massa
1971Sacco & Vanzetti
As: Bartolomeo Vanzetti
- 1970
Le Cercle Rouge
As: Vogel
- 1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
As: Dottore
1970Many Wars Ago
As: Lt. Ottolenghi
1970Wind from the East
As: Le Ranger Nordiste
1969Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
As: Narrator (voice)
1969Under the Sign of Scorpio
As: Renno
1969The Bandit
As: Gramigna
1968Summit
As: Paolo
1968The Violent Four
As: Piero Cavallero
1968The Seven Cervi Brothers
As: Aldo Cervi
1967Face to Face
As: Professor Brett Fletcher
1967Caravaggio
As: Caravaggio
1967We Still Kill the Old Way
As: Professore Paolo Laurana
1967A Bullet for the General
As: Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
1966Gangster Girl
As: Jascha Freud
1966The Witch
As: Fabrizio
- 1966
For Love and Gold
As: Teofilatto dei Leonzi
1966Wake Up and Die
As: Inspector Moroni
1966Seasons of Our Love
As: Leonardo Varzi
- 1965
For a Few Dollars More
As: El Indio
1965La strada più lunga
As: Michele
1964Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
As: Radek
1964Vita di Michelangelo
As: Michelangelo
1964The Magnificent Cuckold
As: Assessore
- 1964
A Fistful of Dollars
As: Ramón Rojo
1963The Terrorist
As: Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
1963The Felling of the Forest
As: Guglielmo
1963Summer Night
As: Alberto
1962The Four Days of Naples
As: Stimolo
1962A Man for Burning
As: Salvatore
1961On the Tiger's Back
As: Papaleo
1961Hercules and the Captive Women
As: Re di Sparta
1961Journey Beneath the Desert
As: Tarath
1961Girl with a Suitcase
As: Piero Benotti
1960Under Ten Flags
As: Samuel Braunstein
1959Saul
As: David
1959The Idiot
As: Parfen Rogozin
1957Phaedra
As: Ippolito