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 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 Known For

Spécial cinéma

as Self

A Fistful of Dollars

as Ramón Rojo

For a Few Dollars More

as El Indio

Open Doors

as Giudice Vito Di Francesco

The Assassination

as Sadiel

Operation Ogre

as Izarra

Le inchieste del commissario Maigret

as Radek

Phaedra

as Ippolito

Le Cercle Rouge

as Vogel

The Magnificent Cuckold

as Assessore

A Bullet for the General

as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

as Dottore

Sacco & Vanzetti

as Bartolomeo Vanzetti

The Charterhouse of Parma

as Count Mosca

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

as Dr. Cristo Bedoya

Lucky Luciano

as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

For Love and Gold

as Teofilatto dei Leonzi

The Working Class Goes to Heaven

as Lulù Massa

Wind from the East

as The Northern Ranger

Hercules and the Captive Women

as Re di Sparta