Gian Maria Volonté

Acting · Born 1933-04-09 in 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 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…

Filmography

• For a Few Dollars More as El Indio
• Journey Beneath the Desert as Tarath
• Le Cercle Rouge as Vogel
• Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion as Dottore
• Rosi About Eboli as Self
• Christ Stopped at Eboli as Carlo Levi
• Hercules and the Captive Women as Re di Sparta
• Open Doors as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
• A Bullet for the General as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
• The Witch as Fabrizio