Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 9, 1933
Place of Birth
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Also Known As
- Johnny Wels
- Gian-Maria Volonte
- Джан 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 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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Known For - Movies
A Fistful of Dollars
as Ramón Rojo
For a Few Dollars More
as El Indio
Seasons of Our Love
as Leonardo Varzi
Stark System
as Stark
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Le Cercle Rouge
as Vogel
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
as Dottore
Sacco & Vanzetti
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
On the Tiger's Back
as Papaleo
The Assassination
as Sadiel
Known For - TV Shows
Spécial cinéma
as Self
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
as Radek
The Charterhouse of Parma
as Count Mosca
Diamoci del tu
as Self
Diamoci del tu
Vita di Michelangelo
as Michelangelo
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
as Plessis
The Idiot
as Parfen Rogozin
Una vita in gioco
as Radek
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
as Carlo Levi