Gian Maria Volonté
Known for ActingBorn 1933-04-09 — died 1994-12-06Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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
A Fistful of Dollars
1964 · as Ramón Rojo
For a Few Dollars More
1965 · as El Indio
Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · as Vogel
Operation Ogre
1979 · as Izarra
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970 · as Dottore
The Assassination
1972 · as Sadiel
Face to Face
1967 · as Professor Brett Fletcher
The Abyss
1988 · as Zenone
For Love and Gold
1966 · as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
The Mattei Affair
1972 · as Enrico Mattei
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964 · as Assessore
A Bullet for the General
1967 · as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
We Are Cinema
2021 · as Self (archive footage)
Open Doors
1990 · as Giudice Vito Di Francesco
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987 · as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967 · as Professore Paolo Laurana
Spanish Western
2015 · as The Indian (archive footage)
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972 · as Bizanti