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.
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
Known For
A Fistful of Dollars
(1964)
Ramón Rojo
For a Few Dollars More
(1965)
El Indio
A Bullet for the General
(1967)
Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
Le Cercle Rouge
(1970)
Vogel
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
(1970)
Dottore
Lucky Luciano
(1973)
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
(1987)
Dr. Cristo Bedoya
Giordano Bruno
(1973)
Giordano Bruno
Christ Stopped at Eboli
(1979)
Carlo Levi
Face to Face
(1967)
Professor Brett Fletcher
Girl with a Suitcase
(1961)
Piero Benotti
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
(1971)
Lulù Massa
One Way or Another
(1976)
M.
Many Wars Ago
(1970)
Lt. Ottolenghi
Full Filmography
Acting
Fedra
(1957)
Ippolito
Under Ten Flags
(1960)
Samuel Braunstein
Journey Beneath the Desert
(1961)
Tarath
On the Tiger's Back
(1961)
Papaleo
Hercules and the Captive Women
(1961)
Re di Sparta
Girl with a Suitcase
(1961)
Piero Benotti
A Man for Burning
(1962)
Salvatore
The Four Days of Naples
(1962)
Stimolo
The Terrorist
(1963)
Renato Braschi , l'ingeniere
The Felling of the Forest
(1963)
Guglielmo
Summer Night
(1963)
Alberto
A Fistful of Dollars
(1964)
Ramón Rojo
The Magnificent Cuckold
(1964)
Assessore
La strada più lunga
(1965)
Michele
For a Few Dollars More
(1965)
El Indio
Seasons of Our Love
(1966)
Leonardo Varzi
The Witch
(1966)
Fabrizio
Wake Up and Die
(1966)
Inspector Moroni
For Love and Gold
(1966)
Teofilatto dei Leonzi
Gangster Girl
(1966)
Jascha Freud
We Still Kill the Old Way
(1967)
Professore Paolo Laurana
Face to Face
(1967)
Professor Brett Fletcher
A Bullet for the General
(1967)
Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
Caravaggio
(1967)
Caravaggio
Summit
(1968)
Paolo
The Violent Four
(1968)
Piero Cavallero
The Seven Cervi Brothers
(1968)
Aldo Cervi
Under the Sign of Scorpio
(1969)
Renno
Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
(1969)
Narrator (voice)
The Bandit
(1969)
Gramigna
Many Wars Ago
(1970)
Lt. Ottolenghi
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
(1970)
Self
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
(1970)
Self / Reenactor (uncredited)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
(1970)
Dottore
Le Cercle Rouge
(1970)
Vogel
Wind from the East
(1970)
Le ranger nordiste
Sacco & Vanzetti
(1971)
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
(1971)
Lulù Massa
La tenda in piazza
(1972)
Self (voice) (uncredited)
The Assassination
(1972)
Sadiel
Slap the Monster on Page One
(1972)
The Managing Editor of 'Il Giornale'
The Mattei Affair
(1972)
Enrico Mattei
Lucky Luciano
(1973)
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Giordano Bruno
(1973)
Giordano Bruno
The Suspect
(1975)
Emilio
Letters from Marusia
(1975)
Gregorio
One Way or Another
(1976)
M.
I Am Afraid
(1977)
Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
Reflections on a Political Cinema
(1978)
Self - Interviewee
Operation Ogre
(1979)
Izarra
Christ Stopped at Eboli
(1979)
Carlo Levi
Stark System
(1980)
Stark
Lady of the Camelias
(1981)
Plessis
The Death of Mario Ricci
(1983)
Bernard Fontana
Il caso Moro
(1986)
Aldo Moro
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
(1987)
Dr. Cristo Bedoya
A Boy from Calabria
(1987)
Felice
The Abyss
(1988)
Zenone
Pestalozzi's Mountain
(1989)
Pestalozzi
Tre colonne in cronaca
(1990)
Alberto Landolfi
Open Doors
(1990)
Giudice Vito Di Francesco
A Simple Story
(1991)
Carmelo Franzò
Banderas, the Tyrant
(1993)
Tirano Banderas
Funes, a Great Love
(1993)
El tano Bérgami
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
(2015)
The Indian (archive footage)
Forgotten Activism
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Zénon the Rebel
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Rosi About Eboli
(2022)
Self
Directing
Writing
Crew