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Gian Maria Volonté

Gian Maria Volonté

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 09, 1933
Died Dec 06, 1994 (61)
Birthplace Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Aug 24, 2025
Entry Date Apr 26, 2024
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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 notabl ... e 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.

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A Simple Story

A Simple Story

1991

as Carmelo Franzò

Caravaggio

Caravaggio

1967

as Caravaggio

For a Few Dollars More

For a Few Dollars More

1965

as El Indio

A Fistful of Dollars

A Fistful of Dollars

1964

as Ramón Rojo

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Charterhouse of Parma

as Count Mosca

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 12, 1982

The Idiot

as Parfen Rogozin

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 26, 1959

Cristo si è fermato a Eboli

as Carlo Levi

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 17, 1980

Vita di Michelangelo

as Michelangelo

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 13, 1964

La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie

as Plessis

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 26, 1981

Le inchieste del commissario Maigret

as Radek

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 27, 1964

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1974

Diamoci del tu

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 27, 1967

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