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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 1 (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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