Cast

Gian Maria Volontè

1933 – 1994

Active years (films on this site)

1961–1990

Genres

DramaCrimeHistoryWesternThriller

Schools and movements

Italian Neorealism and AfterPolitical and Investigative CinemaContemporary European Art CinemaSpaghetti Western

Directors worked with

Francesco Rosi5 filmsElio Petri4 filmsSergio Leone2 filmsGiuliano Montaldo2 filmsValerio Zurlini1 filmMario Monicelli1 filmDamiano Damiani1 filmSergio Sollima1 filmCarlo Lizzani1 filmJean-Pierre Melville1 filmMarco Bellocchio1 filmYves Boisset1 filmMiguel Littín1 filmGillo Pontecorvo1 filmClaude Goretta1 filmGiuseppe Ferrara1 filmGianni Amelio1 film

Biography

Gian Maria Volonté was an Italian actor and activist. He is known for his roles in Italian Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964), El Indio in Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965), El Chuncho Munoz in Damiano Damiani's A Bullet for the General (1966) and Professor Brad Fletcher in Sergio Sollima's Face to Face (1967) as well as 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 (1970), The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971), and Todo modo (1976).

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Awards and honours

International

• Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor 1983
• Silver Bear 1987
• Silver Bear for Best Actor 1987
• European Film Academy Special Jury Award 1990
• Leopard of Honour 1990
• Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 1991
• Grolla d'oro for Lifetime Achievement 1998
• David di Donatello for Best Actor
• Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor

National / local

• Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor 1968
• Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor 1970
• Taormina Film Fest 1977
• Giffoni Film Festival 1991
• Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor 1991
• Premio Vittorio De Sica

26 films on this site

1. Girl with a Suitcase 1961 · Valerio Zurlini · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
2. A Fistful of Dollars 1964 · Sergio Leone · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
3. For a Few Dollars More 1965 · Sergio Leone · IMDb 8.2 · Cast
4. L'armata Brancaleone 1966 · Mario Monicelli · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
5. A Bullet for the General 1967 · Damiano Damiani · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
6. Face to Face (1967) 1967 · Sergio Sollima · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
7. We Still Kill the Old Way 1967 · Elio Petri · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
8. Banditi a Milano 1968 · Carlo Lizzani · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
9. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 1970 · Elio Petri · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
10. Le Cercle rouge 1970 · Jean-Pierre Melville · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
11. Many Wars Ago 1970 · Francesco Rosi · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
12. Sacco & Vanzetti 1971 · Giuliano Montaldo · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
13. The Working Class Goes to Heaven 1971 · Elio Petri · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
14. Slap the Monster on Page One 1972 · Marco Bellocchio · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
15. The French Conspiracy 1972 · Yves Boisset · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
16. The Mattei Affair 1972 · Francesco Rosi · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
17. Giordano Bruno 1973 · Giuliano Montaldo · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
18. Lucky Luciano 1973 · Francesco Rosi · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
19. Actas de Marusia 1975 · Miguel Littín · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
20. Todo modo 1976 · Elio Petri · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
21. Christ Stopped at Eboli 1979 · Francesco Rosi · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
22. Ogro 1979 · Gillo Pontecorvo · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
23. The Death of Mario Ricci 1983 · Claude Goretta · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
24. The Moro Affair 1986 · Giuseppe Ferrara · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
25. Chronicle of a Death Foretold 1987 · Francesco Rosi · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
26. Open Doors 1990 · Gianni Amelio · IMDb 7.1 · Cast