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Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor and activist. He is best known for his roles in four Spaghetti 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 ...
Gian Maria Volonté è stato un attore italiano. Interprete versatile e incisivo, Volonté è spesso annoverato fra i migliori attori della storia del cinema, non solo italiano, venendo ricordato per il mimetismo, la presenza magnetica e la recitazione matura. Il regista Francesco Rosi disse di lui che «rubava l'anima ai suoi ...
Gian Maria Volontè was a celebrated Italian actor who starred in many films by Sergio Leone, Elio Petri and Francesco Rosi. He won several awards, including the Nastro d'Argento and the Cannes Grand Prix, and died in Greece in 1994.
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- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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- Florina, Greece
Gian Maria Volontè. Actor: A Fistful of Dollars. Born in Milan in 1933, Gian Maria Volontè studied in Rome at the National Dramatic Arts Academy, where he obtained his degree in 1957.
- April 9, 1933
- December 6, 1994
Dec 7, 1994 · Gian Maria Volonte, whose chiseled features and militant leftist politics left their mark on European theater, film and television, died today while on location in Greece. He was 61 and lived...
Dec 6, 1994 · 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.
Nov 20, 2017 · An icon of 1970s cinema, an activist leftist actor, Gian Maria Volontè incarnated the spirit of those terrible years in Italy known as Anni di Piombo (Years of Lead) both in his private life and on screen. Social and political commitment was crucial for him, as a man and as an artist.
