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Gian Maria Volonté
Dead 30 years ago on 06/12/2024

Gian Maria Volonté

Italian actor


Dead at 61 years
Birthday
Sunday
He is born 91 years, 7 months and 25 days ago
Death date
Tuesday

He is dead since 29 years, 11 months and 28 days

Cause of death: heart attack

Birthplace
Milan, Italy
Nationality: italian Italie
Categorie
Actors
Birth sign: Aries
Chinese birth sign: Rooster
Height

187 cm

Born the same day: 04/9/1933
Jean-Paul Belmondo

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) and Professor Brad Fletcher in Sergio Sollima's Face to Face (1967).

He had notable 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 (1970), 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), Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) and Giordano Bruno (1973), and Francesco Rosi's Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979).

Among other accolades, Volonté won two David di Donatello Awards and three Nastro d'Argento Awards. He won the Best Actor Award at the 36th Cannes Film Festival for The Death of Mario Ricci (1983), and the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival for The Moro Affair (1986). Director Francisco Rosi said that he "stole the soul of his characters".

Source : Wikipedia