Gottfried John
Born on August 29th, 1942
Berlin, Germany
Died on September 1st, 2014
Biography Gottfried John (German: [ˈjoːn];[1] 29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A long-time collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in many of the filmmaker's projects between 1975 and his death in 1982, including Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven, Despair, The Marriage of Maria Braun , and Berlin Alexanderplatz. His distinctive, gaunt appearance saw him he frequently cast as villains, and he is best known to audiences for his role as the corrupt General Arkady Orumov in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, and for his comedic turn as Julius Caesar in Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar, the latter for which he won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Filmography Emerald Green
2016
Dr. White (archive footage)
Details A World Beyond
2013
Dr. Jan Kersebohm
Details Life Is Too Long
2010
Georg Maria Stahl
Details Aghet
2010
Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
Details Rumpelstilzchen
2009
König Gustav
Details John Rabe
2009
Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Details The Papal Council
2008
Paolo Naldini
Details Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007
Self
Details Das zweite Leben
2007
Robert Kreutzer
Details A Pirate's Heart
2006
Konrad von Wallenrod
Details The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005
Dr. Emmanuel Droz
Details Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005
Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Details Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
2004
Aldo Caldini
Details Renzo e Lucia
2004
Innominato
Details Sams in Gefahr
2003
School Inspector
Details Entrusted
2003
Thomas von Gall - grandfather
Details Best Ever Bond
2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Details The Gathering Storm
2002
Friedrich von Schroder
Details Der Solist - In eigener Sache
2002
Martin Krohn
Details Proof of Life
2000
Eric Kessler
Details Mary Magdalene
2000
Erode Antipa
Details Balzac: A Life of Passion
1999
Count Hanska
Details Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
1999
Max Beckmann
Details Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
1999
Jules César
Details Die Fremde in meiner Brust
1998
Richard Keller
Details Life, Love & Celluloid
1998
Self
Details Mein zweites Leben
1998
Richard Keller
Details La casa dove abitava Corinne
1996
Michele Wolf
Details Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
1996
Kommissar Beckmann
Details GoldenEye
1995
General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
Details Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995
Herr Benjamenta
Details Brüder auf Leben und Tod
1995
Renato Calvi
Details Die Zeit danach
1994
man from Klagenfurt
Details Deadly Web
1994
Kommissar Max Beckmann
Details Ein letzter Wille
1994
Paul Elling
Details Das Sahara-Projekt
1993
Collani
Details Novalis - Die blaue Blume
1993
Sophies Vater
Details Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
1991
Robert Dallburg
Details Elfenbein
1991
Nicholas Messier
Details Wings of Fame
1990
Zlatogorski
Details Death Has A Bad Reputation
1990
Rodimstev
Details Schön war die Zeit
1988
Franz Bauer
Details Pattberg's Legacy
1987
Ulrich Vogtmann
Details Of Pure Blood
1986
Paul Bergmann
Details Otto - The Movie
1985
Sonnemann
Details Verworrene Bilanzen
1985
Karl M. Kronen
Details Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
1985
Bartolomé de las Casas
Details Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
1983
Petritschenko
Details Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie
1979
Clemens Koch
Details The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
Willi Klenze
Details Die Ratten
1979
Bruno Mechelke
Details Wo die Liebe hinfällt
1979
Character TBA
Details In a Year with 13 Moons
1978
Anton Saitz
Details 1982: Gutenbach
1978
Peter Kessel
Details The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977
Finkelberger
Details The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977
Character TBA
Details Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975
Jörg Niemeyer
Details Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
1971
Jaider
Details Café Oriental
1962
Character TBA
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