Gottfried John
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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.
Known for
Credits
GoldenEye (1995)
as Colonel Ourumov
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999)
as Jules César
Proof of Life (2000)
as Eric Kessler
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
as Willi Klenze
Ruby Red (2013)
as Dr. White
Flood (2007)
as Arthur Moyes
Emerald Green (2016)
as Dr. White (archive footage)
The Gathering Storm (2002)
as Friedrich von Schroder
Fedora (1978)
as Kritos
Lili Marleen (1981)
as Aaron
In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
as Anton Saitz
Abraham (1993)
as Eliezer
John Rabe (2009)
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Night of the Fox (1990)
as Hofer
The Ogre (1996)
as Chief Forester
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
as Herr Benjamenta
A World Beyond (2013)
as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005)
as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
Wings of Fame (1990)
as Zlatogorski
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt (1962)
Actor
Mary Magdalene (2000)
as Erode Antipa
Wo die Liebe hinfällt (1979)
Actor
Mata Hari (1985)
as Wolff
Am I Beautiful? (1998)
as Herbert
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975)
as Jörg Niemeyer
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt (1999)
as Max Beckmann
1982: Gutenbach (1978)
as Peter Kessel
Deadly Web (1994)
as Kommissar Max Beckmann
Death Has a Bad Reputation (1990)
as Rodimstev
Life Is Too Long (2010)
as Georg Maria Stahl
Julie, chevalier de Maupin (2005)
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Despair (1978)
as Perebrodov
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle (1996)
as Kommissar Beckmann
Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999)
as Count Hanska
The Mistake (1992)
as Jacob Alain
Otto - The Movie (1985)
as Sonnemann
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter (1971)
as Jaider
Glatteis (1998)
as Kurt Wallmann
Novalis - Die blaue Blume (1994)
as Sophies Vater
Der Solist - In eigener Sache (2002)
as Martin Krohn
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz (2004)
as Aldo Caldini
Augustus: The First Emperor (2003)
as Cicero
Aghet (2010)
as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977)
as Finkelberger
Die Fremde in meiner Brust (1998)
as Richard Keller
My Magical Friend Sams (2003)
as School Inspector
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt (1983)
as Petritschenko
Schön war die Zeit (1988)
as Franz Bauer
Entrusted (2003)
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
Teuflischer Engel (1999)
as Henry Martens
Of Pure Blood (1986)
as Paul Bergmann
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne (1991)
as Robert Dallburg
Elfenbein (1991)
as Nicholas Messier
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story (2007)
as Self
Black Flowers (2009)
as Curtis
Chinese Boxes (1984)
as Zwemmer
Ein letzter Wille (1994)
as Paul Elling
The Papal Council (2008)
as Paolo Naldini
La casa dove abitava Corinne (1996)
as Michele Wolf
Brüder auf Leben und Tod (1995)
as Renato Calvi
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter (1985)
as Bartolomé de las Casas
A Pirate's Heart (2006)
as Konrad von Wallenrod
Super (1984)
Actor
Renzo e Lucia (2004)
as Innominato
Mein zweites Leben (1998)
as Richard Keller
Cowgirl (2004)
as Hans Krahl
Life, Love & Celluloid (1998)
as Self
Das zweite Leben (2007)
as Robert Kreutzer
Verworrene Bilanzen (1985)
as Karl M. Kronen
Carlos (1971)
as Carlos
Der Fall Franza (1987)
as Captain
Pattberg's Legacy (1987)
as Ulrich Vogtmann
Die Löwin (2012)
as Jo
The Followers (1985)
as Brocke
Die Ratten (1979)
as Bruno Mechelke
Marija (1978)
as Filipp
Rumpelstilzchen (2009)
as König Gustav
Café Oriental (1962)
Actor
Die Zeit danach (1994)
as man from Klagenfurt