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