Gottfried John
Acting · Born 1942-08-29 · age 72 at death · Berlin, Germany
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.
Titles
GoldenEye
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Ruby Red
Emerald Green
Proof of Life
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Millennium
Flood
Fedora
Otto - The Movie
John Rabe
Scene of the Crime
In a Year with 13 Moons
Lili Marleen
World on a Wire
The Gathering Storm
Abraham
Derrick
The Ogre
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Despair
Mata Hari
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Polizeiruf 110
My Magical Friend Sams
Wings of Fame
Am I Beautiful?
Super
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
A Case For Two
Entrusted
Night of the Fox
Mary Magdalene
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Space Rangers
Balzac: A Life of Passion
A Pirate's Heart
Donna Leon
The Commissioner
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Black Flowers
Augustus: The First Emperor
Wolffs Revier
The Mistake
Cowgirl
Aghet
Game, Set, and Match
Die Cleveren
Rumpelstilzchen
Life Is Too Long
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
A World Beyond
Chinese Boxes
Café Oriental
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
Schön war die Zeit
Balzac