Gottfried John
Acting

Gottfried John

Born 29 August 1942 · Berlin, Germany · Died 1 September 2014

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

GoldenEye
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Ruby Red
Proof of Life
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Flood
Fedora
Otto - The Movie
John Rabe
Lili Marleen
In a Year with 13 Moons
World on a Wire
Ruby Red
A World Beyond
Die Löwin
Life Is Too Long
Aghet
John Rabe
Black Flowers
Rumpelstilzchen
The Papal Council
Flood
A Pirate's Heart
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
Cowgirl
Renzo e Lucia
My Magical Friend Sams
Entrusted
Augustus: The First Emperor
The Gathering Storm
Mary Magdalene
Proof of Life
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Balzac: A Life of Passion
Am I Beautiful?
The Ogre
La casa dove abitava Corinne
GoldenEye
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
Abraham
The Mistake
Night of the Fox
Wings of Fame
Death Has a Bad Reputation
Schön war die Zeit
Of Pure Blood
Mata Hari
Otto - The Movie
The Followers
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
Chinese Boxes
Super
Lili Marleen
The Marriage of Maria Braun
In a Year with 13 Moons
Fedora
Despair
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Carlos
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
Café Oriental
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
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