Gottfried John
Acting
Born August 29, 1942 · 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.
Films (78)
Emerald Green
2016
A World Beyond
2013
Ruby Red
2013
Die Löwin
2012
Life Is Too Long
2010
Aghet
2010
Rumpelstilzchen
2009
Black Flowers
2009
John Rabe
2009
The Papal Council
2008
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007
Flood
2007
Das zweite Leben
2007
A Pirate's Heart
2006
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005
Cowgirl
2004
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
2004
Renzo e Lucia
2004
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
My Magical Friend Sams
2003
Entrusted
2003
The Gathering Storm
2002
Der Solist - In eigener Sache
2002
Proof of Life
2000
Mary Magdalene
2000
Balzac: A Life of Passion
1999
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
1999
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
1999
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
1998
Am I Beautiful?
1998
Life, Love & Celluloid
1998
Glatteis
1998
Mein zweites Leben
1998
La casa dove abitava Corinne
1996
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
1996
The Ogre
1996
GoldenEye
1995
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995
Brüder auf Leben und Tod
1995
Die Zeit danach
1994
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
1994
Deadly Web
1994
Ein letzter Wille
1994
Abraham
1993
The Mistake
1992
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
1991
Elfenbein
1991
Night of the Fox
1990
Wings of Fame
1990
Death Has a Bad Reputation
1990
Schön war die Zeit
1988
Pattberg's Legacy
1987
Der Fall Franza
1987
Of Pure Blood
1986
Mata Hari
1985
Otto - The Movie
1985
The Followers
1985
Verworrene Bilanzen
1985
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
1985
Chinese Boxes
1984
Super
1984
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
1983
Lili Marleen
1981
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
Die Ratten
1979
Wo die Liebe hinfällt
1979
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978
1982: Gutenbach
1978
Marija
1978
Despair
1978
Fedora
1978
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975
Carlos
1971
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
1971
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
1962
Café Oriental
1962