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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.

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