Gottfried John
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-08-29
Day of Death
2014-09-01 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Gottfried John
Biography
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.
Acting
(2016)
Emerald Green
as Dr. White (archive footage)
(2013)
Ruby Red
as Dr. White
(2013)
A World Beyond
as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
(2012)
Die Löwin
as Jo
(2010)
Aghet
as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
(2010)
Life Is Too Long
as Georg Maria Stahl
(2009)
John Rabe
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
(2009)
Black Flowers
as Curtis
(2009)
Rumpelstilzchen
as König Gustav
(2008)
The Papal Council
as Paolo Naldini
(2007)
Flood
as Arthur Moyes
(2007)
Das zweite Leben
as Robert Kreutzer
(2007)
(2006)
A Pirate's Heart
as Konrad von Wallenrod
(2005)
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
(2005)
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
(2004)
Renzo e Lucia
as Innominato
(2004)
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
as Aldo Caldini
(2004)
Cowgirl
as Hans Krahl
(2003)
Entrusted
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
(2003)
My Magical Friend Sams
as School Inspector
(2003)
Augustus: The First Emperor
as Cicero
(2002)
The Gathering Storm
as Friedrich von Schroder
(2002)
Best Ever Bond
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2002)
Der Solist - In eigener Sache
as Martin Krohn
(2000)
Proof of Life
as Eric Kessler
(2000)
Mary Magdalene
as Erode Antipa
(1999)
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
as Jules César
(1999)
Balzac: A Life of Passion
as Count Hanska
(1999)
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
as Max Beckmann
(1998)
Am I Beautiful?
as Herbert
(1998)
Mein zweites Leben
as Richard Keller
(1998)
Glatteis
as Kurt Wallmann
(1998)
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
as Richard Keller
(1998)
Life, Love & Celluloid
as Self
(1996)
The Ogre
as Chief Forester
(1996)
La casa dove abitava Corinne
as Michele Wolf
(1996)
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
as Kommissar Beckmann
(1995)
GoldenEye
as Colonel Ourumov
(1995)
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
as Herr Benjamenta
(1995)
Brüder auf Leben und Tod
as Renato Calvi
(1994)
Ein letzter Wille
as Paul Elling
(1994)
Deadly Web
as Kommissar Max Beckmann
(1994)
Die Zeit danach
as man from Klagenfurt
(1993)
Abraham
as Eliezer
(1993)
Das Sahara-Projekt
as Collani
(1993)
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
as Sophies Vater
(1992)
The Mistake
as Jacob Alain
(1991)
Elfenbein
as Nicholas Messier
(1991)
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
as Robert Dallburg
(1990)
Night of the Fox
as Hofer
(1990)
Wings of Fame
as Zlatogorski
(1990)
Death Has A Bad Reputation
as Rodimstev
(1988)
Schön war die Zeit
as Franz Bauer
(1987)
Der Fall Franza
as Captain
(1987)
Pattberg's Legacy
as Ulrich Vogtmann
(1986)
Of Pure Blood
as Paul Bergmann
(1985)
Mata Hari
as Wolff
(1985)
Otto - The Movie
as Sonnemann
(1985)
Verworrene Bilanzen
as Karl M. Kronen
(1985)
Die Mitläufer
as Brocke
(1985)
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
as Bartolomé de las Casas
(1984)
Chinese Boxes
as Zwemmer
(1984)
(1983)
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
as Petritschenko
(1981)
Lili Marleen
as Aaron
(1979)
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Willi Klenze
(1979)
(1979)
Die Ratten
as Bruno Mechelke
(1979)
Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie
as Clemens Koch
(1978)
In a Year with 13 Moons
as Anton Saitz
(1978)
Fedora
as Kritos
(1978)
Despair
as Perebrodov
(1978)
Marija
as Filipp
(1978)
1982: Gutenbach
as Peter Kessel
(1977)
The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Finkelberger
(1977)
(1975)
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Jörg Niemeyer
(1971)
Carlos
as Carlos
(1971)
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
as Jaider
(1962)