Gottfried John
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.
Filmography · 80
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Harry Mucher
Derrick
1974 · Krummbach
Polizeiruf 110
1971 · Hellwig
NDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
A Case For Two
1981 · Hans Beckers
Millennium
1996 · Josef Heim
Nachtcafé
1987 · Self
Beckmann
1999 · Self
The Commissioner
1969 · Werner Stimmel
Wolffs Revier
1992 · Johnny Reschke
GoldenEye
1995 · Colonel Ourumov
Donna Leon
2000 · Carmello La Capra
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980 · Reinhold Hoffmann
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999 · Jules César
Proof of Life
2000 · Eric Kessler
Die Cleveren
1998 · Dr. Brendel
Flood
2007 · Arthur Moyes
Ruby Red
2013 · Dr. White
Space Rangers
1993 · Erich Weiss
Fedora
1978 · Kritos
Game, Set, and Match
1988
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972 · Jochen Epp
Emerald Green
2016 · Dr. White (archive foo...
Abraham
1994 · Eliezer
World on a Wire
1973 · Einstein
The Gathering Storm
2002 · Friedrich von Schroder
Abraham
1993 · Eliezer
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979 · Willi Klenze
Lili Marleen
1981 · Aaron
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003 · Cicero
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Anton Saitz
John Rabe
2009 · Dr. Oskar Trautmann
The Ogre
1996 · Chief Forester
Black Flowers
2009 · Curtis
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975 · Jörg Niemeyer
Wings of Fame
1990 · Zlatogorski
Mata Hari
1985 · Wolff
The Great Runaway
1979 · Herr Adam
The Mistake
1992 · Jacob Alain
Balzac
1999 · le comte Hanski
Renzo e Lucia
2004 · Innominato
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
1962
La casa dove abitava Corinne
1996 · Michele Wolf
Despair
1978 · Perebrodov
Colpo di coda
1993 · Pierre
Night of the Fox
1990 · Hofer
Entrusted
2003 · Thomas von Gall - gran...
Mary Magdalene
2000 · Erode Antipa
Otto - The Movie
1985 · Sonnemann
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005 · Dr. Emmanuel Droz
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2004 · Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Am I Beautiful?
1998 · Herbert
Balzac: A Life of Passion
1999 · Count Hanska
Super
1984
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977 · Finkelberger
Aghet
2010 · Friedrich Kress von Kr...
Chinese Boxes
1984 · Zwemmer
My Magical Friend Sams
2003 · School Inspector
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995 · Herr Benjamenta
Death Has a Bad Reputation
1990 · Rodimstev
A Pirate's Heart
2006 · Konrad von Wallenrod
Renzo e Lucia
2004 · Innominato
The Papal Council
2008 · Paolo Naldini
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005 · Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Life Is Too Long
2010 · Georg Maria Stahl
Café Oriental
1962
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003 · Cicero
Cowgirl
2004 · Hans Krahl
A World Beyond
2013 · Dr. Jan Kersebohm
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
2004 · Aldo Caldini
Die Löwin
2012 · Jo
Of Pure Blood
1986 · Paul Bergmann
The Followers
1985 · Brocke
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
1994 · Sophies Vater
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 · Self
Carlos
1971 · Carlos
Rumpelstilzchen
2009 · König Gustav
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
1985 · Bartolomé de las Casas
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
1971 · Jaider
Schön war die Zeit
1988 · Franz Bauer