Gottfried John
Acting
Born: 1942-08-29 in Berlin, Germany
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.
Known For
Scene of the Crime
Harry Mucher
A Case For Two
Hans Beckers
A Case For Two
Markus Meyer
NDR Talk Show
Self
Derrick
Krummbach
Nachtcafé
Self
Polizeiruf 110
Hellwig
Beckmann
Self
Millennium
Josef Heim
The Commissioner
Werner Stimmel
GoldenEye
Colonel Ourumov
Wolffs Revier
Johnny Reschke
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Reinhold Hoffmann
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Reinhold
Donna Leon
Carmello La Capra
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Jules César
Proof of Life
Eric Kessler
World on a Wire
Einstein
Die Cleveren
Dr. Brendel
Ruby Red
Dr. White
Emerald Green
Dr. White (archive footage)
Space Rangers
Erich Weiss
John Rabe
Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Abraham
Eliezer
Mata Hari
Wolff
Lili Marleen
Aaron
Game, Set, and Match
Game, Set, and Match
Erich Stinnes
Flood
Arthur Moyes
Fedora
Kritos
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Jochen Epp
Abraham
Eliezer
The Gathering Storm
Friedrich von Schroder
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Willi Klenze
The Great Runaway
Herr Adam
The Ogre
Chief Forester
Schön war die Zeit
Franz Bauer