Gottfried John
Born Aug 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.
Known for
Emerald Green
2016
Ruby Red
2013
A World Beyond
2013
Die Löwin
2012
Aghet
2010
Life Is Too Long
2010
John Rabe
2009
Rumpelstilzchen
2009
Black Flowers
2009
The Papal Council
2008
Flood
2007
A Pirate's Heart
2006
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005
Renzo e Lucia
2004
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
2004
Cowgirl
2004
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
Entrusted
2003
My Magical Friend Sams
2003
The Gathering Storm
2002
Donna Leon
2000
Proof of Life
2000
Mary Magdalene
2000
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
Balzac
1999
Die Cleveren
1998
Am I Beautiful?
1998
Millennium
1996
The Ogre
1996
La casa dove abitava Corinne
1996
GoldenEye
1995
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995
Abraham
1994
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
1994
Space Rangers
1993
Colpo di coda
1993
Wolffs Revier
1992
The Mistake
1992
Wings of Fame
1990
Night of the Fox
1990
Death Has a Bad Reputation
1990
Game, Set, and Match
1988
Schön war die Zeit
1988
Of Pure Blood
1986
Mata Hari
1985
Otto - The Movie
1985
The Followers
1985
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
1985
Super
1984
Chinese Boxes
1984
A Case For Two
1981
Lili Marleen
1981
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980
The Great Runaway
1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
Fedora
1978
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978
Despair
1978
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975
Derrick
1974
World on a Wire
1973
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972
Polizeiruf 110
1971
Carlos
1971
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
1971
Scene of the Crime
1970
The Commissioner
1969
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
1962
Café Oriental
1962