Gottfried John
Born: 1942-08-29
• 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.
Filmography
Emerald Green
A World Beyond
Ruby Red
Die Löwin
Life Is Too Long
Aghet
Rumpelstilzchen
Black Flowers
John Rabe
The Papal Council
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
Flood
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Das zweite Leben
A Pirate's Heart
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Cowgirl
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
Renzo e Lucia
Augustus: The First Emperor
My Magical Friend Sams
Entrusted
The Gathering Storm
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Der Solist - In eigener Sache
Proof of Life
Mary Magdalene
Balzac: A Life of Passion
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Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
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Die Fremde in meiner Brust
Am I Beautiful?
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Life, Love & Celluloid
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Glatteis
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Mein zweites Leben
La casa dove abitava Corinne
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Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
The Ogre
GoldenEye
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
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Brüder auf Leben und Tod
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Die Zeit danach
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
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Deadly Web
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Ein letzter Wille
Abraham
The Mistake
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Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
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Elfenbein
Night of the Fox
Wings of Fame
Death Has a Bad Reputation
Schön war die Zeit
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Pattberg's Legacy
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Der Fall Franza
Of Pure Blood
Mata Hari
Otto - The Movie
The Followers
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Verworrene Bilanzen
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
Chinese Boxes
Super
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Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
Lili Marleen
The Marriage of Maria Braun
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Die Ratten
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Wo die Liebe hinfällt
In a Year with 13 Moons
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1982: Gutenbach
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Marija
Despair
Fedora
The Stationmaster’s Wife
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Carlos
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
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Café Oriental