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Gottfried John
Gottfried John

Gottfried John

ActingBorn August 29, 1942Died September 1, 2014 (age 72)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.

Filmography

2016
Emerald Green

as Dr. White (archive footage)

Movie
2013
A World Beyond

as Dr. Jan Kersebohm

Movie
2013
Ruby Red

as Dr. White

Movie
2012Movie
2010
Life Is Too Long

as Georg Maria Stahl

Movie
2010
Aghet

as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein

Movie
2009
Rumpelstilzchen

as König Gustav

Movie
2009
Black Flowers

as Curtis

Movie
2009
John Rabe

as Dr. Oskar Trautmann

Movie
2008
The Papal Council

as Paolo Naldini

Movie
2007
Flood

as Arthur Moyes

Movie
2007
Das zweite Leben

as Robert Kreutzer

Movie
2006
A Pirate's Heart

as Konrad von Wallenrod

Movie
2005
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

as Dr. Emmanuel Droz

Movie
2005
Julie, chevalier de Maupin

as Henri, duc d'Armagnac

Movie
2004
Cowgirl

as Hans Krahl

Movie
2004
Julie, chevalier de Maupin

as Henri, duc d'Armagnac

TV
2004Movie
2004
Renzo e Lucia

as Innominato

Movie
2003Movie
2003
My Magical Friend Sams

as School Inspector

Movie
2003
Entrusted

as Thomas von Gall - grandfather

Movie
2002
The Gathering Storm

as Friedrich von Schroder

Movie
2002Movie
2000
Proof of Life

as Eric Kessler

Movie
2000
Donna Leon

as Carmello La Capra

TV
2000
Mary Magdalene

as Erode Antipa

Movie
1999Movie
1999
Balzac

as le comte Hanski

TV
1999Movie
1999Movie
1999
Beckmann

as Self

TV
1999
Teuflischer Engel

as Henry Martens

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Am I Beautiful?

as Herbert

Movie
1998
Die Cleveren

as Dr. Brendel

TV
1998Movie
1998
Glatteis

as Kurt Wallmann

Movie
1998
Mein zweites Leben

as Richard Keller

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Millennium

as Josef Heim

TV
1996
The Ogre

as Chief Forester

Movie
1995
GoldenEye

as Colonel Ourumov

Movie
1995Movie
1994
Die Zeit danach

as man from Klagenfurt

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Abraham

as Eliezer

TV
1994
Deadly Web

as Kommissar Max Beckmann

Movie
1994
Ein letzter Wille

as Paul Elling

Movie
1993
Abraham

as Eliezer

Movie
1993
Colpo di coda

as Pierre

TV
1993
Space Rangers

as Erich Weiss

TV
1992
Wolffs Revier

as Johnny Reschke

TV
1992
The Mistake

as Jacob Alain

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Elfenbein

as Nicholas Messier

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Drehort Pfarrhaus

as Achim Hollweg

TV
1990
Wings of Fame

as Zlatogorski

Movie
1990Movie
1989
Blaues Blut

as Herr Mannheim

TV
1988
Game, Set, and Match

as Erich Stinnes

TV
1988
Schön war die Zeit

as Franz Bauer

Movie
1987
Pattberg's Legacy

as Ulrich Vogtmann

Movie
1987
Nachtcafé

as Self

TV
1987
Der Fall Franza

as Captain

Movie
1986
Of Pure Blood

as Paul Bergmann

Movie
1985
Mata Hari

as Wolff

Movie
1985
Otto - The Movie

as Sonnemann

Movie
1985
The Followers

as Brocke

Movie
1985
Verworrene Bilanzen

as Karl M. Kronen

Movie
1985Movie
1984
Chinese Boxes

as Zwemmer

Movie
1984Movie
1983Movie
1981
A Case For Two

as Hans Beckers

TV
1981
A Case For Two

as Markus Meyer

TV
1981
Lili Marleen

as Aaron

Movie
1980
Berlin Alexanderplatz

as Reinhold Hoffmann

TV
1980TV
1979
The Great Runaway

as Herr Adam

TV
1979Movie
1979
Die Ratten

as Bruno Mechelke

Movie
1979TV
1978Movie
1978
1982: Gutenbach

as Peter Kessel

Movie
1978
Marija

as Filipp

Movie
1978
Despair

as Perebrodov

Movie
1978
Fedora

as Kritos

Movie
1977Movie
1975Movie
1974
3 nach 9

as Self

TV
1974
Derrick

as Krummbach

TV
1973
World on a Wire

as Einstein

TV
1971
Carlos

as Carlos

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Polizeiruf 110

as Hellwig

TV
1970
Scene of the Crime

as Harry Mucher

TV
1969
The Commissioner

as Werner Stimmel

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 29, 1942
Day of DeathSeptember 1, 2014
Place of BirthBerlin, Germany
Popularity0.5