Gottfried John
August 29, 1942 (82 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2016 · Emerald Green as Dr. White (archive footage)
- 2013 · A World Beyond as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
- 2013 · Ruby Red as Dr. White
- 2012 · Die Löwin as Jo
- 2010 · Life Is Too Long as Georg Maria Stahl
- 2010 · Aghet as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
- 2009 · Rumpelstilzchen as König Gustav
- 2009 · Black Flowers as Curtis
- 2009 · John Rabe as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
- 2008 · The Papal Council as Paolo Naldini
- 2007 · Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story as Self
- 2007 · Flood as Arthur Moyes
- 2007 · Das zweite Leben as Robert Kreutzer
- 2006 · A Pirate's Heart as Konrad von Wallenrod
- 2005 · The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
- 2005 · Julie, chevalier de Maupin as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
- 2004 · Cowgirl as Hans Krahl
- 2004 · Julie, chevalier de Maupin as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
- 2004 · Die schöne Braut in Schwarz as Aldo Caldini
- 2004 · Renzo e Lucia as Innominato
- 2003 · Sams in Gefahr as School Inspector
- 2003 · Augustus: The First Emperor as Cicero
- 2003 · Augusto - Il primo imperatore as Cicerone
- 2003 · Entrusted as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2002 · The Gathering Storm as Friedrich von Schroder
- 2002 · Der Solist - In eigener Sache as Martin Krohn
- 2000 · Proof of Life as Eric Kessler
- 2000 · Donna Leon as Carmello La Capra
- 2000 · Mary Magdalene as Erode Antipa
- 1999 · Balzac: A Life of Passion as Count Hanska
- 1999 · Balzac as le comte Hanski
- 1999 · Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt as Max Beckmann
- 1999 · Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar as Jules César
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · Die Fremde in meiner Brust as Richard Keller
- 1998 · Am I Beautiful? as Herbert
- 1998 · Die Cleveren as Dr. Brendel
- 1998 · Life, Love & Celluloid as Self
- 1998 · Glatteis as Kurt Wallmann
- 1998 · Mein zweites Leben as Richard Keller
- 1996 · La casa dove abitava Corinne as Michele Wolf
- 1996 · Millennium as Josef Heim
- 1996 · Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle as Kommissar Beckmann
- 1996 · The Ogre as Chief Forester
- 1995 · GoldenEye as General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
- 1995 · Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life as Herr Benjamenta
- 1995 · Brüder auf Leben und Tod as Renato Calvi
- 1994 · Die Zeit danach as man from Klagenfurt
- 1994 · Deadly Web as Kommissar Max Beckmann
- 1994 · Ein letzter Wille as Paul Elling
- 1993 · Abraham as Eliezer
- 1993 · Das Sahara-Projekt as Collani
- 1993 · Novalis - Die blaue Blume as Sophies Vater
- 1993 · Colpo di coda as Pierre
- 1993 · Space Rangers as Erich Weiss
- 1992 · Wolffs Revier as Johnny Reschke
- 1992 · The Mistake as Jacob Alain
- 1991 · Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne as Robert Dallburg
- 1991 · Elfenbein as Nicholas Messier
- 1990 · Night of the Fox as Hofer
- 1990 · Drehort Pfarrhaus as Achim Hollweg
- 1990 · Wings of Fame as Zlatogorski
- 1990 · Death Has A Bad Reputation as Rodimstev
- 1989 · Blaues Blut as Herr Mannheim
- 1988 · Game, Set, and Match as
- 1988 · Game, Set, and Match as Erich Stinnes
- 1988 · Schön war die Zeit as Franz Bauer
- 1987 · Pattberg's Legacy as Ulrich Vogtmann
- 1987 · Nachtcafé as Self
- 1987 · Der Fall Franza as Captain
- 1986 · Of Pure Blood as Paul Bergmann
- 1985 · Mata Hari as Wolff
- 1985 · Otto - The Movie as Sonnemann
- 1985 · Die Mitläufer as Brocke
- 1985 · Verworrene Bilanzen as Karl M. Kronen
- 1985 · Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter as Bartolomé de las Casas
- 1984 · Chinese Boxes as Zwemmer
- 1984 · Super as
- 1983 · Die Matrosen von Kronstadt as Petritschenko
- 1982 · Die Priwalowschen Millionen as
- 1981 · A Case For Two as Hans Beckers
- 1981 · A Case For Two as Markus Meyer
- 1981 · Lili Marleen as Aaron
- 1980 · Berlin Alexanderplatz as Reinhold Hoffmann
- 1979 · Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
- 1979 · The Great Runaway as Herr Adam
- 1979 · Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie as Clemens Koch
- 1979 · The Marriage of Maria Braun as Willi Klenze
- 1979 · Die Ratten as Bruno Mechelke
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1979 · Wo die Liebe hinfällt as
- 1978 · In a Year with 13 Moons as Anton Saitz
- 1978 · 1982: Gutenbach as Peter Kessel
- 1978 · Despair as Perebrodov
- 1978 · Marija as Filipp
- 1978 · Fedora as Kritos
- 1977 · The Stationmaster’s Wife as Finkelberger
- 1977 · The Stationmaster’s Wife as
- 1975 · Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven as Jörg Niemeyer
- 1974 · 3 nach 9 as Self
- 1974 · Derrick as Krummbach
- 1973 · World on a Wire as Einstein
- 1972 · Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day as Jochen Epp
- 1971 · Carlos as Carlos
- 1971 · Jaider, the Lonely Hunter as Jaider
- 1971 · Polizeiruf 110 as Hellwig
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Harry Mucher
- 1969 · Der Kommissar as Werner Stimmel
- 1966 · Jörg Preda berichtet as Rolf
- 1962 · Café Oriental as