Gottfried John
Actor
- Born
- August 29, 1942 · Berlin, Germany
- Died
- September 1, 2014 (age 72)
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
GoldenEye
November 16, 1995
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
February 3, 1999
Ruby Red
March 14, 2013
Proof of Life
December 8, 2000
Emerald Green
July 7, 2016
The Marriage of Maria Braun
March 23, 1979
Fedora
June 29, 1978
Flood
August 24, 2007
Otto - The Movie
July 19, 1985
John Rabe
April 2, 2009
Lili Marleen
January 14, 1981
In a Year with 13 Moons
November 17, 1978
Acting79
- 2016Emerald Green as Dr. White (archive footage)
- 2013A World Beyond as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
- 2013Ruby Red as Dr. White
- 2012Die Löwin as Jo
- 2010Life Is Too Long as Georg Maria Stahl
- 2010Aghet as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
- 2009Rumpelstilzchen as König Gustav
- 2009Black Flowers as Curtis
- 2009John Rabe as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
- 2008The Papal Council