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
| Birth Location | Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942-08-29 |
| Died | 2014-09-01 |
Movies
Emerald Green
as Dr. White (archive footage)
2016
A World Beyond
as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
2013
Ruby Red
as Dr. White
2013
Die Löwin
as Jo
2012
Life Is Too Long
as Georg Maria Stahl
2010
Aghet
as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
2010
Rumpelstilzchen
as König Gustav
2009
Black Flowers
as Curtis
2009
John Rabe
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
2009
The Papal Council
as Paolo Naldini
2008
Flood
as Arthur Moyes
2007
Das zweite Leben
as Robert Kreutzer
2007
A Pirate's Heart
as Konrad von Wallenrod
2006
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
2005
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
2005
Cowgirl
as Hans Krahl
2004
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
as Aldo Caldini
2004
Renzo e Lucia
as Innominato
2004
Sams in Gefahr
as School Inspector
2003
Augustus: The First Emperor
as Cicero
2003
Entrusted
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
2003
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
2002
Proof of Life
as Eric Kessler
2000
Mary Magdalene
as Erode Antipa
2000
Balzac: A Life of Passion
as Count Hanska
1999
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
as Max Beckmann
1999
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
as Jules César
1999
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
as Richard Keller
1998
Am I Beautiful?
as Herbert
1998
Life, Love & Celluloid
as Self
1998
Mein zweites Leben
as Richard Keller
1998
Glatteis
as Kurt Wallmann
1998
La casa dove abitava Corinne
as Michele Wolf
1996
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
as Kommissar Beckmann
1996
The Ogre
as Chief Forester
1996
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
1995
Die Zeit danach
as man from Klagenfurt
1994
Ein letzter Wille
as Paul Elling
1994
Deadly Web
as Kommissar Max Beckmann
1994
Abraham
as Eliezer
1993
Das Sahara-Projekt
as Collani
1993
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
as Sophies Vater
1993
The Mistake
as Jacob Alain
1992
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
as Robert Dallburg
1991
Elfenbein
as Nicholas Messier
1991
Night of the Fox
as Hofer
1990
Wings of Fame
as Zlatogorski
1990
Death Has A Bad Reputation
as Rodimstev
1990
Schön war die Zeit
as Franz Bauer
1988
Pattberg's Legacy
as Ulrich Vogtmann
1987
Der Fall Franza
as Captain
1987
Of Pure Blood
as Paul Bergmann
1986
Mata Hari
as Wolff
1985
Otto - The Movie
as Sonnemann
1985
1985
Verworrene Bilanzen
as Karl M. Kronen
1985
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
as Bartolomé de las Casas
1985
Chinese Boxes
as Zwemmer
1984
1984
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
as Petritschenko
1983
Lili Marleen
as Aaron
1981
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
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
1978
The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Finkelberger
1977
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Jörg Niemeyer
1975
Carlos
as Carlos
1971
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
as Jaider
1971
1962
Gottfried John hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
