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Gottfried John

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1942-08-29

Day of Death

2014-09-01

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Gottfried John

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 (80)

⭐ 7.0 Role: Dr. White (archive footage)

Emerald Green

2016
⭐ 6.2 Role: Dr. Jan Kersebohm

A World Beyond

2013
⭐ 6.9 Role: Dr. White

Ruby Red

2013
⭐ 0 Role: Jo

Die Löwin

2012
⭐ 5.0 Role: Georg Maria Stahl

Life Is Too Long

2010
⭐ 8.2 Role: Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein

Aghet

2010
⭐ 6.5 Role: König Gustav

Rumpelstilzchen

2009
⭐ 4.4 Role: Curtis

Black Flowers

2009
⭐ 7.1 Role: Dr. Oskar Trautmann

John Rabe

2009
⭐ 3.0 Role: Paolo Naldini

The Papal Council

2008
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story

2007
⭐ 5.3 Role: Arthur Moyes

Flood

2007
No Image
⭐ 7.0 Role: Robert Kreutzer

Das zweite Leben

2007
⭐ 5.3 Role: Konrad von Wallenrod

A Pirate's Heart

2006
⭐ 6.3 Role: Dr. Emmanuel Droz

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

2005