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
Emerald Green
2016
as Dr. White (archive footage)
A World Beyond
2013
as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
Ruby Red
2013
as Dr. White
Die Löwin
2012
as Jo
Life Is Too Long
2010
as Georg Maria Stahl
Aghet
2010
as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
Rumpelstilzchen
2009
as König Gustav
Black Flowers
2009
as Curtis
John Rabe
2009
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
The Papal Council
2008
as Paolo Naldini
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007
as Self
Flood
2007
as Arthur Moyes
- No poster
Das zweite Leben
2007
as Robert Kreutzer
A Pirate's Heart
2006
as Konrad von Wallenrod
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005
as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Cowgirl
2004
as Hans Krahl
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
2004
as Aldo Caldini
Renzo e Lucia
2004
as Innominato
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
as Cicero
My Magical Friend Sams
2003
as School Inspector
Entrusted
2003
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Friedrich von Schroder
- No poster
Der Solist - In eigener Sache
2002
as Martin Krohn