Actor
· Acting
Gottfried John
Born 1942-08-29
Died 2014-09-01
📍 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.
Filmography 82
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
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
as Self
2007
Flood
as Arthur Moyes
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
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
2004
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
as Aldo Caldini
2004
Renzo e Lucia
as Innominato
2004
Augustus: The First Emperor
as Cicero
2003
My Magical Friend Sams
as School Inspector
2003
Augustus: The First Emperor
as Cicero
2003
Entrusted
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
2003
The Gathering Storm
as Friedrich von Schroder
2002
Proof of Life
as Eric Kessler
2000
Donna Leon
as Carmello La Capra
2000
Mary Magdalene
as Erode Antipa
2000
Balzac: A Life of Passion
as Count Hanska
1999
Balzac
as le comte Hanski
1999
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
as Jules César
1999
Beckmann
as Self
1999
Am I Beautiful?
as Herbert
1998
Die Cleveren
as Dr. Brendel
1998
La casa dove abitava Corinne
as Michele Wolf
1996
Millennium
as Josef Heim
1996
The Ogre
as Chief Forester
1996
GoldenEye
as Colonel Ourumov
1995
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
as Herr Benjamenta
1995
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
as Sophies Vater
1994
Abraham
as Eliezer
1994
Abraham
as Eliezer
1993
Colpo di coda
as Pierre
1993
Space Rangers
as Erich Weiss
1993
Wolffs Revier
as Johnny Reschke
1992
The Mistake
as Jacob Alain
1992
Night of the Fox
as Hofer
1990
Wings of Fame
as Zlatogorski
1990
Death Has a Bad Reputation
as Rodimstev
1990
Game, Set, and Match
1988
Game, Set, and Match
as Erich Stinnes
1988
Schön war die Zeit
as Franz Bauer
1988
Nachtcafé
as Self
1987
Of Pure Blood
as Paul Bergmann
1986
Mata Hari
as Wolff
1985
Otto - The Movie
as Sonnemann
1985
The Followers
as Brocke
1985
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
as Bartolomé de las Casas
1985
Chinese Boxes
as Zwemmer
1984
Super
1984
A Case For Two
as Hans Beckers
1981
A Case For Two
as Markus Meyer
1981
Lili Marleen
as Aaron
1981
Berlin Alexanderplatz
as Reinhold Hoffmann
1980
The Great Runaway
as Herr Adam
1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Willi Klenze
1979
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
In a Year with 13 Moons
as Anton Saitz
1978
Despair
as Perebrodov
1978
Fedora
as Kritos
1978
The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Finkelberger
1977
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Jörg Niemeyer
1975
Derrick
as Krummbach
1974
World on a Wire
as Einstein
1973
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
as Jochen Epp
1972
Carlos
as Carlos
1971
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
as Jaider
1971
Polizeiruf 110
as Hellwig
1971
Scene of the Crime
as Harry Mucher
1970
The Commissioner
as Werner Stimmel
1969
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
1962
Café Oriental
1962