Gottfried John
Acting • Born 1942-08-29 – Died 2014-09-01
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
111 credits
Lili Marleen
Movie • 1981
Aaron
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Movie • 1979
Willi Klenze
GoldenEye
Movie • 1995
Colonel Ourumov
Abraham
Movie • 1993
Eliezer
Schön war die Zeit
Movie • 1988
Franz Bauer
John Rabe
Movie • 2009
Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Glatteis
Movie • 1998
Kurt Wallmann
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
Movie • 1999
Jules César
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Movie • 1995
Herr Benjamenta
In a Year with 13 Moons
Movie • 1978
Anton Saitz
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Movie • 2005
Dr. Emmanuel Droz
The Ogre
Movie • 1996
Chief Forester
Mata Hari
Movie • 1985
Wolff
Life Is Too Long
Movie • 2010
Georg Maria Stahl
Fedora
Movie • 1978
Kritos
Mary Magdalene
Movie • 2000
Erode Antipa
Night of the Fox
Movie • 1990
Hofer
A Pirate's Heart
Movie • 2006
Konrad von Wallenrod
Ruby Red
Movie • 2013
Dr. White
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Movie • 1977
Finkelberger
Carlos
Movie • 1971
Carlos
Despair
Movie • 1978
Perebrodov
A World Beyond
Movie • 2013
Dr. Jan Kersebohm
Brüder auf Leben und Tod
Movie • 1995
Renato Calvi
Otto - The Movie
Movie • 1985
Sonnemann
The Papal Council
Movie • 2008
Paolo Naldini
Mein zweites Leben
Movie • 1998
Richard Keller
My Magical Friend Sams
Movie • 2003
School Inspector
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
Movie • 1971
Jaider
1982: Gutenbach
Movie • 1978
Peter Kessel
Wings of Fame
Movie • 1990
Zlatogorski
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
Movie • 2004
Aldo Caldini
Black Flowers
Movie • 2009
Curtis
Die Löwin
Movie • 2012
Jo
Entrusted
Movie • 2003
Thomas von Gall - grandfather
Elfenbein
Movie • 1991
Nicholas Messier
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Movie • 1975
Jörg Niemeyer
Aghet
Movie • 2010
Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
Deadly Web
Movie • 1994
Kommissar Max Beckmann
Wo die Liebe hinfällt
Movie • 1979
Emerald Green
Movie • 2016
Dr. White (archive footage)
Flood
Movie • 2007
Arthur Moyes
Das zweite Leben
Movie • 2007
Robert Kreutzer
Pattberg's Legacy
Movie • 1987
Ulrich Vogtmann
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
Movie • 1991
Robert Dallburg
The Mistake
Movie • 1992
Jacob Alain
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
Movie • 1983
Petritschenko
The Followers
Movie • 1985
Brocke
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
Movie • 1998
Richard Keller
Die Zeit danach
Movie • 1994
man from Klagenfurt
Der Fall Franza
Movie • 1987
Captain
Die Ratten
Movie • 1979
Bruno Mechelke
Chinese Boxes
Movie • 1984
Zwemmer
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
Movie • 1996
Kommissar Beckmann
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
Movie • 1994
Sophies Vater
Rumpelstilzchen
Movie • 2009
König Gustav
Marija
Movie • 1978
Filipp
Proof of Life
Movie • 2000
Eric Kessler
Verworrene Bilanzen
Movie • 1985
Karl M. Kronen
The Gathering Storm
Movie • 2002
Friedrich von Schroder
Life, Love & Celluloid
Movie • 1998
Self
Café Oriental
Movie • 1962
Balzac: A Life of Passion
Movie • 1999
Count Hanska
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
Movie • 2007
Self
Of Pure Blood
Movie • 1986
Paul Bergmann
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
Movie • 1999
Max Beckmann
Cowgirl
Movie • 2004
Hans Krahl
Der Solist - In eigener Sache
Movie • 2002
Martin Krohn
Am I Beautiful?
Movie • 1998
Herbert
Ein letzter Wille
Movie • 1994
Paul Elling
Super
Movie • 1984
Death Has a Bad Reputation
Movie • 1990
Rodimstev
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Movie • 1977
Renzo e Lucia
Movie • 2004
Innominato
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Movie • 2005
Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
Movie • 1985
Bartolomé de las Casas
La casa dove abitava Corinne
Movie • 1996
Michele Wolf
Augustus: The First Emperor
Movie • 2003
Cicero
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
Movie • 1962
Augustus: The First Emperor
TV • 2003
Cicero
Millennium
TV • 1996
Josef Heim
Space Rangers
TV • 1993
Erich Weiss
Game, Set, and Match
TV • 1988
Berlin Alexanderplatz
TV • 1980
Reinhold Hoffmann
Der Kommissar
TV • 1969
Werner Stimmel
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
TV • 1972
Jochen Epp
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Harry Mucher
The Great Runaway
TV • 1979
Herr Adam
Die Cleveren
TV • 1998
Dr. Brendel
Derrick
TV • 1974
Krummbach
A Case For Two
TV • 1981
Hans Beckers
A Case For Two
TV • 1981
Markus Meyer
Wolffs Revier
TV • 1992
Johnny Reschke
Polizeiruf 110
TV • 1971
Hellwig
Game, Set, and Match
TV • 1988
Erich Stinnes
Beckmann
TV • 1999
Self
Blaues Blut
TV • 1989
Herr Mannheim
Donna Leon
TV • 2000
Carmello La Capra
Drehort Pfarrhaus
TV • 1990
Achim Hollweg
Jörg Preda berichtet
TV • 1966
Rolf
Balzac
TV • 1999
le comte Hanski
Die Priwalowschen Millionen
TV • 1982
Bavarian Film Awards
TV • 1979
Self
Nachtcafé
TV • 1987
Self
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
TV • 2004
Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Colpo di coda
TV • 1993
Pierre
NDR Talk Show
TV • 1979
Self
3 nach 9
TV • 1974
Self
World on a Wire
TV • 1973
Einstein
Abraham
TV • 1994
Eliezer
Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie
TV • 1979
Clemens Koch