Acting
Gottfried John
DE, ES, EN, FR cinema · 79 credits
Born
29 August 1942
Died
1 September 2014 (aged 72)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Emerald Green
as Dr. White (archive footage)
Ruby Red
as Dr. White
A World Beyond
as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
Life Is Too Long
as Georg Maria Stahl
Aghet
as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
John Rabe
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Black Flowers
as Curtis
Rumpelstilzchen
as König Gustav
The Papal Council
as Paolo Naldini
Flood
as Arthur Moyes
Das zweite Leben
2007
Das zweite Leben
as Robert Kreutzer
A Pirate's Heart
as Konrad von Wallenrod
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
as Aldo Caldini
Cowgirl
as Hans Krahl
Renzo e Lucia
as Innominato
My Magical Friend Sams
as School Inspector
Entrusted
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
The Gathering Storm
as Friedrich von Schroder
Mary Magdalene
as Erode Antipa
Proof of Life
as Eric Kessler
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
as Jules César
Balzac: A Life of Passion
as Count Hanska
Teuflischer Engel
1999
Teuflischer Engel
as Henry Martens
Glatteis
1998
Glatteis
as Kurt Wallmann
Mein zweites Leben
1998
Mein zweites Leben
as Richard Keller
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
1998
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
as Richard Keller
Am I Beautiful?
as Herbert
The Ogre
as Chief Forester
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
1996
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
as Kommissar Beckmann
La casa dove abitava Corinne
as Michele Wolf
GoldenEye
as Colonel Ourumov
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
as Herr Benjamenta
Tödliches Netz
1994
Deadly Web
as Kommissar Max Beckmann
Die Zeit danach
1994
Die Zeit danach
as man from Klagenfurt
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
as Sophies Vater
Ein letzter Wille
1994
Ein letzter Wille
as Paul Elling
Abraham
as Eliezer
The Mistake
as Jacob Alain
Elfenbein
1991
Elfenbein
as Nicholas Messier
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
1991
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
as Robert Dallburg
Night of the Fox
as Hofer
Wings of Fame
as Zlatogorski
Death Has a Bad Reputation
as Rodimstev
Schön war die Zeit
as Franz Bauer
Pattbergs Erbe
1987
Pattberg's Legacy
as Ulrich Vogtmann
Of Pure Blood
as Paul Bergmann
Mata Hari
as Wolff
Otto - The Movie
as Sonnemann
The Followers
as Brocke
Verworrene Bilanzen
1985
Verworrene Bilanzen
as Karl M. Kronen
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
as Bartolomé de las Casas
Chinese Boxes
as Zwemmer
Super
Actor
Lili Marleen
as Aaron
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Willi Klenze
Die Ratten
1979
Die Ratten
as Bruno Mechelke
In a Year with 13 Moons
as Anton Saitz
Fedora
as Kritos
Despair
as Perebrodov
1982: Gutenbach
1978
1982: Gutenbach
as Peter Kessel
Marija
1978
Marija
as Filipp
The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Finkelberger, Actor
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Jörg Niemeyer
Carlos
as Carlos
