Gottfried John

Personal Info

Birthday

August 29, 1942

Day of Death

2014-09-01

(72 years old)

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.

Known For

Scene of the Crime

Derrick

Polizeiruf 110

Millennium

A Case For Two

Wolffs Revier

Der Kommissar

GoldenEye

Filmography

2016
Emerald Green
as Dr. White (archive footage)
2013
A World Beyond
as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
Ruby Red
as Dr. White
2012
Die Löwin
as Jo
2010
Life Is Too Long
as Georg Maria Stahl
Aghet
as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
2009
Rumpelstilzchen
as König Gustav
Black Flowers
as Curtis
John Rabe
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
2008
The Papal Council
as Paolo Naldini
2007
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
as Self
Flood
as Arthur Moyes
Das zweite Leben
as Robert Kreutzer
2006
A Pirate's Heart
as Konrad von Wallenrod
2005
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
2004
Cowgirl
as Hans Krahl
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
as Aldo Caldini
Renzo e Lucia
as Innominato
2003
Sams in Gefahr
as School Inspector
Entrusted
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
2002
Best Ever Bond
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Gathering Storm
as Friedrich von Schroder
Der Solist - In eigener Sache
as Martin Krohn
2000
Proof of Life
as Eric Kessler
Mary Magdalene
as Erode Antipa
1999
Balzac: A Life of Passion
as Count Hanska
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
as Max Beckmann
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
as Jules César
1998
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
as Richard Keller
Am I Beautiful?
as Herbert
Life, Love & Celluloid
as Self
Glatteis
as Kurt Wallmann
Mein zweites Leben
as Richard Keller
1996
La casa dove abitava Corinne
as Michele Wolf
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
as Kommissar Beckmann
The Ogre
as Chief Forester
1995
GoldenEye
as Colonel Ourumov
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
as Herr Benjamenta
Brüder auf Leben und Tod
as Renato Calvi
1994
Die Zeit danach
as man from Klagenfurt
Ein letzter Wille
as Paul Elling
Deadly Web
as Kommissar Max Beckmann
1993
Abraham
as Eliezer
Das Sahara-Projekt
as Collani
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
as Sophies Vater
1992
The Mistake
as Jacob Alain
1991
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
as Robert Dallburg
Elfenbein
as Nicholas Messier
1990
Night of the Fox
as Hofer
Wings of Fame
as Zlatogorski
Death Has A Bad Reputation
as Rodimstev
1988
Schön war die Zeit
as Franz Bauer
1987
Pattberg's Legacy
as Ulrich Vogtmann
Der Fall Franza
as Captain
1986
Of Pure Blood
as Paul Bergmann
1985
Mata Hari
as Wolff
Otto - The Movie
as Sonnemann
Die Mitläufer
as Brocke
Verworrene Bilanzen
as Karl M. Kronen
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
as Bartolomé de las Casas
1984
Chinese Boxes
as Zwemmer
1983
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
as Petritschenko
1981
Lili Marleen
as Aaron
1979
Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie
as Clemens Koch
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Willi Klenze
Die Ratten
as Bruno Mechelke
1978
In a Year with 13 Moons
as Anton Saitz
1982: Gutenbach
as Peter Kessel
Despair
as Perebrodov
Marija
as Filipp
Fedora
as Kritos
1977
The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Finkelberger
1975
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Jörg Niemeyer
1971
Carlos
as Carlos
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
as Jaider