Gottfried John
Known for Acting
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
GoldenEye
1995
as Colonel Ourumov
Proof of Life
2000
as Eric Kessler
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
1999
as Jules César
Fedora
1978
as Kritos
Abraham
1993
as Eliezer
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Friedrich von Schroder
Flood
2007
as Arthur Moyes
Ruby Red
2013
as Dr. White
Emerald Green
2016
as Dr. White (archive footage)
Despair
1978
as Perebrodov
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
as Willi Klenze
John Rabe
2009
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Lili Marleen
1981
as Aaron
The Ogre
1996
as Chief Forester
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995
as Herr Benjamenta
Entrusted
2003
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978
as Anton Saitz
Am I Beautiful?
1998
as Herbert
Balzac: A Life of Passion
1999
as Count Hanska
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975
as Jörg Niemeyer