Gottfried John
Known for Acting
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
GoldenEye
1995
as Colonel Ourumov
Fedora
1978
as Kritos
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
1999
as Jules César
Proof of Life
2000
as Eric Kessler
Flood
2007
as Arthur Moyes
Abraham
1993
as Eliezer
Deadly Web
1994
as Kommissar Max Beckmann
Ruby Red
2013
as Dr. White
John Rabe
2009
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Emerald Green
2016
as Dr. White (archive footage)
Night of the Fox
1990
as Hofer
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
as Willi Klenze
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Friedrich von Schroder
Life Is Too Long
2010
as Georg Maria Stahl
Glatteis
1998
as Kurt Wallmann
The Ogre
1996
as Chief Forester
Entrusted
2003
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
Mata Hari
1985
as Wolff
Am I Beautiful?
1998
as Herbert
Wings of Fame
1990
as Zlatogorski