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Acting

Known Credits

111

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-08-29

Deathday

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.

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Acting

2016

Emerald Green as Dr. White (archive footage)

2013		A World Beyond as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
2013		Ruby Red as Dr. White

2012

Die Löwin as Jo

2010		Life Is Too Long as Georg Maria Stahl
2010		Aghet as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein

2009		Rumpelstilzchen as König Gustav
2009		Black Flowers as Curtis
2009		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
2007		Flood as Arthur Moyes
2007		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
2005		Julie, chevalier de Maupin as Henri, duc d'Armagnac

2004		Cowgirl as Hans Krahl
2004		Julie, chevalier de Maupin as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
2004		Die schöne Braut in Schwarz as Aldo Caldini
2004		Renzo e Lucia as Innominato

2003		Sams in Gefahr as School Inspector
2003		Augustus: The First Emperor as Cicero
2003		Entrusted as Thomas von Gall - grandfather

2002		Best Ever Bond as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002		The Gathering Storm as Friedrich von Schroder
2002		Der Solist - In eigener Sache as Martin Krohn

2000		Proof of Life as Eric Kessler
2000		Donna Leon as Carmello La Capra
2000		Mary Magdalene as Erode Antipa

1999		Balzac: A Life of Passion as Count Hanska
1999		Balzac as le comte Hanski
1999		Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt as Max Beckmann
1999		Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar as Jules César
1999		Beckmann as Self

1998		Die Fremde in meiner Brust as Richard Keller
1998		Am I Beautiful? as Herbert
1998		Die Cleveren as Dr. Brendel
1998		Life, Love & Celluloid as Self
1998		Glatteis as Kurt Wallmann
1998		Mein zweites Leben as Richard Keller

1996		La casa dove abitava Corinne as Michele Wolf
1996		Millennium as Josef Heim
1996		Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle as Kommissar Beckmann
1996		The Ogre as Chief Forester

1995		GoldenEye as General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
1995		Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life as Herr Benjamenta
1995		Brüder auf Leben und Tod as Renato Calvi

1994		Die Zeit danach as man from Klagenfurt
1994		Abraham as Eliezer
1994		Deadly Web as Kommissar Max Beckmann
1994		Ein letzter Wille as Paul Elling

1993		Abraham as Eliezer
1993		Das Sahara-Projekt as Collani
1993		Novalis - Die blaue Blume as Sophies Vater
1993		Colpo di coda as Pierre
1993		Space Rangers as Erich Weiss

1992		Wolffs Revier as Johnny Reschke
1992		The Mistake as Jacob Alain

1991		Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne as Robert Dallburg
1991		Elfenbein as Nicholas Messier

1990		Night of the Fox as Hofer
1990		Drehort Pfarrhaus as Achim Hollweg
1990		Wings of Fame as Zlatogorski
1990		Death Has A Bad Reputation as Rodimstev

1989

Blaues Blut as Herr Mannheim

1988		Game, Set, and Match
1988		Game, Set, and Match as Erich Stinnes
1988		Schön war die Zeit as Franz Bauer

1987		Pattberg's Legacy as Ulrich Vogtmann
1987		Nachtcafé as Self
1987		Der Fall Franza as Captain

1986

Of Pure Blood as Paul Bergmann

1985		Mata Hari as Wolff
1985		Otto - The Movie as Sonnemann
1985		Die Mitläufer as Brocke
1985		Verworrene Bilanzen as Karl M. Kronen
1985		Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter as Bartolomé de las Casas

1984		Chinese Boxes as Zwemmer
1984		Super

1983

Die Matrosen von Kronstadt as Petritschenko

1982

Die Priwalowschen Millionen

1981		A Case For Two as Hans Beckers
1981		A Case For Two as Markus Meyer
1981		Lili Marleen as Aaron

1980

Berlin Alexanderplatz as Reinhold Hoffmann

1979		Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
1979		The Great Runaway as Herr Adam
1979		Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie as Clemens Koch
1979		The Marriage of Maria Braun as Willi Klenze
1979		Die Ratten as Bruno Mechelke
1979		NDR Talk Show as Self
1979		Wo die Liebe hinfällt

1978		In a Year with 13 Moons as Anton Saitz
1978		1982: Gutenbach as Peter Kessel
1978		Despair as Perebrodov
1978		Marija as Filipp
1978		Fedora as Kritos

1977		The Stationmaster’s Wife as Finkelberger
1977		The Stationmaster’s Wife

1975

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven as Jörg Niemeyer

1974		3 nach 9 as Self
1974		Derrick as Krummbach

1973

World on a Wire as Einstein

1972

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day as Jochen Epp

1971		Carlos as Carlos
1971		Jaider, the Lonely Hunter as Jaider
1971		Polizeiruf 110 as Hellwig

1970

Scene of the Crime as Harry Mucher

1969

Der Kommissar as Werner Stimmel

1966

Jörg Preda berichtet as Rolf

1962

Café Oriental