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Gottfried John
Actor · Crew· 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
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
44 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ruby Red | Dr. White | Film |
| 2013 | A World Beyond | Dr. Jan Kersebohm | Film |
| 2010 | Life Is Too Long | Georg Maria Stahl | Film |
| 2009 | John Rabe | Dr. Oskar Trautmann | Film |
| 2009 | Black Flowers | Curtis | Film |
| 2008 | The Papal Council | Paolo Naldini | Film |
| 2007 | Flood | Arthur Moyes | Film |
| 2006 | A Pirate's Heart | Konrad von Wallenrod | Film |
| 2005 | The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes | Dr. Emmanuel Droz | Film |
| 2004 | Cowgirl | Hans Krahl | Film |
| 2004 | Renzo e Lucia | Innominato | TV |
| 2003 | My Magical Friend Sams | School Inspector | Film |
| 2003 | Entrusted | Thomas von Gall - grandfather | Film |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Friedrich von Schroder | Film |
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Eric Kessler | Film |
| 2000 | Mary Magdalene | Erode Antipa | Film |
| 1999 | Balzac: A Life of Passion | Count Hanska | Film |
| 1999 | Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar | Jules César | Film |
| 1998 | Am I Beautiful? | Herbert | Film |
| 1998 | Glatteis | Kurt Wallmann | Film |
| 1998 | Life, Love & Celluloid | Self | Film |
| 1996 | The Ogre | Chief Forester | Film |
| 1996 | La casa dove abitava Corinne | Michele Wolf | Film |
| 1995 | Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life | Herr Benjamenta | Film |
| 1995 | GoldenEye | Colonel Ourumov | Film |
| 1993 | Abraham | Eliezer | Film |
| 1993 | Space Rangers | Erich Weiss | TV |
| 1990 | Night of the Fox | Hofer | Film |
| 1990 | Wings of Fame | Zlatogorski | Film |
| 1988 | Schön war die Zeit | Franz Bauer | Film |
| 1986 | Of Pure Blood | Paul Bergmann | Film |
| 1985 | Mata Hari | Wolff | Film |
| 1985 | Otto - The Movie | Sonnemann | Film |
| 1984 | Chinese Boxes | Zwemmer | Film |
| 1981 | Lili Marleen | Aaron | Film |
| 1980 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Reinhold | TV |
| 1979 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | Willi Klenze | Film |
| 1978 | Despair | Perebrodov | Film |
| 1978 | Fedora | Kritos | Film |
| 1978 | In a Year with 13 Moons | Anton Saitz | Film |
| 1977 | The Stationmaster’s Wife | Film | |
| 1975 | Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven | Jörg Niemeyer | Film |
| 1972 | Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day | Jochen Epp | TV |
| 1971 | Carlos | Carlos | Film |
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