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
Acting

1981
asAaron

1979
asWilli Klenze

1995
asColonel Ourumov

1993
asEliezer

1988
asFranz Bauer

2009
asDr. Oskar Trautmann

1998
asKurt Wallmann

1999
asJules César

1995
asHerr Benjamenta

1978
asAnton Saitz

2005
asDr. Emmanuel Droz

1996
asChief Forester

1985
asWolff

2010
asGeorg Maria Stahl

1978
asKritos

2000
asErode Antipa

1990
asHofer

2006
asKonrad von Wallenrod

2013
asDr. White

1977
asFinkelberger

1971
asCarlos

1978
asPerebrodov

2013
asDr. Jan Kersebohm

1995
asRenato Calvi

1985
asSonnemann

2008
asPaolo Naldini

1998
asRichard Keller

2003
asSchool Inspector

1971
asJaider

1978
asPeter Kessel

1990
asZlatogorski

2004
asAldo Caldini

2009
asCurtis

2012
asJo

2003
asThomas von Gall - grandfather

1991
asNicholas Messier

1975
asJörg Niemeyer

2010
asFriedrich Kress von Kressenstein

1994
asKommissar Max Beckmann

1979
as
2016
asDr. White (archive footage)

1983
asPetritschenko

2007
asArthur Moyes

2007
asRobert Kreutzer

1985
asBrocke

1992
asJacob Alain

1987
asUlrich Vogtmann

1991
asRobert Dallburg

1998
asRichard Keller

1994
asman from Klagenfurt

1987
asCaptain

1979
asBruno Mechelke

1984
asZwemmer

1996
asKommissar Beckmann

1994
asSophies Vater

2009
asKönig Gustav

1978
asFilipp

2000
asEric Kessler

1985
asKarl M. Kronen

2002
asFriedrich von Schroder

1998
asSelf

1962
as
1999
asCount Hanska

2007
asSelf

1986
asPaul Bergmann

1999
asMax Beckmann

2004
asHans Krahl

2002
asMartin Krohn

1998
asHerbert

1994
asPaul Elling

1984
as
1990
asRodimstev

1977
as
2004
asInnominato

2005
asHenri, duc d'Armagnac

1985
asBartolomé de las Casas

1996
asMichele Wolf

2003
asCicero

1962
as
asCicero
asJosef Heim
asErich Weiss
as
asReinhold Hoffmann
asWerner Stimmel
asJochen Epp
asHarry Mucher
asHerr Adam
asDr. Brendel
asKrummbach
asHans Beckers
asMarkus Meyer
asJohnny Reschke
asHellwig
asErich Stinnes
asSelf
asHerr Mannheim
asCarmello La Capra
asAchim Hollweg
asRolf
asle comte Hanski
as
asSelf
asSelf
asHenri, duc d'Armagnac
asPierre
asSelf
asSelf
asEinstein
asEliezer
asClemens Koch
Production
Crew
Directing