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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 29, 1942
Died
September 1, 2014
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Gottfried John
0.5 Popularity
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
6.9
Dr. White (archive footage)
Emerald Green
2016
6.2
Dr. Jan Kersebohm
A World Beyond
2013
7.0
Dr. White
Ruby Red
2013
0.0
Jo
Die Löwin
2012
5.0
Georg Maria Stahl
Life Is Too Long
2010
8.2
Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
Aghet
2010
7.0
König Gustav
Rumpelstilzchen
2009
4.4
Curtis
Black Flowers
2009
7.1
Dr. Oskar Trautmann
John Rabe
2009
3.0
Paolo Naldini
The Papal Council
2008
Credits
Emerald Green
as Dr. White (archive footage)
2016
6.9
A World Beyond
as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
2013
6.2
Ruby Red
as Dr. White
2013
7.0
Die Löwin
as Jo
2012
0.0
Life Is Too Long
as Georg Maria Stahl
2010
5.0
Aghet
as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
2010
8.2
Rumpelstilzchen
as König Gustav
2009
7.0
Black Flowers
as Curtis
2009
4.4
John Rabe
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
2009
7.1
The Papal Council
as Paolo Naldini
2008
3.0
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
as Self
2007
0.0
Flood
as Arthur Moyes
2007
5.3
🎬
Das zweite Leben
as Robert Kreutzer
2007
7.0
A Pirate's Heart
as Konrad von Wallenrod
2006
5.3
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
2005
6.2
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
2005
4.0
Cowgirl
as Hans Krahl
2004
3.5
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
2004
0.0
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
as Aldo Caldini
2004
5.0
Renzo e Lucia
as Innominato
2004
0.0
Sams in Gefahr
as School Inspector
2003
5.5
Augustus: The First Emperor
as Cicero
2003
6.2
Entrusted
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
2003
6.7
🎬
Best Ever Bond
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
5.0
The Gathering Storm
as Friedrich von Schroder
2002
6.6
🎬
Der Solist - In eigener Sache
as Martin Krohn
2002
6.0
Proof of Life
as Eric Kessler
2000
6.1
Donna Leon
as Carmello La Capra
2000
7.2
Mary Magdalene
as Erode Antipa
2000
5.6
Balzac
as le comte Hanski
1999
8.5
Balzac: A Life of Passion
as Count Hanska
1999
5.3
🎬
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
as Max Beckmann
1999
0.0
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
as Jules César
1999
6.0
Beckmann
as Self
1999
2.0
🎬
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
as Richard Keller
1998
3.5
Am I Beautiful?
as Herbert
1998
6.8
Die Cleveren
as Dr. Brendel
1998
6.8
🎬
Life, Love & Celluloid
as Self
1998
5.8
🎬
Glatteis
as Kurt Wallmann
1998
0.0
🎬
Mein zweites Leben
as Richard Keller
1998
0.0
La casa dove abitava Corinne
as Michele Wolf
1996
0.0
Millennium
as Josef Heim
1996
7.7
🎬
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
as Kommissar Beckmann
1996
1.0
The Ogre
as Chief Forester
1996
6.4
GoldenEye
as Colonel Ourumov
1995
6.9
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
as Herr Benjamenta
1995
7.8
🎬
Brüder auf Leben und Tod
as Renato Calvi
1995
0.0
🎬
Die Zeit danach
as man from Klagenfurt
1994
0.0
Abraham
as Eliezer
1994
8.0
🎬
Deadly Web
as Kommissar Max Beckmann
1994
0.0
🎬
Ein letzter Wille
as Paul Elling
1994
0.0
Abraham
as Eliezer
1993
7.0
🎬
Das Sahara-Projekt
as Collani
1993
0.0
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
as Sophies Vater
1993
0.0
Colpo di coda
as Pierre
1993
0.0
Space Rangers
as Erich Weiss
1993
5.0
Wolffs Revier
as Johnny Reschke
1992
3.4
The Mistake
as Jacob Alain
1992
4.5
🎬
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
as Robert Dallburg
1991
0.0
🎬
Elfenbein
as Nicholas Messier
1991
0.0
Night of the Fox
as Hofer
1990
6.0
🎬
Drehort Pfarrhaus
as Achim Hollweg
1990
0.0
Wings of Fame
as Zlatogorski
1990
6.4
Death Has A Bad Reputation
as Rodimstev
1990
4.0
🎬
Blaues Blut
as Herr Mannheim
1989
0.0
Game, Set, and Match
1988
7.5
Game, Set, and Match
as Erich Stinnes
1988
7.5
Schön war die Zeit
as Franz Bauer
1988
0.0
🎬
Pattberg's Legacy
as Ulrich Vogtmann
1987
0.0
Nachtcafé
as Self
1987
4.7
🎬
Der Fall Franza
as Captain
1987
0.0
Of Pure Blood
as Paul Bergmann
1986
0.0
Mata Hari
as Wolff
1985
4.0
Otto - The Movie
as Sonnemann
1985
6.5
Die Mitläufer
as Brocke
1985
0.0
🎬
Verworrene Bilanzen
as Karl M. Kronen
1985
0.0
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
as Bartolomé de las Casas
1985
5.0
Chinese Boxes
as Zwemmer
1984
6.0
Super
1984
6.2
🎬
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
as Petritschenko
1983
0.0
🎬
Die Priwalowschen Millionen
1982
0.0
A Case For Two
as Hans Beckers
1981
5.2
A Case For Two
as Markus Meyer
1981
5.2
Lili Marleen
as Aaron
1981
6.4
Berlin Alexanderplatz
as Reinhold Hoffmann
1980
7.7
🎬
Bayerischer Filmpreis
as Self
1979
0.0
The Great Runaway
as Herr Adam
1979
7.0
🎬
Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie
as Clemens Koch
1979
0.0
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Willi Klenze
1979
7.4
🎬
Die Ratten
as Bruno Mechelke
1979
0.0
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
6.5
🎬
Wo die Liebe hinfällt
1979
6.5
In a Year with 13 Moons
as Anton Saitz
1978
6.7
🎬
1982: Gutenbach
as Peter Kessel
1978
0.0
Despair
as Perebrodov
1978
6.5
🎬
Marija
as Filipp
1978
0.0
Fedora
as Kritos
1978
6.7
The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Finkelberger
1977
5.4
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977
5.4
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Jörg Niemeyer
1975
7.8
🎬
3 nach 9
as Self
1974
6.5
Derrick
as Krummbach
1974
6.0
World on a Wire
as Einstein
1973
7.2
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
as Jochen Epp
1972
7.6
Carlos
as Carlos
1971
0.0
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
as Jaider
1971
0.0
Polizeiruf 110
as Hellwig
1971
6.4
Scene of the Crime
as Harry Mucher
1970
6.1
Der Kommissar
as Werner Stimmel
1969
7.5
🎬
Jörg Preda berichtet
as Rolf
1966
0.0
🎬
Café Oriental
1962
4.5