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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Full filmography
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Harry Mucher
- Polizeiruf 110 (1971) as Hellwig
- Derrick (1974) as Krummbach
- NDR Talk Show (1979) as Self
- A Case For Two (1981) as Hans Beckers
- A Case For Two (1981) as Markus Meyer
- 3 nach 9 (1974) as Self
- Millennium (1996) as Josef Heim
- Beckmann (1999) as Self
- Nachtcafé (1987) as Self
- Wolffs Revier (1992) as Johnny Reschke
- The Commissioner (1969) as Werner Stimmel
- Bavarian Film Awards (1979) as Self
- GoldenEye (1995) as Colonel Ourumov
- Donna Leon (2000) as Carmello La Capra
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) as Reinhold Hoffmann
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) as Reinhold
- Die Cleveren (1998) as Dr. Brendel
- Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) as Jules César
- Space Rangers (1993) as Erich Weiss
- World on a Wire (1973) as Einstein
- Proof of Life (2000) as Eric Kessler
- Game, Set, and Match (1988)
- Game, Set, and Match (1988) as Erich Stinnes