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