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