Gottfried John
Known for Acting · 109 credits
- Born
- 1942-08-29
- Died
- 2014-09-01
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
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
TV Shows (30)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Harry Mucher
Derrick
1974
as Krummbach
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Hellwig
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
A Case For Two
1981
as Hans Beckers / Markus Meyer
Millennium
1996
as Josef Heim
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
Nachtcafé
1987
as Self
Beckmann
1999
as Self
The Commissioner
1969
as Werner Stimmel
Wolffs Revier
1992
as Johnny Reschke
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Donna Leon
2000
as Carmello La Capra
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980
as Reinhold Hoffmann
Die Cleveren
1998
as Dr. Brendel
Space Rangers
1993
as Erich Weiss
Game, Set, and Match
1988
as Erich Stinnes
World on a Wire
1973
as Einstein
Abraham
1994
as Eliezer
Jörg Preda berichtet
1966
as Rolf
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972
as Jochen Epp
Balzac
1999
as le comte Hanski
Blaues Blut
1989
as Herr Mannheim
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
as Cicero
The Great Runaway
1979
as Herr Adam
Colpo di coda
1993
as Pierre
Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie
1979
as Clemens Koch
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2004
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Die Priwalowschen Millionen
1982
Drehort Pfarrhaus
1990
as Achim Hollweg
Movies (79)
GoldenEye
1995
as Colonel Ourumov
Ruby Red
2013
as Dr. White
Flood
2007
as Arthur Moyes
Proof of Life
2000
as Eric Kessler
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
as Jules César
Emerald Green
2016
as Dr. White (archive footage)
John Rabe
2009
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Black Flowers
2009
as Curtis
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
as Willi Klenze
Fedora
1978
as Kritos
Abraham
1993
as Eliezer
Despair
1978
as Perebrodov
The Ogre
1996
as Chief Forester
Am I Beautiful?
1998
as Herbert
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Friedrich von Schroder
Lili Marleen
1981
as Aaron
Chinese Boxes
1984
as Zwemmer
Entrusted
2003
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
Mata Hari
1985
as Wolff
Night of the Fox
1990
as Hofer
Aghet
2010
as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
Balzac: A Life of Passion
1999
as Count Hanska
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995
as Herr Benjamenta
Otto - The Movie
1985
as Sonnemann
Wings of Fame
1990
as Zlatogorski
My Magical Friend Sams
2003
as School Inspector
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
as Cicero
Glatteis
1998
as Kurt Wallmann
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978
as Anton Saitz
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977
as Finkelberger
A Pirate's Heart
2006
as Konrad von Wallenrod
The Followers
1985
as Brocke
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005
as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
Carlos
1971
as Carlos
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Cowgirl
2004
as Hans Krahl
Mein zweites Leben
1998
as Richard Keller
The Mistake
1992
as Jacob Alain
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
1994
as Sophies Vater
Life, Love & Celluloid
1998
as Self
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975
as Jörg Niemeyer
Mary Magdalene
2000
as Erode Antipa
Renzo e Lucia
2004
as Innominato
Life Is Too Long
2010
as Georg Maria Stahl
Marija
1978
as Filipp
Schön war die Zeit
1988
as Franz Bauer
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
1996
as Kommissar Beckmann
Brüder auf Leben und Tod
1995
as Renato Calvi
Ein letzter Wille
1994
as Paul Elling
Die Löwin
2012
as Jo
Der Fall Franza
1987
as Captain
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007
as Self
Death Has a Bad Reputation
1990
as Rodimstev
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
1962
Of Pure Blood
1986
as Paul Bergmann
Die Zeit danach
1994
as man from Klagenfurt
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
1985
as Bartolomé de las Casas
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
2004
as Aldo Caldini
The Papal Council
2008
as Paolo Naldini
La casa dove abitava Corinne
1996
as Michele Wolf
Der Solist - In eigener Sache
2002
as Martin Krohn
A World Beyond
2013
as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
1998
as Richard Keller
Elfenbein
1991
as Nicholas Messier
Das zweite Leben
2007
as Robert Kreutzer
Deadly Web
1994
as Kommissar Max Beckmann
Verworrene Bilanzen
1985
as Karl M. Kronen
Rumpelstilzchen
2009
as König Gustav
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
1999
as Max Beckmann
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
1983
as Petritschenko
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
1971
as Jaider
Die Ratten
1979
as Bruno Mechelke
Pattberg's Legacy
1987
as Ulrich Vogtmann
Wo die Liebe hinfällt
1979
Super
1984
1982: Gutenbach
1978
as Peter Kessel
Café Oriental
1962
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
1991
as Robert Dallburg
Teuflischer Engel
1999
as Henry Martens
About 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… With 109 credits spanning from 1962 to 2016, Gottfried John has appeared in 79 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gottfried John Movies
- GoldenEye (1995) — as Colonel Ourumov
- Ruby Red (2013) — as Dr. White
- Flood (2007) — as Arthur Moyes
- Proof of Life (2000) — as Eric Kessler
- Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) — as Jules César
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