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