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