Gottfried John
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 29 Aug 1942
- Died
- 1 Sept 2014 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
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
GoldenEye199573Pop Score out of 100
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar199960Pop Score out of 100
Ruby Red201365Pop Score out of 100
Proof of Life200053Pop Score out of 100
Emerald Green201665Pop Score out of 100
The Marriage of Maria Braun197983Pop Score out of 100
Flood200751Pop Score out of 100
Fedora197867Pop Score out of 100
Filmography
- 2016Emerald Greenas Dr. White (archive footage)
- 2013A World Beyondas Dr. Jan Kersebohm
- 2013Ruby Redas Dr. White
- 2012Die Löwinas Jo
- 2010Life Is Too Longas Georg Maria Stahl
- 2010Aghetas Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein