Gottfried John
Acting
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
2016Emerald Green
Dr. White (archive footage)
2013Ruby Red
Dr. White
2013A World Beyond
Dr. Jan Kersebohm
2012Die Löwin
Jo
2010Life Is Too Long
Georg Maria Stahl
2010Aghet
Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
2009John Rabe
Dr. Oskar Trautmann
2009Black Flowers
Curtis
2009Rumpelstilzchen
König Gustav
2008The Papal Council
Paolo Naldini
2007Flood
Arthur Moyes
2007Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
Self
2006A Pirate's Heart
Konrad von Wallenrod
2005The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Dr. Emmanuel Droz
2005Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Henri, duc d'Armagnac
2004Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
Aldo Caldini
2004Cowgirl
Hans Krahl
2004Renzo e Lucia
Innominato
2003My Magical Friend Sams
School Inspector
2003Entrusted
Thomas von Gall - grandfather
2003Augustus: The First Emperor
Cicero
2002The Gathering Storm
Friedrich von Schroder
2000Mary Magdalene
Erode Antipa
2000Proof of Life
Eric Kessler