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