Gottfried John
Actor
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
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
as Jules César 1999
Ruby Red
as Dr. White 2013
Emerald Green
as Dr. White (archive footage) 2016
Proof of Life
as Eric Kessler 2000
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Willi Klenze 1979
Flood
as Arthur Moyes 2007
Fedora
as Kritos 1978
Otto - The Movie
as Sonnemann 1985
John Rabe
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann 2009
Lili Marleen
as Aaron 1981
In a Year with 13 Moons
as Anton Saitz 1978
The Gathering Storm
as Friedrich von Schroder 2002
Abraham
as Eliezer 1993
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
as Herr Benjamenta 1995
The Ogre
as Chief Forester 1996
Despair
as Perebrodov 1978