Gottfried John
Berlin, Germany
1942-08-29
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.
Movies:
Lili Marleen
The Marriage of Maria Braun
GoldenEye
Abraham
Schön war die Zeit
John Rabe
Glatteis
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
In a Year with 13 Moons
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
The Ogre
Mata Hari
Life Is Too Long
Fedora
Mary Magdalene
Night of the Fox
A Pirate's Heart
Ruby Red
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Carlos
Despair
A World Beyond
Brüder auf Leben und Tod
Otto - The Movie
The Papal Council
Mein zweites Leben
My Magical Friend Sams
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
1982: Gutenbach
Wings of Fame
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
Black Flowers
Die Löwin
Entrusted
Elfenbein
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie
Aghet
Deadly Web
Wo die Liebe hinfällt
Emerald Green
Pattberg's Legacy
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
Die Mitläufer
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
The Mistake
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
Flood
Das zweite Leben
Die Zeit danach
Der Fall Franza
Die Ratten
Chinese Boxes
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
Rumpelstilzchen
Marija
Proof of Life
Verworrene Bilanzen
The Gathering Storm
Life, Love & Celluloid
Café Oriental
Balzac: A Life of Passion
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
Of Pure Blood
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
Cowgirl
Der Solist - In eigener Sache
Am I Beautiful?
Ein letzter Wille
Super
Death Has A Bad Reputation
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Renzo e Lucia
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
La casa dove abitava Corinne
Augustus: The First Emperor
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
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