Gottfried John

Acting

Aug 29, 1942 – Sep 1, 2014 · 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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

GoldenEye1995
as ⁨Colonel Ourumov⁩
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar1999
as ⁨Jules César⁩
Ruby Red2013
as ⁨Dr. White⁩
Proof of Life2000
as ⁨Eric Kessler⁩
Emerald Green2016
as ⁨Dr. White (archive footage)⁩
The Marriage of Maria Braun1979
as ⁨Willi Klenze⁩
Fedora1978
as ⁨Kritos⁩
as ⁨Arthur Moyes⁩
as ⁨Sonnemann⁩
as ⁨Dr. Oskar Trautmann⁩
as ⁨Aaron⁩
as ⁨Anton Saitz⁩
as ⁨Friedrich von Schroder⁩
as ⁨Eliezer⁩
as ⁨Herr Benjamenta⁩

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

GoldenEye1995
as ⁨Colonel Ourumov⁩
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar1999
as ⁨Jules César⁩
Ruby Red2013
as ⁨Dr. White⁩
Proof of Life2000
as ⁨Eric Kessler⁩
Emerald Green2016
as ⁨Dr. White (archive footage)⁩
The Marriage of Maria Braun1979
as ⁨Willi Klenze⁩
Fedora1978
as ⁨Kritos⁩
as ⁨Arthur Moyes⁩
as ⁨Sonnemann⁩
as ⁨Dr. Oskar Trautmann⁩
as ⁨Aaron⁩
as ⁨Anton Saitz⁩
as ⁨Friedrich von Schroder⁩
as ⁨Eliezer⁩
as ⁨Herr Benjamenta⁩