Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Date of Birth:

Aug 29, 1942

Place of Birth:

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.

filmography:

Marija Marija

1978

Die Ratten Die Ratten

1979

Flood Flood

2007

Cowgirl Cowgirl

2004

Super Super

1984

Deadly Web Deadly Web

1994

Mata Hari Mata Hari

1985

The Ogre The Ogre

1996

Fedora Fedora

1978

Ruby Red Ruby Red

2013

GoldenEye GoldenEye

1995

Abraham Abraham

1993

Glatteis Glatteis

1998

John Rabe John Rabe

2009

Aghet Aghet

2010

Die Löwin Die Löwin

2012

Elfenbein Elfenbein

1991

Entrusted Entrusted

2003

Despair Despair

1978

Carlos Carlos

1971

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