Gottfried John
Birthday: 1942-08-29
Deathday: 2014-09-01
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
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2013-03-29 | A World Beyond | Dr. Jan Kersebohm |
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2013-03-14 | Ruby Red | Dr. White |
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2012-01-02 | Die Löwin | Jo |
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2010-08-26 | Life Is Too Long | Georg Maria Stahl |
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2010-04-09 | Aghet | Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein |
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2009-12-26 | Rumpelstilzchen | König Gustav |
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2009-09-18 | Black Flowers | Curtis |
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2009-04-02 | John Rabe | Dr. Oskar Trautmann |
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2008-03-16 | The Papal Council | Paolo Naldini |
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2007-08-24 | Flood | Arthur Moyes |
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2007-04-25 | Das zweite Leben | Robert Kreutzer |
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2006-04-15 | A Pirate's Heart | Konrad von Wallenrod |
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2005-09-09 | The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes | Dr. Emmanuel Droz |
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2005-01-10 | Julie, chevalier de Maupin | Henri, duc d'Armagnac |
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2004-12-08 | Cowgirl | Hans Krahl |
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2004-06-12 | Die schöne Braut in Schwarz | Aldo Caldini |
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2004-01-13 | Renzo e Lucia | Innominato |
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2003-12-10 | Sams in Gefahr | School Inspector |
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2003-11-30 | Augustus: The First Emperor | Cicero |
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2003-07-03 | Entrusted | Thomas von Gall - grandfather |
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2002-04-22 | The Gathering Storm | Friedrich von Schroder |
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2002-04-20 | Der Solist - In eigener Sache | Martin Krohn |
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2000-12-08 | Proof of Life | Eric Kessler |
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2000-04-24 | Mary Magdalene | Erode Antipa |
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1999-09-13 | Balzac: A Life of Passion | Count Hanska |
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1999-06-26 | Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt | Max Beckmann |
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1999-02-03 | Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar | Jules César |
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1998-10-14 | Die Fremde in meiner Brust | Richard Keller |
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1998-09-17 | Am I Beautiful? | Herbert |
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1998-01-01 | Glatteis | Kurt Wallmann |
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1998-01-01 | Mein zweites Leben | Richard Keller |
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1996-11-28 | La casa dove abitava Corinne | Michele Wolf |
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1996-09-21 | Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle | Kommissar Beckmann |
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1996-09-12 | The Ogre | Chief Forester |
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1995-11-16 | GoldenEye | General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov |
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1995-08-01 | Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life | Herr Benjamenta |
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1995-01-01 | Brüder auf Leben und Tod | Renato Calvi |
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1994-09-23 | Die Zeit danach | man from Klagenfurt |
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1994-01-01 | Deadly Web | Kommissar Max Beckmann |
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1994-01-01 | Ein letzter Wille | Paul Elling |
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1993-12-12 | Abraham | Eliezer |
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1993-10-24 | Das Sahara-Projekt | Collani |
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1993-10-12 | Novalis - Die blaue Blume | Sophies Vater |
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1992-03-19 | The Mistake | Jacob Alain |
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1991-12-19 | Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne | Robert Dallburg |
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1991-06-23 | Elfenbein | Nicholas Messier |
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1990-11-27 | Night of the Fox | Hofer |
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1990-03-23 | Wings of Fame | Zlatogorski |
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1990-01-01 | Death Has A Bad Reputation | Rodimstev |
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1988-01-01 | Schön war die Zeit | Franz Bauer |
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1987-05-31 | Pattberg's Legacy | Ulrich Vogtmann |
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1987-01-01 | Der Fall Franza | Captain |
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1986-10-19 | Of Pure Blood | Paul Bergmann |
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1985-09-05 | Mata Hari | Wolff |
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1985-07-19 | Otto - The Movie | Sonnemann |
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1985-06-07 | Die Mitläufer | Brocke |
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1985-05-22 | Verworrene Bilanzen | Karl M. Kronen |
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1985-03-24 | Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter | Bartolomé de las Casas |
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1984-11-29 | Chinese Boxes | Zwemmer |
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1984-05-11 | Super | |
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1983-09-19 | Die Matrosen von Kronstadt | Petritschenko |
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1981-01-14 | Lili Marleen | Aaron |
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1979-05-13 | Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie | Clemens Koch |
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1979-03-23 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | Willi Klenze |
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1979-02-18 | Die Ratten | Bruno Mechelke |
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1979-01-28 | Wo die Liebe hinfällt | |
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1978-11-17 | In a Year with 13 Moons | Anton Saitz |
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1978-10-21 | 1982: Gutenbach | Peter Kessel |
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1978-09-20 | Despair | Perebrodov |
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1978-09-17 | Marija | Filipp |
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1978-06-29 | Fedora | Kritos |
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1977-07-31 | The Stationmaster’s Wife | Finkelberger |
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1977-07-31 | The Stationmaster’s Wife | |
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1975-07-01 | Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven | Jörg Niemeyer |
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1971-11-20 | Carlos | Carlos |
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1971-07-09 | Jaider, the Lonely Hunter | Jaider |
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1962-02-16 | Café Oriental |