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.
Known for
★6.9GoldenEye
★6.0Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
★6.9Ruby Red
★6.2Proof of Life
★7.0Emerald Green
★7.4The Marriage of Maria Braun
★7.7Millennium
★5.3Flood
★6.7Fedora
★6.5Otto - The Movie
★7.1John Rabe
★6.2Scene of the Crime
★6.5Lili Marleen
★6.6In a Year with 13 Moons
★7.3World on a Wire
★6.7The Gathering Storm
★7.1Abraham
★6.0Derrick
★7.5Berlin Alexanderplatz
★7.6Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life