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Age
79
Movies
32
TV Shows
7.3
Rating
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.
72
Died at
79
Movies
32
TV Shows
7.3
Avg Rating
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.
1974
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 29, 1942
Died
September 1, 2014
Birthplace
Berlin, Germany
GoldenEye
1995
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
1994
Der Fall Franza
1987
Abraham
1993
John Rabe
2009
My Magical Friend Sams
2003
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
1962
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
1983
Wings of Fame
1990
Of Pure Blood
1986
The Ogre
1996
Das zweite Leben
2007
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
1999
Mein zweites Leben
1998
Balzac: A Life of Passion
1999
Aghet
2010
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
1971
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
1996
1982: Gutenbach
1978
Lili Marleen
1981
+ 59 more movies
Scene of the Crime
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Polizeiruf 110
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Derrick
1974
A Case For Two
1981
A Case For Two
1981
NDR Talk Show
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Nachtcafé
1987
Millennium
1996
Beckmann
1999
3 nach 9
1974
Wolffs Revier
1992
Der Kommissar
1969
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
Donna Leon
2000
World on a Wire
1973
Die Cleveren
1998
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980
Space Rangers
1993
Game, Set, and Match
1988
Game, Set, and Match
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