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

• 2016Emerald Green — Dr. White (archive footage)
• 2013A World Beyond — Dr. Jan Kersebohm
• 2013Ruby Red — Dr. White
• 2012Die Löwin — Jo
• 2010Aghet — Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
• 2010Life Is Too Long — Georg Maria Stahl
• 2009Black Flowers — Curtis
• 2009John Rabe — Dr. Oskar Trautmann
• 2009Rumpelstilzchen — König Gustav
• 2008The Papal Council — Paolo Naldini
• 2007Das zweite Leben — Robert Kreutzer
• 2007Flood — Arthur Moyes
• 2006A Pirate's Heart — Konrad von Wallenrod
• 2005Julie, chevalier de Maupin — Henri, duc d'Armagnac
• 2005The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes — Dr. Emmanuel Droz
• 2004Cowgirl — Hans Krahl
• 2004Die schöne Braut in Schwarz — Aldo Caldini
• Julie, chevalier de Maupin — Henri, duc d'Armagnac
• 2004Renzo e Lucia — Innominato
• Renzo e Lucia — Innominato
• 2003Augustus: The First Emperor — Cicero
• Augustus: The First Emperor — Cicero
• 2003Entrusted — Thomas von Gall - grandfather
• 2003My Magical Friend Sams — School Inspector
• 2002Der Solist - In eigener Sache — Martin Krohn
• 2002The Gathering Storm — Friedrich von Schroder
• Donna Leon — Carmello La Capra
• 2000Mary Magdalene — Erode Antipa
• 2000Proof of Life — Eric Kessler
• 1999Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar — Jules César
• Balzac — le comte Hanski
• 1999Balzac: A Life of Passion — Count Hanska
• 1999Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt — Max Beckmann
• 1999Teuflischer Engel — Henry Martens
• 1998Am I Beautiful? — Herbert
• Die Cleveren — Dr. Brendel
• 1998Die Fremde in meiner Brust — Richard Keller
• 1998Glatteis — Kurt Wallmann
• 1998Mein zweites Leben — Richard Keller
• 1996Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle — Kommissar Beckmann
• 1996La casa dove abitava Corinne — Michele Wolf
• Millennium — Josef Heim
• 1996The Ogre — Chief Forester
• 1995Brüder auf Leben und Tod — Renato Calvi
• 1995GoldenEye — Colonel Ourumov
• 1995Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life — Herr Benjamenta
• 1994Deadly Web — Kommissar Max Beckmann
• 1994Die Zeit danach — man from Klagenfurt
• 1994Ein letzter Wille — Paul Elling
• 1994Novalis - Die blaue Blume — Sophies Vater
• 1993Abraham — Eliezer
• Abraham — Eliezer
• Colpo di coda — Pierre
• Space Rangers — Erich Weiss
• 1992The Mistake — Jacob Alain
• Wolffs Revier — Johnny Reschke
• 1991Elfenbein — Nicholas Messier
• 1991Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne — Robert Dallburg
• 1990Death Has a Bad Reputation — Rodimstev
• Drehort Pfarrhaus — Achim Hollweg
• 1990Night of the Fox — Hofer
• 1990Wings of Fame — Zlatogorski
• Blaues Blut — Herr Mannheim
• Game, Set, and Match — Erich Stinnes
• 1988Schön war die Zeit — Franz Bauer
• 1987Der Fall Franza — Captain
• 1987Pattberg's Legacy — Ulrich Vogtmann
• 1986Of Pure Blood — Paul Bergmann
• 1985Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter — Bartolomé de las Casas
• 1985Mata Hari — Wolff
• 1985Otto - The Movie — Sonnemann
• 1985The Followers — Brocke
• 1985Verworrene Bilanzen — Karl M. Kronen
• 1984Chinese Boxes — Zwemmer
• 1984Super
• 1983Die Matrosen von Kronstadt — Petritschenko
• Die Priwalowschen Millionen
• A Case For Two — Hans Beckers, Markus Meyer
• 1981Lili Marleen — Aaron
• Berlin Alexanderplatz — Reinhold Hoffmann
• 1979Die Ratten — Bruno Mechelke
• The Great Runaway — Herr Adam
• 1979The Marriage of Maria Braun — Willi Klenze
• Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie — Clemens Koch
• 1979Wo die Liebe hinfällt
• 19781982: Gutenbach — Peter Kessel
• 1978Despair — Perebrodov
• 1978Fedora — Kritos
• 1978In a Year with 13 Moons — Anton Saitz
• 1978Marija — Filipp
• 1977The Stationmaster’s Wife — Finkelberger
• 1975Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven — Jörg Niemeyer
• Derrick — Krummbach
• World on a Wire — Einstein
• Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day — Jochen Epp
• 1971Carlos — Carlos
• 1971Jaider, the Lonely Hunter — Jaider
• Polizeiruf 110 — Hellwig
• Scene of the Crime — Harry Mucher
• The Commissioner — Werner Stimmel
• Jörg Preda berichtet — Rolf
• 1962Café Oriental
• 1962Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2007Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story — Self
• Beckmann — Self
• 1998Life, Love & Celluloid — Self
• Nachtcafé — Self
• Bavarian Film Awards — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• 3 nach 9 — Self