Gottfried John

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

GoldenEye

as General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov

Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar

as Jules César

Ruby Red

as Dr. White

Emerald Green

as Dr. White (archive footage)

Proof of Life

as Eric Kessler

The Marriage of Maria Braun

as Willi Klenze

Millennium

as Josef Heim

Flood

as Arthur Moyes

Fedora

as Kritos

Otto - The Movie

as Sonnemann