Overview

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Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
29 Aug, 1942 (82 years old)

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

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
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104 min 1995

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Drama
Space Rangers
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1993

Space Rangers

Drama
In a Year with 13 Moons
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124 min 1978

In a Year with 13 Moons

Drama

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