Gottfried John

Gottfried John

CountryGermany Germany
GenderMale
BirthdayAug. 29, 1942
Death2014-09-01
BiographyGottfried John (German: [ˈjoːn]; 29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A longtime collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in nine of his films between 1975 and 1981, the year before Fassbinder's death, including Eight Hours Don't Make a Day, Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven, Despair, The Marriage of Maria Braun, and Berlin Alexanderplatz. His distinctive, gaunt appearance saw him frequently cast as villains, and he is best known to audiences for his role as the corrupt General Arkady Ourumov in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye and his comedic turn as Julius Caesar in Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar, for the latter of which he won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Abraham
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
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as Reinhold Hoffmann
Flood
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Flood

as Arthur Moyes
Space Rangers
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Space Rangers

as Colonel Erich Weiss

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