Gottfried John

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.
Cast

Lili Marleen
Aaron

The Marriage of Maria Braun
Willi Klenze

GoldenEye
Colonel Ourumov

Abraham
Eliezer

Schön war die Zeit
Franz Bauer

John Rabe
Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Glatteis
Kurt Wallmann

Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
Jules César

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Herr Benjamenta

In a Year with 13 Moons
Anton Saitz

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Dr. Emmanuel Droz

The Ogre
Chief Forester

Mata Hari
Wolff

Life Is Too Long
Georg Maria Stahl

Fedora
Kritos

Mary Magdalene
Erode Antipa

Night of the Fox
Hofer

A Pirate's Heart
Konrad von Wallenrod

Ruby Red
Dr. White

The Stationmaster’s Wife
Finkelberger, Unknown

Carlos
Carlos

Despair
Perebrodov

A World Beyond
Dr. Jan Kersebohm
Brüder auf Leben und Tod
Renato Calvi

Otto - The Movie
Sonnemann

The Papal Council
Paolo Naldini
Mein zweites Leben
Richard Keller

My Magical Friend Sams
School Inspector

Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
Jaider
1982: Gutenbach
Peter Kessel

Wings of Fame
Zlatogorski

Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
Aldo Caldini

Black Flowers
Curtis

Die Löwin
Jo

Entrusted
Thomas von Gall - grandfather
Elfenbein
Nicholas Messier

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Jörg Niemeyer

Aghet
Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
Deadly Web
Kommissar Max Beckmann
Wo die Liebe hinfällt
Unknown

Emerald Green
Dr. White (archive footage)
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
Petritschenko

Flood
Arthur Moyes
Das zweite Leben
Robert Kreutzer

Die Mitläufer
Brocke

The Mistake
Jacob Alain
Pattberg's Legacy
Ulrich Vogtmann
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
Robert Dallburg
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
Richard Keller
Die Zeit danach
man from Klagenfurt
Der Fall Franza
Captain
Die Ratten
Bruno Mechelke

Chinese Boxes
Zwemmer
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
Kommissar Beckmann

Novalis - Die blaue Blume
Sophies Vater

Rumpelstilzchen
König Gustav
Marija
Filipp

Proof of Life
Eric Kessler
Verworrene Bilanzen
Karl M. Kronen

The Gathering Storm
Friedrich von Schroder
Life, Love & Celluloid
Self
Café Oriental
Unknown

Balzac: A Life of Passion
Count Hanska

Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
Self

Of Pure Blood
Paul Bergmann
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
Max Beckmann

Cowgirl
Hans Krahl
Der Solist - In eigener Sache
Martin Krohn

Am I Beautiful?
Herbert
Ein letzter Wille
Paul Elling

Super
Unknown

Death Has A Bad Reputation
Rodimstev

Renzo e Lucia
Innominato

Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Henri, duc d'Armagnac

Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
Bartolomé de las Casas

La casa dove abitava Corinne
Michele Wolf

Augustus: The First Emperor
Cicero

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
Unknown