Gottfried John

Gottfried John

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Born 1942-08-29 Berlin, Germany 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.6
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 c...
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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.

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Augustus: The First Emperor poster
Augustus: The First Emperor
as Cicero
2003-11-30
Donna Leon poster
Donna Leon
as Carmello La Capra
2000-10-12
Beckmann poster
Beckmann
as Self
1999-01-25
Millennium poster
Millennium
as Josef Heim
1996-10-25
Space Rangers poster
Space Rangers
as Erich Weiss
1993-01-27
Wolffs Revier poster
Wolffs Revier
as Johnny Reschke
1992-09-17
Nachtcafé poster
Nachtcafé
as Self
1987-02-14
A Case For Two poster
A Case For Two
as Markus Meyer
1981-09-11

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