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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 Colonel Ourumov
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
as Jules César
Ruby Red
as Dr. White
Proof of Life
as Eric Kessler
Flood
as Arthur Moyes
The Gathering Storm
as Friedrich von Schroder
John Rabe
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Willi Klenze
Abraham
as Eliezer
Emerald Green
as Dr. White (archive footage)
