Actor

Gottfried John

Gottfried John appears in 15 titles on Nahoko (12 movies and 3 TV shows), released between 1972 and 2004. Best known for GoldenEye, Proof of Life and The Marriage of Maria Braun.

Born: 29 August 1942
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1 September 2014 (aged 72)
Career start: 1972

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Known for

★ 7.2

GoldenEye1995

★ 6.3

Proof of Life2000

★ 7.7

The Marriage of Maria Braun1979

★ 8.3Berlin Alexanderplatz1980

★ 7.3Rent/BuyIn a Year with 13 Moons1978

★ 6.4Otto - Der Film1984

★ 7.1Lili Marleen1981

★ 6.8

The Ogre1996

★ 7.5Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven1975

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life (1995)

★ 7.0

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life1995

★ 7.1

Abraham1993

★ 6.2

The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes2004

★ 4.2

Mata Hari1985

★ 6.7Wings of Fame1990

★ 8.2Eight Hours Don't Make a Day1972

Where to watch

United States

8 of their 15 titles are streaming right now in United States.

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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.