Birthday
1942/08/29
Day of death
2014/09/01 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Also know as
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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 G...Read more
(1981) Lili Marleen
as Aaron
(1979) The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Willi Klenze
(1995) GoldenEye
as General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
(1993) Abraham
as Eliezer
(1988) Schön war die Zeit
as Franz Bauer
(2009) John Rabe
as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
(1998) Glatteis
as Kurt Wallmann
(1999) Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
as Jules César
(1995) Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
as Herr Benjamenta
(1978) In a Year with 13 Moons
as Anton Saitz
(2005) The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
as Dr. Emmanuel Droz
(1996) The Ogre
as Chief Forester
(1985) Mata Hari
as Wolff
(2010) Life Is Too Long
as Georg Maria Stahl
(1978) Fedora
as Kritos
(2000) Mary Magdalene
as Erode Antipa
(1990) Night of the Fox
as Hofer
(2006) A Pirate's Heart
as Konrad von Wallenrod
(2013) Ruby Red
as Dr. White
(1977) The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Finkelberger
(1971) Carlos
as Carlos
(1978) Despair
as Perebrodov
(2013) A World Beyond
as Dr. Jan Kersebohm
(1995) Brüder auf Leben und Tod
as Renato Calvi
(1985) Otto - The Movie
as Sonnemann
(2008) The Papal Council
as Paolo Naldini
(1998) Mein zweites Leben
as Richard Keller
(2003) Sams in Gefahr
as School Inspector
(1993) Das Sahara-Projekt
as Collani
(1971) Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
as Jaider
(1978) 1982: Gutenbach
as Peter Kessel
(1990) Wings of Fame
as Zlatogorski
(2004) Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
as Aldo Caldini
(2009) Black Flowers
as Curtis
(2012) Die Löwin
as Jo
(2003) Entrusted
as Thomas von Gall - grandfather
(1991) Elfenbein
as Nicholas Messier
(1975) Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Jörg Niemeyer
(1979) Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie
as Clemens Koch
(2010) Aghet
as Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
(1994) Deadly Web
as Kommissar Max Beckmann
(1979) Wo die Liebe hinfällt
as ---
(2016) Emerald Green
as Dr. White (archive footage)
(2007) Flood
as Arthur Moyes
(2007) Das zweite Leben
as Robert Kreutzer
(1987) Pattberg's Legacy
as Ulrich Vogtmann
(1991) Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
as Robert Dallburg
(1992) The Mistake
as Jacob Alain
(1983) Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
as Petritschenko
(1985) Die Mitläufer
as Brocke
(1998) Die Fremde in meiner Brust
as Richard Keller
(1994) Die Zeit danach
as man from Klagenfurt
(1987) Der Fall Franza
as Captain
(1979) Die Ratten
as Bruno Mechelke
(1984) Chinese Boxes
as Zwemmer
(2002) Best Ever Bond
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1996) Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
as Kommissar Beckmann
(1993) Novalis - Die blaue Blume
as Sophies Vater
(2009) Rumpelstilzchen
as König Gustav
(1978) Marija
as Filipp
(2000) Proof of Life
as Eric Kessler
(1985) Verworrene Bilanzen
as Karl M. Kronen
(2002) The Gathering Storm
as Friedrich von Schroder
(1998) Life, Love & Celluloid
as Self
(1962) Café Oriental
as ---
(1999) Balzac: A Life of Passion
as Count Hanska
(2007) Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
as Self
(1986) Of Pure Blood
as Paul Bergmann
(1999) Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
as Max Beckmann
(2004) Cowgirl
as Hans Krahl
(2002) Der Solist - In eigener Sache
as Martin Krohn
(1998) Am I Beautiful?
as Herbert
(1994) Ein letzter Wille
as Paul Elling
(1984) Super
as ---
(1990) Death Has A Bad Reputation
as Rodimstev
(1977) The Stationmaster’s Wife
as ---
(2004) Renzo e Lucia
as Innominato
(2005) Julie, chevalier de Maupin
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
(1985) Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
as Bartolomé de las Casas
(1996) La casa dove abitava Corinne
as Michele Wolf
(2003) Augustus: The First Emperor
as Cicero
(1996) Millennium
as Josef Heim
(1993) Space Rangers
as Erich Weiss
(1988) Game, Set, and Match
as ---
(1980) Berlin Alexanderplatz
as Reinhold Hoffmann
(1969) Der Kommissar
as Werner Stimmel
(1972) Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
as Jochen Epp
(1970) Scene of the Crime
as Harry Mucher
(1979) The Great Runaway
as Herr Adam
(1998) Die Cleveren
as Dr. Brendel
(1974) Derrick
as Krummbach
(1981) A Case For Two
as Hans Beckers
(1981) A Case For Two
as Markus Meyer
(1992) Wolffs Revier
as Johnny Reschke
(1971) Polizeiruf 110
as Hellwig
(1988) Game, Set, and Match
as Erich Stinnes
(1999) Beckmann
as Self
(1989) Blaues Blut
as Herr Mannheim
(2000) Donna Leon
as Carmello La Capra
(1990) Drehort Pfarrhaus
as Achim Hollweg
(1966) Jörg Preda berichtet
as Rolf
(1999) Balzac
as le comte Hanski
(1982) Die Priwalowschen Millionen
as ---
(1979) Bavarian Film Award
as Self
(1987) Nachtcafé
as Self
(2004) Julie, chevalier de Maupin
as Henri, duc d'Armagnac
(1993) Colpo di coda
as Pierre
(1979) NDR Talk Show
as Self
(1974) 3 nach 9
as Self
(1973) World on a Wire
as Einstein