Gottfried John
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| Gottfried John | |
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 Gottfried John with his wife 2004 |
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| Born | 29 August 1942 Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | Actor |
Gottfried John[1] (born 29 August 1942) is a German actor.
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[edit] Life and work
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Gottfried John played various roles in films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, notably that of Reinhold in the epic Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980). He is internationally known for his portrayals of General Ourumov in the James Bond film GoldenEye and Julius Caesar in Asterix and Obelix take on Caesar. He lives with his wife in Belgium.
[edit] Filmography
- Café Oriental (1962)
- Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt (1962) (uncredited) .... Train passenger
- Jaider, der einsame Jäger (1971) (TV) .... Jaider
- Carlos (1971)
- Acht Stunden sind kein Tag (1972/73) (TV) .... Jochen
- Welt am Draht (1973) (TV) .... Einstein
- Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (1975) .... Niemeyer
- Derrick - Season 3, Episode 11: "Das Superding" (1976) (TV)
- Die Ratten (1977) (TV) .... Bruno Mechelke
- Despair (1978) .... Perebrodov
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) ..... Willi Klenze
- Wo die Liebe hinfällt (1979) (TV)
- Reiseabrechnung (1980) (TV)
- Lili Marleen (1981) .... Aaron
- Ente oder Trente (1983)
- Chinese Boxes (1984) .... Zwemmer
- Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter (1985) (TV) .... Bartolomé de las Casas
- Der Fall Franza (1986) (TV) .... Capitain
- Verworrene Bilanzen (1987) (TV) .... Karl M. Kronen
- Death Has a Bad Reputation (1990) (TV) .... Rodimstev
- Night of the Fox (1990) (TV) .... Hofer
- Elfenbein (1991) (TV) .... Nicholas Messier
- Die Verfehlung (1992) .... Jacob Alain
- Colpo di coda (1993) (TV) .... Pierre
- Polizeiruf 110 .... Hannes Hellwig (1994)
- GoldenEye (1995) .... General Arkady Ourumov
- Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995) .... Herr Benjamenta
- The Ogre (1996) .... Chief Forrester
- Millennium (1997) (TV) .... Josef Heim
- ¿Bin ich schön? (1998) .... Herbert
- Astérix et Obélix contre César (1999) .... Jules César (Julius Caesar)
- Gli amici di Gesù - Maria Maddalena (2000) (TV) .... Erode Antipa
- Proof of Life (2000)....Eric Kessler
- The Gathering Storm (2002) (TV) .... Friedrich von Schroder
- Imperium: Augustus (2003) (TV) .... Cicero
- Die schöne Braut in Schwarz (2004) (TV) .... Aldo Caldini
- Stortebeker (2006) (TV)... Konrad von Wallenrod
- Das zweite Leben (2007) (TV)... Robert Kreutzer
- Das Papstattentat (2008) (TV)... Paolo Naldini
- Rumpelstilzchen (2009) (TV)... König
[edit] Awards
- 1999 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actor [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Unlike the common English name John, the correct German pronunciation would be, for English speakers, Yone, rhyming with bone, cone, etc.
[edit] External links
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