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name: "Gottfried John"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gottfried-john"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 August 1942"
died: "1 September 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:57.882776+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gottfried John

Actor. Born 29 August 1942 in Berlin, Germany. Died 1 September 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 August 1942, Berlin, Germany
- **Died:** 1 September 2014

## Biography

Gottfried John (1942–2014) was a German stage, screen and voice actor. He was born in Berlin and began his career in theatre, appearing at the Schiller Theatre before working with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder on several projects from the mid-1970s, including *Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven* (1975), *Despair* (1978), *The Marriage of Maria Braun* (1979) and *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (1980).

John became known internationally for his role as the corrupt General Arkady Ourumov in the James Bond film *GoldenEye* (1995). Other film credits include *Fedora* (1978), *Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar* (1999) as Julius Caesar, for which he received the Bavarian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, *Proof of Life* (2000) and *Ruby Red* (2013).

*Sources: imdb.com, jamesbond.fandom.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *GoldenEye* (1995), Fi1m 78, as Colonel Ourumov — [page](https://film.one/film/goldeneye.md)

## Also known for

- *Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar* (1999), Jules César
- *Ruby Red* (2013), Dr. White
- *Proof of Life* (2000), Eric Kessler
- *Emerald Green* (2016), Dr. White (archive footage)
- *The Marriage of Maria Braun* (1979), Willi Klenze
- *Millennium* (1996), Josef Heim
- *Flood* (2007), Arthur Moyes
- *Fedora* (1978), Kritos

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