Gottfried John, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gottfried John

German actor

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1942

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 01-Sep-2014

Profession: stage actor, voice actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gottfried John (German: ['jo?n]; 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.