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