Gottfried John

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Gottfried John
Gottfried John at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival
Born	(1942-08-29)29 August 1942 Berlin, Germany
Died	1 September 2014(2014-09-01) (aged 72) Utting am Ammersee, Germany
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Brigitte John (2004–2014; his death)

Gottfried John (German: [ˈjoːn];^[1] 29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A longtime collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in nine of his films between 1975 and 1981, the year before Fassbinder's death, including Eight Hours Don't Make a Day, Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven, Despair, The Marriage of Maria Braun, and Berlin Alexanderplatz. His distinctive, gaunt appearance saw him frequently cast as villains, and he is best known to audiences for his role as the corrupt General Arkady Ourumov in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye and his comedic turn as Julius Caesar in Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar, for the latter of which he won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.