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Gottfried John

1942 - 2014

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Gottfried John (German: [ˈjoːn]; 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' Trip 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 and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999), for the latter of which he won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gottfried John is the 1,240th most popular actor (down from 1,050th in 2019), the 1,763rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,578th in 2019) and the 30th most popular German Actor.

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Among actors, Gottfried John ranks 1,240 out of 13,578. Before him are Rob Reiner, Alison Steadman, Kate Beckinsale, Billy Zane, Steven Berkoff, and Matt Dillon. After him are Jean Dujardin, Honor Blackman, Michael Ironside, Barbara Sukowa, Ralph Bellamy, and Eva Green.

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Among people born in 1942, Gottfried John ranks 156. Before him are Christopher A. Sims, Vladimir Bukovsky, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, John McLaughlin, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, and Pascal Couchepin. After him are Michel Fourniret, Sigfried Held, Takao Nishiyama, Rose Francine Rogombé, Mario Terán, and Silvia Federici. Among people deceased in 2014, Gottfried John ranks 92. Before him are Gabriel Axel, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Alice Herz-Sommer, Ben Bradlee, Oscar de la Renta, and Stuart Hall. After him are Ralph H. Baer, Valeri Kubasov, Christopher Jones, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Jack Bruce, and Fred Phelps.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottfried John ranks 1,763 out of 7,253. Before him are Ferdinand Ries (1784), Eugen Jochum (1902), Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), Hans Burgkmair (1473), August Sander (1876), and Kathrine Switzer (1947). After him are Robert Hübner (1948), Hermann Paul (1846), Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Ludwig Börne (1786), Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), and Georg Stumme (1886).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Gottfried John ranks 30. Before him are Brigitte Helm (1906), Maria Riva (1924), Diane Kruger (1976), Anne Wiazemsky (1947), Uta Hagen (1919), and Conrad Veidt (1893). After him are Barbara Sukowa (1950), Otto Sander (1941), William Dieterle (1893), Kurt Gerron (1897), Rachel Félix (1821), and Ernst Busch (1900).

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