Gottfried John

Gottfried John German ˈjoːn1 29 August 1942 1 September 2014 was a German stage screen and voice actor A longtime collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder John appeared in many of the filmmakers 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