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Gottfried John Biography
Birth Name:Gottfried John
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Profession Actor, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Won a Bavarian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Asterix & Obelix vs․ Caesar" in 2000
- Won a Euregio Filmball Award for Best Euregio Actor in 2004
- Made his screen acting debut in the film "Café Oriental" in 1962
- Started out as a member of the German acting troupe led by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Worked as a pavement artist and construction worker in Paris during his teenage years
- Best known for his role as the villain General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov in "GoldenEye" and as Eric Kessler in "Proof of Life․"
- Provided the German voice of Shifu in the animated film "Kung Fu Panda 2․"
Awards
- 2000Bavarian Film Award-Best Supporting Actor (Nebendarstellerpreis): winner