Gottfried John

Birth Name:

Gottfried John

Birth Place:

Berlin, Germany

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

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․"

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