Photo: Blaues Sofa from Berlin, Deutschland / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What strikes me about Gottfried John is how completely his story is tied to one director. He showed up in nine of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's films across just six years, including The Marriage of Maria Braun and the monumental Berlin Alexanderplatz, and that kind of repeated trust tells me Fassbinder saw something singular in him. I find it telling that a German stage actor with that pedigree later reached me through a wider lens, and his range across stage, screen, and voice work suggests an actor who never stopped stretching. He died in 2014, but that Fassbinder run feels like a near-complete artistic life on its own.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gottfried John
- Name (Japanese)
- ゴットフリード・ジョン
- Reading
- ごっとふりーど・じょん
- Born
- August 29, 1942 – September 1, 2014
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
- Occupation
- voice actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor / singer
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Gottfried John born?
August 29, 1942 – September 1, 2014.
Where is Gottfried John from?
Gottfried John is from Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg.
What does Gottfried John do?
Gottfried John works as voice actor, stage actor, film actor, television actor, singer.
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7. About this entry
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- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.