Emil Jannings
Known for Acting · 74 credits
- Born
- 1884-07-22
- Died
- 1950-01-02
- Place of birth
- Rorschach, Switzerland
Biography
Emil Jannings (1884–1950) was a German actor, the first to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Between 1926 and 1929, he worked in Hollywood. Upon returning to Germany, he sympathized with the Nazi regime and was one of the advisors to Universum Film-Aktiengesellschaft (UFA), the film studios controlled by Goebbels as a propaganda weapon. With the end of World War II and Germany's defeat, his career fell into disgrace.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (73)
The Last Laugh
1924
as Hotel Doorman
Vendetta
1919
as Tomasso
The Blue Angel
1930
as Immanuel Rath
Traumulus
1936
as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
Faust
1926
as Mephisto
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Variety
1925
as Boss Huller
The Tragedy of Love
1923
as Ombrade
Passionels Tagebuch
1916
as Karl Borke
Othello
1922
as Othello
The Sovereign
1937
as Matthias Clausen
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Himself (archive footage)
The Last Command
1928
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
The Rats
1921
as Bruno Mechelke
Betrayal
1929
as Poldi Moser
Tartuffe
1926
as Tartüff
Rose Bernd
1919
as Arthur Streckmann
The Way of All Flesh
1927
as August Shilling
Fuhrmann Henschel
1918
A Night of Horror
1917
Peter the Great
1922
as Tsar Peter the Great
Danton
1921
as Danton
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918
as Radu
Waxworks
1924
as Harun al Raschid
100 Years of the UFA
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Old and The Young King
1935
as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920
as Peter Xaver
Hitler's Hollywood
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Street of Sin
1928
as Basher Bill
Anna Boleyn
1920
as Henry VIII, King of England
Madame DuBarry
1919
as Ludwig XV.
The Movie City of Hollywood
1928
as Self
Uncle Krüger
1941
as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
1939
as Dr. Robert Koch
Darling of the Gods
1930
as Albert Winkelmann
The Film in the Film
1924
as Self
König Pausole
1933
as König Pausole
Where Is Mr. Belling?
1945
as Eberhard Belling
Algol: Tragedy of Power
1920
as Robert Herne
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
as Pharao Amenes
The Patriot
1928
as Czar Paul I
Keimendes Leben
1918
as James Fraenkel
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
2002
as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
Stein unter Steinen
1917
as Göttlingk
The Tempest
1932
as Gustav Bumke
When Four Do the Same
1917
as Segetoff
Life is a Dream
1916
as Verführer
The Countess of Paris
1923
as Ombrade
Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
1920
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
1920
as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
The Broken Jug
1937
as Adam
Lulu
1917
as Alfredo, a clown
Husbands or Lovers
1924
as Ehemann
Die Brüder Karamasoff
1921
Quo Vadis?
1924
as Nerone
An Old Heart Becomes Young Again
1943
as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
Dear Eva
1914
Sins of the Fathers
1928
as Wilhelm Spengler
All for Money
1923
as S. I. Rupp
The Daughter of Mehemed
1919
as Vaco Juan Riberda
The Great Light
1920
as Lorenz Ferleitner
The Merry Jail
1917
as Quabbe - der Gaoler
Der Morphinist
1916
The Dismissal
1942
as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
Hoheit Radieschen
1917
Frau Eva
1916
as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
1918
as James Fraenkel/John Smith
Der letzte Appell
1939
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
2003
as Hotelportier (archive footage)
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917
Love is Blind
1926
The Black Whale
1934
as Peter Petersen
Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
1917
About Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (1884–1950) was a German actor, the first to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Between 1926 and 1929, he worked in Hollywood. Upon returning to Germany, he sympathized with the Nazi regime and was one of the advisors to Universum Film-Aktiengesellschaft (UFA), the film studios controlled by Goebbels as a propaganda weapon. With the end of World War II and Germany's defeat, his career fell into disgrace. With 74 credits spanning from 1914 to 2017, Emil Jannings has appeared in 73 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Emil Jannings Movies
- The Last Laugh (1924) — as Hotel Doorman
- Vendetta (1919) — as Tomasso
- The Blue Angel (1930) — as Immanuel Rath
- Traumulus (1936) — as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
- Faust (1926) — as Mephisto
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