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 Blue Angel
1930
as Immanuel Rath
The Last Laugh
1924
as Hotel Doorman
Faust
1926
as Mephisto
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Traumulus
1936
as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
Variety
1925
as Boss Huller
Vendetta
1919
as Tomasso
The Last Command
1928
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
The Tragedy of Love
1923
as Ombrade
The Way of All Flesh
1927
as August Shilling
Betrayal
1929
as Poldi Moser
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Himself (archive footage)
Hitler's Hollywood
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Tartuffe
1926
as Tartüff
Danton
1921
as Danton
The Old and The Young King
1935
as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
The Patriot
1928
as Czar Paul I
Anna Boleyn
1920
as Henry VIII, King of England
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
2002
as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
Othello
1922
as Othello
The Film in the Film
1924
as Self
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
1939
as Dr. Robert Koch
Algol: Tragedy of Power
1920
as Robert Herne
König Pausole
1933
as König Pausole
100 Years of the UFA
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Uncle Krüger
1941
as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
as Pharao Amenes
Waxworks
1924
as Harun al Raschid
Madame DuBarry
1919
as Ludwig XV.
A Night of Horror
1917
Keimendes Leben
1918
as James Fraenkel
Darling of the Gods
1930
as Albert Winkelmann
An Old Heart Becomes Young Again
1943
as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
The Movie City of Hollywood
1928
as Self
Peter the Great
1922
as Tsar Peter the Great
Stein unter Steinen
1917
as Göttlingk
Where Is Mr. Belling?
1945
as Eberhard Belling
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918
as Radu
Quo Vadis?
1924
as Nerone
Passionels Tagebuch
1916
as Karl Borke
The Sovereign
1937
as Matthias Clausen
When Four Do the Same
1917
as Segetoff
Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
1920
The Tempest
1932
as Gustav Bumke
Sins of the Fathers
1928
as Wilhelm Spengler
The Dismissal
1942
as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
Lulu
1917
as Alfredo, a clown
Life is a Dream
1916
as Verführer
The Broken Jug
1937
as Adam
Husbands or Lovers
1924
as Ehemann
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920
as Peter Xaver
The Countess of Paris
1923
as Ombrade
All for Money
1923
as S. I. Rupp
The Street of Sin
1928
as Basher Bill
The Daughter of Mehemed
1919
as Vaco Juan Riberda
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
1920
as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
Frau Eva
1916
as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
Dear Eva
1914
Der Morphinist
1916
The Rats
1921
as Bruno Mechelke
The Merry Jail
1917
as Quabbe - der Gaoler
Die Brüder Karamasoff
1921
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
2003
as Hotelportier (archive footage)
Rose Bernd
1919
as Arthur Streckmann
The Great Light
1920
as Lorenz Ferleitner
Love is Blind
1926
Der letzte Appell
1939
Fuhrmann Henschel
1918
Hoheit Radieschen
1917
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
1918
as James Fraenkel/John Smith
The Black Whale
1934
as Peter Petersen
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917
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 Blue Angel (1930) — as Immanuel Rath
- The Last Laugh (1924) — as Hotel Doorman
- Faust (1926) — as Mephisto
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) — as Self (archive footage)
- Traumulus (1936) — as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
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