Werner Herzog
Known for Directing · 191 credits
- Born
- 1942-09-05 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Munich, Allemagne
- Also known as
- 韋納荷索 · Werner Herzog Stipetić · Вернер Херцог · 베르네 헤어조크 · ورنر هرتزوگ · 沃纳·赫尔佐格
Biography
Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, such as disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films.
Herzog started work on his first film Herakles in 1961, when he was nineteen. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature films and documentaries, such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Heart of Glass (1976), Stroszek (1977), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987), Lessons of Darkness (1992), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Invincible (2000), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). He has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas.
French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog "the most important film director alive." American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog "has never created a single film that is compromised, shameful, made for pragmatic reasons, or uninteresting. Even his failures are spectacular." He was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009.
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Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Rick and Morty
2013
as Shrimply Pibbles (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Walter Hotenhoffer (voice) / Werner Herzog (voice) / Dr. Lund (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Werner Herzog (voice)
The Colbert Report
2005
TV Shows (31)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Rick and Morty
2013
as Shrimply Pibbles (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Walter Hotenhoffer (voice) / Werner Herzog (voice) / Dr. Lund (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Werner Herzog (voice)
The Colbert Report
2005
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
The Mandalorian
2019
as The Client
Parks and Recreation
2009
as Keg Jennings
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Boondocks
2005
as Himself (voice)
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Okay
1979
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Metalocalypse
2006
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
as Self - The Client
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
Hulk Hogan: Real American
2026
as Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
Sonntagsgespräch
1985
as Self
On Death Row
2012
as Werner Herzog
Soccer Meets America
2026
as Self
Film Lesson
1991
as Self
Sternstunde Philosophie
1998
as Self
Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera
1994
as Self - Director
Movies (160)
Penguins of Madagascar
2014
as Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
Jack Reacher
2012
as Zec Chelovek
What Dreams May Come
1998
as Face
Ghost Elephants
2026
as Narrator (voice)
Orion and the Dark
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
as Self
Freaks of Nature
2015
as Perfect Being (voice)
Grizzly Man
2005
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Signs of Life
1968
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Unbelievers
2013
as Self
SnowwhiteRosered
1991
as Self
Dinotasia
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Into the Abyss
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984
as Lawyer (uncredited)
My Best Fiend
1999
as Self
Encounters at the End of the World
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Lessons of Darkness
1992
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Burning Heart
1995
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Bride of the Orient
1989
as Businger
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Mister Lonely
2008
as Father Umbrillo
The Lonely
2009
Incident at Loch Ness
2004
as Self
The Grand
2007
as The German
Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
as Father
I, I, I José Lewgoy
2011
as Self
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
as Self
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
1985
as Self (voice)
Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe
2010
as Self
Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Handicapped Future
1971
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Bells from the Deep
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007
as Self
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self
BLAST!
2008
as Narrator (voice)
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1988
as Self
Scream of Stone
1991
as TV-Regisseur
Portrait: Werner Herzog
1986
as Self
Echoes from a Sombre Empire
1990
as Self
Tokyo-Ga
1985
as Self
Dangerous Game
1993
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Life Itself
2014
as Self - Filmmaker
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Tegoyo
2022
as Self (Voice)
Hard to Be a God
1990
as Mita / Richard
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
2019
as Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)
Salt and Fire
2016
as Man with One Story (uncredited)
Man of Flowers
1983
as The Father
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
1995
as Narrator (voice)
The 100 Greatest Films
2001
as Self
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Self
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self
God's Angry Man
1983
as Narrator (voice)
Atari: Game Over
2014
as Self (archival)
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Room 666
1985
as Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
Shards of Cinema and Philosophy
as Self
Ballad of the Little Soldier
1984
as Self (voice)
Dribble
2004
as Self (voice)
Burden of Dreams
1982
as Self - Filmmaker
Ally
as (voice)
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Journey Through History
1977
as Self
Strawberryfields
2012
as Turnlehrer
Sirena
2025
The Andinist
2020
as The Painter (Narrator)
Wings of Hope
1999
as Self
The White Diamond
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Capturing Reality
2008
as Self
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
2013
as Self
Tales of the Dumpster Kid
1974
as Hurenmörder
Wheel of Time
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
as (archive footage)
In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
1999
as Self
Plastic Bag
2009
as Plastic Bag (voice)
Into the Inferno
2016
as Self
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010
as Narrator (voice)
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
1976
as Self
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021
as Self
All In This Tea
2007
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2016
as Self
Tattoo Uprising
2019
as Self
About a Hero
2024
Jihad in Hollywood
2019
as Self
On Borrowed Time
2011
as Self
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
2010
as Self
The Killers: Unstaged
2012
as Self
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980
as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011
as Self
Heart of Glass
1976
as Glass Transporter
The Ball Is a Scumbag
2000
as Self
Werner We Love You
2017
as Self
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
1979
as Self
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1974
as Self
Paradox Bullets
2018
as Narrator (voice)
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless
2021
as Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
as Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
as (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director
2014
as Self
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
2017
as Self
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Jihad in Hollywood
2016
as Self
Lost in the Garden of the World
1975
as Self
A Brief History of Errol Morris
1999
as Self
Manaslu: Mountain of Souls
2018
as Self
Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog
as Self
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2010
as Himself
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
2013
as Alexander von Humboldt
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
1979
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lemonade War
2014
as Neighborhood Hero
The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3
2004
as Self (voice) ("Dribble" short)
Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn
2007
as Self
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Last Exit: Space
2022
as Narrator (voice)
To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further
1989
as Self
Location Africa
1987
as Self
About Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, such as disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films. Herzog started… With 191 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Werner Herzog has appeared in 160 films and 31 TV shows.
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- Penguins of Madagascar (2014) — as Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
- Jack Reacher (2012) — as Zec Chelovek
- What Dreams May Come (1998) — as Face
- Ghost Elephants (2026) — as Narrator (voice)
- Orion and the Dark (2024) — as Narrator (voice)
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