Werner Herzog
Known for Directing · 188 credits
- Born
- 1942-09-05 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- 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 Simpsons
1989
as Walter Hotenhoffer (voice) / Werner Herzog (voice) / Dr. Lund (voice)
Rick and Morty
2013
as Shrimply Pibbles (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
American Dad!
2005
as Werner Herzog (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Mandalorian
2019
as The Client
TV Shows (29)
The Simpsons
1989
as Walter Hotenhoffer (voice) / Werner Herzog (voice) / Dr. Lund (voice)
Rick and Morty
2013
as Shrimply Pibbles (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
American Dad!
2005
as Werner Herzog (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Mandalorian
2019
as The Client
The Colbert Report
2005
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Parks and Recreation
2009
as Keg Jennings
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Boondocks
2005
as Himself (voice)
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Metalocalypse
2006
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
as Self - The Client
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Okay
1979
as Self
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
Hulk Hogan: Real American
2026
as Self
On Death Row
2012
as Werner Herzog
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
Sternstunde Philosophie
1998
as Self
Sonntagsgespräch
1985
as Self
Film Lesson
1991
as Self
Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera
1994
as Self - Director
Movies (159)
Penguins of Madagascar
2014
as Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
Jack Reacher
2012
as Zec Chelovek
What Dreams May Come
1998
as Face
Orion and the Dark
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Ghost Elephants
2026
as Narrator (voice)
Grizzly Man
2005
as Self / Narrator (voice)
The Grand
2007
as The German
Freaks of Nature
2015
as Perfect Being (voice)
Life Itself
2014
as Self - Filmmaker
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
as Self
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008
as Self
Salt and Fire
2016
as Man with One Story (uncredited)
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
My Best Fiend
1999
as Self
Mister Lonely
2008
as Father Umbrillo
Burden of Dreams
1982
as Self - Filmmaker
Dangerous Game
1993
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Into the Abyss
2011
as Narrator (voice)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
as (archive footage)
Dinotasia
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
as Self
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010
as Narrator (voice)
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Into the Inferno
2016
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self
Incident at Loch Ness
2004
as Self
Hard to Be a God
1990
as Mita / Richard
Room 666
1985
as Self
Encounters at the End of the World
2007
as Narrator (voice)
The Unbelievers
2013
as Self
Scream of Stone
1991
as TV-Regisseur
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Self
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
2013
as Self
Lessons of Darkness
1992
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ally
as (voice)
Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
as Father
Tales of the Dumpster Kid
1974
as Hurenmörder
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007
as Self
Tokyo-Ga
1985
as Self
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
2010
as Self
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2016
as Self
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
as Self
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2010
as Himself
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1974
as Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
as (archive footage)
Sirena
2025
Lost in the Garden of the World
1975
as Self
About a Hero
2024
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1988
as Self
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
1979
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007
as Self
Lemonade War
2014
as Neighborhood Hero
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Heart of Glass
1976
as Glass Transporter
Atari: Game Over
2014
as Self (archival)
Echoes from a Sombre Empire
1990
as Self
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Wheel of Time
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Meeting Gorbachev
2019
as Self
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
1985
as Self (voice)
God's Angry Man
1983
as Narrator (voice)
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980
as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu
SnowwhiteRosered
1991
as Self
Wings of Hope
1999
as Self
Burning Heart
1995
A Brief History of Errol Morris
1999
as Self
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
2019
as Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)
On Borrowed Time
2011
as Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008
as Self
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
as Self
Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn
2007
as Self
Ballad of the Little Soldier
1984
as Self (voice)
Handicapped Future
1971
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless
2021
as Self
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
1996
as Self
Journey Through History
1977
as Self
I, I, I José Lewgoy
2011
as Self
BLAST!
2008
as Narrator (voice)
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
1976
as Self
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
1979
as Self
Signs of Life
1968
as Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011
as Self
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
1991
as Narrator (voice)
The Transformation of the World Into Music
1996
as Self
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021
as Self
The White Diamond
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Back to Room 666
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Champions: A Comic Tale
2011
as Self
Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"
1990
as Self
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self
Bride of the Orient
1989
as Businger
Man of Flowers
1983
as The Father
Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe
2010
as Self
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
2022
as Self (archive footage)
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2019
as Self
Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Killers: Unstaged
2012
as Self
Last Exit: Space
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Plastic Bag
2009
as Plastic Bag (voice)
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
2018
as Self
The 100 Greatest Films
2001
as Self
The Arc of Oblivion
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
2010
as Self
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
2017
as Self
Die Erben von Papas Kino
1968
Neuer Deutscher Film Report
1967
The Lonely
2009
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
2013
as Alexander von Humboldt
Manaslu: Mountain of Souls
2018
as Self
In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
1999
as Self
Location Africa
1987
as Self
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
2012
as Self
Capturing Reality
2008
as Self
All In This Tea
2007
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 188 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Werner Herzog has appeared in 159 films and 29 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
- Orion and the Dark (2024) — as Narrator (voice)
- Ghost Elephants (2026) — as Narrator (voice)
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