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Emil Jannings (1884–1950)

Actor | Producer | Art Department

His real name was Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, and in the early 1900s, he was already working in the theater under Max Reinhardt's company. Important movies where he defined himself as a convincing actor were Madame DuBarry and Quo Vadis?, followed by The Last Laugh(aka The Last Laugh) in 1924 and Jealousy (aka Variety) in 1925... See full bio »

Born:

Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz
in Rorschach, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Died:

(age 65) in Strobl, Salzburg, Austria
Still of Emil Jannings in The Last Laugh Still of Emil Jannings in The Last Laugh F.W. Murnau and Emil Jannings in Faust
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1945 Wo ist Herr Belling?
Firmenchef Eberhard Belling
 
1943 Altes Herz wird wieder jung
Fabrikdirektor Hoffmann
 
1942 The Dismissal
Fürst Bismarck
 
1941 Uncle Kruger
Ohm Krüger
 
1939 Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
Dr. Robert Koch
 
1939 Der Trichter. (Nr. III) (short) (scenes deleted)
 
1937 Der zerbrochene Krug
Adam, Dorfrichter
 
1937 Der Herrscher
Matthias Clausen
 
1936 Traumulus
Direktor Prof. Niemeyer
 
1935 The Making of a King
Friedrich Wilhelm I. König von Preussen
 
1934 The Black Whale
Peter Petersen
 
1933 The Adventures of King Pausole
King Pausole
 
1933 The Merry Monarch
King Pausole
 
1932 Stürme der Leidenschaft
Gustav Bumke
 
1930 Liebling der Götter
Albert Winkelmann
 
1930 The Blue Angel
Prof. Immanuel Rath
 
1930 The Blue Angel
Professor Immanuel Rath
 
1929 Betrayal
Poldi Moser
 
1929 Fighting the White Slave Traffic
 
1928 Sins of the Fathers
Wilhelm Spengler
 
1928 The Patriot
Czar Paul I
 
1928 Street of Sin
Basher Bill
 
1928 The Last Command
Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
 
1927 The Way of All Flesh
August Schilling
 
1926 Faust
Mephisto
 
1926 Liebe macht blind
Emil Jannings
 
1925 Tartuffe
Tartüff
 
1925 Jealousy
Boss Huller
 
1925 Quo Vadis?
Nerone
 
1924 The Last Laugh
Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]
 
1924 Husbands or Lovers
Ehemann
 
1924 Waxworks
Harun al Raschid
 
1923 All for Money
S. I. Rupp
 
1923 Love Tragedy
Ombrade
 
1923 Du sollst nicht töten
Harold Hilbrich
 
1922 Peter the Great
Zar Peter der Große
 
1922 Othello
Othello
 
1922 The Loves of Pharaoh
Pharao Amenes
 
1922 The Countess of Paris
 
1921 Die Ratten
Bruno
 
1921 Der Schwur des Peter Hergatz
 
1921 Danton
Danton
 
1921 Der Stier von Olivera
General François Guillaume
 
1921 Die Brüder Karamasoff
Dimitri Karamasoff
 
1920 Colombine
 
1920 Anna Boleyn
Henry VIII
 
1920 Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
 
1920 Algol - Tragödie der Macht
Robert Herne
 
1920 Das große Licht
Lorenz Ferleitner
 
1920 Kohlhiesels Töchter
Peter Xaver
 
1919 Rose Bernd
Arthur Streckmann
 
1919 Madame DuBarry
König Louis XV
 
1919 Vendetta
Tomasso
 
1919 Die Tochter des Mehemed
Vaco Juan Riberda, Fabrikbesitzer
 
1919 Der Mann der Tat
Jan Miller
 
1919 Keimendes Leben, Teil 2
James Fraenkel, Börsenmakler/John Smith, amerikanischer Ingenieur
 
1918 Keimendes Leben, Teil 1
James Fraenkel, Börsenmarktler/John Smith, amerikanischer Ingenieur
 
1918 Eyes of the Mummy Ma
Radu, an Arab
 
1918 Nach zwanzig Jahren
Horst Lundin 'Korn'
 
1918 Fuhrmann Henschel
 
1917 The Merry Jail
Quabbe - der Gaoler
 
1917 When Four Do the Same
Segetoff
 
1917 Hoheit Radieschen (short)
 
1917 Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
Wilhelm Rohrbach
 
1917 Der zehnte Pavillon der Zitadelle
 
1917 Das Geschäft
S. H. Haßler
 
1917 Der Ring der Giuditta Foscari
 
1917 Die Seeschlacht
 
1917 Lulu
 
1917 Unheilbar
 
1916 Aus Mangel an Beweisen
Dr. Langer
 
1916 Das Leben ein Traum
 
1916 Die Bettlerin von St. Marien
Baron Gelsburg
 
1916 Frau Eva
 
1916 Im Angesicht des Toten
Paul Werner
 
1916 A Night of Horror
 
1916 Stein unter Steinen
 
1914 Arme Eva
 
1914 Im Schützengraben
 
1914 Passionels Tagebuch
 
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1942 The Dismissal (producer)
 
1941 Uncle Kruger (producer)
 
1939 Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (producer)
 
1923 All for Money (producer)
 
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1941 Uncle Kruger (artistic supervisor)
 
1937 Der zerbrochene Krug (artistic director)
 
1937 Der Herrscher (artistic supervisor)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1942 The Dismissal (supervisor)
 
1937 Der Herrscher (supervisor)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1937 Der zerbrochene Krug (supervisor)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1949 Sie sind nicht mehr (documentary)
 
1928 Die Filmstadt Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
1925 Der Film im Film (documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (18 titles)
2011 Zaum - Andare a parare (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Unsere Besten (TV series)
 
2006 Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Tartuffe. the Lost Film (video documentary short)
Tartüff
 
2003 Der letzte Mann - Das Making of (video documentary short)
Hotelportier
 
2002 Los 5 Faust de F.W. Murnau (video documentary)
Himself / Mephisto
 
1999 Berlin Metropolis: Jews in Early German Film (video documentary short)
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1992 Die UFA (documentary)
 
1983 Historia del cine: Epoca muda (video documentary)
Mephisto (uncredited)
 
1969 Blick zurück im Film (TV series)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Himself
 
1958 It Only Happened Once
Himself, Emil Jannings
 
1958 Das kommt nicht wieder (documentary)
Himself
 
1950 Wonderful Times (documentary)
Himself
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
 
1929 Rund um die Liebe
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

He wrote an autobiography in 1928. In it he says (incorrectly) that he was born in Brooklyn, USA in 1886.

Publicity Listings:

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Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Trivia:

He was the very first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Back then, actors received one Oscar for multiple films and Jannings won for The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. The Award is exhibited in the Berlin Film Museum. See more »

Star Sign:

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