Emil Jannings
July 22, 1884 (141 years old) in Rorschach, Switzerland
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
Credits
- 2017 · 100 Years of the UFA as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2017 · Hitler's Hollywood as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2011 · Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Himself (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Making of 'The Last Laugh' as Hotelportier (archive footage)
- 2002 · Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
- 1953 · The Oscars as
- 1945 · Where Is Mr. Belling? as Eberhard Belling
- 1943 · Altes Herz wird wieder jung as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
- 1942 · The Dismissal as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
- 1941 · Uncle Krüger as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
- 1940 · Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
- 1939 · Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes as Dr. Robert Koch
- 1939 · Der letzte Appell as
- 1937 · The Broken Jug as Adam
- 1937 · The Sovereign as Matthias Clausen
- 1936 · Traumulus as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
- 1935 · The Old and The Young King as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
- 1934 · Der schwarze Walfisch as Peter Petersen
- 1932 · The Tempest as Gustav Bumke
- 1930 · Darling of the Gods as Albert Winkelmann
- 1930 · The Blue Angel as Immanuel Rath
- 1929 · Betrayal as Poldi Moser
- 1928 · Sins of the Fathers as Wilhelm Spengler
- 1928 · The Movie City of Hollywood as Self
- 1928 · The Patriot as Czar Paul I
- 1928 · The Street of Sin as Basher Bill
- 1928 · The Last Command as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
- 1927 · The Way of All Flesh as August Shilling
- 1926 · Faust as Mephisto
- 1926 · Liebe macht blind as
- 1926 · Tartuffe as Tartüff
- 1925 · Variety as Boss Huller
- 1924 · The Last Laugh as Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]
- 1924 · Husbands or Lovers as Ehemann
- 1924 · Waxworks as Harun al Raschid
- 1924 · Quo Vadis? as Nerone
- 1924 · The Film in the Film as Self
- 1923 · All for Money as S. I. Rupp
- 1923 · The Countess of Paris as Ombrade
- 1923 · The Tragedy of Love as Ombrade
- 1922 · Peter the Great as Tsar Peter the Great
- 1922 · The Loves of Pharaoh as Pharao Amenes
- 1922 · Othello as Othello
- 1921 · The Rats as
- 1921 · Die Brüder Karamasoff as
- 1921 · Danton as Danton
- 1920 · Anna Boleyn as Henry VIII, King of England
- 1920 · Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
- 1920 · Algol: Tragedy of Power as Robert Herne
- 1920 · The Great Light as Lorenz Ferleitner
- 1920 · Kohlhiesel's Daughters as Peter Xaver
- 1920 · Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen as
- 1919