Emil Jannings

Personal Info

Birthday

July 22, 1884

Day of Death

1950-01-02

(65 years old)

Place of Birth

Rorschach, Switzerland

Also Known As

Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz

Emil Jannings

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

The Making of 'The Last Laugh'

The Last Command

The Old and The Young King

The Patriot

Variety

The Countess of Paris

The Blue Angel

Traumulus

Filmography

2017
100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
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)
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
1937
The Broken Jug
as Adam
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
1933
König Pausole
as König Pausole
1932
The Tempest
as Gustav Bumke
1930
Darling of the Gods
as Albert Winkelmann
The Blue Angel
as Immanuel Rath
1929
Betrayal
as Poldi Moser
1928
Sins of the Fathers
as Wilhelm Spengler
The Movie City of Hollywood
as Self
The Patriot
as Czar Paul I
The Street of Sin
as Basher Bill
The Last Command
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
1927
The Way of All Flesh
as August Shilling
1926
Faust
as Mephisto
Tartuffe
as Tartüff
1925
Variety
as Boss Huller
1924
The Last Laugh
as Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]
Husbands or Lovers
as Ehemann
Waxworks
as Harun al Raschid
Quo Vadis?
as Nerone
The Film in the Film
as Self
1923
All for Money
as S. I. Rupp
The Countess of Paris
as Ombrade
The Tragedy of Love
as Ombrade
1922
Peter the Great
as Tsar Peter the Great
The Loves of Pharaoh
as Pharao Amenes
Othello
as Othello
1921
Danton
as Danton
1920
Anna Boleyn
as Henry VIII, King of England
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
Algol: Tragedy of Power
as Robert Herne
The Great Light
as Lorenz Ferleitner
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
as Peter Xaver
1919
Rose Bernd
as Arthur Streckmann
Madame DuBarry
as Ludwig XV.
Vendetta
as Tomasso
The Daughter of Mehemed
as Vaco Juan Riberda
1918
The Eyes of the Mummy
as Radu
Keimendes Leben
as James Fraenkel
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
as James Fraenkel/John Smith
1917
The Merry Jail
as Quabbe - der Gaoler
Lulu
as Alfredo, a clown
When Four Do the Same
as Segetoff
Stein unter Steinen
as Göttlingk
1916
Passionels Tagebuch
as Karl Borke
Frau Eva
as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
Life is a Dream
as Verführer