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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

77

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-07-22

Day of Death

1950-01-02 (66 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

Faust

Faust

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

The Last Command

The Last Command

Tartuffe

Tartuffe

The Broken Jug

The Broken Jug

Uncle Krüger

Uncle Krüger

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

The Making of 'The Last Laugh'

The Making of 'The Last Laugh'

The Film in the Film

The Film in the Film

The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

Acting

Faust

1926

Faust

as

Mephisto

Danton

1921

Danton

as

Danton

Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil

1918

Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil

as

James Fraenkel/John Smith

The Last Laugh

1924

The Last Laugh

as

Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]

Waxworks

1924

Waxworks

as

Harun al Raschid

The Eyes of the Mummy

1918

The Eyes of the Mummy

as

Radu

Hitler's Hollywood

2017

Hitler's Hollywood

as

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Madame DuBarry

1919

Madame DuBarry

as

Ludwig XV.

The Merry Jail

1917

The Merry Jail

as

Quabbe - der Gaoler

Darling of the Gods

1930

Darling of the Gods

as

Albert Winkelmann

The Last Command

1928

The Last Command

as

Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander

The Patriot

1928

The Patriot

as

Czar Paul I

Tartuffe

1926

Tartuffe

as

Tartüff

Anna Boleyn

1920

Anna Boleyn

as

Henry VIII, King of England

Liebe macht blind

1926

Liebe macht blind

as

The Way of All Flesh

1927

The Way of All Flesh

as

August Shilling

The Loves of Pharaoh

1922

The Loves of Pharaoh

as

Pharao Amenes

Variety

1925

Variety

as

Boss Huller

The Dismissal

1942

The Dismissal

as

Fürst Otto von Bismarck

Quo Vadis?

1924

Quo Vadis?

as

Nerone

Husbands or Lovers

1924

Husbands or Lovers

as

Ehemann

Kohlhiesel's Daughters

1920

Kohlhiesel's Daughters

as

Peter Xaver

Algol: Tragedy of Power

1920

Algol: Tragedy of Power

as

Robert Herne

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes

1939

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes

as

Dr. Robert Koch

All for Money

1923

All for Money

as

S. I. Rupp

The Broken Jug

1937

The Broken Jug

as

Adam

Altes Herz wird wieder jung

1943

Altes Herz wird wieder jung

as

Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef

The Sovereign

1937

The Sovereign

as

Matthias Clausen

Where Is Mr. Belling?

1945

Where Is Mr. Belling?

as

Eberhard Belling

Traumulus

1936

Traumulus

as

Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus

The Old and The Young King

1935

The Old and The Young King

as

König Friedrich Wilhelm I.

The Tempest

1932

The Tempest

as

Gustav Bumke

Uncle Krüger

1941

Uncle Krüger

as

Ohm (Paul)Krüger

When Four Do the Same

1917

When Four Do the Same

as

Segetoff

Lulu

1917

Lulu

as

Alfredo, a clown

The Daughter of Mehemed

1919

The Daughter of Mehemed

as

Vaco Juan Riberda

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as

Himself (archive footage)

Stein unter Steinen

1917

Stein unter Steinen

as

Göttlingk

Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle

1917

Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle

as

A Night of Horror

1917

A Night of Horror

as

Rose Bernd

1919

Rose Bernd

as

Arthur Streckmann

Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter

1920

Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter

as

Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt

The Making of 'The Last Laugh'

2003

The Making of 'The Last Laugh'

as

Hotelportier (archive footage)

Dear Eva

1914

Dear Eva

as

Life is a Dream

1916

Life is a Dream

as

Verführer

Frau Eva

1916

Frau Eva

as

ihr Mann, der Fabrikant

Der Morphinist

1916

Der Morphinist

as

Passionels Tagebuch

1916

Passionels Tagebuch

as

Karl Borke

Othello

1922

Othello

as

Othello

Fuhrmann Henschel

1918

Fuhrmann Henschel

as

Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau

2002

Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau

as

Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)

Keimendes Leben

1918

Keimendes Leben

as

James Fraenkel

Der schwarze Walfisch

1934

Der schwarze Walfisch

as

Peter Petersen

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as

Self (archive footage)

Der letzte Appell

1939

Der letzte Appell

as

The Tragedy of Love

1923

The Tragedy of Love

as

Ombrade

The Countess of Paris

1923

The Countess of Paris

as

Ombrade

Peter the Great

1922

Peter the Great

as

Tsar Peter the Great

The Street of Sin

1928

The Street of Sin

as

Basher Bill

Betrayal

1929

Betrayal

as

Poldi Moser

The Film in the Film

1924

The Film in the Film

as

Self

Die Brüder Karamasoff

1921

Die Brüder Karamasoff

as

The Great Light

1920

The Great Light

as

Lorenz Ferleitner

The Blue Angel

1930

The Blue Angel

as

Immanuel Rath

Vendetta

1919

Vendetta

as

Tomasso

The Rats

1921

The Rats

as

100 Years of the UFA

2017

100 Years of the UFA

as

Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Movie City of Hollywood

1928

The Movie City of Hollywood

as

Self

Sins of the Fathers

1928

Sins of the Fathers

as

Wilhelm Spengler

Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach

1917

Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach

as

Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen

1920

Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen

as

König Pausole

1933

König Pausole

as

König Pausole

The Oscars

The Oscars

as

Production

Uncle Krüger

1941

Uncle Krüger

as

The Dismissal

1942

The Dismissal

as

Crew

Directing

The Broken Jug

1937

The Broken Jug

as