Emil Jannings

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1884-07-22

Deathday 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. He was the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Known For

Actor

2024
Cruel Images

as Paul Kruger (archive footage)

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)

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)

1937
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 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
Tartuffe

as Tartüff

1925
Variety

as Boss Huller

1924
The Last Laugh

as Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]

1924
1924
Waxworks

as Harun al Raschid

1924
Quo Vadis?

as Nerone

1924
1923
All for Money

as S. I. Rupp

1923
1923
1922
Peter the Great

as Tsar Peter the Great

1922
The Loves of Pharaoh

as Pharao Amenes

1922
Othello

as Othello

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

1919
Rose Bernd

as Arthur Streckmann

1919
Madame DuBarry

as Ludwig XV.

1919
Vendetta

as Tomasso

1919
Die Tochter des Mehemed

as Vaco Juan Riberda

1918
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil

as James Fraenkel/John Smith

1918
Keimendes Leben

as James Fraenkel

1917
The Merry Jail

as Quabbe - der Gaoler

1917
Lulu

as Alfredo, a clown

1917
1917
Stein unter Steinen

as Göttlingk

1916
Passionels Tagebuch

as Karl Borke

1916
Frau Eva

as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant

1916
Life is a Dream

as Verführer

Producer

1942
The Dismissal

as Producer

1941
Uncle Krüger

as Producer

Director

1937
The Broken Jug

as Director

Art

1941
Uncle Krüger

as Art Direction