Birthday
1884/07/22
Day of death
1950/01/02 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Rorschach, Switzerland
Also know as
Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz
Emil Jannings (1884–1950) was a German actor. He was the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
(1926) Faust
as Mephisto
(1921) Danton
as Danton
(1918) Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
as James Fraenkel/John Smith
(1924) The Last Laugh
as Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]
(1924) Waxworks
as Harun al Raschid
(1918) The Eyes of the Mummy
as Radu
(2017) Hitler's Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(1917) The Merry Jail
as Quabbe - der Gaoler
(1919) Madame DuBarry
as Ludwig XV.
(1930) Darling of the Gods
as Albert Winkelmann
(1928) The Last Command
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
(1928) The Patriot
as Czar Paul I
(1926) Tartuffe
as Tartüff
(1920) Anna Boleyn
as Henry VIII, King of England
(1926) Liebe macht blind
as ---
(1927) The Way of All Flesh
as August Shilling
(1922) The Loves of Pharaoh
as Pharao Amenes
(1925) Variety
as Boss Huller
(1942) The Dismissal
as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
(1924) Quo Vadis?
as Nerone
(1924) Husbands or Lovers
as Ehemann
(1920) Kohlhiesel's Daughters
as Peter Xaver
(1920) Algol: Tragedy of Power
as Robert Herne
(1939) Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
as Dr. Robert Koch
(1923) All for Money
as S. I. Rupp
(1937) The Broken Jug
as Adam
(1943) Altes Herz wird wieder jung
as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
(1937) The Sovereign
as Matthias Clausen
(1945) Where Is Mr. Belling?
as Eberhard Belling
(1935) The Old and The Young King
as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
(1936) Traumulus
as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
(1932) The Tempest
as Gustav Bumke
(1941) Uncle Krüger
as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
(1917) When Four Do the Same
as Segetoff
(1917) Lulu
as Alfredo, a clown
(1919) Die Tochter des Mehemed
as Vaco Juan Riberda
(2011) Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
(1917) Stein unter Steinen
as Göttlingk
(1917) Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
as ---
(1917) A Night of Horror
as ---
(1919) Rose Bernd
as Arthur Streckmann
(1920) Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
(2003) The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
as Hotelportier (archive footage)
(1914) Dear Eva
as ---
(1916) Life is a Dream
as Verführer
(1916) Frau Eva
as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
(1916) Passionels Tagebuch
as Karl Borke
(1916) Der Morphinist
as ---
(1922) Othello
as Othello
(1918) Fuhrmann Henschel
as ---
(2002) Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
(1918) Keimendes Leben
as James Fraenkel
(1934) Der schwarze Walfisch
as Peter Petersen
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1939) Der letzte Appell
as ---
(1923) The Countess of Paris
as Ombrade
(1923) The Tragedy of Love
as Ombrade
(1922) Peter the Great
as Tsar Peter the Great
(1928) The Street of Sin
as Basher Bill
(1929) Betrayal
as Poldi Moser
(1924) The Film in the Film
as Self
(1921) Die Brüder Karamasoff
as ---
(1920) The Great Light
as Lorenz Ferleitner
(1930) The Blue Angel
as Immanuel Rath
(1919) Vendetta
as Tomasso
(1921) The Rats
as ---
(2017) 100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(1928) The Movie City of Hollywood
as Self
(1928) Sins of the Fathers
as Wilhelm Spengler
(1917) Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
as ---
(2024) Cruel Images
as Paul Kruger (archive footage)
(1920) Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as ---