Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1884-07-22 (66 years old)
Deathday
1950-01-02
Place of Birth
Rorschach, Switzerland
Also known 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
as Mephisto
1921
as Danton
1918
as James Fraenkel/John Smith
1924
as Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]
1924
as Harun al Raschid
1918
as Radu
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
1919
as Ludwig XV.
1917
as Quabbe - der Gaoler
1930
as Albert Winkelmann
1928
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
1928
as Czar Paul I
1926
as Tartüff
1920
as Henry VIII, King of England
1927
as August Shilling
1922
as Pharao Amenes
1925
as Boss Huller
1942
as Fürst Otto von Bismarck
1924
as Nerone
1924
as Ehemann
1920
as Peter Xaver
1920
as Robert Herne
1939
as Dr. Robert Koch
1923
as S. I. Rupp
1937
as Adam
1943
as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
1937
as Matthias Clausen
1945
as Eberhard Belling
1936
as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
1935
as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
1932
as Gustav Bumke
1941
as Ohm (Paul)Krüger
1917
as Segetoff
1917
as Alfredo, a clown
1919
as Vaco Juan Riberda
2011
as Himself (archive footage)
1917
as Göttlingk
1919
as Arthur Streckmann
1920
as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
2003
as Hotelportier (archive footage)
1914
1916
as Verführer
1916
as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
1916
1916
as Karl Borke
1922
as Othello
2002
as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
1918
as James Fraenkel
1934
as Peter Petersen
1940
as Self (archive footage)
1923
as Ombrade
1923
as Ombrade
1922
as Tsar Peter the Great
1928
as Basher Bill
1929
as Poldi Moser
1924
as Self
1920
as Lorenz Ferleitner
1930
as Immanuel Rath
1919
as Tomasso
1921
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
1928
as Self
1928
as Wilhelm Spengler
1937
as Director
1941
as Producer
1941
as Art Direction
1942
as Producer
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