Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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

7.9%

Faust

Oct 13, 1926

7.3%

The Blue Angel

Apr 1, 1930

7.8%

The Last Laugh

Dec 23, 1924

7.3%

The Last Command

Jan 21, 1928

7.2%

Tartuffe

Jan 25, 1926

6.9%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

6.4%

Waxworks

Nov 13, 1924

6.8%

Variety

Nov 16, 1925

6.4%

Hitler's Hollywood

Feb 23, 2017

6.4%

Madame DuBarry

Sep 18, 1919

5.4%

The Eyes of the Mummy

Oct 3, 1918

6.9%

Anna Boleyn

Dec 3, 1920

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Acting

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)

1953

The Oscars

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
1939		Der letzte Appell

1937		The Broken Jug as Adam
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 Movie City of Hollywood as Self
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		Liebe macht blind
1926		Tartuffe as Tartüff

1925

Variety as Boss Huller

1924		The Last Laugh as Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]
1924		Husbands or Lovers as Ehemann
1924		Waxworks as Harun al Raschid
1924		Quo Vadis? as Nerone
1924		The Film in the Film as Self

1923		All for Money as S. I. Rupp
1923		The Countess of Paris as Ombrade
1923		The Tragedy of Love as Ombrade

1922		Peter the Great as Tsar Peter the Great
1922		The Loves of Pharaoh as Pharao Amenes
1922		Othello as Othello

1921		The Rats
1921		Die Brüder Karamasoff
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
1920		Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen

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		The Eyes of the Mummy as Radu
1918		Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil as James Fraenkel/John Smith
1918		Keimendes Leben as James Fraenkel
1918		Fuhrmann Henschel

1917		The Merry Jail as Quabbe - der Gaoler
1917		Lulu as Alfredo, a clown
1917		When Four Do the Same as Segetoff
1917		A Night of Horror
1917		Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917		Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
1917		Stein unter Steinen as Göttlingk

1916		Passionels Tagebuch as Karl Borke
1916		Der Morphinist
1916		Frau Eva as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
1916		Life is a Dream as Verführer

1914

Dear Eva

Art

1941

Uncle Krüger as Art Direction

Directing

1937

The Broken Jug as Director

Production

1942

The Dismissal as Producer

1941

Uncle Krüger as Producer