Cast & creator
Emil Jannings
Best known for The Oscars, The Last Laugh, Faust
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.
78
film credits
1
television credits
75
1914–2017 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (79)
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The Oscars
1953
The Last Laugh
Hotel Doorman
1924
Faust
Mephisto
1926
Traumulus
Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
1936
The Blue Angel
Immanuel Rath
1930
Betrayal
Poldi Moser
1929
Danton
Danton
1921
The Eyes of the Mummy
Radu
1918Dear Eva
1914
An Old Heart Becomes Young Again
Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
1943
The Street of Sin
Basher Bill
1928
The Patriot
Czar Paul I
1928
The Loves of Pharaoh
Pharao Amenes
1922
The Way of All Flesh
August Shilling
1927The Adventures of King Pausole
König Pausole
1933
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
100 Years of the UFA
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
The Merry Jail
Quabbe - der Gaoler
1917
Waxworks
Harun al Raschid
1924
Vendetta
Tomasso
1919
Algol: Tragedy of Power
Robert Herne
1920
Anna Boleyn
Henry VIII, King of England
1920
Sins of the Fathers
Wilhelm Spengler
1928
The Rats
Bruno Mechelke
1921
Hitler's Hollywood
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
James Fraenkel/John Smith
1918
Husbands or Lovers
Ehemann
1924
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
1920When Four Do the Same
Segetoff
1917
Quo Vadis?
Nerone
1924
The Last Command
Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
1928
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)
2002
Der Mann der Tat
Jan Miller
1918Where Is Mr. Belling?
Eberhard Belling
1945
Othello
Othello
1922
All for Money
S. I. Rupp
1923
Peter the Great
Tsar Peter the Great
1922
Colombine - Die Braut des Apachen
1920
The Old and The Young King
König Friedrich Wilhelm I.
1935
Lulu
Alfredo, a clown
1917Rose Bernd
Arthur Streckmann
1919
Variety
Boss Huller
1925Life is a Dream
Verführer
1916
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
2011
The Film in the Film
Self
1924
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
Dr. Robert Koch
1939
The Tragedy of Love
Ombrade
1923
The Countess of Paris
Ombrade
1923Hoheit Radieschen
1917
Madame DuBarry
Ludwig XV.
1919The Movie City of Hollywood
Self
1928Der Morphinist
1916
The Daughter of Mehemed
Vaco Juan Riberda
1919A Night of Horror
1917
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917
The Brothers Karamazov
1920
Darling of the Gods
Albert Winkelmann
1930
The Dismissal
Fürst Otto von Bismarck
1942The Dismissal
Producer
1942
Der letzte Appell
1939
The Great Light
Lorenz Ferleitner
1920
Tartuffe
Tartüff
1926
The Tempest
Gustav Bumke
1932Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
1917
Uncle Krüger
Ohm (Paul)Krüger
1941Uncle Krüger
Producer
1941Uncle Krüger
Art Direction
1941
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
Hotelportier (archive footage)
2003Fuhrmann Henschel
1918
The Sovereign
Matthias Clausen
1937Mrs. Eva
ihr Mann, der Fabrikant
1916
Love Is Blind
1926
The Broken Jug
Adam
1937The Broken Jug
Director
1937
The Black Whale
Peter Petersen
1934
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Peter Xaver
1920Stein unter Steinen
Göttlingk
1917
Keimendes Leben
James Fraenkel
1918Passionels Tagebuch
Karl Borke
1916