Cast & creator
Werner Herzog
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Simpsons, The Simpsons
Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, such as disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films. Herzog started work on his first film Herakles in 1961, when he was nineteen. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature films and documentaries, such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Heart of Glass (1976), Stroszek (1977), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987), Lessons of Darkness (1992), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Invincible (2000), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). He has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog "the most important film director alive." American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog "has never created a single film that is compromised, shameful, made for pragmatic reasons, or uninteresting. Even his failures are spectacular." He was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Werner Herzog, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: 韋納荷索, Werner Herzog Stipetić, Вернер Херцог, 베르네 헤어조크, ورنر هرتزوگ
380
film credits
41
television credits
196
1951–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
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Across film & television
Filmography (421)
Showing 421 of 421 credits
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Simpsons
Walter Hotenhoffer (voice)
1989The Simpsons
Werner Herzog (voice)
1989The Simpsons
Dr. Lund (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
American Dad!
Werner Herzog (voice)
2005
Rick and Morty
Shrimply Pibbles (voice)
2013
The Colbert Report
2005
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Parks and Recreation
Keg Jennings
2009
The South Bank Show
1978
60 Minutes
Self
1968
The Mandalorian
The Client
2019
Midi Première
Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
The Boondocks
Himself (voice)
2005German Film Award
Self
1951
Kulturplatz
Self
2004Grimme Award
Self
1964
Penguins of Madagascar
Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
2014
Jack Reacher
Zec Chelovek
2012
Metalocalypse
2006
Storyville
1997
Ciné regards
Self
1978Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979Sternstunde Philosophie
Self
1998
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - The Client
2020
Orion and the Dark
Narrator (voice)
2024
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Director
2009
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Director
1979Nosferatu the Vampyre
Producer
1979Nosferatu the Vampyre
Writer
1979
What Dreams May Come
Face
1998
Hulk Hogan: Real American
Self
2026
Ghost Elephants
Self - Narrator (voice)
2026Ghost Elephants
Director
2026Ghost Elephants
Writer
2026Ghost Elephants
Producer
2026Ghost Elephants
Screenplay
2026Okay
Self
1979
Queen of the Desert
Director
2015Queen of the Desert
Writer
2015
The Henry Rollins Show
2006Under the Sun
Director
1989
Rescue Dawn
Director
2007Rescue Dawn
Author
2007
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Producer
1972Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Director
1972Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Writer
1972
Freaks of Nature
Perfect Being (voice)
2015
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Director
2020Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Writer
2020
The End
Executive Producer
2024Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
2020
The Act of Killing
Executive Producer
2012
Grizzly Man
Self / Narrator (voice)
2005Grizzly Man
Director
2005
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Producer
1974The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Director
1974The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Screenplay
1974
Fitzcarraldo
Director
1982Fitzcarraldo
Producer
1982Fitzcarraldo
Screenplay
1982
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
2022
Bucking Fastard
Writer
2026Bucking Fastard
Director
2026Bucking Fastard
Producer
2026
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Screenplay
2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Director
2010
The Unbelievers
Self
2013
My Best Fiend
Self
1999My Best Fiend
Writer
1999My Best Fiend
Director
1999
Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn
Self
2007
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
2006
Cobra Verde
Director
1987Cobra Verde
Screenplay
1987
Sirena
2025
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Narrator (voice)
2010Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Screenplay
2010Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Director
2010
The Grand
The German
2007
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Self
2018
Scream of Stone
TV-Regisseur
1991Scream of Stone
Director
1991
Encounters at the End of the World
Narrator (voice)
2008Encounters at the End of the World
Director
2008Encounters at the End of the World
Writer
2008Encounters at the End of the World
Sound
2008
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
2017
On Death Row
Werner Herzog
2012On Death Row
Writer
2012On Death Row
Director
2012On Death Row
Creator
2012
Invincible
Writer
2001Invincible
Director
2001Invincible
Producer
2001
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Narrator (voice)
2024The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Director
2024The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Writer
2024
Even Dwarfs Started Small
Producer
1971Even Dwarfs Started Small
Screenplay
1971Even Dwarfs Started Small
Director
1971
Where the Green Ants Dream
Lawyer (uncredited)
1984Where the Green Ants Dream
Director
1984Where the Green Ants Dream
Producer
1984Where the Green Ants Dream
Writer
1984
Burning Heart
1995
Felicidad
Producer
2025
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Self
2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Director
2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Producer
2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Writer
2016
The French as Seen by…
Director
1988
Dangerous Game
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
2020
Heart of Glass
Glass Transporter
1976Heart of Glass
Writer
1976Heart of Glass
Director
1976Heart of Glass
Producer
1976
Fata Morgana
Director
1972Fata Morgana
Screenplay
1972Fata Morgana
Sound
1972Fata Morgana
Producer
1972
Stroszek
Director
1977Stroszek
Screenplay
1977Stroszek
Producer
1977
The Look of Silence
Executive Producer
2014Sonntagsgespräch
Self
1985
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Writer
2002Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Director
2002
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Self
1979
Tannhäuser
Stage Director
2000
Julien Donkey-Boy
Father
1999
Into the Abyss
Narrator (voice)
2011Into the Abyss
Writer
2011Into the Abyss
Director
2011Into the Abyss
Producer
2011
Salt and Fire
Man with One Story (uncredited)
2016Salt and Fire
Writer
2016Salt and Fire
Producer
2016Salt and Fire
Director
2016
Strawberryfields
Turnlehrer
2012
Film Lesson
Self
1991Film Lesson
Director
1991
Tegoyo
Self (Voice)
2022
Burden of Dreams
Self - Filmmaker
1982
Incident at Loch Ness
Self
2004Incident at Loch Ness
Producer
2004
Bride of the Orient
Businger
1989
Room 666
Self
1985
Hard to Be a God
Mita / Richard
1990
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Self (archive footage)
2022
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
Self
2007
The Last Scene
Executive Producer
2019Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera
Self - Director
1994Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe
Self
2010
Red Army
Executive Producer
2015
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
Alexander von Humboldt
2013
No One Will Play with Me
Director
1976No One Will Play with Me
Writer
1976
Signs of Life
Soldier (uncredited)
1968Signs of Life
Writer
1968Signs of Life
Director
1968Signs of Life
Producer
1968
Manaslu: Mountain of Souls
Self
2018
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
2020
Atari: Game Over
Self (archival)
2014
Werner We Love You
Self
2017
La Bohème
Director
2009
The Wild Blue Yonder
Screenplay
2005The Wild Blue Yonder
Director
2005
Woyzeck
Screenplay
1979Woyzeck
Director
1979
The Andinist
The Painter (Narrator)
2020
SnowwhiteRosered
Self
1991
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
Self
2017
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
Self
2008
The Gauls
Director
1988
Mister Lonely
Father Umbrillo
2008
2000 Years of Christianity
Director
1999The Lonely
2009
The 100 Greatest Films
Self
2001
Dinotasia
Narrator (voice)
2012
Handicapped Future
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
1971Handicapped Future
Director
1971Handicapped Future
Sound Recordist
1971Handicapped Future
Producer
1971Handicapped Future
Writer
1971Handicapped Future
Sound
1971The whole world is country
Consulting Producer
2018
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Self
1980Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Writer
1980Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
Self
2007
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Self
2013
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Narrator (voice)
1997Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Director
1997Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Writer
1997
Life Itself
Self - Filmmaker
2014Dribble
Self (voice)
2004
I, I, I José Lewgoy
Self
2011
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
Self
2019
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self
1986Portrait: Werner Herzog
Director
1986Portrait: Werner Herzog
Writer
1986
Soccer Meets America
Self
2026
God's Angry Man
Narrator (voice)
1983God's Angry Man
Director
1983God's Angry Man
Writer
1983
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Land of Silence and Darkness
Screenplay
1971Land of Silence and Darkness
Director
1971Land of Silence and Darkness
Producer
1971Land of Silence and Darkness
Sound Recordist
1971
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Self (archive footage)
2014
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
Self (archive footage)
2021
Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Self
1990Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Director
1990Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Writer
1990Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Producer
1990
The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3
Self (voice) ("Dribble" short)
2004
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)
2019Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Director
2019Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Writer
2019
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Self
2021
Bells from the Deep
Narrator (voice)
1993Bells from the Deep
Director
1993Bells from the Deep
Writer
1993
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
2011
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Self - Film Director: Nosferatu
1980
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
Self
2010
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(archive footage)
2020
Ballad of the Little Soldier
Self (voice)
1984Ballad of the Little Soldier
Writer
1984Ballad of the Little Soldier
Director
1984Ballad of the Little Soldier
Producer
1984
Precautions Against Fanatics
Director
1969Precautions Against Fanatics
Producer
1969Precautions Against Fanatics
Writer
1969Precautions Against Fanatics
Sound
1969
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
Narrator (voice)
1991Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
Screenplay
1991Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
Director
1991Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
Producer
1991
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Self
2010
Last Exit: Space
Narrator (voice)
2022Last Exit: Space
Executive Producer
2022
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Narrator (voice)
1995Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Director
1995Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Writer
1995Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Producer
1995
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Self (voice)
1985The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Director
1985The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Producer
1985The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Writer
1985
Into the Inferno
Self
2016Into the Inferno
Director
2016Into the Inferno
Writer
2016
Lessons of Darkness
Self - Narrator (voice)
1992Lessons of Darkness
Director
1992Lessons of Darkness
Writer
1992Lessons of Darkness
Executive Producer
1992
Pilgrimage
Director
2001
El Poso
Producer
2022
Meeting Gorbachev
Self
2019Meeting Gorbachev
Director
2019Meeting Gorbachev
Writer
2019
Ally
(voice)
Capturing Reality
Self
2008
Tokyo-Ga
Self
1985
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Himself
2010
Lost in the Garden of the World
Self
1975
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self
2000
Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)
Narrator (voice)
2020
Wheel of Time
Narrator (voice)
2003Wheel of Time
Producer
2003Wheel of Time
Director
2003Wheel of Time
Writer
2003Wheel of Time
Editor
2003
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Self
1979
Neuer Deutscher Film Report
1967
Notes from a Dromedary
Creative Consultant
2022In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Self
1999
The hunger in the world explained to my son
Writer
Wings of Hope
Self
1999Wings of Hope
Director
1999Wings of Hope
Writer
1999
On Borrowed Time
Self
2011
The Arc of Oblivion
Narrator (voice)
2023The Arc of Oblivion
Executive Producer
2023
The Transformation of the World Into Music
Self
1996The Transformation of the World Into Music
Director
1996The Transformation of the World Into Music
Writer
1996The Transformation of the World Into Music
Executive Producer
1996
About a Hero
2024
From One Second to the Next
Director
2013
A Gray State
Executive Producer
2017
Family Romance, LLC
Writer
2019Family Romance, LLC
Director
2019Family Romance, LLC
Director of Photography
2019Family Romance, LLC
Camera Operator
2019
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
Self
2018
Tales of the Dumpster Kid
Hurenmörder
1974
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Narrator (voice)
2010Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Executive Producer
2010Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Writer
2010Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Director
2010
Plastic Bag
Plastic Bag (voice)
2009
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
Narrator (voice)
1989Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
Director
1989Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
Writer
1989Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
Co-Producer
1989
The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz
Director
1967The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz
Editor
1967The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz
Screenplay
1967La Donna del Lago
Director
1992
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
Narrator (voice)
1977La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
Director
1977La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
Sound Engineer
1977La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
Producer
1977
Man of Flowers
The Father
1983
Al borde del abismo: la aventura peruana de Werner Herzog
2026
What Is It?
Thanks
2005
Huie's Sermon
Director
1983
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
Self
1976How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
Director
1976How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
Producer
1976How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
Sound
1976
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Self
1974The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Director
1974The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Screenplay
1974The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Producer
1974
The White Diamond
Narrator (voice)
2004The White Diamond
Director
2004The White Diamond
Screenplay
2004
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self
1976
Tattoo Uprising
Self
2019
Die Erben von Papas Kino
1968
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
Self (archive footage)
2017When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
Narrator (voice)
2010
The Devil's Muse
Creative Consultant
2007Back to Room 666
Self (archive footage)
2008
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Self
2008The Heart and the Legs
Self
1989Shards of Cinema and Philosophy
Self
The Last Shepherd
Thanks
2013
Theater of Thought
Director
2024Theater of Thought
Executive Producer
2024Theater of Thought
Screenplay
2024
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Self
1996
Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'
Self
2013
All In This Tea
2007
Flores del precipicio
Producer
2022
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
Director
1970The Flying Doctors of East Africa
Writer
1970The Flying Doctors of East Africa
Sound Recordist
1970The Flying Doctors of East Africa
Producer
1970Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"
Self
1990
In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session
Self
2005The Golden Gate
Executive Producer
2018
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
Self
2012A Brief History of Errol Morris
Self
1999
Ode to the Dawn of Man
Director
2011Ode to the Dawn of Man
Cinematography
2011Ode to the Dawn of Man
Sound
2011Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space
Self
2005
No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon
Self
2012
Journey Through History
Self
1977
The Ball Is a Scumbag
Self
2000
Jihad in Hollywood
Self
2016Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog
Self
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
Self (archive footage)
2021
Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless
Self
2021Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog
Self
2005
The Blimp-Maker
Thanks
2016
Location Africa
Self
1987Jihad in Hollywood
Self
2019Location Africa
Producer
1987Lemonade War
Neighborhood Hero
2014Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son
Self
2010Walking to Werner
Self (voice)
2006
Paradox Bullets
Narrator (voice)
2018
10 Questions for Werner Herzog
Self
2012
The Twilight World
Director
The Twilight World
Novel
BLAST!
Narrator (voice)
2008
The Empty Goal
Thanks
2018
Ten Thousand Years Older
Director
2002Ten Thousand Years Older
Screenplay
2002
Champions: A Comic Tale
Self
2011
Herakles
Director
1962Herakles
Editor
1962Herakles
Sound
1962Herakles
Screenplay
1962Herakles
Producer
1962
An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog
Self
2013
Last Words
Director
1968Last Words
Screenplay
1968Last Words
Producer
1968Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director
Self
2014A Night Out
Thanks
2010A Night Out
Technical Advisor
2010
The Boxing Prince
Self
2002
To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further
Self
1989
Celebrating the Rice Media Center
Self (archival footage)
2024
The Killers: Unstaged
Self
2012The Killers: Unstaged
Director
2012
Giovanna d'Arco
Director
1989Werner Herzog Defends Dade
Self
2010
Reeling
Executive Producer
2025
Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera
Stage Director
2008Love Birds
Consulting Producer
2019Dreams and Burdens
Self
2005The Last Documentary
Self
2000
I'm a Soldier
Self
2018
Mi casa amarilla
Consulting Editor
2025
Bierbichler
Self
2008
Mistaken for Strangers
Self (uncredited)
2013