Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 22, 1884
Place of Birth
Rorschach, Switzerland
Also Known As
- Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz
Emil Jannings
Biography
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.
Known For - Movies
Faust
as Mephisto
The Last Command
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
The Blue Angel
as Immanuel Rath
Betrayal
as Poldi Moser
The Last Laugh
as Hotel Doorman
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
Sins of the Fathers
as Wilhelm Spengler
Tartuffe
as Tartüff
Waxworks
as Harun al Raschid
