Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

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...

Known For

Faust

as Mephisto

The Blue Angel

as Immanuel Rath

The Last Laugh

as Hotel Doorman

Cast Credits

Where Is Mr. Belling?

as Eberhard Belling

Altes Herz wird wieder jung

as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef

The Dismissal

as Fürst Otto von Bismarck

Uncle Krüger

as Ohm (Paul)Krüger

The Sovereign

as Matthias Clausen

Traumulus

as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus

The Old and The Young King

as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.

Der schwarze Walfisch

as Peter Petersen

König Pausole

as König Pausole

The Tempest

as Gustav Bumke

Darling of the Gods

as Albert Winkelmann

The Blue Angel

as Immanuel Rath

Betrayal

as Poldi Moser

Sins of the Fathers

as Wilhelm Spengler

The Patriot

as Czar Paul I

The Street of Sin

as Basher Bill

The Last Command

as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander

The Way of All Flesh

as August Shilling

Faust

as Mephisto

Tartuffe

as Tartüff

Variety

as Boss Huller

The Last Laugh

as Hotel Doorman

Waxworks

as Harun al Raschid

Quo Vadis?

as Nerone

All for Money

as S. I. Rupp

Crew Credits