Emil Jannings
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
The Blue Angel
1930
as Immanuel Rath
The Last Laugh
1924
as Hotel Doorman
Faust
1926
as Mephisto
Lulu
1917
as Alfredo, a clown
Betrayal
1929
as Poldi Moser
The Tragedy of Love
1923
as Ombrade
The Last Command
1928
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
The Street of Sin
1928
as Basher Bill
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Waxworks
1924
as Harun al Raschid
Algol: Tragedy of Power
1920
as Robert Herne
The Patriot
1928
as Czar Paul I
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
1918
as James Fraenkel/John Smith
Vendetta
1919
as Tomasso
Othello
1922
as Othello
Husbands or Lovers
1924
as Ehemann
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918
as Radu
Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
1920
as Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
Altes Herz wird wieder jung
1943
as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef
The Way of All Flesh
1927
as August Shilling