Emil Jannings profile
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Emil Jannings

22nd July 1884 Rorschach, Switzerland Acting

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.

58 Movies 1 TV Shows 75 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Traumulus poster
Traumulus 23rd January 1936 as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus
The Last Command poster
The Last Command 21st January 1928 as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
Faust poster
Faust 13th October 1926 as Mephisto
Variety poster
Variety 16th November 1925 as Boss Huller
Waxworks poster
Waxworks 13th November 1924 as Harun al Raschid
Anna Boleyn poster
Anna Boleyn 3rd December 1920 as Henry VIII, King of England
Lulu poster
Lulu 22nd November 1917 as Alfredo, a clown