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Emil Jannings

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Emil Jannings

Jul 22, 1884 – Jan 2, 195074 titles 73 movies · 1 TV
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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.

Born

Jul 22, 1884 – Jan 2, 1950

Rorschach, Switzerland

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

74

Acting credits

1

Directing

0

Writing

2

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1914 1 title(s)

1916 4 title(s)

1917 8 title(s)

1918 4 title(s)

1919 4 title(s)

1920 7 title(s)

1921 2 title(s)

1922 3 title(s)

1923 3 title(s)

1924 5 title(s)

1925 1 title(s)

1926 3 title(s)

1927 1 title(s)

1928 5 title(s)

1929 1 title(s)

1930 2 title(s)

1932 1 title(s)

1933 1 title(s)

1934 1 title(s)

1935 1 title(s)

1936 1 title(s)

1937 2 title(s)

1939 2 title(s)

1940 1 title(s)

1941 1 title(s)

1942 1 title(s)

1943 1 title(s)

1945 1 title(s)

1953 1 title(s)

2002 1 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)