Emil Jannings was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood films in the 1920s. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for starring in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. Jannings remains the only German ever to win in that category.
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Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Hitler's HollywoodMovie | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 133 |
| 2017 | 100 Years of the UFAMovie | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 133 |
| 2011 | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsMovie | Himself (archive footage) | 127 |
| 2002 | Los 5 Faust de F. W. MurnauMovie | Himself / Mephisto (archive footage) | 118 |
| 1945 | Where Is Mr. Belling?Movie | Eberhard Belling | 61 |
| 1943 | An Old Heart Becomes Young AgainMovie | Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef | 59 |
| 1942 | The DismissalMovie | Fürst Otto von Bismarck | 58 |
| 1941 | Uncle KrügerMovie | Ohm (Paul)Krüger | 57 |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsMovie | Self (archive footage) | 56 |
| 1939 | Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des TodesMovie | Dr. Robert Koch | 55 |
| 1939 | Der letzte AppellMovie | — | 55 |
| 1937 | The SovereignMovie | Matthias Clausen | 53 |
| 1937 | The Broken JugMovie | Adam | 53 |
| 1936 | TraumulusMovie | Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus | 52 |
| 1935 | The Old and The Young KingMovie | König Friedrich Wilhelm I. | 51 |
| 1934 | The Black WhaleMovie | Peter Petersen | 50 |
| 1932 | The TempestMovie | Gustav Bumke | 48 |
| 1930 | Darling of the GodsMovie | Albert Winkelmann | 46 |
| 1930 | The Blue AngelMovie | Immanuel Rath | 46 |
| 1928 | The Last CommandMovie | Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander | 44 |
| 1928 | The PatriotMovie | Czar Paul I | 44 |
| 1928 | The Street of SinMovie | Basher Bill | 44 |
| 1928 | Sins of the FathersMovie | Wilhelm Spengler | 44 |
| 1926 | FaustMovie | Mephisto | 42 |
| 1926 | TartuffeMovie | Tartüff | 42 |
| 1926 | Love Is BlindMovie | — | 42 |
| 1925 | VarietyMovie | Boss Huller | 41 |
| 1924 | Husbands or LoversMovie | Ehemann | 40 |
| 1924 | The Last LaughMovie | Hotel Doorman | 40 |
| 1924 | The Film in the FilmMovie | Self | 40 |
| 1924 | WaxworksMovie | Harun al Raschid | 40 |
| 1923 | The Tragedy of LoveMovie | Ombrade | 39 |
| 1923 | All for MoneyMovie | S. I. Rupp | 39 |
| 1923 | The Countess of ParisMovie | Ombrade | 39 |
| 1922 | OthelloMovie | Othello | 38 |
| 1922 | The Loves of PharaohMovie | Pharao Amenes | 38 |
| 1922 | Peter the GreatMovie | Tsar Peter the Great | 38 |
| 1921 | DantonMovie | Danton | 37 |
| 1921 | The RatsMovie | Bruno Mechelke | 37 |
| 1920 | Anna BoleynMovie | Henry VIII, King of England | 36 |
| 1920 | Der Schädel der PharaonentochterMovie | Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt | 36 |
| 1920 | Kohlhiesel's DaughtersMovie | Peter Xaver | 36 |
| 1920 | The Great LightMovie | Lorenz Ferleitner | 36 |
| 1920 | Colombine - Die Braut des ApachenMovie | — | 36 |
| 1920 | Die Brüder KaramasoffMovie | — | 36 |
| 1919 | Madame DuBarryMovie | Ludwig XV. | 35 |
| 1919 | VendettaMovie | Tomasso | 35 |
| 1919 | The Daughter of MehemedMovie | Vaco Juan Riberda | 35 |
| 1919 | Rose BerndMovie | Arthur Streckmann | 35 |
| 1918 | The Eyes of the MummyMovie | Radu | 34 |
| 1917 | Stein unter SteinenMovie | Göttlingk | 33 |
| 1917 | A Night of HorrorMovie | — | 33 |
| 1917 | The Merry JailMovie | Quabbe - der Gaoler | 33 |
| 1917 | LuluMovie | Alfredo, a clown | 33 |
| 1917 | Die Ehe der Luise RohrbachMovie | — | 33 |
| 1916 | Passionels TagebuchMovie | Karl Borke | 32 |