Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings is credited on 15 movies and 1 TV show, best known by TMDB votes for Faust, The Last Laugh and The Blue Angel.
Born July 22, 1884 in Rorschach, Switzerland; died January 2, 1950.
Filmography · 16 titles
US streaming apps shown for the 12 best-known titles, checked October 6, 2026. Tap any title for where it streams and what it costs.
Faust
1926 · Movie
On Kino Film Collection
The Last Laugh
1924 · Movie
On Kino Film Collection
The Blue Angel
1930 · Movie
On Kino Film Collection and Artiflix
The Last Command
1928 · Movie
On Philo and Fandor
The Oscars
1953 · TV show
On Hulu
Tartuffe
1926 · Movie
Free with ads on Kanopy
Waxworks
1924 · Movie
Free with ads on JustWatch TV
Variety
1925 · Movie
Free with ads on Darkroom
Anna Boleyn
1920 · Movie
On FlixFling
Madame DuBarry
1919 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Othello
1922 · Movie
The Broken Jug
1937 · Movie
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922 · Movie
The Merry Jail
1917 · Movie
About 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...
Biography from TMDB, written by its community.