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Mario Adorf

Highest Rated: 100% Caliber 9 (1972)

Lowest Rated: 30% The Holcroft Covenant (1985)

Birthday: Sep 8, 1930

Birthplace: Zurich, Switzerland

Italian-German actor Mario Adorf has built an impressive career, that has stretched across six decades and two continents, resulting in numerous award nominations. Adorf's first on-screen appearance was in the 1954 World War I drama "08/15," which led to consistent work in motion pictures, and later, television. Some of Adorf's best-known roles include 1957's serial-killer thriller "The Devil Strikes at Night," 1972's crime drama "Caliber 9," and the lead role in 1979's controversial adaptation of Gunter Grass's fantasia "The Tin Drum," among others. Adorf is also known for supposedly turning down roles in movies that would go on to become classics: Francis Ford Coppola's mobster masterpiece "The Godfather," Billy Wilder's hectic Cold War satire "One, Two, Three," and Sam Peckinpah's violent revisionist western "The Wild Bunch." Celebrating his 80th birthday in 2010, Adorf continued to act well into the early 21st century, largely in movies made for German or Italian television.

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Highest rated movies

100% 88% Caliber 9
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97% 67% Major Dundee
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93% 85% Lola
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91% 82% I Knew Her Well
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89% 73% The Devil Strikes at Night
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89% 66% The Red Tent
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85% 80% The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
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84% 84% The Tin Drum
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83% 84% The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
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Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf TIN DRUM, David Bennent, Mario Adorf, 1979 EPSTEIN'S NACHT (EPSTEIN'S NIGHT), Annie Girardot, Mario Adorf, 2001 EPSTEIN'S NACHT (EPSTEIN'S NIGHT), Mario Adorf, Bruno Ganz, 2001 EPSTEIN'S NACHT (EPSTEIN'S NIGHT), Mario Adorf, 2001 EPSTEIN'S NACHT (EPSTEIN'S NIGHT), Mario Adorf, Annie Girardot, 2001 THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM, (aka DIE VERLORENE EHRE DER KATHARINA BLUM ODER: WIE GEWALT ENTSTEHEN UND WOHIN SIE FUHREN KANN), Angela Winkler (seated rear), Mario Adorf (standing rear), 1975 THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM, (aka DIE VERLORENE EHRE DER KATHARINA BLUM ODER: WIE GEWALT ENTSTEHEN UND WOHIN SIE FUHREN KANN), Angela Winkler (seated), Mario Adorf, 1975 THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM, (aka DIE VERLORENE EHRE DER KATHARINA BLUM ODER: WIE GEWALT ENTSTEHEN UND WOHIN SIE FUHREN KANN), Mario Adorf, 1975 THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM, (aka DIE VERLORENE EHRE DER KATHARINA BLUM ODER: WIE GEWALT ENTSTEHEN UND WOHIN SIE FUHREN KANN), Angela Winkler (front), Mario Adorf, 1975 View more photos

Filmography

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88% 100% War and Justice Narrator - 2023
No Score Yet 20% Money The Turk (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 50% Schubert in Love Professor Schubert, Olafs Vater (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Legend of Winnetou Returns Santer Senior (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Mentsch Marcus Schwarz / Menachem Teitelbaum (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pinocchio Geppetto (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gegengerade - 20359 St. Pauli Unknown (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Das Geheimnis der Wale Prof. Johannes 'Joe' Waldmann (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Christmoose Carol Weihnachtsmann (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Epstein's Night Jochen Epstein (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Paul Street Boys Janó (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 74% The Fearless Four Fred (Voice) - 1997
53% 57% Smilla's Sense of Snow Capt. Sigmund Lukas (Character) $2.3M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Die furchtlosen Vier Fred der Esel (Voice) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Il piccolo lord Carl Schneibel (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amigomío Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 84% Felidae Blaubart (Voice) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Abyssinia Enzo Pagnini (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cave of the Golden Rose II The King (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantaghirò 2 Unknown (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Quiet Days in Clichy Ernest Regentag (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cafe Europa Mikis (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bachelor L'amico di Gräsler (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 73% Cave of the Golden Rose The King (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 43% Francesco Cardinal Ugolino (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Try This One for Size Radnitz (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gioco di società Unknown (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Les garçons de la rue Panisperna Corbino (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Devil's Paradise Schomberg (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Second Victory Dr. Sepp Kunzli (Character) - 1986
30% 30% The Holcroft Covenant Erich Kessler/Jürgen Mass (Character) $151.6K 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet State buoni se potete Sisto V (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 60% Class Relations Der Onkel (Character) - 1984
93% 85% Lola Herr Schuckert (Character) - 1982
84% 84% The Tin Drum Alfred Matzerath (Character) $5.5K 1979
71% 62% Fedora Corfu Hotel Manager (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Am Afraid Judge Moser (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Un anno di scuola Prof. Taucer (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cuore di cane Bormenthàl (Character) - 1976
83% 84% The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Kommissar Beizmenne (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Weak Spot Manager (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 63% What Have They Done to Your Daughters? Commissioner Valentini (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 66% The Italian Connection Luca Canali (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 80% The Assassination of Matteotti Benito Mussolini (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet La polizia ringrazia Unknown (Character) - 1972
100% 88% Caliber 9 Rocco Musco (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Kingpin Luca (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Adventures of Pinocchio II Unknown (Voice) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Scalawag Bunch Brother Tuck (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 55% The Short Night of the Glass Dolls Jacques Versain (Character) - 1971
89% 66% The Red Tent Biagi (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 50% Deadlock Charles Dump (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gentlemen in White Vests Bruno "Dandy" Stiegler (Character) - 1970
85% 80% The Bird With the Crystal Plumage Berto Consalvi (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gentlemen in White Vests Bruno Dandy Stiegler (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 33% A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof Harry (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ghosts -- Italian Style Alfredo Mariano (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Treasure of San Gennaro Sciascillo (Character) - 1966
91% 82% I Knew Her Well Emilio Ricci (Character) $9.3K 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Scoundrel's Honour Georg/Orje (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 56% The Camp Followers Castagnoli (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 63% Ten Little Indians Herr Grohmann (Character) - 1965
97% 67% Major Dundee Sergeant Gomez (Character) $14.9K 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Man in Istanbul Bill (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Every Man's Woman Paolo (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Apache Gold Frederick Santer (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 91% The Visitor Cucaracha (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sunscorched Abel Dragna (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Ride to Santa Cruz Pedro Ortiz (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Winnetou Santer (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Station Six-Sahara Santos (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Orchids for Lulu Rodrigo (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Taste of Violence Chamaco (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jail Break Mario Tagliabue (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet My School Chum Niedermoser (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Boomerang Georg Kugler (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 100% Brainwashed Mirko Centowic (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Day It Rained Werner Maurer (Character) - 1959
89% 73% The Devil Strikes at Night Bruno Luedke (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doctor of Stalingrad Pelz (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rosemary Horst (Character) - 1958