Mario Adorf

Acting

September 8, 1930 – April 8, 2026 (died at 95)

Zürich, Switzerland

Male

200 Movies

97 TV Shows

Mario Adorf (born 8 September 1930) was an Italian-German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978 film The Tin Drum and The Italian Connection.

The Tin Drum

1979 7.0

as Alfred Matzerath

Age 48 (now 95)

I Knew Her Well

1965 7.5

as Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone

Age 35 (now 95)

Caliber 9

1972 7.5

as Rocco Musco

Age 41 (now 95)

The Italian Connection

1972 7.0

as Luca Canali

Age 41 (now 95)

The Treasure of San Gennaro

1966 7.4

as Sciascillo

Age 36 (now 95)

Felidae

1994 6.7

as Blaubart (voice)

Age 64 (now 95)

The Cave of the Golden Rose

1991 6.4

as The King

Age 61 (now 95)

Apache Gold

1963 6.9

as Frederic Santer

Age 33 (now 95)

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

1975 7.0

as Kommissar Beizmenne

Age 44 (now 95)

Lola

1981 6.9

as Schuckert

Age 50 (now 95)

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

1970 7.1

as Berto Consalvi

Age 39 (now 95)

Momo

1986 7.0

as Nicola

Age 55 (now 95)

Deadlock

1970 6.3

as Charles Dump, the rat

Age 40 (now 95)

What Have They Done to Your Daughters?

1974 7.1

as Insp. Valentini

Age 43 (now 95)

Short Night of Glass Dolls

1971 6.6

as Jacques Versain

Age 41 (now 95)

Fedora

1978 6.7

as Corfu Hotel Manager

Age 47 (now 95)

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

2021

as Self

Age 90 (now 95)

The Case of Bruno Lüdke

2021 6.1

as Self

Age 90 (now 95)

The Hardy Krüger Story

2019 7.2

as Self

Age 89 (now 95)

Alte Bande

2019 4.0

as Boxer

Age 89 (now 95)

It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf

2019 9.0

as Self

Age 88 (now 95)

Pygmalion

2018

as Harald

Age 88 (now 95)

Karl Marx – Der deutsche Prophet

2018 6.0

as Karl Marx

Age 87 (now 95)

Einmal Sohn, immer Sohn

2018 5.5

as Roland Hartwig

Age 87 (now 95)

Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

2017 7.3

as Self

Age 87 (now 95)

100 Years of the UFA

2017 4.5

as Self - Actor

Age 86 (now 95)

Marina, Mabuse und Morituri

2017 7.0

as Self

Age 86 (now 95)

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films

2017 6.0

Age 86 (now 95)

Winnetou - The Last Fight

2016 6.3

as Frederick Louis Santer Sr.

Age 86 (now 95)

Schubert in Love

2016 5.1

as Olafs Vater

Age 86 (now 95)

Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films

2016 8.0

as himself

Age 85 (now 95)

Der Liebling des Himmels

2015 4.0

as Sorel sen.

Age 84 (now 95)

Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren

2014 5.1

as Johann Schäfer

Age 84 (now 95)

Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora

2014 6.0

as Self

Age 83 (now 95)

Der letzte Mentsch

2014 6.5

as Marcus Schwarz / Menachem Teitelbaum

Age 83 (now 95)

Pinocchio

2013 4.8

as Geppetto

Age 83 (now 95)

The Invention of Love

2013 2.3

as Hermann von Kirsch

Age 83 (now 95)

Krokodil

2013 4.0

as Richard

Age 82 (now 95)

Die Libelle und das Nashorn

2012 4.0

as Nino Winter

Age 82 (now 95)

Die lange Welle hinterm Kiel

2012 4.7

as Martin Burian

Age 81 (now 95)

Gegengerade

2011 3.7

as Baldu

Age 80 (now 95)

The Secret of the Whales

2010 2.5

as Prof. Johannes Waldmann

Age 79 (now 95)

Same Same But Different

2009 6.6

as Herr Behr

Age 78 (now 95)

Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood

2009

as Self

Age 78 (now 95)

Wer Liebe verspricht

2008 6.5

Age 78 (now 95)

Red Zora

2008 5.2

as Gorian

Age 77 (now 95)

Botero Born in Medellin

2008 1.0

as Narrator

Age 77 (now 95)

Little Dodo

2007 5.4

as Darwin (voice)

Age 77 (now 95)

Winnetou darf nicht sterben

2007

as Himself

Age 77 (now 95)

Fernsehgeschichte(n). Deutsch

2007

as Self

Age 77 (now 95)

Ein Leben wie im Flug

2007

as Self

Age 76 (now 95)

Karol Wojtyla - Geheimnisse eines Papstes

2006

as Peppino Mancuso

Age 75 (now 95)

A Christmoose Carol

2005 5.7

as Weihnachtsmann

Age 75 (now 95)

Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe

2005 10.0

as Abel Znorko

Age 75 (now 95)

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005 7.6

as Self

Age 74 (now 95)

Die Jungen von der Paulstraße

2003 6.2

as Janó

Age 73 (now 95)

Jester Till

2003 6.0

as Mayor (voice)

Age 73 (now 95)

Die Verhoevens

2003 10.0

as Himself

Age 72 (now 95)

Epsteins Nacht

2002 9.0

as Jochen Epstein

Age 72 (now 95)

The Nibelungs

2002 9.0

as Hagen

Age 71 (now 95)

Vola sciusciù

2000 6.2

Age 69 (now 95)

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

2000

as Self

Age 69 (now 95)

Il ritorno del piccolo Lord

2000 6.0

as Karl Schneibel

Age 69 (now 95)

Comeback für Freddy Baker

1999 6.5

as Freddy Baker

Age 69 (now 95)

Majestät brauchen Sonne

1999 8.0

as Narrator

Age 69 (now 95)

Alle für die Mafia

1998 8.5

as Don Michele

Age 67 (now 95)

La quindicesima epistola

1998 7.0

as Zeffirino

Age 67 (now 95)

The Fearless Four

1997 5.9

as Fred (voice)

Age 67 (now 95)

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997 6.3

as Capt. Sigmund Lukas

Age 66 (now 95)

Rossini

1997 6.1

as Paolo Rossini

Age 66 (now 95)

Tresko – Amigo Affäre

1996 10.0

as Joachim Tresko

Age 66 (now 95)

T-

Tresko - Im Visier der Drogenmafia

1996 7.0

as Joachim Tresko

Age 66 (now 95)

T-

Tresko - Der Maulwurf

1996 9.0

Story

Age 66 (now 95)

T-

Tresko - Der Maulwurf

1996 9.0

as Joachim Tresko

Age 66 (now 95)

Alles nur Tarnung

1996 4.0

as Willi Butzbach

Age 66 (now 95)

Bauernschach

1995 5.5

as Franz Hofnagel

Age 64 (now 95)

Il piccolo lord

1995 6.3

as Carl Schneibel

Age 64 (now 95)

Missus

1994 8.0

as Col. Tadigov

Age 64 (now 95)

Felidae

1994 6.7

as Blaubart (voice)

Age 64 (now 95)

Amigomío

1994 7.2

as Avô

Age 63 (now 95)

Maus und Katz

1993 7.0

as Heinz Lückert

Age 63 (now 95)

Uomo di rispetto

1993 9.0

Age 62 (now 95)

Abissinia

1993 10.0

as Enzo Pagnini

Age 62 (now 95)

The Cave of the Golden Rose 2

1992 6.2

as The King

Age 62 (now 95)

The Cave of the Golden Rose

1991 6.4

as The King

Age 61 (now 95)

Pizza Colonia

1991 6.5

as Francesco Serboli

Age 61 (now 95)

Money

1991 5.5

as The Turk

Age 60 (now 95)

Ex und hopp – Ein böses Spiel um Liebe, Geld und Bier

1991 7.0

as Heinrich Hartholz

Age 60 (now 95)

Mother

1990 4.6

Age 60 (now 95)

Café Europa

1990 8.0

as Wirt Mikis

Age 60 (now 95)

Quiet Days in Clichy

1990 4.5

as Ernest Regentag

Age 59 (now 95)

Believed Violent

1990 7.0

as Radnitz

Age 59 (now 95)

The Black Moon

1990 6.6

as Priest

Age 59 (now 95)

The Bachelor

1990 9.0

as Bohlinger

Age 59 (now 95)

Rosamunde

1990 4.7

as Levin Austerlitz

Age 59 (now 95)

Gioco di società

1990 9.0

as Spano

Age 59 (now 95)

Try This One for Size

1989 7.4

as Radnitz

Age 59 (now 95)

Vado a riprendermi il gatto

1989 10.0

as Alceo Brancicalori

Age 58 (now 95)

Francesco

1989 6.6

as Cardinal Ugolino

Age 58 (now 95)

Via Panisperna Boys

1989 6.5

as Corbino

Age 58 (now 95)

Keine Gondel für die Leiche

1989 9.0

Age 58 (now 95)

Facciaffittasi

1988 9.0

as Rigoletto

Age 57 (now 95)

Notte italiana

1987 6.9

as Alvise Tornova

Age 56 (now 95)

The Second Victory

1987 6.5

as Dr. Sepp Kunzli

Age 56 (now 95)

Devil's Paradise

1987 5.7

as Schomberg

Age 56 (now 95)

La ragazza dei lillà

1986 5.0

as Albert

Age 55 (now 95)

Momo

1986 7.0

as Nicola

Age 55 (now 95)

The Holcroft Covenant

1985 5.5

as Erich Kessler / Jürgen Mass

Age 55 (now 95)

Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie

1985 9.0

as Papst Urbano VIII

Age 54 (now 95)

Coconuts

1985 2.5

as Siemann

Age 54 (now 95)

Class Relations

1984 6.8

as Der Onkel

Age 53 (now 95)

Les tilleuls de Lautenbach

1983 6.7

as Oncle Fouchs

Age 53 (now 95)

State buoni se potete

1983 6.9

as Sisto V

Age 52 (now 95)

Invitation to Travel

1982 4.9

as Timour

Age 51 (now 95)

Lola

1981 6.9

as Schuckert

Age 50 (now 95)

Disobedience

1981 4.0

as Padre di Luca

Age 50 (now 95)

Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren

1981

Age 50 (now 95)

Lion of the Desert

1981 7.4

as (uncredited)

Age 50 (now 95)

The Imprint of Giants

1980 10.0

as Meru

Age 49 (now 95)

Milo-Milo

1979 4.2

as Thanasis

Age 49 (now 95)

The Tin Drum

1979 7.0

as Alfred Matzerath

Age 48 (now 95)

Fedora

1978 6.7

as Corfu Hotel Manager

Age 47 (now 95)

Germany in Autumn

1978 6.3

as TV committee member (uncredited)

Age 47 (now 95)

Closed Circuit

1978 6.8

as Harry (archive footage)

Age 47 (now 95)

Good-for-Nothing

1978 4.7

Age 47 (now 95)

The Leading Man

1977 7.0

as Schikowski

Age 47 (now 95)

Tod oder Freiheit

1977 7.0

as Max

Age 47 (now 95)

I Am Afraid

1977 7.2

as Judge Moser

Age 47 (now 95)

Un anno di scuola

1977 9.0

as Prof. Taucer

Age 46 (now 95)

Scrounged Meals

1977 7.0

as Erwin

Age 46 (now 95)

Bomber & Paganini

1976 5.4

as Bomber

Age 46 (now 95)

MitGift

1976 4.6

as Edgar

Age 45 (now 95)

Heart of a Dog

1976 5.9

as Bormenthàl

Age 45 (now 95)

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

1975 7.0

as Kommissar Beizmenne

Age 44 (now 95)

Weak Spot

1975 6.5

as Le Manager

Age 44 (now 95)

What Have They Done to Your Daughters?

1974 7.1

as Insp. Valentini

Age 43 (now 95)

Quick Trial

1974 6.3

as Procuratore Benedikter

Age 43 (now 95)

Anima mia

1974 9.0

as Il commissario Marzoli

Age 43 (now 95)

The Journey to Vienna

1973 5.2

as Fred Scheuermann

Age 43 (now 95)

The Assassination of Matteotti

1973 6.7

as Benito Mussolini

Age 43 (now 95)

Without Warning

1973 5.2

as L'ex-commandant Pierre Capra

Age 42 (now 95)

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1972 7.5

Age 42 (now 95)

The Italian Connection

1972 7.0

as Luca Canali

Age 41 (now 95)

The Italian Connection

1972 7.0

Stunts

Age 41 (now 95)

King, Queen, Knave

1972 4.5

as Prof. Ritter

Age 41 (now 95)

Execution Squad

1972 6.9

as sostituto procuratore Ricciuti

Age 41 (now 95)

When Women Lost Their Tails

1972 3.8

as Pap

Age 41 (now 95)

Caliber 9

1972 7.5

as Rocco Musco

Age 41 (now 95)

The Sicilian Checkmate

1972 5.3

as Amedeo Barrese

Age 41 (now 95)

Short Night of Glass Dolls

1971 6.6

as Jacques Versain

Age 41 (now 95)

Million Dollar Eel

1971 7.0

as Nane Mora - the Guardiapesca

Age 40 (now 95)

Long Live Robin Hood

1971 6.6

as Brother Tuck

Age 40 (now 95)

Deadlock

1970 6.3

as Charles Dump, the rat

Age 40 (now 95)

Gentlemen in White Vests

1970 7.9

as Bruno 'Dandy' Stiegler

Age 39 (now 95)

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

1970 7.1

as Berto Consalvi

Age 39 (now 95)

Safety Catch

1970 5.3

as The Long-Haired Sadist

Age 39 (now 95)

The Red Tent

1969 6.1

as Giuseppe Biagi

Age 39 (now 95)

The Specialists

1969 5.7

as El Diablo

Age 39 (now 95)

Precautions Against Fanatics

1969 5.8

Age 38 (now 95)

A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof

1968 5.9

as Harry

Age 37 (now 95)

Hoppe Hoppe Reiter Engelchen macht weiter

1968 5.0

as Gustl

Age 37 (now 95)

Ghosts, Italian Style

1967 6.2

as Alfredo Mariano

Age 37 (now 95)

Anyone Can Play

1967 4.6

as Traffic cop

Age 37 (now 95)

Tender Sharks

1967 9.0

as Spion SB 3

Age 36 (now 95)

A Rose for Everyone

1967 6.0

as Paolo

Age 36 (now 95)

The Treasure of San Gennaro

1966 7.4

as Sciascillo

Age 36 (now 95)

Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti

1966 9.0

as Matti

Age 36 (now 95)

Ganovenehre

1966 6.0

as Georg Posanke, genannt Artisten-Orje

Age 35 (now 95)

I Knew Her Well

1965 7.5

as Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone

Age 35 (now 95)

Sunscorched

1965 8.0

as Abel Dragna

Age 35 (now 95)

Die Herren

1965 7.0

as Verleger Blech

Age 34 (now 95)

That Man in Istanbul

1965 5.7

as Bill

Age 34 (now 95)

Ten Little Indians

1965 6.3

as Joseph Grohmann

Age 34 (now 95)

The Camp Followers

1965 6.7

as Castagnoli

Age 34 (now 95)

The Dirty Game

1965 6.0

as Callaghan

Age 34 (now 95)

Major Dundee

1965 6.7

as Sergeant Gomez

Age 34 (now 95)

Conquerors of Arkansas

1964 5.0

as Matt Ellis

Age 34 (now 95)

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

1964 7.0

as Pedro Ortiz

Age 33 (now 95)

Vorsicht Mister Dodd

1964 10.0

as Buddy Herman

Age 33 (now 95)

The Visitor

1963 7.4

as Cucaracha

Age 33 (now 95)

Apache Gold

1963 6.9

as Frederic Santer

Age 33 (now 95)

Freddy und das Lied der Südsee

1963 5.3

Age 33 (now 95)

The Twelve Jurors

1963 7.8

as Siebenter Geschworener

Age 33 (now 95)

Morale 63

1963 7.0

as Axel Rottmann, Reporter

Age 32 (now 95)

The Endless Night

1963 7.2

as Juanitas Friend

Age 32 (now 95)

Station Six-Sahara

1963 5.9

as Santos

Age 32 (now 95)

Straße der Verheißung

1962 8.0

as Joe

Age 32 (now 95)

La leggenda di Fra Diavolo

1962 9.0

as Nadorne

Age 32 (now 95)

Lulu

1962 6.8

as Rodrigo

Age 31 (now 95)

On the Tiger's Back

1961 7.2

as Tagliabue

Age 31 (now 95)

The Taste of Violence

1961 6.6

as Chamaco

Age 30 (now 95)

Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?

1961 7.1

as Max Christiansen-Clausen

Age 30 (now 95)

Rennen

1961 7.5

Age 30 (now 95)

Brainwashed

1960 7.1

as Mirko Centowic

Age 29 (now 95)

Mein Schulfreund

1960 8.3

as Niedermoser

Age 29 (now 95)

Bumerang

1960 7.0

as Georg Kugler

Age 29 (now 95)

The Day the Rains Came

1959 7.3

as Bandenboss Werner Maurer

Age 29 (now 95)

Ship of the Dead

1959 6.6

as Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper

Age 29 (now 95)

Die Rückseite des Mondes

1959

Age 29 (now 95)

Nachtasyl

1959

as Wasjka Pepel

Age 28 (now 95)

A City's Birthday Celebrations

1958 7.3

Age 28 (now 95)

Rosemary

1958 5.8

as Horst

Age 27 (now 95)

Schwester Bonaventura

1958 9.0

as Willy Pentridge

Age 27 (now 95)

The Doctor of Stalingrad

1958 7.5

as Pelz, Sanitäter

Age 27 (now 95)

Mammis Wanderjahre

1957

as Fred Hayter

Age 27 (now 95)

The Devil Strikes at Night

1957 7.0

as Bruno Lüdke

Age 27 (now 95)

Monsignores große Stunde

1957 7.0

as Gabriele Augustino Pagnani

Age 26 (now 95)

Sand, Love and Salt

1957 6.3

as Coco

Age 26 (now 95)

Die Schwestern

1957

as Relli

Age 26 (now 95)

The Girl and the Legend

1957 6.1

as Bertie

Age 26 (now 95)

Kirschen in Nachbars Garten

1956 5.3

as Landstreicher

Age 25 (now 95)

Die Tochter des Brunnenmachers

1956

as Félipe Rambert

Age 25 (now 95)

08/15 at Home

1955 5.3

as Unteroffizier Stamm

Age 25 (now 95)

08/15 Part 2

1955 6.0

as Gefreiter Wagner

Age 24 (now 95)

Meuterei auf der Caine

1954

Age 24 (now 95)

08/15

1954 7.3

as Wagner

Age 24 (now 95)