Mario Adorf
Mario Adorf is a German actor, considered to be one of the great veteran character actors of European cinema. Since 1954, he has played both leading and supporting roles in over 200 film and television productions, among them the 1979 Oscar-winning film The Tin Drum. He is also the author of several successful mostly autobiographical books.
Biography
Adorf was born in Zürich, Switzerland, the illegitimate child of an Italian surgeon and a German medical assistant. He grew up in his maternal grandfather's hometown, Mayen, where he was raised by his unmarried mother. He rose to fame in Europe, and particularly Germany, and also made appearances in international films, including Ten Little Indians and Smilla's Sense of Snow. He also played a small role in the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's Smiley's People as a German club owner. In Italy he also played in a number of movies.In the 60's, he married Lis Verhoeven. The couple had a child, Stella, prior to their divorce. He starred with Barbara Bouchet in Milano Calibro 9 in 1972. In 1985, he married Monique Faye. Adorf remains very active in German shows, television and theatre.
Adorf still regrets that he refused parts in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three. He also turned down the role of General Mapache in Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, because he felt the character was too violent. In 1996, he provided the German dubbing voice for the character Draco in Dragonheart, a role performed by Sean Connery.
Awards
Among many others:- 2000 Bavarian Film Awards Honorary Award
- 2011 Best Human Brand Award
Selected filmography
- 08/15, as Wagner
- 08/15 - In der Heimat, as Unteroffizier Stamm
- Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden, as Landstreicher
- The Girl and the Legend, as Bertie
- Sand, Love and Salt, as Coco
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- The Devil Strikes at Night, as Bruno Luedke
- The Doctor of Stalingrad, as Pelz, Sanitäter
- Rosemary, as Horst
- The Death Ship, as Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
- The Day the Rains Came, as Werner Maurer
- ' , as Georg Kugler
- My Schoolfriend, as Niedermoser
- Brainwashed, as Mirko Centowic
- Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?, as Max Klausen
- Le goût de la violence, as Chamaco
- A cavallo della tigre, as Mario Tagliabue
- Lulu, as Rodrigo Quast
- Freddy and the Song of the South Pacific, as Cameo during brawl at harbour pub
- The Last Charge, as Nardone
- Street of Temptation, as Joe
- Station Six-Sahara, as Santos
- Die endlose Nacht, as Juanitas Bekannter
- ', as Axel Rottmann, Reporter
- ', as Siebenter Geschworener
- Apache Gold, as Frederick Santer
- La visita, as Cucaracha
- A Mission for Mr. Dodd, as Buddy Herman
- The Last Ride to Santa Cruz, as Pedro Ortiz
- Massacre at Marble City, as Matt Ellis
- Major Dundee, as Sgt. Gomez
- The Dirty Game, as Callaghan
- The Camp Followers, as Sergeant Castagnoli
- That Man in Istanbul, as Bill
- The Gentlemen, as Verleger Blech - episode 'Die Intellektuellen'
- Ten Little Indians, as Herr Grohmann
- Tierra de fuego, as Abel Dragna
- I Knew Her Well, as Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone
- ', as Orje
- The Treasure of San Gennaro, as Sciascillo
- A Rose for Everyone, as Paolo
- Zärtliche Haie, as Spion SB 3
- Ghosts – Italian Style, as Alfredo Mariano
- Anyone Can Play, as Traffic cop
- A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof, as Harry
- Up the Establishment, as Augustin 'Gustl' Wohlfahrt
- Gli specialisti, as El Diablo
- The Red Tent, as Biagi
- Safety Catch, as Le sadique aux cheveux longs
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, as Berto Consalvi
- Gentlemen in White Vests, as Bruno 'Dandy' Stiegler
- Deadlock, as Charles Dump
- The Scalawag Bunch, as Brother Tuck
- Million Dollar Eel, as Nane Mora - the Guardiapesca
- Short Night of Glass Dolls, as Jacques Versain
- The Sicilian Checkmate, as Amedeo Barrese
- Caliber 9, as Rocco Musco
- When Women Lost Their Tails, as Pap
- Execution Squad, as District Attorney Ricciuti
- King, Queen, Knave, as Prof. Ritter
- La mala ordina, as Luca Canali
- The Adventures of Pinocchio, as Circus Director
- ', as L'ex-commandant Pierre Capra
- The Assassination of Matteotti, as Benito Mussolini
- Trip to Vienna, as Fred Scheuermann - Ortsgruppenleiter
- Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia, e Sofia le chiamo tutte... anima mia, as Il commissario Marzoli
- What Have They Done to Your Daughters?, as Insp. Valentini
- Processo per direttissima, as Procuratore Benedikter
- Weak Spot, as Manager
- The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, as Kommissar Beizmenne
- ', as Edgar Burgmann
- Cuore di cane, as Bormenthàl
- Bomber & Paganini, as Bomber
- Gefundenes Fressen, as Police Officer Erwin
- I Am Afraid, as Judge Moser
- ', as Max
- ', as Schikowski - der Vater
- Difficile morire
- ', as Drunken Poet
- Fedora, as Hotel Manager
- The Tin Drum, as Alfred Matzerath
- Milo-Milo, as Thanasis
- L'empreinte des géants, as Meru
- The Little World of Don Camillo, as Don Camillo
- La disubbidienza, as Mr. Manzi
- Lola, as Schuckert
- Invitation au voyage, as Timour
- Smiley's People, as Claus Kretzschmar
- La côte d'amour, as Louis Zannella
- Marco Polo, as Giovanni
- State buoni se potete, as Pope Sixtus V
- Klassenverhältnisse, as Karl Roßmann's Uncle
- Coconuts, as Siemann
- ', as Pope Urban VIII
- The Holcroft Covenant, as Erich Kessler / Jürgen Mass
- Via Mala, as Jonas Lauretz
- Momo, as Nicola
- La ragazza dei lillà, as Albert
- Kir Royal – Aus dem Leben eines Klatschreporters, as Generaldirektor Heinrich 'Heini' Haffenloher
- Mino, as Maggiore Lupo
- Des Teufels Paradies, as Schomberg
- The Second Victory, as Dr. Sepp Kunzli
- Italian Night, as Alvise Tornova
- Vado a riprendermi il gatto
- ', as Alfons Rogalla
- La piovra, , as Salvatore 'Acidduzzu' Frolo
- I ragazzi di via Panisperna, as Orso Mario Corbino
- Francesco, as Cardinal Ugolino
- La luna negra, as Padre
- Try This One for Size, as Radnitz
- ', as Levin Austerlitz
- The Bachelor, as Gräsler's Friend
- Présumé dangereux, as Radnitz
- Quiet Days in Clichy, as Ernest Regentag
- Mother
- Cafe Europa, as Mikis
- ', as Heinrich Hartholz
- ', as Istvan Kaltenbach
- Money, as The Turk
- Pizza Colonia, as Francesco Serboli
- Fantaghirò, as The King
- ', as Peter Bellheim
- Abissinia, as Enzo Pagnini
- ', as Franz Graf Waldeck
- Amigomío, as Grandfather
- Felidae, as Bluebeard
- ', as Janusz 'Jan' Herzog
- Alles nur Tarnung, as Willi Butzbach
- Schwarzmüller
- ', as Paolo Rossini
- Smilla's Sense of Snow, as Capt. Sigmund Lukas
- The Fearless Four, as Fred, der Esel
- Alle für die Mafia, as Don Michele
- ', as Coda del diavolo
- Die Affäre Semmeling, as Walter 'Beton-Walter' Wegener
- ', as Jochen Epstein
- Till Eulenspiegel, as Bürgermeister
- ', as Santa Claus
- Kleiner Dodo, as Darwin
- ', as Fisherman Gorian
- Same Same But Different, as Publishing Director Mr. Behr
- Das Geheimnis der Wale, as Prof. Johannes 'Joe' Waldmann
- Gegengerade, as Baldu
- ', as Martin Burian
- ', as Nino Winter
- Die Erfindung der Liebe, as Hermann von Kirsch
- ', as Marcus Schwarz
- Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren, as Johann Schäfer
- Schubert in Love: Vater werden ist schwer, as Professor Schubert
- Winnetou - Der letzte Kampf, as Frederick Louis Santer
- Real Fight, as Wechselburg