--- name: "Mario Adorf" canonical: "https://film.one/person/mario-adorf" fi1m_id: "mario-adorf" imdb_id: "nm0000728" tmdb_id: 10254 wikidata_id: "Q61322" roles: ["Actor"] born: "8 September 1930" died: "8 April 2026" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-26T00:41:35.582811+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Mario Adorf ## Identity Mario Adorf - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mario-adorf - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** mario-adorf - **IMDb ID:** nm0000728 - **TMDB ID:** 10254 - **Wikidata ID:** Q61322 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Adorf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10254 Actor. Born 8 September 1930 in Zürich, Switzerland. Died 8 April 2026. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 8 September 1930, Zürich, Switzerland - **Died:** 8 April 2026 - **Active:** 1970–1982 - **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 78 (1), 1980s 82 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Adorf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10254 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Tin Drum*](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Mario Adorf was a German actor. Born in Zürich, Switzerland, on 8 September 1930, he was raised in Germany and trained at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich. He appeared in over 200 film and television productions from 1954 to 2023. His credits include Berto Consalvi in *The Bird with the Crystal Plumage* (1970) and Alfred Matzerath in *The Tin Drum* (1979). He worked with directors including Volker Schlöndorff, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Dario Argento, and received multiple German Film Awards. Adorf died in Paris on 8 April 2026 after a short illness. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Smiley's People* (1982), Fi1m 82, as Claus Kretzschmar — [page](https://film.one/tv/smileys-people.md) - *The Tin Drum* (1979), Fi1m 78, as Alfred Matzerath — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md) ## Complete filmography (214) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Alte Bande* (2019), as Boxer - *Pygmalion* (2018), as Harald - *Karl Marx – Der deutsche Prophet* (2018), as Karl Marx - *Einmal Sohn, immer Sohn* (2018), as Roland Hartwig - *Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films* (2017), Actor - *Winnetou - The Last Fight* (2016), as Frederick Louis Santer Sr. - *Schubert in Love* (2016), as Olafs Vater - *Der Liebling des Himmels* (2015), as Sorel sen. - *Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren* (2014), as Johann Schäfer - *Der letzte Mentsch* (2014), as Marcus Schwarz / Menachem Teitelbaum - *Pinocchio* (2013), series, as Geppetto - *Pinocchio* (2013), as Geppetto - *The Invention of Love* (2013), as Hermann von Kirsch - *Krokodil* (2013), as Richard - *Lonely U* (2012), as Nino Winter - *Die lange Welle hinterm Kiel* (2012), as Martin Burian - *Gegengerade* (2011), as Baldu - *Der letzte Patriarch* (2010), series, as Konrad Hansen - *Same Same But Different* (2010), as Herr Behr - *The Secret of the Whales* (2010), as Prof. Johannes Waldmann - *Wer Liebe verspricht* (2008), Actor - *Red Zora* (2008), as Gorian - *Botero Born in Medellin* (2008), as Narrator - *Little Dodo* (2007), as Darwin (voice) - *Kleiner Dodo* (2007), series, as Onkel Darwin (voice) - *Karol Wojtyla - Geheimnisse eines Papstes* (2006), as Peppino Mancuso - *A Christmoose Carol* (2005), as Weihnachtsmann - *Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe* (2005), as Abel Znorko - *Vera - Die Frau des Sizilianers* (2005), series, as Carlo Scalli - *Kanzleramt* (2005), series, as Friedrich Stern - *Die Jungen von der Paulstraße* (2003), as Janó - *Jester Till* (2003), as Mayor (voice) - *Epsteins Nacht* (2002), as Jochen Epstein - *The Nibelungs* (2002), as Hagen - *Die Affäre Semmeling* (2002), series, as Walter „Beton-Walter“ Wegener - *Vola sciusciù* (2000), Actor - *Il ritorno del piccolo Lord* (2000), as Karl Schneibel - *Comeback für Freddy Baker* (1999), as Freddy Baker - *Majestät brauchen Sonne* (1999), as Narrator - *Pirates: Blood Brothers* (1999), series, as Coda / Teufelskralle - *Ama il tuo nemico* (1999), series, as Nisticò - *Alle für die Mafia* (1998), as Don Michele - *La quindicesima epistola* (1998), as Zeffirino - *The Fearless Four* (1997), as Fred (voice) - *Smilla's Sense of Snow* (1997), as Capt. Sigmund Lukas - *Rossini* (1997), as Paolo Rossini - *Tresko – Amigo Affäre* (1996), as Joachim Tresko - *Tresko - Im Visier der Drogenmafia* (1996), as Joachim Tresko - *Tresko* (1996), series, as Joachim Tresko - *Alles nur Tarnung* (1996), as Willi Butzbach - *Der Schattenmann* (1996), series, as Jan Herzog - *Bauernschach* (1995), as Franz Hofnagel - *Il piccolo lord* (1995), as Carl Schneibel - *Missus* (1994), as Col. Tadigov - *Missus* (1994), series, as Col. Tadigov - *Rosa Roth* (1994), series, as Waffenhändler Willem van Kleve - *Felidae* (1994), as Blaubart (voice) - *Amigomío* (1994), as Avô - *Maus und Katz* (1993), as Heinz Lückert - *A King for Burning* (1993), series, as Franz Graf Waldeck - *Uomo di rispetto* (1993), Actor - *Abissinia* (1993), as Enzo Pagnini - *Der große Bellheim* (1993), series, as Peter Bellheim - *The Cave of the Golden Rose 2* (1992), as The King - *Les aventuriers du Rio Verde* (1992), series, as Gert Bauer - *The Cave of the Golden Rose* (1991), as The King - *The Cave of the Golden Rose* (1991), series, as the king - *Pizza Colonia* (1991), as Francesco Serboli - *Money* (1991), as The Turk - *Die Kaltenbach-Papiere* (1991), series, as Istvan Kaltenbach - *Ex und hopp – Ein böses Spiel um Liebe, Geld und Bier* (1991), as Heinrich Hartholz - *Insel der Träume* (1991), series, as Oliver Sondheim - *Schmidteinander* (1990), series, Actor - *Mother* (1990), Actor - *Café Europa* (1990), as Wirt Mikis - *Quiet Days in Clichy* (1990), as Ernest Regentag - *Believed Violent* (1990), as Radnitz - *The Black Moon* (1990), as Priest - *The Bachelor* (1990), as Bohlinger - *Rosamunde* (1990), as Levin Austerlitz - *Kommissar Klefisch* (1990), series, as Antonio Valetta, Tony Valetta - *Gioco di società* (1990), as Spano - *Try This One for Size* (1989), as Radnitz - *La trappola* (1989), series, as Kanz - *Vado a riprendermi il gatto* (1989), as Alceo Brancicalori - *Oceano* (1989), series, as Damian Centeno - *Francesco* (1989), as Cardinal Ugolino - *Via Panisperna Boys* (1989), as Corbino - *Keine Gondel für die Leiche* (1989), Actor - *Facciaffittasi* (1988), as Rigoletto - *Facciaffittasi* (1988), series, as Rigoletto - *Heimatmuseum* (1988), series, as Alfons Rogalla - *Notte italiana* (1987), as Alvise Tornova - *The Second Victory* (1987), as Dr. Sepp Kunzli - *Devil's Paradise* (1987), as Schomberg - *Mino* (1986), series, as Maggiore Lupo - *Kir Royal* (1986), series, as Generaldirektor Heinrich 'Heini' Haffenloher - *La ragazza dei lillà* (1986), as Albert - *Momo* (1986), as Nicola - *Die Flucht ohne Ende* (1985), series, as Wormser, Fabrikant Wormser - *Olga e i suoi figli* (1985), series, as Berto - *The Holcroft Covenant* (1985), as Erich Kessler / Jürgen Mass - *Via Mala* (1985), series, as Jonas Lauretz - *Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie* (1985), as Papst Urbano VIII - *Coconuts* (1985), as Siemann - *Class Relations* (1984), as Der Onkel - *Les tilleuls de Lautenbach* (1983), as Oncle Fouchs - *State buoni se potete* (1983), as Sisto V - *Marco Polo* (1982), series, as Giovanni - *Smiley's People* (1982), series, as Claus Kretzschmar — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/smileys-people.md) - *Invitation to Travel* (1982), as Timour - *Lola* (1981), as Schuckert - *Disobedience* (1981), as Padre di Luca - *Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren* (1981), Actor - *Lion of the Desert* (1981), as (uncredited) - *The Little World of Don Camillo* (1981), series, as Don Camillo - *The Imprint of Giants* (1980), as Meru - *Milo-Milo* (1979), as Thanasis - *The Tin Drum* (1979), as Alfred Matzerath — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md) - *Fedora* (1978), as Corfu Hotel Manager - *Germany in Autumn* (1978), as TV committee member (uncredited) - *Closed Circuit* (1978), as Harry (archive footage) - *Good-for-Nothing* (1978), Actor - *The Leading Man* (1977), as Schikowski - *Tod oder Freiheit* (1977), as Max - *I Am Afraid* (1977), as Judge Moser - *Un anno di scuola* (1977), as Prof. Taucer - *Scrounged Meals* (1977), as Erwin - *Bomber & Paganini* (1976), as Bomber - *MitGift* (1976), as Edgar - *Heart of a Dog* (1976), as Bormenthàl - *The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum* (1975), as Kommissar Beizmenne - *Weak Spot* (1975), as Le Manager - *What Have They Done to Your Daughters?* (1974), as Insp. Valentini - *Quick Trial* (1974), as Procuratore Benedikter - *Anima mia* (1974), as Il commissario Marzoli - *The Journey to Vienna* (1973), as Fred Scheuermann - *The Assassination of Matteotti* (1973), as Benito Mussolini - *Without Warning* (1973), as L'ex-commandant Pierre Capra - *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1972), Actor - *The Italian Connection* (1972), as Luca Canali · Stunts - *King, Queen, Knave* (1972), as Prof. Ritter - *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1972), series, as Direttore del circo - *Execution Squad* (1972), as sostituto procuratore Ricciuti - *When Women Lost Their Tails* (1972), as Pap - *Caliber 9* (1972), as Rocco Musco - *The Sicilian Checkmate* (1972), as Amedeo Barrese - *Short Night of Glass Dolls* (1971), as Jacques Versain - *Million Dollar Eel* (1971), as Nane Mora - the Guardiapesca - *Long Live Robin Hood* (1971), as Brother Tuck - *Deadlock* (1970), as Charles Dump, the Rat - *Gentlemen in White Vests* (1970), as Bruno 'Dandy' Stiegler - *The Bird with the Crystal Plumage* (1970), as Berto Consalvi - *Safety Catch* (1970), as The Long-Haired Sadist - *The Red Tent* (1969), as Giuseppe Biagi - *The Specialists* (1969), as El Diablo - *Precautions Against Fanatics* (1969), Actor - *A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof* (1968), as Harry - *Hoppe Hoppe Reiter Engelchen macht weiter* (1968), as Gustl - *Ghosts, Italian Style* (1967), as Alfredo Mariano - *Anyone Can Play* (1967), as Traffic cop - *Tender Sharks* (1967), as Spion SB 3 - *A Rose for Everyone* (1967), as Paolo - *The Treasure of San Gennaro* (1966), as Sciascillo - *Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti* (1966), as Matti - *Ganovenehre* (1966), as Georg Posanke · genannt Artisten-Orje - *I Knew Her Well* (1965), as Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone - *Sunscorched* (1965), as Abel Dragna - *Die Herren* (1965), as Verleger Blech - *That Man in Istanbul* (1965), as Bill - *Ten Little Indians* (1965), as Joseph Grohmann - *The Camp Followers* (1965), as Castagnoli - *The Dirty Game* (1965), as Callaghan - *Major Dundee* (1965), as Sergeant Gomez - *Conquerors of Arkansas* (1964), as Matt Ellis - *The Last Ride to Santa Cruz* (1964), as Pedro Ortiz - *Vorsicht Mister Dodd* (1964), as Buddy Herman - *The Visitor* (1963), as Cucaracha - *Apache Gold* (1963), as Frederic Santer - *Freddy und das Lied der Südsee* (1963), Actor - *The Twelve Jurors* (1963), as Siebenter Geschworener - *Morale 63* (1963), as Axel Rottmann, Reporter - *The Endless Night* (1963), as Juanitas Friend - *Station Six-Sahara* (1963), as Santos - *Straße der Verheißung* (1962), as Joe - *La leggenda di Fra Diavolo* (1962), as Nadorne - *Lulu* (1962), as Rodrigo - *On the Tiger's Back* (1961), as Tagliabue - *The Taste of Violence* (1961), as Chamaco - *Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?* (1961), as Max Christiansen-Clausen - *Rennen* (1961), Actor - *Brainwashed* (1960), as Mirko Centowic - *Mein Schulfreund* (1960), as Niedermoser - *Bumerang* (1960), as Georg Kugler - *The Day the Rains Came* (1959), as Bandenboss Werner Maurer - *Ship of the Dead* (1959), as Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper - *Die Rückseite des Mondes* (1959), Actor - *Nachtasyl* (1959), as Wasjka Pepel - *A City's Birthday Celebrations* (1958), Actor - *Rosemary* (1958), as Horst - *Schwester Bonaventura* (1958), as Willy Pentridge - *The Doctor of Stalingrad* (1958), as Pelz, Sanitäter - *Mammis Wanderjahre* (1957), as Fred Hayter - *The Devil Strikes at Night* (1957), as Bruno Lüdke - *Monsignores große Stunde* (1957), as Gabriele Augustino Pagnani - *Sand, Love and Salt* (1957), as Coco - *Die Schwestern* (1957), as Relli - *The Girl and the Legend* (1957), as Bertie - *Kirschen in Nachbars Garten* (1956), as Landstreicher - *Die Tochter des Brunnenmachers* (1956), as Félipe Rambert - *08/15 at Home* (1955), as Unteroffizier Stamm - *08/15 Part 2* (1955), as Gefreiter Wagner - *Meuterei auf der Caine* (1954), Actor - *08/15* (1954), as Wagner ## Gallery - ![German actor Mario Adorf leaving the premiere of True Grit at the Berlin Film Festival 2011](https://film.one/media/person/286652/gallery-b990a5f3e08d.jpg) German actor Mario Adorf leaving the premiere of True Grit at the Berlin Film Festival 2011 — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Mario_Adorf_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2011%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Mario_Adorf_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2011%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mario Adorf](https://film.one/media/person/286652/gallery-3a917d8318c6.jpg) Mario Adorf — 9EkieraM1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/AV0A1506_Mario_Adorf.jpg/1280px-AV0A1506_Mario_Adorf.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mario Adorf auf einem Künstlerempfang im Münchner Gasteig 2004](https://film.one/media/person/286652/gallery-f6b6d06cba24.jpg) Mario Adorf auf einem Künstlerempfang im Münchner Gasteig 2004 — Harald Bischoff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Mario_Adorf_222.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Mario Adorf während eines Empfanges im Deutschen Generalkonsulat in San Francisco, September 2012.](https://film.one/media/person/286652/gallery-0078fce37449.jpg) Mario Adorf während eines Empfanges im Deutschen Generalkonsulat in San Francisco, September 2012. — Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mario_Adorf%2C_San_Francisco_2012.jpg/1280px-Mario_Adorf%2C_San_Francisco_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mario Adorf](https://film.one/media/person/286652/gallery-b1c76b1cc32d.jpg) Mario Adorf — Image via TMDB - ![Mario Adorf](https://film.one/media/person/286652/gallery-3b8a25635a67.jpg) Mario Adorf — Image via TMDB - ![Mario Adorf presenting the movie It Could Have Been Worse at the Berlinale 2019](https://film.one/media/person/286652/gallery-29965f0c0a33.jpg) Mario Adorf presenting the movie It Could Have Been Worse at the Berlinale 2019 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/MJK_36827_Mario_Adorf_%28Es_h%C3%A4tte_schlimmer_kommen_k%C3%B6nnen%2C_Berlinale_2019%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_36827_Mario_Adorf_%28Es_h%C3%A4tte_schlimmer_kommen_k%C3%B6nnen%2C_Berlinale_2019%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![German actor Mario Adorf arriving at the premiere of True Grit at the Berlin Film Festival 2011](https://film.one/media/person/286652/gallery-a5632853d4b6.jpg) German actor Mario Adorf arriving at the premiere of True Grit at the Berlin Film Festival 2011 — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Mario_Adorf_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2011%29_2.jpg/1280px-Mario_Adorf_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2011%29_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won - 1996: Berliner Bär (won) ### Other awards — 10 won, 2 nominated - Herbert Strate Award 2019: Herbert Strate Award (won) - Orden wider den tierischen Ernst 2009: Orden wider den tierischen Ernst (won) - Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate 2005: Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate (won) - Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2001: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won) - Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum 2001: Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum (won) - European Film Award for Best Actor 1997: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Rossini* - Order of Karl Valentin 1997: Order of Karl Valentin (won) - Bavarian TV Awards 1996: Bavarian TV Awards (won), for *Der Schattenmann* - Carl Zuckmayer Medal 1996: Carl Zuckmayer Medal (won) - Golden Schlitzohr 1996: Golden Schlitzohr (won) - Grimme-Preis 1994: Grimme-Preis (won) - Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording 1991: Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording (nominated), for *The Threepenny Opera* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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