Mario Adorf
Acting
Born: September 8, 1930 · Zürich, Switzerland
Died: April 8, 2026 (aged 95)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970
The Tin Drum
1979
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
Caliber 9
1972
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Lion of the Desert
1981
The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966
Major Dundee
1965
I Knew Her Well
1965
Apache Gold
1963
The Cave of the Golden Rose
1991
Felidae
1994
Photos (3)
Movies (158)
The Tin Drum
Alfred Matzerath
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Berto Consalvi
Fedora
Corfu Hotel Manager
The Red Tent
Giuseppe Biagi
Conquerors of Arkansas
Matt Ellis
Lion of the Desert
(uncredited)
Apache Gold
Frederic Santer
The Holcroft Covenant
Erich Kessler / Jürgen Mass
Major Dundee
Sergeant Gomez
When Women Lost Their Tails
Pap
Lola
Schuckert
The Specialists
El Diablo
Felidae
Blaubart (voice)
Caliber 9
Rocco Musco
Station Six-Sahara
Santos
Jester Till
Mayor (voice)
Ten Little Indians
Joseph Grohmann
Anyone Can Play
Traffic cop
I Knew Her Well
Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Capt. Sigmund Lukas
Execution Squad
sostituto procuratore Ricciuti
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
Insp. Valentini
The Italian Connection
Luca Canali
Closed Circuit
Harry (archive footage)
Lulu
Rodrigo
The Cave of the Golden Rose
The King
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Kommissar Beizmenne
Same Same But Different
Herr Behr
Million Dollar Eel
Nane Mora - the Guardiapesca
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
The Treasure of San Gennaro
Sciascillo
King, Queen, Knave
Prof. Ritter
Via Panisperna Boys
Corbino
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
Max Christiansen-Clausen
Momo
Nicola
A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
Harry
Deadlock
Charles Dump, the Rat
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2017
Pinocchio
Geppetto
Disobedience
Padre di Luca
MitGift
Edgar
The Bachelor
Bohlinger
Long Live Robin Hood
Brother Tuck
Class Relations
Der Onkel
The Black Moon
Priest
Short Night of Glass Dolls
Jacques Versain
Heart of a Dog
Bormenthàl
Rossini
Paolo Rossini
Tod oder Freiheit
Max
The Fearless Four
Fred (voice)
Morale 63
Axel Rottmann, Reporter
I Am Afraid
Judge Moser
The Devil Strikes at Night
Bruno Lüdke
The Camp Followers
Castagnoli
The Dirty Game
Callaghan
Weak Spot
Le Manager
Mother
1990
Rosemary
Horst
Bumerang
Georg Kugler
Alte Bande
Boxer
Quiet Days in Clichy
Ernest Regentag
Kirschen in Nachbars Garten
Landstreicher
The Visitor
Cucaracha
Schwester Bonaventura
Willy Pentridge
That Man in Istanbul
Bill
Try This One for Size
Radnitz
Germany in Autumn
TV committee member (uncredited)
The Assassination of Matteotti
Benito Mussolini
Francesco
Cardinal Ugolino
08/15 Part 2
Gefreiter Wagner
Die Jungen von der Paulstraße
Janó
Café Europa
Wirt Mikis
On the Tiger's Back
Tagliabue
The Girl and the Legend
Bertie
The Sicilian Checkmate
Amedeo Barrese
Bauernschach
Franz Hofnagel
Gentlemen in White Vests
Bruno 'Dandy' Stiegler
Mein Schulfreund
Niedermoser
Sunscorched
Abel Dragna
Bomber & Paganini
Bomber
Notte italiana
Alvise Tornova
Epsteins Nacht
Jochen Epstein
Alles nur Tarnung
Willi Butzbach
Good-for-Nothing
1978
Winnetou - The Last Fight
Frederick Louis Santer Sr.
The Cave of the Golden Rose 2
The King
The Endless Night
Juanitas Friend
State buoni se potete
Sisto V
Ghosts, Italian Style
Alfredo Mariano
Scrounged Meals
Erwin
Amigomío
Avô
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
Pedro Ortiz
A Rose for Everyone
Paolo
Little Dodo
Darwin (voice)
Tender Sharks
Spion SB 3
Ganovenehre
Georg Posanke, genannt Artisten-Orje
Krokodil
Richard
Brainwashed
Mirko Centowic
Abissinia
Enzo Pagnini
The Imprint of Giants
Meru
The Taste of Violence
Chamaco
Sand, Love and Salt
Coco
Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren
Johann Schäfer
Ship of the Dead
Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
Freddy und das Lied der Südsee
1963
A Christmoose Carol
Weihnachtsmann
The Secret of the Whales
Prof. Johannes Waldmann
Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
Papst Urbano VIII
Straße der Verheißung
Joe
The Doctor of Stalingrad
Pelz, Sanitäter
La ragazza dei lillà
Albert
Money
The Turk
Einmal Sohn, immer Sohn
Roland Hartwig
Vado a riprendermi il gatto
Alceo Brancicalori
A City's Birthday Celebrations
1958
Die lange Welle hinterm Kiel
Martin Burian
The Day the Rains Came
Bandenboss Werner Maurer
The Journey to Vienna
Fred Scheuermann
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
Karl Schneibel
08/15 at Home
Unteroffizier Stamm
Der Liebling des Himmels
Sorel sen.
Un anno di scuola
Prof. Taucer
Schubert in Love
Olafs Vater
Precautions Against Fanatics
1969
Without Warning
L'ex-commandant Pierre Capra
The Second Victory
Dr. Sepp Kunzli
Der letzte Mentsch
Marcus Schwarz / Menachem Teitelbaum
Karl Marx – Der deutsche Prophet
Karl Marx
The Invention of Love
Hermann von Kirsch
Lonely U
Nino Winter
Anima mia
Il commissario Marzoli
Red Zora
Gorian
Hoppe Hoppe Reiter Engelchen macht weiter
Gustl
Safety Catch
The Long-Haired Sadist
Invitation to Travel
Timour
Alle für die Mafia
Don Michele
Rosamunde
Levin Austerlitz
Die Rückseite des Mondes
1959
Pygmalion
Harald
Vola sciusciù
2000
Uomo di rispetto
1993
Quick Trial
Procuratore Benedikter
The Twelve Jurors
Siebenter Geschworener
Botero Born in Medellin
Narrator
Gegengerade
Baldu
Milo-Milo
Thanasis
Devil's Paradise
Schomberg
Pizza Colonia
Francesco Serboli
Vorsicht Mister Dodd
Buddy Herman
Il piccolo lord
Carl Schneibel
Tresko – Amigo Affäre
Joachim Tresko
La quindicesima epistola
Zeffirino
Gioco di società
Spano
Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe
Abel Znorko
08/15
Wagner
Wer Liebe verspricht
2008
Believed Violent
Radnitz
Coconuts
Siemann
TV Shows (25)
Smiley's People
Claus Kretzschmar · 2 eps
Marco Polo
Giovanni · 6 eps
The Cave of the Golden Rose
the king · 4 eps
Rosa Roth
Waffenhändler Willem van Kleve · 1 eps
Schmidteinander
1 eps
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Direttore del circo · 5 eps
Insel der Träume
Oliver Sondheim · 1 eps
Pirates: Blood Brothers
Coda / Teufelskralle · 4 eps
Kir Royal
Generaldirektor Heinrich 'Heini' Haffenloher · 1 eps
Via Mala
Jonas Lauretz · 3 eps
Der große Bellheim
Peter Bellheim · 4 eps
Kanzleramt
Friedrich Stern · 1 eps
Oceano
Damian Centeno · 6 eps
Die Flucht ohne Ende
Wormser · 4 eps
Die Flucht ohne Ende
Fabrikant Wormser · 4 eps
Kleiner Dodo
Onkel Darwin (voice) · 26 eps
Die Affäre Semmeling
Walter „Beton-Walter“ Wegener · 6 eps
Der Schattenmann
Jan Herzog · 5 eps
Mino
Maggiore Lupo · 6 eps
Vera - Die Frau des Sizilianers
Carlo Scalli · 2 eps
Die Kaltenbach-Papiere
Istvan Kaltenbach · 2 eps
A King for Burning
Franz Graf Waldeck · 2 eps
Der letzte Patriarch
Konrad Hansen · 2 eps
Pinocchio
Geppetto · 2 eps
Les aventuriers du Rio Verde
Gert Bauer · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (34)
DAS!
Self · 1 eps
Markus Lanz
Self · 1 eps
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self · 1 eps
Leute heute
Self · 5 eps
NDR Talk Show
Self · 4 eps
Kölner Treff
Self · 1 eps
Beckmann
Self · 4 eps
Nachtcafé
Self · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 6 eps
Bambi
Self · 5 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Dalli Dalli
Self - Candidate · 1 eps
Dalli Dalli
Self · 1 eps
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Self · 1 eps
Die Montagsmaler
Self · 1 eps
Kulturplatz
Self · 1 eps
Heut' abend
Self · 1 eps
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Self · 1 eps
Stars in der Manege
Self · 2 eps
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest · 1 eps
druckfrisch
self · 1 eps
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Self · 1 eps
It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf
Self
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Self
Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films
himself
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
Self
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Self
The Hardy Krüger Story
Self
100 Years of the UFA
Self - Actor
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
Self
Winnetou darf nicht sterben
Himself
The Case of Bruno Lüdke
Self
Marina, Mabuse und Morituri
Self