Mario Adorf (born 8 September 1930) is an Italian-German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978 film The Tin Drum.
Known For
Major Dundee
(1965)
Sergeant Gomez
The Tin Drum
(1979)
Alfred Matzerath
Apache Gold
(1963)
Frederic Santer
Momo
(1986)
Nicola
Lola
(1981)
Schuckert
Pinocchio
(2013)
Geppetto
Ghosts, Italian Style
(1967)
Alfredo Mariano
Fedora
(1978)
Corfu Hotel Manager
The Camp Followers
(1965)
Castagnoli
Felidae
(1994)
Blaubart (voice)
The Treasure of San Gennaro
(1966)
Sciascillo
That Man in Istanbul
(1965)
Bill
The Holcroft Covenant
(1985)
Erich Kessler / Jürgen Mass
Ten Little Indians
(1965)
Joseph Grohmann
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
(1970)
Berto Consalvi
The Specialists
(1969)
El Diabolo
Full Filmography
Acting
08/15
(1954)
Wagner
Meuterei auf der Caine
(1954)
08/15 Part 2
(1955)
Gefreiter Wagner
08/15 at Home
(1955)
Unteroffizier Stamm
Kirschen in Nachbars Garten
(1956)
Landstreicher
Die Tochter des Brunnenmachers
(1956)
Félipe Rambert
The Girl and the Legend
(1957)
Bertie
The Devil Strikes at Night
(1957)
Bruno Lüdke
Sand, Love and Salt
(1957)
Coco
Mammis Wanderjahre
(1957)
Fred Hayter
Monsignores große Stunde
(1957)
Gabriele Augustino Pagnani
Die Schwestern
(1957)
Relli
Rosemary
(1958)
Horst
The Doctor of Stalingrad
(1958)
Pelz, Sanitäter
A City's Birthday Celebrations
(1958)
Schwester Bonaventura
(1958)
Willy Pentridge
Ship of the Dead
(1959)
Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
The Day the Rains Came
(1959)
Bandenboss Werner Maurer
Nachtasyl
(1959)
Wasjka Pepel
Die Rückseite des Mondes
(1959)
Brainwashed
(1960)
Mirko Centowic
Mein Schulfreund
(1960)
Niedermoser
Bumerang
(1960)
Georg Kugler
On the Tiger's Back
(1961)
Tagliabue
The Taste of Violence
(1961)
Chamaco
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
(1961)
Max Christiansen-Clausen
Rennen
(1961)
Lulu
(1962)
Rodrigo
Straße der Verheißung
(1962)
Joe
La leggenda di Fra Diavolo
(1962)
Nadorne
Apache Gold
(1963)
Frederic Santer
The Visitor
(1963)
Cucaracha
Station Six-Sahara
(1963)
Santos
The Endless Night
(1963)
Juanitas Friend
Freddy und das Lied der Südsee
(1963)
Morale 63
(1963)
Axel Rottmann, Reporter
The Twelve Jurors
(1963)
Siebenter Geschworener
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
(1964)
Pedro Ortiz
Conquerors of Arkansas
(1964)
Matt Ellis
Vorsicht Mister Dodd
(1964)
Buddy Herman
Ten Little Indians
(1965)
Joseph Grohmann
That Man in Istanbul
(1965)
Bill
Major Dundee
(1965)
Sergeant Gomez
The Dirty Game
(1965)
Callaghan
Die Herren
(1965)
Verleger Blech
The Camp Followers
(1965)
Castagnoli
I Knew Her Well
(1965)
Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone
The Treasure of San Gennaro
(1966)
Sciascillo
Ganovenehre
(1966)
Georg Posanke, genannt Artisten-Orje
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti
(1966)
Matti
Anyone Can Play
(1967)
Traffic cop
Tender Sharks
(1967)
Spion SB 3
Ghosts, Italian Style
(1967)
Alfredo Mariano
Sunscorched
(1967)
Abel Dragna
A Rose for Everyone
(1967)
Paolo
Hoppe Hoppe Reiter Engelchen macht weiter
(1968)
Gustl
A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
(1968)
Harry
The Specialists
(1969)
El Diabolo
The Red Tent
(1969)
Giuseppe Biagi
Precautions Against Fanatics
(1969)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
(1970)
Berto Consalvi
Deadlock
(1970)
Charles Dump, the rat
Safety Catch
(1970)
Le sadique aux cheveux longs
Gentlemen in White Vests
(1970)
Bruno 'Dandy' Stiegler
Short Night of Glass Dolls
(1971)
Jacques Versain
Long Live Robin Hood
(1971)
Brother Tuck
Million Dollar Eel
(1971)
Nane Mora - the Guardiapesca
When Women Lost Their Tails
(1972)
Pap
Caliber 9
(1972)
Rocco Musco
The Italian Connection
(1972)
Luca Canali
Execution Squad
(1972)
District Attorney Ricciuti
The Sicilian Checkmate
(1972)
Amedeo Barrese
King, Queen, Knave
(1972)
Prof. Ritter
The Assassination of Matteotti
(1973)
Benito Mussolini
Without Warning
(1973)
L'ex-commandant Pierre Capra
Die Reise nach Wien
(1973)
Fred Scheuermann
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
(1974)
Insp. Valentini
Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia, e Sofia le chiamo tutte... anima mia
(1974)
Il commissario Marzoli
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
(1975)
Kommissar Beizmenne
Weak Spot
(1975)
Le Manager
Heart of a Dog
(1976)
Bormenthàl
Bomber & Paganini
(1976)
Bomber
Mitgift
(1976)
Edgar
Quick Trial
(1976)
Procuratore Benedikter
I Am Afraid
(1977)
Judge Moser
Scrounged Meals
(1977)
Erwin
Tod oder Freiheit
(1977)
Max
The Leading Man
(1977)
Schikowski
Un anno di scuola
(1977)
Prof. Taucer
Fedora
(1978)
Corfu Hotel Manager
Taugenichts
(1978)
Germany in Autumn
(1978)
TV committee member (uncredited)
The Tin Drum
(1979)
Alfred Matzerath
Milo-Milo
(1979)
Thanasis
The Imprint of Giants
(1980)
Meru
Lola
(1981)
Schuckert
Disobedience
(1981)
Padre di Luca
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
(1981)
Invitation to Travel
(1982)
Timour
State buoni se potete
(1983)
Sisto V
Les tilleuls de Lautenbach
(1983)
Oncle Fouchs
Class Relations
(1984)
Der Onkel
Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
(1985)
Papst Urbano VIII
Coconuts
(1985)
Siemann
The Holcroft Covenant
(1985)
Erich Kessler / Jürgen Mass
Momo
(1986)
Nicola
La ragazza dei lillà
(1986)
Albert
The Second Victory
(1987)
Dr. Sepp Kunzli
Devil's Paradise
(1987)
Schomberg
Notte italiana
(1987)
Alvise Tornova
Facciaffittasi
(1988)
Rigoletto
Francesco
(1989)
Cardinal Ugolino
Via Panisperna Boys
(1989)
Corbino
Keine Gondel für die Leiche
(1989)
Try This One for Size
(1989)
Radnitz
Quiet Days in Clichy
(1990)
Ernest Regentag
Café Europa
(1990)
Wirt Mikis
Rosamunde
(1990)
Levin Austerlitz
Believed Violent
(1990)
Radnitz
Mother
(1990)
The Black Moon
(1990)
Priest
The Bachelor
(1990)
Bohlinger
Pizza Colonia
(1991)
Francesco Serboli
The Cave of the Golden Rose
(1991)
The King
Money
(1991)
The Turk
The Kaltenbach Papers
(1991)
Istvan Kaltenbach
Ex und hopp – Ein böses Spiel um Liebe, Geld und Bier
(1991)
Heinrich Hartholz
The Cave of the Golden Rose 2
(1992)
The King
Maus und Katz
(1993)
Heinz Lückert
Abissinia
(1993)
Enzo Pagnini
A King for Burning
(1993)
Bishop Franz von Waldeck
Felidae
(1994)
Blaubart (voice)
Amigomío
(1994)
Avô
Missus
(1994)
Col. Tadigov
Bauernschach
(1995)
Franz Hofnagel
Alles nur Tarnung
(1996)
Willi Butzbach
Tresko – Amigo Affäre
(1996)
Joachim Tresko
Tresko - Der Maulwurf
(1996)
Joachim Tresko
Tresko - Im Visier der Drogenmafia
(1996)
Joachim Tresko
The Little Lord
(1996)
Carl Schneibel
Smilla's Sense of Snow
(1997)
Capt. Sigmund Lukas
Rossini
(1997)
Paolo Rossini
The Fearless Four
(1997)
Fred (voice)
La quindicesima epistola
(1998)
Zeffirino
Alle für die Mafia
(1998)
Don Michele
Pirates: Blood Brothers
(1999)
Coda
Comeback für Freddy Baker
(1999)
Freddy Baker
Vola sciusciù
(2000)
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
(2000)
Karl Schneibel
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
(2000)
Self
Epsteins Nacht
(2002)
Jochen Epstein
The Nibelungs
(2002)
Hagen
Die Jungen von der Paulstraße
(2003)
Janó
Die Verhoevens
(2003)
Himself
Jester Till
(2003)
Mayor (voice)
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
(2005)
Self
A Christmoose Carol
(2005)
Weihnachtsmann
Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe
(2005)
Abel Znorko
Karol Wojtyla - Geheimnisse eines Papstes
(2006)
Peppino Mancuso
Ein Leben wie im Flug
(2007)
Self
Winnetou darf nicht sterben
(2007)
Himself
Little Dodo
(2007)
Darwin (voice)
Fernsehgeschichte(n). Deutsch
(2007)
Self
Red Zora
(2008)
Gorian
Rebecca Ryman - Wer Liebe verspricht
(2008)
Same Same But Different
(2009)
Herr Behr
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
(2009)
Self
The Secret of the Whales
(2010)
Prof. Johannes Waldmann
Gegengerade
(2011)
Baldu
Die lange Welle hinterm Kiel
(2011)
Martin Burian
Die Libelle und das Nashorn
(2012)
Nino Winter
Pinocchio
(2013)
Geppetto
The Invention of Love
(2013)
Hermann von Kirsch
Krokodil
(2013)
Richard
Der letzte Mentsch
(2014)
Marcus Schwarz / Menachem Teitelbaum
Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren
(2014)
Johann Schäfer
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
(2014)
Himself
Der Liebling des Himmels
(2015)
Sorel sen.
Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films
(2016)
himself
Schubert in Love
(2016)
Olafs Vater
Winnetou - The Last Fight
(2016)
Frederick Louis Santer Sr.
100 Years of the UFA
(2017)
Self - Actor
Marina, Mabuse und Morituri - 70 Jahre Deutscher Nachkriegsfilm im Spiegel der CCC
(2017)
Himself
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
(2017)
Self
Karl Marx - Der deutsche Prophet
(2018)
Karl Marx
Einmal Sohn, immer Sohn
(2018)
Roland Hartwig
Alte Bande
(2019)
Boxer
It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf
(2019)
Himself
The Hardy Krüger Story
(2019)
Self
The Case of Bruno Lüdke
(2021)
Self
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
(2021)
Self
Crew
Writing