Mario Adorf

Known for

Acting

Born

September 8, 1930

Birthplace

Zürich, Switzerland

Died

April 8, 2026 (aged 95)

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.

Best known work

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

I Knew Her Well

1965

Major Dundee

1965

Apache Gold

1963

Filmography

2021
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
as Self
2021
The Case of Bruno Lüdke
as Self
2019
The Hardy Krüger Story
as Self
2019
Alte Bande
as Boxer
2019
It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf
as Self
2018
Pygmalion
as Harald
2018
Karl Marx – Der deutsche Prophet
as Karl Marx
2018
Einmal Sohn, immer Sohn
as Roland Hartwig
2017
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
as Self
2017
100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Actor
2017
Wir lieben FernsehenTV
as Self (1 episode)
2017
Marina, Mabuse und Morituri
as Self
2017
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2016
Winnetou - The Last Fight
as Frederick Louis Santer Sr.
2016
Schubert in Love
as Olafs Vater
2016
Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films
as himself
2015
Der Liebling des Himmels
as Sorel sen.
2014
Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren
as Johann Schäfer
2014
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
as Self
2014
Der letzte Mentsch
as Marcus Schwarz / Menachem Teitelbaum
2013
PinocchioTV
as Geppetto (2 episodes)
2013
Pinocchio
as Geppetto
2013
The Invention of Love
as Hermann von Kirsch
2013
Krokodil
as Richard
2012
Lonely U
as Nino Winter