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Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf
Adorf in 2018
Born (1930-09-08) 8 September 1930 (age 94)
Zürich, Switzerland
NationalityGerman
OccupationActor
Years active1954–present
Spouses
(m. 1962⁠–⁠1964)
Monique Faye Adorf
(m. 1985)
Children1

Mario Adorf (German: [ˈmaː.ʁio ˈaː.dɔʁf] ; born 8 September 1930) 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 in The Italian Connection (1972)

Adorf was born in Zürich, Switzerland, the illegitimate child of Matteo Menniti, an Italian surgeon and Alice Adorf, 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. He also appeared in a number of Italian movies.

In the 1960s, 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.[1]

Adorf has expressed regret that he declined roles in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972) and Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three (1961). He also turned down the role of General Mapache in Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969), 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.[2]

Awards

Among many others:

Selected filmography

German-language voice acting

References

  1. ^ "So feiert er mit Gattin Monique: Keine Geschenke! So feiert Mario Adorf Weihnachten". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ Görner, Jan. Die Filmstarts-Kritik zu Dragonheart (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2024 – via www.filmstarts.de.
  3. ^ Bayerischer Filmpreis – "Pierrot"
  4. ^ "Best Human Brands Awards® 2011". Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2024: Ehrenpreis für Mario Adorf". Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2024 (in German). 23 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.