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Mario Adorf

 
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Mario Adorf

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  • Born: 1930 in Zurich, Switzerland
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '50s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Crime
  • Career Highlights: The Tin Drum, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, Nachts, Wenn der Teufel Kam
  • First Major Screen Credit: Nachts, Wenn der Teufel Kam (1958)

Biography

Swiss actor Mario Adorf has played numerous character roles in European features and on German television. A physically imposing man, he is usually cast as a villain, but sometimes he also plays leading roles. A native of Zurich, Switzerland, Adorf learned his craft at the Falckenberg School in Munich, and during the late '50s, he was part of Kammerspiele-Munich. It was around that time that Adorf broke into films with a tiny role in 08/15. In 1957, Adorf had his breakthrough as a movie actor in Robert Siodmak's Nachts wenn der Teufel Kam (The Devil Strikes at Night). In the early '60s, Adorf moved to Rome. Though he worked steadily through the decade, Adorf did not really come to prominence until the establishment of German New Wave cinema, when he appeared in such major features as Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum) (1975) and the Palm d'Or-winning Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) (1979). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf in 2005
Born 8 September 1930 (1930-09-08) (age 79)
Zürich  Switzerland

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.

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Adorf was born in Zürich, Switzerland, the son of an Italian surgeon and a German nurse. His first appearance on-screen was in the 1954 film 08/15, in which he took on the role of a German soldier. He rose to fame in Europe, and particularly Germany, and also made appearances in international films, including Major Dundee, 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. In Italy he was the main protagonist of the Zu Gino TV series (1985), as well as numerous movies.

In 1963, 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. Adorf remains very active in German films, television, and theatre.

Adorf still regrets that he refused parts in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three. 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.

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