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.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Selected filmography 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Awards

• 2000 Bavarian Film Awards Honorary Award[1]

[edit] Selected filmography

• Sand, Love and Salt (1957)
• The Devil Came at Night (1957)
• Brainwashed (1960)
• The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (1963)
• The Dirty Game (1965)
• Ten Little Indians (1965)
• That Man in Istanbul (1965)
• Ghosts - Italian Style (1968)
• The Red Tent (1969)
• King, Queen, Knave (1972)
• Milano calibro 9 (1972)
• La mala ordina (1972)
• The Tin Drum (1978)
• Lola (1981)
• Invitation au voyage (1982)
• Smiley's People (TV 1982)
• Mother (1989)
• Felidae (1994)

[edit] See also

• Lis Verhoeven
• Stella Adorf

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Mario Adorf in the German National Library catalogue (German)
• Mario Adorf at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Adorf, Mario
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	September 8, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zürich, Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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