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Mario Adorf, a tell-tale name indeed. Mario calls to mind the actor's Italian roots (his father was a Calabrian surgeon) whereas Adorf reveals his German origins (his mother was a radiologist from the German region Eifel). As for the full name Mario Adorf it echoes to perfection the international character of this living legend's long career.
- January 1, 1
- 1.77 m
- Zurich, Switzerland
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 .
Aug 4, 2017 · By Nick Pinkerton on August 4, 2017. Mario Adorf has had one of the most deliriously diverse careers of anyone in pictures. Born in Switzerland of mixed Italian and German parentage, he has at various times he has worked in Berlin, Rome, and Hollywood, in commercial films and in austere art-house work. He has played character parts and leads ...
Jul 31, 2013 · Mario Adorf, Actor and Author 07/31/2013 July 31, 2013. He has played heroes and villains, lovers and killers. For round 60 years, Mario Adorf has wowed audiences from the stage, on television ...
Born in 1930, Mario Adorf was still studying drama at the famous Otto Falkenberg School in Munich when he landed his first role in the first installment of the "O8/15" series in 1954. It was a small part but it didn't go unnoticed and got him new roles in German films, the most remarkable of which being that of Bruno Lüdke, the mentally ...
Mario Adorf was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to a German mother and an Italian father, and grew up in the Eifel, a mountainous region in western Germany. His mother was a radiographer, and his father a surgeon. The young Mario would go on to study criminology. He broke off his studies to become a stage actor, before turning to film.
1972. The Italian Connection …. Stunts. All. Department. 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.
