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Werner Herzog
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn September 5, 1942 (83 years)
Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, such as disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films.
Herzog started work on his first film Herakles in 1961, when he was nineteen. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature films and documentaries, such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Heart of Glass (1976), Stroszek (1977), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987), Lessons of Darkness (1992), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Invincible (2000), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). He has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas.
French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog "the most important film director alive." American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog "has never created a single film that is compromised, shameful, made for pragmatic reasons, or uninteresting. Even his failures are spectacular." He was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009.
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Herzog started work on his first film Herakles in 1961, when he was nineteen. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature films and documentaries, such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Heart of Glass (1976), Stroszek (1977), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987), Lessons of Darkness (1992), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Invincible (2000), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). He has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas.
French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog "the most important film director alive." American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog "has never created a single film that is compromised, shameful, made for pragmatic reasons, or uninteresting. Even his failures are spectacular." He was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009.
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Werner Herzog Filmography
| 2025 | Ghost Elephants · as Narrator (voice) |
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| 2024 | Orion and the Dark · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | The Arc of Oblivion · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | The U.S. and the Holocaust (TV Series) · as Hermann Göring |
| 2022 | The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Last Exit: Space · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Dear Werner · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | The Mandalorian (TV Series) · as The Client |
| 2016 | Salt and Fire · as Man With One Story (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Freaks of Nature · as Perfect Being (voice) |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar · as Documentary Filmmaker (voice) |
| 2014 | MasterClass (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Rick and Morty (TV Series) · as Shrimply Pibbles (voice) |
| 2013 | Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision · as Alexander Von Humboldt |
| 2013 | The Wind Rises · as Castorp |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher · as Zec Chelovek |
| 2012 | Erdbeerland · as Turnlehrer |
| 2012 | Dinotasia · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Into the Abyss · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Ebert Presents At The Movies (TV Series) · as Voice Substitute: Roger Ebert |
| 2010 | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Plastic Bag · as Plastic Bag (voice) |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation (TV Series) · as Keg Jennings |
| 2008 | Blast! · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | Mister Lonely · as Father Umbrillo |
| 2007 | Encounters at the End of the World · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | The Grand · as The German |
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| 2006 | Metalocalypse (TV Series) |
| 2006 | The Henry Rollins Show (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Werner Herzog (voice) |
| 2004 | The White Diamond · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | Wheel of Time · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | Invincible · as Curtain Puller |
| 2000 | 2000 Jahre Christentum (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Julien Donkey-Boy · as Father |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come · as Face |
| 1997 | Little Dieter Needs to Fly · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1995 | Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1993 | Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Scream of Stone · as Tv-Regisseur |
| 1989 | Herdsmen of the Sun · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Walter Hotenhoffer (voice) |
| 1989 | Hard to Be a God · as Mita / Richard |
| 1989 | Bride of the Orient · as Businger |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants Dream · as Lawyer (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Man of Flowers · as The Father |
| 1981 | God's Angry Man · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre · as Hand And Feet In Box With Rats |
| 1977 | La Soufrière · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1976 | Heart of Glass · as Glass Transporter |
| 1971 | Geschichten vom Kübelkind · as Hurenmörder |
| 1971 | Handicapped Future · as Interviewer |
| 1968 | Signs of Life · as Soldier (uncredited) |
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| 2022 | Theatre of Thought · as Screenplay |
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| 2012 | On Death Row (TV Series) |
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| 2010 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams · as Screenplay |
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| 2009 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done · as Screenplay |
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| 2005 | The Wild Blue Yonder · as Screenplay |
| 2004 | The White Diamond · as Screenplay |
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| 1987 | Cobra Verde · as Screenplay |
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| 1982 | Fitzcarraldo · as Screenplay |
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| 1974 | The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner · as Screenplay |
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| 1971 | Land of Silence and Darkness · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | Fata Morgana · as Screenplay |
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| 1970 | Even Dwarfs Started Small · as Screenplay |
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| 1968 | Last Words · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Herakles · as Screenplay |
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| 2024 | The End · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | The Arc of Oblivion · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Theatre of Thought · as Executive Producer |
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| 2022 | Last Exit: Space · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | A Gray State · as Executive Producer |
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| 2014 | The Look of Silence · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Red Army · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | The Act of Killing · as Executive Producer |
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| 2010 | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga · as Executive Producer |
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| 1996 | The Transformation of the World Into Music · as Executive Producer |
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| 1992 | Lessons of Darkness · as Executive Producer |
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| 1989 | Herdsmen of the Sun · as Co-Producer |
| 1988 | P.O.V. (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2024 | Conan O'Brien Must Go (TV Series) · as Self - Opening Narrator |
| 2024 | Kinski · as Self (archive Footage) |
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| 2022 | Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer · as Self |
| 2022 | Tegoyo · as Self (voice) |
| 2022 | Piers Morgan Uncensored (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Nosferatu - Ein Film wie ein Vampir · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner · as Self |
| 2021 | Late Night With Seth Meyers: Corrections (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest |
| 2020 | Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders: Desperado · as Self |
| 2020 | Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian (TV Series) · as Self - The Client |
| 2020 | Im Reich der Filme · as Self |
| 2019 | Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin · as Self - Interviewer And Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Tattoo Uprising · as Self |
| 2018 | Manaslu - Berg der Seelen · as Self |
| 2018 | The Great Buster · as Self |
| 2018 | Meeting Gorbachev · as Self |
| 2018 | Black Baby · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant · as Self |
| 2017 | One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo · as Self |
| 2016 | Into the Inferno · as Self |
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| 2016 | The VICE Guide to Film (TV Series) · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2015 | O Homem que Matou John Wayne · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Atari: Game Over · as Self (archival) |
| 2014 | Life Itself · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Ochéntame otra vez (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2013 | The Unbelievers · as Self |
| 2013 | Mistaken for Strangers · as Self (uncredited) |
| 2012 | The Killers: Unstaged · as Self |
| 2012 | On Death Row (TV Series) · as Werner Herzog |
| 2011 | Eu Eu Eu José Lewgoy · as Self |
| 2011 | On Borrowed Time · as Self |
| 2011 | Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Hans Zimmer - Der Sound für Hollywood · as Self |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Nieuwsuur (TV Series) · as Self - Regisseur |
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| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
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| 2008 | 40 x 15 · as Self |
| 2008 | Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher · as Self |
| 2007 | Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Ce soir (ou jamais !) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Doc Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | 50 Films to See Before You Die · as Self |
| 2006 | Walking to Werner · as Self (voice) |
| 2005 | In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session · as Self |
| 2005 | The Boondocks (TV Series) · as Himself (voice) |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man · as Self / Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | Incident at Loch Ness · as Self |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | At the Movies (2004) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Che tempo che fa (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | imagine... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | The Boxing Prince · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Short circuit (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | A Brief History of Errol Morris · as Self |
| 1999 | Wings of Hope · as Self |
| 1999 | My Best Fiend · as Self |
| 1998 | ARTE Journal Clips (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | HARDtalk (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 1995 | Harald Schmidt Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The Century of Cinema (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Dangerous Game · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Lessons of Darkness · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Film Hour · as Self |
| 1991 | Filmstunde (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | Joan of Arc · as Self |
| 1990 | Echoes From a Somber Empire · as Self |
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| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Location Africa · as Self |
| 1985 | Tokyo-Ga · as Self |
| 1984 | The Dark Glow of the Mountains · as Self (voice) |
| 1984 | Ballad of the Little Soldier · as Self (voice) |
| 1982 | Burden of Dreams · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 1982 | Room 666 · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas (TV Series) · as Self (segment 'werner Herzog Filme Lotte Eisner') |
| 1980 | Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe · as Self |
| 1980 | Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers · as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu |
| 1979 | Quelques remarques sur la réalisation et la production du film 'Sauve qui peut (la vie)' · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | I Am My Films · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 1975 | Midi-Première (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Director |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Family Romance, LLC · as Director Of Photography |
| 2011 | Ode to the Dawn of Man · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | Ode to the Dawn of Man · as Sound |
| 2007 | Encounters at the End of the World · as Sound |
| 2006 | Rescue Dawn · as Author |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man · as Written By |
| 1977 | La Soufrière · as Sound Engineer |
| 1977 | La Soufrière · as Concept |
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| 1976 | How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck... · as Concept |
| 1974 | The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser · as Cinematographer |
| 1971 | Fata Morgana · as Sound |
| 1971 | Handicapped Future · as Sound |
| 1970 | The Flying Doctors of East Africa · as Sound Recordist |
| 1969 | Precautions Against Fanatics · as Sound |
| 1962 | Herakles · as Sound |