Werner Herzog

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.

Casted

Jack Reacher

Played Zec Chelovek

Average Rating

6.6

7386 votes

Release Date

Dec 20, 2012

13 years ago
Penguins of Madagascar

Played Documentary Filmmaker (voice)

Average Rating

6.5

4341 votes

Release Date

Nov 22, 2014

11 years ago
What Dreams May Come

Played Face

Average Rating

7.2

2410 votes

Release Date

Oct 02, 1998

27 years ago
Grizzly Man

Played Self / Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.5

908 votes

Release Date

Aug 12, 2005

20 years ago
Orion and the Dark

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.5

598 votes

Release Date

Feb 01, 2024

2 years ago
Freaks of Nature

Played Perfect Being (voice)

Average Rating

6.1

587 votes

Release Date

Oct 30, 2015

10 years ago
Life Itself

Played Self - Filmmaker

Average Rating

7.5

361 votes

Release Date

Jul 04, 2014

11 years ago
Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.1

347 votes

Release Date

Nov 03, 2010

15 years ago
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Played Self

Average Rating

6.5

314 votes

Release Date

Mar 04, 2016

10 years ago
Encounters at the End of the World

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.5

284 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 2007

18 years ago
Into the Abyss

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.9

275 votes

Release Date

Nov 11, 2011

14 years ago
Atari: Game Over

Played Self (archival)

Average Rating

6.6

229 votes

Release Date

Nov 19, 2014

11 years ago
Into the Inferno

Played Self

Average Rating

7.0

225 votes

Release Date

Sep 07, 2016

9 years ago
My Best Fiend

Played Self

Average Rating

7.3

209 votes

Release Date

May 17, 1999

27 years ago
Lessons of Darkness

Played Self - Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.8

143 votes

Release Date

Feb 21, 1992

34 years ago
Burden of Dreams

Played Self - Filmmaker

Average Rating

7.5

142 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1982

44 years ago
The Unbelievers

Played Self

Average Rating

6.5

136 votes

Release Date

Dec 13, 2013

12 years ago
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.3

134 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 2010

15 years ago
Mister Lonely

Played Father Umbrillo

Average Rating

6.5

132 votes

Release Date

Feb 02, 2008

18 years ago
Heart of Glass

Played Glass Transporter

Average Rating

6.5

123 votes

Release Date

Nov 12, 1976

50 years ago
Julien Donkey-Boy

Played Father

Average Rating

7.0

118 votes

Release Date

Oct 15, 1999

26 years ago
The Grand

Played The German

Average Rating

5.8

95 votes

Release Date

Jun 07, 2007

19 years ago
Tokyo-Ga

Played Self

Average Rating

7.0

94 votes

Release Date

Apr 24, 1985

41 years ago
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

Played Self - Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.5

93 votes

Release Date

Sep 10, 2020

5 years ago
Incident at Loch Ness

Played Self

Average Rating

5.8

91 votes

Release Date

Dec 17, 2004

21 years ago
Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.5

91 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1997

28 years ago
Dangerous Game

Played Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.7

83 votes

Release Date

Oct 13, 1993

32 years ago
Salt and Fire

Played Man with One Story (uncredited)

Average Rating

4.9

80 votes

Release Date

Dec 07, 2016

9 years ago
The White Diamond

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.9

75 votes

Release Date

Nov 13, 2004

21 years ago
Meeting Gorbachev

Played Self

Average Rating

6.6

67 votes

Release Date

May 03, 2019

7 years ago
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

Played Self

Average Rating

6.9

65 votes

Release Date

Apr 30, 1988

38 years ago
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

Played Self

Average Rating

7.2

64 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1974

53 years ago
The Great Buster: A Celebration

Played Self

Average Rating

7.2

61 votes

Release Date

Oct 05, 2018

7 years ago
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.3

58 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1977

49 years ago
Mistaken for Strangers

Played Self (uncredited)

Average Rating

7.1

55 votes

Release Date

Sep 19, 2013

12 years ago
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

Played Alexander von Humboldt

Average Rating

7.8

54 votes

Release Date

Oct 03, 2013

12 years ago
Room 666

Played Self

Average Rating

6.5

54 votes

Release Date

Jun 02, 1982

44 years ago
Where the Green Ants Dream

Played Lawyer (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.9

54 votes

Release Date

Aug 31, 1984

42 years ago
Signs of Life

Played Soldier (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.6

45 votes

Release Date

Jul 05, 1968

58 years ago
Hard to Be a God

Played Mita / Richard

Average Rating

5.9

44 votes

Release Date

Jan 25, 1990

36 years ago
Wheel of Time

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.4

44 votes

Release Date

Oct 30, 2003

22 years ago
Wings of Hope

Played Self

Average Rating

7.0

34 votes

Release Date

Oct 20, 1999

26 years ago
Scream of Stone

Played TV-Regisseur

Average Rating

6.2

33 votes

Release Date

Oct 03, 1991

35 years ago
Plastic Bag

Played Plastic Bag (voice)

Average Rating

7.5

32 votes

Release Date

Sep 07, 2009

16 years ago
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Played Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.0

31 votes

Release Date

Apr 28, 2019

7 years ago
Ballad of the Little Soldier

Played Self (voice)

Average Rating

6.4

30 votes

Release Date

Nov 05, 1984

42 years ago
Bells from the Deep

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.9

29 votes

Release Date

Sep 07, 1993

33 years ago
The Dark Glow of the Mountain

Played Self (voice)

Average Rating

7.6

28 votes

Release Date

Mar 09, 1985

41 years ago
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

Played Self

Average Rating

6.3

26 votes

Release Date

Oct 30, 1976

50 years ago
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.8

26 votes

Release Date

May 09, 2024

1 year ago
Bride of the Orient

Played Businger

Average Rating

9.6

23 votes

Release Date

Mar 02, 1989

37 years ago
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Played Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

Average Rating

7.5

21 votes

Release Date

Oct 12, 1980

46 years ago
God's Angry Man

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

5.4

21 votes

Release Date

May 17, 1981

45 years ago
Echoes from a Sombre Empire

Played Self

Average Rating

7.1

19 votes

Release Date

Nov 28, 1990

35 years ago
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.1

18 votes

Release Date

Jun 12, 1989

37 years ago
Dinotasia

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

5.5

16 votes

Release Date

May 04, 2012

14 years ago
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.8

14 votes

Release Date

Jun 06, 1995

31 years ago
Man of Flowers

Played The Father

Average Rating

4.8

12 votes

Release Date

Sep 22, 1983

43 years ago
Portrait: Werner Herzog

Played Self

Average Rating

7.1

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 27, 1986

40 years ago
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

Played Self

Average Rating

7.5

11 votes

Release Date

Oct 27, 2022

3 years ago
Last Exit: Space

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.4

8 votes

Release Date

Mar 10, 2022

4 years ago
Capturing Reality

Played Self

Average Rating

6.1

8 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 2008

17 years ago
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

5.8

6 votes

Release Date

Nov 10, 1991

34 years ago
Tales of the Dumpster Kid

Played Hurenmörder

Average Rating

3.2

6 votes

Release Date

Apr 02, 1971

55 years ago
Film Hour

Played Self

Average Rating

5.5

6 votes

Release Date

Dec 20, 1991

34 years ago
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

4.8

5 votes

Release Date

Mar 09, 2022

4 years ago
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

Played Self

Average Rating

7.7

5 votes

Release Date

May 07, 2013

13 years ago
All In This Tea

Average Rating

7.0

4 votes

Release Date

Apr 14, 2007

19 years ago
A Brief History of Errol Morris

Played Self

Average Rating

6.8

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 1999

26 years ago
The Boxing Prince

Played Self

Average Rating

5.8

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 24, 2002

24 years ago
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

Played Self

Average Rating

6.7

3 votes

Release Date

Feb 14, 2008

18 years ago
50 Films to See Before You Die

Played Self

Average Rating

8.5

3 votes

Release Date

Jul 22, 2006

19 years ago
Dribble

Played Self (voice)

Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 19, 2004

22 years ago
SnowwhiteRosered

Played Self

Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1991

34 years ago
Lemonade War

Played Neighborhood Hero

Average Rating

5.0

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 30, 2014

11 years ago
On Borrowed Time

Played Self

Average Rating

5.3

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 04, 2011

14 years ago
The Making of 'Nosferatu'

Played Self

Average Rating

6.3

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 06, 1979

47 years ago
Manaslu: Mountain of Souls

Played Self

Average Rating

8.3

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 13, 2018

7 years ago
Wim Wenders, Desperado

Played Self

Average Rating

7.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jul 16, 2020

5 years ago
Ghost Elephants

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

8.0

3 votes

Release Date

Aug 27, 2025

7 months ago
The Transformation of the World Into Music

Played Self

Average Rating

8.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jul 21, 1996

30 years ago
Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn

Played Self

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 20, 2007

18 years ago
Close Up

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

9.5

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 30, 2012

13 years ago
The 100 Greatest Films

Played Self

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 24, 2001

24 years ago
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

Played Self

Average Rating

4.0

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 08, 2007

18 years ago
Back to Room 666

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 02, 2008

18 years ago
The Man Who Killed John Wayne

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 20, 2017

9 years ago
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 13, 2010

15 years ago
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

Played Self

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 17, 2018

8 years ago
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

Played Self

Average Rating

8.5

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 24, 2021

5 years ago
The Arc of Oblivion

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

2.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 18, 2023

3 years ago
Tegoyo

Played Self (Voice)

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 06, 2022

3 years ago
Dreams and Burdens

Played Self

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 10, 2005

21 years ago
To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further

Played Self

Average Rating

8.5

1 votes

Release Date

Feb 13, 1989

37 years ago
Champions: A Comic Tale

Played Self

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 15, 2011

15 years ago
I, I, I José Lewgoy

Played Self

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 25, 2011

14 years ago
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

Played Self

Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 14, 2011

15 years ago
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Played Himself

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 06, 2010

16 years ago
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog

Played Self

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 18, 1979

47 years ago
BLAST!

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 22, 2008

18 years ago

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