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My Take
Mario Adorf strikes me as a living encyclopedia of European cinema. A Zurich-born German actor, he stayed at the front rank of film and television for decades, the kind of character actor whose presence anchors a scene without demanding it. Two German Film Awards and a shelf of state honors tell part of the story; his work as a dub artist and audiobook narrator shows how much that deep voice carried. He passed in spring 2026 at ninety-five, and I find something genuinely admirable in a career sustained that long. He was a real actor to the end.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mario Adorf
- Name (Japanese)
- マリオ・アドルフ
- Reading
- まりお・あどるふ
- Born
- September 8, 1930 (age 95)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / dub actor / film actor / stage actor / audiobook narrator
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Awards & achievements
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- 2005 Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate
- 2001 Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Romy
- 2001 Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum
- 1996 Carl Zuckmayer Medal
- 2009 Orden wider den tierischen Ernst
- 1996 Bavarian TV Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.marioadorf.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95
Frequently asked questions
When was Mario Adorf born?
Born September 8, 1930 (age 95).
Where is Mario Adorf from?
Mario Adorf is from Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
What does Mario Adorf do?
Mario Adorf works as writer, dub actor, film actor, stage actor, audiobook narrator.
Writer — see all → · Dub actor — see all → · More people from Switzerland →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.