Actor
Max Schreck
Born 6 September 1879 · Berlin, Germany — died 20 February 1936
Max Schreck (1879–1936) was a German stage and screen actor from Berlin. He is remembered for playing the vampire Count Orlok in F. W. Murnau's silent film Nosferatu (1922). His gaunt, unsettling look made the role a landmark of horror cinema and German Expressionism.
Key films
Nosferatu (1922)On Cinespective
His defining role as Count Orlok, one of the most iconic screen vampires and a landmark of German Expressionism.
The Street (1923)
A silent-era German drama in which he appeared, showing his work in Weimar-period cinema beyond horror.
The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
A second Murnau film for him, showing his continued work with the director after Nosferatu.
Peer Gynt (1934)
A sound-era adaptation of Ibsen's play, reflecting his continuing film and stage career in the 1930s.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 58
- 1920The Mayor of Zalamea · as Don MendoActor
- 1922Nosferatu · as Count OrlokActor
- 1922Nathan der Weise · as Grossmeister der TempleherrenActor
- 1923The Street · as The blind manActor
- 1923The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop · as KundeActor
- 1923The Jew of Mestri · as Doge of VeniceActor
- 1924The Finances of the Grand Duke · as der UnheimlicheActor
- 1924Dudu, ein MenschenschicksalActor
- 1927At the Edge of the World · as TrödlerActor
- 1927Der Sohn der HagarActor
- 1928The Old Fritz · as Kammerdiener RietzActor
- 1928Luther · as AlexanderActor
- 1928The Old Fritz II · as Kammerdiener RietzActor
- 1928The Strange Case of Captain RamperActor
- 1928Rasputins Liebesabenteuer · as Nikolai NikolajewitschActor
- 1928Lady Juan · as Juana's FatherActor
- 1928Moderne Piraten · as PhilippsActor
- 1928Wolga WolgaActor
- 1929Fight of the Tertia · as Benno BiersackActor
- 1930The Land of Smiles · as 100 years old manActor
- 1930Ludwig II, King of BavariaActor
- 1930The Twelfth Hour · as Count Wolkoff (Archive footage)Actor
- 1932Boo · as Dracula-Nosferatu (edited from "Nosferatu")Actor
- 1932The Bartered Bride · as MuffActor
- 1932The Night of Temptation · as OffizierActor
- 1932A Man with HeartActor
- 1932Fürst Seppl · as KnappeActor
- 1933Der Tunnel · as ChesterfieldActor
- 1933Roman einer Nacht · as Professor KolskiActor
- 1933Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen · as DienerActor
- 1933Ein Kuß in der Sommernacht · as Herr KrauseActor
- 1933Atlantic Hotel · as HoteldirektorActor
- 1934Peer Gynt · as Redner auf HochzeitsfeierActor
- 1935The Steel Animal · as CugnotActor
- 1935Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann · as Leiter der KünstleragenturActor
- 1936Donogoo Tonka · as AuswandererActor
- 1936The Last Four on Santa Cruz · as WilliamActor
- 1945The Vampire · as Nosferatu (archive footage)Actor
- 1983The Horror of It All · as Nosferatu (archive footage)Actor
- 1988Luzern Viper · as NosferatuActor
- 1991Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook · as Graf Orlok (archive footage)Actor
- 1992Dracula in the Movies · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1992Dracula: Fact or Fiction? · as Count Orlok (archive footage)Actor
- 1997Eyewitness: Monster · as Count Dracula (archive footage)Actor
- 2000The Many Faces of Dracula · as Graf Orlok (archive footage)Actor
- 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2008The Bathroom Mirror · as Graf Orlok (archival footage)Actor
- 2011Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode · as Nosferatu (archive footage)Actor
- 2019CALCO (A Symphony of Echo) · as NosferatuActor
- 2022Nosferatu and the Birth of Vampires in Cinema · as Count Orlok (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Speedball Nosferatu · as Count OrlokActor
- 2023The Tomb of Nosferatu · as Count Orlok (archive footage)Actor
- 2023Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu · as Count OrlokActor
- 2024Death Of The Rat · as Count Orlok (archive footage)Actor
- 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2025Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror · as Graf OrlokActor
- 2025Eternal Ghosts · as Count Orlok (Archival Footage)Actor
- 2026Haiku por Ozziel · as Sel (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.