Werner Herzog - Actor, Screenplay, Director, Producer, Writer, Author, Executive Producer

Grizzly Man (2005)
Character: Self
Position: Screenplay, Director

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

Position: Director, Producer, Writer

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Character: Hand and Feet in Box with Rats (uncredited)
Position: Director, Producer, Writer

My Best Fiend (1999)
Character: Self - Leading
Position: Director, Writer

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Position: Screenplay, Director, Producer

Rescue Dawn (2006)

Position: Director, Author

Woyzeck (1979)

Position: Director, Screenplay

Cobra Verde (1987)

Position: Screenplay, Director

Stroszek (1977)

Position: Director, Screenplay, Producer

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

Position: Director

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

Position: Director, Producer, Screenplay

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)

Position: Director, Screenplay, Producer

What Dreams May Come (1998)
Character: Face

The Grand (2007)
Character: The German - Leading

Dangerous Game (1993)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Character: Narrator (voice) - Leading
Position: Screenplay, Director

Invincible (2001)

Position: Director, Writer, Producer

Jack Reacher (2012)
Character: Zec Chelovek - Leading

The Act of Killing (2012)

Position: Executive Producer

Queen of the Desert (2015)

Position: Director, Writer

Freaks of Nature (2015)
Character: Perfect Being (voice)

Life Itself (2014)
Character: Self - Filmmaker

The Look of Silence (2015)

Position: Executive Producer

Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
Character: Documentary Filmmaker (voice)

Salt and Fire (2016)
Character: Man with One Story (uncredited)
Position: Writer, Producer, Director

The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
Character: Self

The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2024)
Character: Narrator (voice) - Leading
Position: Director, Writer

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
Character: Self - Leading

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around (2013)
Character: Self - Leading

Orion and the Dark (2024)
Character: Narrator (voice)

Celebrating the Rice Media Center (2024)
Character: Self (archival footage) - Leading

Ghost Elephants (2025)
Character: Narrator (voice) - Leading
Position: Director, Writer

Felicidad (2025)

Position: Producer

Werner Herzog - Filmography