Rudolf Klein-Rogge
1885-11-24 (1885)Cologne, GermanyActing
Biography
Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955) was a German film actor. Klein-Rogge is known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang's Weimar-era films. He is probably best known in popular culture, particularly to English-speaking audiences, for playing the archetypal mad scientist role of C. A. Rotwang in Lang's Metropolis and as the criminal genius Doctor Mabuse.
Known For
Metropolis
MOVIE • 1927
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
MOVIE • 1920
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
MOVIE • 1933
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
MOVIE • 1922
Destiny
MOVIE • 1921
Parkstrasse 13
MOVIE • 1939
Loves of Casanova
MOVIE • 1927
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
MOVIE • 1933
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
MOVIE • 1924
Die göttliche Jette
MOVIE • 1937
Kora Terry
MOVIE • 1940
Der Ammenkönig
MOVIE • 1935
Spies
MOVIE • 1928
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
MOVIE • 1924
Witches
MOVIE • 1949
The Sovereign
MOVIE • 1937
Truxa
MOVIE • 1937
The Assumption of Hannele
MOVIE • 1934