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Rudolf Klein-Rogge
ActingBORN: 1885-11-24Cologne, Germany
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.
Top Filmography
8.1
Metropolis
1927 // MOVIE
7.9
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 // MOVIE
7.6
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 // MOVIE
7.7
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922 // MOVIE
7.4
Destiny
1921 // MOVIE
7.7
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924 // MOVIE
7.5
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924 // MOVIE
7.3
Spies
1928 // MOVIE
6.6
Warning Shadows
1923 // MOVIE
5.9
Four Around the Woman
1921 // MOVIE
5.9
The Wandering Image
1920 // MOVIE
6.0
Loves of Casanova
1927 // MOVIE
6.1
The Stone Rider
1923 // MOVIE
6.2
The Heart of a Queen
1940 // MOVIE
4.6
The Court Concert
1936 // MOVIE