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Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Acting
Born: November 24, 1885
Cologne, Germany
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
as C.A. Rotwang
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
as Criminal (uncredited)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
as King Etzel
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
as Dr. Mabuse
Destiny
as Dervish / Girolamo
Spies
as Haghi
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
as Dr. Mabuse
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
as King Etzel (Attila)
Elisabeth und der Narr
as Michele
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
as C.A. Rotwang
