Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Known for: Acting

Born: 1885-11-24 – 1955-05-29 (aged 69)

From: Cologne, Germany

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.

Filmography (75)

MOVIE★ 9.0
Witches
1949
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wedding in Barenhof
1942
MOVIE★ 5.5
Kora Terry
1940
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Heart of a Queen
1940
MOVIE★ 8.0
Die unvollkommene Liebe
1940
as Konsul Henry Rasmus
MOVIE★ 6.6
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
1939
as Rechnungsrat
MOVIE★ 10.0
Rheinische Brautfahrt
1939
as Landrat
MOVIE★ 6.0
Kennwort Machin
1939
as Schnellrichter in New York
MOVIE★ 5.5
Wibbel the Tailor
1939
as Pangdich
MOVIE★ 7.5
Parkstrasse 13
1939
as Direktor Bremer
MOVIE★ 7.3
Menschen vom Varieté
1939
as Kommissar Wiedemann
MOVIE★ 10.0
Two Women
1938
MOVIE★ 8.0
After Midnight
1938
MOVIE★ 9.0
Cat Walk
1937
as Landrat Krotkeim
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Yellow Flag
1937
as Kapitän Ellis
MOVIE★ 4.8
Madame Bovary
1937
as Prof. Canivet
MOVIE★ 6.0
Die göttliche Jette
1937
as Stadtrat Müller
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Sovereign
1937
as Direktor Bodlfing
MOVIE★ 6.0
Truxa
1937
as Varieté-Direktor
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Court Concert
1936
as Oberst Flumms
MOVIE★ 7.0
Intermezzo
1936
as Ponbiquet
MOVIE★ 7.0
Dissatisfied Woman
1936
as Professor der Nervenklinik
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Hour of Temptation
1936
as Kriminalrat Brandt
MOVIE★ 8.0
Moral
1936
as Polizeipräsident von Simbach
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Kaiser of California
1936
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Cossack and the Nightingale
1936
as Dschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Strange Guest
1936
as Polizeipräfekt
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Valley of Love
1935
as Herr von Roden
MOVIE★ 8.0
Love's Arithmetic
1935
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Old and The Young King
1935
as Leopold Dessauer
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Tannhof Women
1934
as Jakob Aigner
MOVIE★ 8.0
Der Fall Brenken
1934
as Bert Benson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Paganini
1934
as Graf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons
MOVIE★ 10.0
Border Patrol
1934
as Der Einäugige, ein Schmuggler
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Assumption of Hannele
1934
as Maurer Mattern
MOVIE★ 8.0
The World Without a Mask
1934
as Merker
MOVIE★ 7.5
Elisabeth and the Jester
1934
as Michele
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
as Dr. Mabuse
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
as Dr. Mabuse
MOVIE★ 4.5
Tarakanova
1930
as Le Comte Chouvalof
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Shark
1930
as Vasseur
MOVIE★ 9.0
You Belong to Me
1929
as Burat-Laussade
MOVIE
La maison des hommes vivants
1929
MOVIE★ 7.0
Die schönste Frau von Paris
1928
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wolga Wolga
1928
as Kosak Hadschi-Ali
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mädchenschicksale
1928
as Lormand
MOVIE★ 7.4
Spies
1928
as Haghi
MOVIE★ 10.0
Die Sandgräfin
1928
MOVIE★ 10.0
Das Mädchen aus Frisco
1927
MOVIE★ 8.0
Die raffinierteste Frau Berlins
1927
as William Pitts
MOVIE★ 9.0
Tingel Tangel
1927
as Don Fabio Coridon
MOVIE★ 6.3
Loves of Casanova
1927
as Peter III
MOVIE★ 9.0
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
1927
as Simpat Karamanian / Arut Akkunian
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Queen Was in the Parlour
1927
as General Kish
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Gypsy Baron
1927
MOVIE★ 8.1
Metropolis
1927
as C.A. Rotwang
MOVIE★ 8.0
Die lachende Grille
1926
as Rossini
MOVIE★ 7.0
Der rosa Diamant
1926
MOVIE★ 7.5
Pietro der Korsar
1925
MOVIE★ 7.5
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
1924
as King Etzel (Attila)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924
as King Etzel
MOVIE★ 6.6
Warning Shadows
1923
MOVIE★ 9.0
Die Prinzessin Suwarin
1923
as Cyrus Proctor
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Stone Rider
1923
as Der Herr vom Berge
MOVIE★ 7.7
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922
as Dr. Mabuse
MOVIE★ 7.4
Destiny
1921
as Dervish / Girolamo
MOVIE★ 6.0
Four Around the Woman
1921
as Upton
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Wandering Image
1920
as Georgs Vetter Wil Brand
MOVIE★ 7.9
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
as Criminal (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wildes Blut
1920
MOVIE★ 7.0
Die Schreckensnacht im Irrenhaus Ivoy
1920
as Dr. Harry Walker
MOVIE
Das Licht am Fenster
1919
MOVIE★ 9.0
Morphium
1919
MOVIE★ 9.0
Der Film von der Königin Luise - 1. Abteilung: Die Märtyrerin auf dem Königsthron
1913
MOVIE★ 7.0
Der Film von der Königin Luise - 2. Abteilung: Aus Preußens schwerer Zeit
1913