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.

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Acting Born November 24, 1885 – Died May 29, 1955 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.

Known For

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Criminal (uncredited)

Metropolis

C.A. Rotwang

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Dr. Mabuse

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

King Etzel (Attila)

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

King Etzel

Destiny

Dervish / Girolamo

Two Women

The Gypsy Baron

Wedding in Barenhof

Cat Walk

Landrat Krotkeim

Spies

Haghi