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...
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.
Metropolis
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Valley of Love
Parkstrasse 13
Menschen vom Varieté
Wedding in Barenhof
Loves of Casanova
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Destiny
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Truxa
Kora Terry
Border Patrol
The Assumption of Hannele
Die göttliche Jette
After Midnight
The Old and The Young King
Die unvollkommene Liebe
Das Geheimnis der Irren
Spies
Love's Arithmetic
The Wandering Image