Justus von Dohnányi (born 2 December 1960) is a German actor, best known for portraying Wilhelm Burgdorf in the 2004 film Downfall.
Life and career Born in Lübeck, von Dohnányi is the son of conductor Christoph von Dohnányi and actress and a member of the well-known Dohnányi family. His grandfather was Hans von Dohnanyi, German jurist and German resistance fighter and his great-uncle was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and a co-founder of the Confessing Church, both of whom were executed by the Third Reich. His great-grandfather was Ernst von Dohnányi, a notable composer of Hungarian origin.
Dohnányi studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg."Justus von Dohnányi – Biographie und Filmographie" Kino-Zeit. Retrieved April 8, 2011 He appeared on the legitimate stage in Hamburg, Zürich, and Frankfurt before working in television, where he appeared in several television movies.
He appeared in the 2004 film Downfall () as Wilhelm Burgdorf. He had a prominent role in the 2001 movie The Experiment as a prison guard, opposite Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, who also appeared in Downfall. He received the 2001 Lola for Best Supporting Actor. In 2014 he appears alongside Matt Damon, Jean Dujardin and others in the movie The Monuments Men. He is featured in the 2015 film Woman in Gold as the representative of the Belvedere Gallery who attempts to keep the title-painting, stolen by the Nazis, from being returned to its rightful owner, Maria Altmann.
Selected filmography
Jakob the Liar (1999) – Preuss The World Is Not Enough (1999) – Captain Nikolai (2000) – Eberhard Bethge Das Experiment (2001) – Berus – Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard Amen. (2002) – Göran von Otter September (2003) – Philipp Scholz Blueprint (2003) – Thomas Weber Before the Fall (2004) – Gauleiter Heinrich Stein Downfall (2004) – General Wilhelm Burgdorf (2005) – Harry (2005) – Erik Larsen (2006) – Lutz Born (2007, TV film) – Oskar Neumann (2007) – Richter (segment "Artikel 5") (2007, also director) – Sven Hansen Hardcover (2008) – Chico Waidner 1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde (2008) – Bernd Buddenbrooks (2008) – Bendix Grünlich Men in the City (2009) – Bruce Berger (2009, TV film) – Otto Walther (2010) – Magun Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010) – Veit Harlan Life Is Too Long (2010) – Johannes Lessons of a Dream (2011) – Richard Hartung (2011) – Bruce Berger Yoko (2012) – Prof. Kellerman (2012) – Joachim Ebling A Coffee in Berlin (2012) – Karl Speckenbach Ludwig II (2012) – Johann (Freiherr von) Lutz (2013) – Hugh Gordon (2013, TV film) – Richard Wagner The Monuments Men (2014) – Viktor Stahl Frau Müller muss weg! (2015) – Wolf Heider Woman in Gold (2015) – Dreimann (2015) – Ed Help, I Shrunk My Teacher (2015) – Schulrat Henning Der Hund begraben (2016) – Hans (2017) – Baron Lefuet Charité (2017, TV series, 6 episodes) – Robert Koch (2017) – Ulrich Dattelmann How About Adolf? (2018) – René König Lassie Come Home (2020) – Butler Gerhardt Locked-in Society (2022) – Klaus Engelhardt (2022) – René König
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