- Born
- Height5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
- Justus Von Dohnanyi was born in 1960 in Lubeck (Northern Germany) as a son of the conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi; his uncle is the politician Klaus von Dohnanyi. He worked at the city theaters in Frankfurt and Zurich and at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg after studying at the Hochschule fur Musik und darstellende Kunste in Hamburg. His first appearance in the American cinema was in Jakob the Liar (1999). He was seen on the PBS presentation of Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000) as well as in the James Bond adventure The World Is Not Enough (1999). He has made many appearances on German television, mostly in TV movies. In 2001 he was awarded a Deutsche Filmspiel Award in Gold as Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Experiment (2001).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Sal_151@yahoo.com
- SpouseMaxi von Dohnanyi(? - present)
- Is the grandson of Hans von Dohnanyi, one of the members of the German Resistance who was executed for treason after the July 20, 1944 plot to kill Hitler.
- Great-grandson of the Hungarian composer Erno Dohnányi.
- Grandson of Hans von Dohnanyi, a jurist (lawyer) who worked in the German military intelligence Abwehr secretly as a member of the resistance. He was executed for taking part in the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler.
- Great nephew of famed Christian theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed by the Nazis during the last weeks of the war for alleged involvement in the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler.
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