Justus von Dohnányi (born December 2, 1960) is a German actor. Born in Lübeck, he studied acting in Hamburg. He appeared on the legitimate stage in Hamburg, Zurich, and Frankfurt before working in television, where he appeared in several television movies. He appeared in the 2004 movie Downfall as General Wilhelm Burgdorf. In that film's most famous scene, von Dohnányi was one of the four actors (the other three were Dieter Mann, Christian Redl and Rolf Kanies) who were detained in Bruno Ganz's briefing room for not ordering Steiner's attack.