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Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski

Acting1926

Biography

Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszyński, best known as Klaus Kinski (18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991), was a German actor. He appeared in over 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Cobra Verde (1987).

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Acting History

2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2016
FantastiCozzi
as Nosferatu (archive footage)
2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Self (archive footage)
1999
My Best Fiend
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Renfield (archive footage)
1990
Paganini
as Niccolo Paganini
Paganini
Writer
Paganini
Director
Paganini
Editor
Paganini
Screenplay
1988
1987
Timestalkers
as Dr. Joseph Cole
Cobra Verde
as Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
1986
Crawlspace
as Karl Gunther
1985
Commando Leopard
as Silveira
Creature
as Hans Rudy Hofner
NDR Talk Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Na sowas!
TVas Self• 1 eps
1984
Faerie Tale Theatre
TVas Beast• 1 eps
The Hitchhiker
TVas Kurt Hoffman• 1 eps
1982
Android
as Dr. Daniel
Burden of Dreams
as Self - Actor
The Soldier
as Dracha
Fitzcarraldo
as Fitzcarraldo
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self• 1 eps
1981
Venom
as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)
Fruits of Passion
as Sir Stephen
Buddy Buddy
as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
1980
Schizoid
as Dr. Pieter Fales
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Count Dracula
Woyzeck
as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
German Film Award
TVas Self• 1 eps
1978
The Song of Roland
as Roland / Klaus
1977
Operation Thunderbolt
as Wilfried Boese
Madame Claude
as Alexander Zakis
Death of a Corrupt Man
as Nicolas Tomski
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self• 5 eps
1976
Jack the Ripper
as Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper
Golden Night
as Michel Fournier
1975
The Net
as Emilio Bossi
Lifespan
as Nicholas Ulrich
1974
Lover of the Monster
as Dr. Alex Nijinski
1973
1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
as Don Lope de Aguirre
1971
Black Killer
as James Webb / Black Killer
Eye of the Spider
as Hans Fischer
Slaughter Hotel
as Dr. Francis Clay
Web of the Spider
as Edgar Allan Poe
Coffin Full of Dollars
as Dan Hagen / Slander
1970
And God Said to Cain
as Gary Hamilton
Count Dracula
as Renfield
1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Marquis De Sade
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead
1968
The Great Silence
as Loco (Tigrero)
1967
Creature with the Blue Hand
as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
Man, Pride and Vengeance
as Lt. Miguel Garcia
The Million Eyes of Sumuru
as President Boong
Grand Slam
as Erich Weiss
1966
Bang Bang!
as Jonquil
1965
Doctor Zhivago
as Kostoyed Amourski
For a Few Dollars More
as Juan Wild - The Hunchback
1964
Last of the Renegades
as David "Luke" Lucas
1963
The Squeaker
as Krishna
The Indian Scarf
as Peter Ross
The Black Abbot
as Thomas Fortuna
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
as Inspector Joe Wright
1962
The Inn on the River
as Gregor Gubanow
1961
Dead Eyes of London
as Edgar Strauss
The Devil's Daffodil
as Peter Keene
Die Kurve
as Anton
1956
Corinna Darling
as Klaus Brockmann
Waldwinter
as Otto Hartwig
1955
Hanussen
as Erik von Spazier / Mirko
Children, Mother, and the General
as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
Sarajevo
as Nedeljko Čabrinović
1954
Fear
as Cabaret Performer
1951
Decision Before Dawn
as Whining Soldier (uncredited)
1948
Morituri
as Dutch prisoner

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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/18/1926
Day of Death
11/23/1991