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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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Known For

Acting History

2024
Othelo The Great
as Self (archive footage)
Kinski
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Filming Silenzio
as (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)
2010
In Free Fall
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Beloved Count
as Renfield (archive footage)
2005
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
as Self (archive footage)
The Spaghetti West
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Whiteface
as (archive footage)
2000
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Self (archive footage)
1999
My Best Fiend
as Self (archive footage)
Please Kill Mr. Kinski
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Renfield (archive footage)
1990
Paganini
as Niccolo Paganini
White Hunter
as Klaus Naginsky
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
Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Commando Leopard
as Silveira
Creature
as Hans Rudy Hofner
Star Knight
as Boetius
NDR Talk Show
TVas Self1 eps
Na sowas!
TVas Self1 eps
Zeit zu zweit
TVas Self - Interviewee
1984
Faerie Tale Theatre
TVas Beast1 eps
The Hitchhiker
TVas Kurt Hoffman1 eps
1983
Diary
as (archive footage)
1982
Burden of Dreams
as Self - Actor
The Soldier
as Dracha
Fitzcarraldo
as Fitzcarraldo
Android
as Dr. Daniel
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self1 eps
1981
Venom
as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)
Fruits of Passion
as Sir Stephen
Love & Money
as Frederic Stockheinz
Buddy Buddy
as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
1980
Schizoid
as Dr. Pieter Fales
Haine
as Le motard
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Count Dracula
Zoo zéro
as Yavé, le directeur du zoo
Woyzeck
as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
German Film Award
TVas Self1 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 Self5 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
Footprints on the Moon
as Professor Blackmann
1974
Heroes in Hell
as Gen. Kaufmann
Lover of the Monster
as Dr. Alex Nijinski
Am laufenden Band
TVas Self - Guest
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
The Price of Death
as Chester Conway / Ray
Adios Compañeros
as Reverend Cotton
His Name Was King
as Brian Foster
1970
And God Said to Cain
as Gary Hamilton
Count Dracula
as Renfield
The Beast
as Johnny Laster
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?
as Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'
Churchill's Leopards
as Captain Holtz
Only the Cool
as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I
1969
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead
Five for Hell
as SS Col. Hans Mueller
Salt in the Wound
as Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr
Gangster's Law
as Quintero
Double Face
as John Alexander
Venus in Furs
as Ahmed Kortobawi
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Marquis De Sade
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
Circus of Fear
as Manfred
Bang Bang!
as Jonquil
Target for Killing
as Caporetti
Where Are You Taking That Woman
as Gomez (Rio segment)
1965
The Pleasure Girls
as Nikko Stalmar
For a Few Dollars More
as Juan Wild - The Hunchback
The Dirty Game
as Russian Agent
Doctor Zhivago
as Kostoyed Amourski
1961
1960
The Avenger
as Lorenz Voss
1958
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
Ludwig II
as Prince Otto von Bayern
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
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