KLAUS KINSKI

Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: October 18, 1926
Deathday: November 23, 1991
Place of Birth: Unknown

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).

Notable work

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Filmography

Starring

2024·
Kinski
Self (archive footage)
2024·
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
Self (archive footage)
2024·
Othelo The Great
Self (archive footage)
2022·
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Self (archive footage)
2021·
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2021·
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
Self (archive footage)
2021·
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
Self (archive footage)
2020·
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
2020·
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(archive footage)
2019·
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Self (archive footage)
2017·
Filming Silenzio
(archive footage)
2016·
FantastiCozzi
Nosferatu (archive footage)
2015·
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
2014·
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014·
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
(archive footage)
2008·
Jesus Christ Saviour
Self
2007·
Beloved Count
Renfield (archive footage)
2005·
The Spaghetti West
Self (archive footage)
2005·
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
Self (archive footage)
2003·
Kinski rigando Paganini
Self
2002·
Whiteface
(archive footage)
2000·
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self (archive footage)
1999·
Please Kill Mr. Kinski
Self (archive footage)
1999·
My Best Fiend
Self (archive footage)
1991·
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Renfield (archive footage)
1990·
White Hunter
Klaus Naginsky
1990·
Paganini
Niccolo Paganini
1988·
Nosferatu in Venice
Nosferatu
1987·
Location Africa
Self
1987·
Timestalkers
Dr. Joseph Cole
1987·
Cobra Verde
Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
1986·
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self (archive footage)
1986·
Revenge of the Stolen Stars
Donald McBride
1986·
Crawlspace
Karl Gunther
1985·
Zeit zu zweit
Self - Interviewee
1985·
Sonntagsgespräch
Self
1985·
Commando Leopard
Silveira
1985·
Creature
Hans Rudy Hofner
1985·
Star Knight
Boetius
1984·
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
Dr. Max Bauer
1984·
Beauty and the Beast
Beast
1984·
Code Name: Wild Geese
Charleton
1984·
The Little Drummer Girl
Martin Kurtz
1983·
The Hitchhiker
Kurt Hoffman
1983·
Diary
(archive footage)
1982·
Na sowas!
Self
1982·
Faerie Tale Theatre
Beast
1982·
The Soldier
Dracha
1982·
Android
Dr. Daniel
1982·
Burden of Dreams
Self - Actor
1982·
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo
1981·
Love & Money
Frederic Stockheinz
1981·
Fruits of Passion
Sir Stephen
1981·
Buddy Buddy
Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
1981·
Venom
Jacques Müller (Jacmel)
1980·
Haine
Le motard
1980·
The Child Woman
Marcel
1980·
Schizoid
Dr. Pieter Fales
1979·
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979·
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Self
1979·
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Voice
1979·
Zoo zéro
Yavé, le directeur du zoo
1979·
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Count Dracula
1979·
Woyzeck
Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
1978·
The Song of Roland
Roland / Klaus
1977·
Auf los geht's los
Self
1977·
Madame Claude
Alexander Zakis
1977·
Death of a Corrupt Man
Nicolas Tomski
1977·
Operation Thunderbolt
Wilfried Boese
1976·
Jack the Ripper
Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper
1976·
Golden Night
Michel Fournier
1975·
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975·
The Net
Emilio Bossi
1975·
Return of Shanghai Joe
Pat Barnes
1975·
Lifespan
Nicholas Ulrich
1975·
Footprints on the Moon
Professor Blackmann
1975·
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Doc Foster
1975·
That Most Important Thing: Love
Karl-Heinz Zimmer
1974·
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974·
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
1974·
Lover of the Monster
Dr. Alex Nijinski
1974·
Heroes in Hell
Gen. Kaufmann
1974·
The Hand That Feeds the Dead
Prof. Nijinski
1973·
Je später der Abend
Self
1973·
The Bloody Hands of the Law
Vito Quattroni
1973·
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
Scalper Jack
1973·
Death Smiles on a Murderer
Dr. Sturges
1972·
A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity
Scott
1972·
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Don Lope de Aguirre
1971·
His Name Was King
Brian Foster
1971·
Coffin Full of Dollars
Dan Hagen / Slander
1971·
Adios Compañeros
Reverend Cotton
1971·
The Price of Death
Chester Conway / Ray
1971·
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold
Virgil Prescott
1971·
Black Killer
James Webb / Black Killer
1971·
Eye of the Spider
Hans Fischer
1971·
Web of the Spider
Edgar Allan Poe
1971·
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead
Dan Hogan
1971·
Slaughter Hotel
Dr. Francis Clay
1970·
Only the Cool
Pavel Richko / Torpédo I
1970·
Churchill's Leopards
Captain Holtz
1970·
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?
Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'
1970·
The Night of the Assassin
Evagoras
1970·
The Beast
Johnny Laster
1970·
And God Said to Cain
Gary Hamilton
1970·
Count Dracula
Renfield
1969·
Gangster's Law
Quintero
1969·
Double Face
John Alexander
1969·
Salt in the Wound
Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr
1969·
Five for Hell
SS Col. Hans Mueller
1969·
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Marquis De Sade
1969·
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead
1969·
Venus in Furs
Ahmed Kortobawi
1968·
The Vatican Affair
Clint Rogers
1968·
Psychopath
Periwinkle
1968·
Western, Italian Style
Self
1968·
Twice a Judas
Dingus
1968·
The Bastard
Adam
1968·
The Ruthless Four
Brent il Biondo
1968·
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Morgan
1968·
Coplan Saves His Skin
Theler
1968·
The Great Silence
Loco (Tigrero)
1967·
Man, Pride and Vengeance
Lt. Miguel Garcia
1967·
Grand Slam
Erich Weiss
1967·
Five Golden Dragons
Gert
1967·
The Million Eyes of Sumuru
President Boong
1967·
Creature with the Blue Hand
Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
1967·
A Bullet for the General
El Santo
1966·
Where Are You Taking That Woman
Gomez (Rio segment)
1966·
Target for Killing
Caporetti
1966·
Our Man in Marrakesh
Jonquil
1966·
Circus of Fear
Manfred
1965·
For a Few Dollars More
Juan Wild - The Hunchback
1965·
The Dirty Game
Russian Agent
1965·
The Pleasure Girls
Nikko Stalmar
1965·
Again the Ringer
Edwards
1965·
That Man in Istanbul
Schenck
1965·
Doctor Zhivago
Kostoyed Amourski
1964·
Die Drehscheibe
Self
1964·
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
Speranzo
1964·
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
George
1964·
Traitor's Gate
Kane
1964·
Mark of the Tortoise
Shapiro
1964·
Last of the Renegades
David "Luke" Lucas
1964·
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
Jose
1963·
Weltspiegel
Self
1963·
The Mystery of the Indian Temple
1963·
The Squeaker
Krishna
1963·
The Black Cobra
Koks-Charley
1963·
The Secret of the Black Widow
Boyd
1963·
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
Saddhu
1963·
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
Whitey
1963·
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
Inspector Joe Wright
1963·
The Indian Scarf
Peter Ross
1963·
The Black Abbot
Thomas Fortuna
1963·
Die Mondvögel
Valentin
1962·
The Red Pastures
Martin
1962·
The Door with Seven Locks
Pheeny
1962·
The Counterfeit Traitor
Kindler
1962·
The Inn on the River
Gregor Gubanow
1962·
Secret of the Red Orchid
Steve
1961·
Die Kurve
Anton
1961·
Bankraub in der Rue Latour
Bex, Autor
1961·
Dead Eyes of London
Edgar Strauss
1961·
The Strange Countess
Bresset
1961·
The Devil's Daffodil
Peter Keene
1960·
The Avenger
Lorenz Voss
1958·
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Gestapo Lieutenant
1956·
Corinna Darling
Klaus Brockmann
1956·
Waldwinter
Otto Hartwig
1955·
Sarajevo
Nedeljko Čabrinović
1955·
Hanussen
Erik von Spazier / Mirko
1955·
Children, Mother, and the General
Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
1955·
Ludwig II
Prince Otto von Bayern
1954·
Fear
Cabaret Performer
1951·
German Film Award
Self
1951·
Decision Before Dawn
Whining Soldier (uncredited)
1948·
Morituri
Dutch prisoner

Production

2008·
Jesus Christ Saviour
Writer
1990·
Paganini
Screenplay, Story, Editor, Writer, Director