Klaus Kinski

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-10-18 (65 years old)

Deathday

1991-11-23

Place of Birth

-

Klaus Kinski

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Klaus Kinski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1965

Doctor Zhivago

as Kostoyed Amourski

1979

Woyzeck

as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck

1975

1972

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

as Don Lope de Aguirre

1964

Last of the Renegades

as David "Luke" Lucas

1963

Die Mondvögel

as Valentin

1973

1965

1970

Count Dracula

as Renfield

1987

Cobra Verde

as Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre

as Count Dracula

1963

The Black Abbot

as Thomas Fortuna

1962

The Inn on the River

as Gregor Gubanow

1981

Venom

as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)

1999

My Best Fiend

as Self (archive footage)

1984

1968

The Great Silence

as Loco (Tigrero)

1976

Golden Night

as Michel Fournier

1982

Fitzcarraldo

as Fitzcarraldo

1977

Operation Thunderbolt

as Wilfried Boese

1963

The Indian Scarf

as Peter Ross

1965

1971

Slaughter Hotel

as Dr. Francis Clay

1988

1969

Venus in Furs

as Ahmed Kortobawi

1981

Buddy Buddy

as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot

1982

Burden of Dreams

as Self - Actor

2014

2017

Filming Silenzio

as (archive footage)

1966

Circus of Fear

as Manfred

1965

The Pleasure Girls

as Nikko Stalmar

1990

Paganini

as Niccolo Paganini

1967

Creature with the Blue Hand

as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson

1967

The Million Eyes of Sumuru

as President Boong

1981

Fruits of Passion

as Sir Stephen

1969

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead

1982

Android

as Dr. Daniel

2022

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

as Self (archive footage)

1976

Jack the Ripper

as Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper

1981

Love and Money

as Frederic Stockheinz

1971

Web of the Spider

as Edgar Allan Poe

1979

Zoo zéro

as Yavé, le directeur du zoo

1966

1964

1963

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard

as Inspector Joe Wright

1961

The Devil's Daffodil

as Peter Keene

1961

1964

1977

Death of a Corrupt Man

as Nicolas Tomski

1987

Timestalkers

as Dr. Joseph Cole

1975

Footprints on the Moon

as Professor Blackmann

1971

Eye of the Spider

as Hans Fischer

1969

Marquis de Sade: Justine

as Marquis De Sade

1985

Star Knight

as Boetius

1971

Black Killer

as James Webb / Black Killer

1971

1969

Five for Hell

as SS Col. Hans Mueller

1971

The Price of Death

as Chester Conway / Ray

1958

1986

Crawlspace

as Karl Gunther

1968

The Ruthless Four

as Brent il Biondo

1967

Grand Slam

as Erich Weiss

1982

The Soldier

as Dracha

1970

And God Said to Cain

as Gary Hamilton

1969

Salt in the Wound

as Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr

1985

Creature

as Hans Rudy Hofner

1980

Schizoid

as Dr. Pieter Fales

1974

1968

1968

Twice a Judas

as Dingus

1973

1970

The Beast

as Johnny Laster

1975

Lifespan

as Nicholas Ulrich

1967

Man, Pride and Vengeance

as Lt. Miguel Garcia

1971

Adios Compañeros

as Reverend Cotton

1971

Coffin Full of Dollars

as Dan Hagen / Slander

1971

His Name Was King

as Brian Foster

1985

Commando Leopard

as Silveira

1960

The Avenger

as Lorenz Voss

1962

2005

The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi

as Self (archive footage)

1975

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Renfield (archive footage)

1969

Double Face

as John Alexander

1984

1978

The Song of Roland

as Roland / Klaus

1986

1966

Target for Killing

as Caporetti

1975

The Net

as Emilio Bossi

1955

Ludwig II

as Prince Otto von Bayern

2019

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

as Self (archive footage)

1977

Madame Claude

as Alexander Zakis

1968

Psychopath

as Periwinkle

1970

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?

as Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'

1970

Churchill's Leopards

as Captain Holtz

1980

1980

Haine

as Le motard

1956

Waldwinter

as Otto Hartwig

1970

Only the Cool

as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I

1961

Dead Eyes of London

as Edgar Strauss

1955

Children, Mother, and the General

as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht

1956

Corinna Darling

as Klaus Brockmann

1948

Morituri

as Dutch prisoner

2002

Whiteface

as (archive footage)

1965

The Dirty Game

as Russian Agent

1969

Gangster's Law

as Quintero

2024

Othelo The Great

as Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo)

1963

The Black Cobra

as Koks-Charley

1968

The Vatican Affair

as Clint Rogers

1955

Hanussen

as Erik von Spazier / Mirko

1966

Where Are You Taking That Woman

as Gomez (Rio segment)

1955

Sarajevo

as Nedeljko Čabrinović

2000

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

as Self (archive footage)

1954

Fear

as Cabaret Performer

1990

White Hunter

as Klaus Naginsky

1986

Portrait: Werner Herzog

as Self (archive footage)

1963

The Squeaker

as Krishna

2016

FantastiCozzi

as Nosferatu (archive footage)

1983

Diary

as (archive footage)

1987

1965

For a Few Dollars More

as Juan Wild - The Hunchback

1961

Die Kurve

as Anton

1951

Decision Before Dawn

as Whining Soldier (uncredited)

1974

Lover of the Monster

as Dr. Alex Nijinski

2007

Beloved Count

as Renfield (archive footage)

2005

The Spaghetti West

as Self (archive footage)

2024

Kinski

as Self (Archive Footage)

2021

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Production

1990

Paganini

as Writer

1990

Paganini

as Director

1990

Paganini

as Editor

1990

Paganini

as Story

1990

Paganini

as Screenplay

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