Klaus Kinski
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-10-18
Day of Death
1991-11-23 (65 years old)
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).
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
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(2024)
Othelo The Great
as Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo)
(2024)
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
Kinski
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2022)
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2021)
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
(2019)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Filming Silenzio
as (archive footage)
(2016)
FantastiCozzi
as Nosferatu (archive footage)
(2015)
(2014)
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
as (archive footage)
(2008)
Jesus Christ Saviour
as Self
(2007)
Beloved Count
as Renfield (archive footage)
(2005)
The Spaghetti West
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Kinski rigando Paganini
as Self
(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)
(1999)
Please Kill Mr. Kinski
as Self
(1991)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Renfield (archive footage)
(1990)
Paganini
as Niccolo Paganini
(1990)
White Hunter
as Klaus Naginsky
(1988)
Nosferatu in Venice
as Nosferatu
(1987)
Timestalkers
as Dr. Joseph Cole
(1987)
Cobra Verde
as Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
(1987)
Location Africa
as Self
(1986)
Crawlspace
as Karl Gunther
(1986)
Revenge of the Stolen Stars
as Donald McBride
(1986)
Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
Creature
as Hans Rudy Hofner
(1985)
Star Knight
as Boetius
(1985)
Commando Leopard
as Silveira
(1984)
Code Name: Wild Geese
as Charleton
(1984)
The Little Drummer Girl
as Martin Kurtz
(1984)
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
as Dr. Max Bauer
(1984)
Beauty and the Beast
as Beast
(1983)
Diary
as (archive footage)
(1982)
Fitzcarraldo
as Fitzcarraldo
(1982)
Android
as Dr. Daniel
(1982)
The Soldier
as Dracha
(1982)
Burden of Dreams
as Self - Actor
(1981)
Venom
as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)
(1981)
Fruits of Passion
as Sir Stephen
(1981)
Buddy Buddy
as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
(1981)
Love and Money
as Frederic Stockheinz
(1980)
Schizoid
as Dr. Pieter Fales
(1980)
Haine
as Le motard
(1980)
The Child Woman
as Marcel
(1979)
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Count Dracula
(1979)
Woyzeck
as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
(1979)
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
as Self
(1979)
Zoo zéro
as Yavé, le directeur du zoo
(1979)
(1978)
The Song of Roland
as Roland / Klaus
(1977)
Operation Thunderbolt
as Wilfried Boese
(1977)
Madame Claude
as Alexander Zakis
(1977)
Death of a Corrupt Man
as Nicolas Tomski
(1976)
Jack the Ripper
as Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper
(1976)
Golden Night
as Michel Fournier
(1975)
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
as Doc Foster
(1975)
That Most Important Thing: Love
as Karl-Heinz Zimmer
(1975)
Footprints on the Moon
as Professor Blackmann
(1975)
Lifespan
as Nicholas Ulrich
(1975)
Return of Shanghai Joe
as Pat Barnes
(1975)
The Net
as Emilio Bossi
(1974)
(1974)
Lover of the Monster
as Dr. Alex Nijinski
(1974)
The Hand That Feeds the Dead
as Prof. Nijinski
(1973)
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
as Scalper Jack
(1973)
Death Smiles on a Murderer
as Dr. Sturges
(1973)
The Bloody Hands of the Law
as Vito Quattroni
(1972)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
as Don Lope de Aguirre
(1972)
(1971)
Slaughter Hotel
as Dr. Francis Clay
(1971)
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead
as Dan Hogan
(1971)
Adios Compañeros
as Reverend Cotton
(1971)
Black Killer
as James Webb / Black Killer
(1971)
His Name Was King
as Brian Foster
(1971)
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold
as Virgil Prescott
(1971)
Coffin Full of Dollars
as Dan Hagen / Slander
(1971)
Web of the Spider
as Edgar Allan Poe
(1971)
Eye of the Spider
as Hans Fischer
(1971)
The Price of Death
as Chester Conway / Ray
(1970)
And God Said to Cain
as Gary Hamilton
(1970)
Count Dracula
as Renfield
(1970)
Only the Cool
as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I
(1970)
The Beast
as Johnny Laster
(1970)
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?
as Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'
(1970)
The Night of the Assassin
as Evagoras
(1970)
Churchill's Leopards
as Captain Holtz
(1969)
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Marquis De Sade
(1969)
Venus in Furs
as Ahmed Kortobawi
(1969)
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead
(1969)
Double Face
as John Alexander
(1969)
Salt in the Wound
as Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr
(1969)
Five for Hell
as SS Col. Hans Mueller
(1969)
Gangster's Law
as Quintero
(1968)
The Great Silence
as Loco (Tigrero)
(1968)
Twice a Judas
as Dingus
(1968)
(1968)
Coplan Saves His Skin
as Theler
(1968)
The Ruthless Four
as Brent il Biondo
(1968)
Psychopath
as Periwinkle
(1968)
Western, Italian Style
as Self
(1968)
The Bastard
as Adam
(1968)
The Vatican Affair
as Clint Rogers
(1967)
A Bullet for the General
as El Santo
(1967)
The Million Eyes of Sumuru
as President Boong
(1967)
Grand Slam
as Erich Weiss
(1967)
Five Golden Dragons
as Gert
(1967)
Man, Pride and Vengeance
as Lt. Miguel Garcia
(1967)
Creature with the Blue Hand
as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
(1966)
Our Man in Marrakesh
as Jonquil
(1966)
Circus of Fear
as Manfred
(1966)
Target for Killing
as Caporetti
(1966)
Where Are You Taking That Woman
as Gomez (Rio segment)
(1965)
For a Few Dollars More
as Juan Wild - The Hunchback
(1965)
Doctor Zhivago
as Kostoyed Amourski
(1965)
The Dirty Game
as Russian Agent
(1965)
That Man in Istanbul
as Schenck
(1965)
Again the Ringer
as Edwards
(1965)
The Pleasure Girls
as Nikko Stalmar
(1964)
Last of the Renegades
as David "Luke" Lucas
(1964)
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
as George
(1964)
Traitor's Gate
as Kane
(1964)
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
as Speranzo
(1964)
Mark of the Tortoise
as Shapiro
(1964)
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
as Jose
(1963)
The Indian Scarf
as Peter Ross
(1963)
The Squeaker
as Krishna
(1963)
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
as Saddhu
(1963)
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
as Whitey
(1963)
The Black Abbot
as Thomas Fortuna
(1963)
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard
as Inspector Joe Wright
(1963)
The Black Cobra
as Koks-Charley
(1963)
Die Mondvögel
as Valentin
(1963)
(1963)
(1962)
The Counterfeit Traitor
as Kindler
(1962)
The Inn on the River
as Gregor Gubanow
(1962)
Secret of the Red Orchid
as Steve
(1962)
The Door with Seven Locks
as Pheeny
(1962)
The Red Pastures
as Martin
(1961)
Dead Eyes of London
as Edgar Strauss
(1961)
The Strange Countess
as Bresset
(1961)
The Devil's Daffodil
as Peter Keene
(1961)
Bankraub in der Rue Latour
as Bex, Autor
(1961)
Die Kurve
as Anton
(1960)
The Avenger
as Lorenz Voss
(1958)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
as Gestapo Lieutenant
(1956)
Waldwinter
as Otto Hartwig
(1956)
Corinna Darling
as Klaus Brockmann
(1955)
Sarajevo
as Nedeljko Čabrinović
(1955)
Ludwig II
as Prince Otto von Bayern
(1955)
Hanussen
as Erik von Spazier / Mirko
(1955)
Children, Mother, and the General
as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
(1954)
Fear
as Cabaret Performer
(1951)
Decision Before Dawn
as Whining Soldier (uncredited)
(1948)
Morituri
as Dutch prisoner
Crew
(2008)
Jesus Christ Saviour
Writer
(1990)
Paganini
Writer, Director, Editor, Story, Screenplay