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)
(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)
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
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)
Cobra Verde
as Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
(1987)
Timestalkers
as Dr. Joseph Cole
(1987)
Location Africa
as Self
(1986)
Crawlspace
as Karl Gunther
(1986)
Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
Revenge of the Stolen Stars
as Donald McBride
(1985)
Creature
as Hans Rudy Hofner
(1985)
Commando Leopard
as Silveira
(1985)
Star Knight
as Boetius
(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)
The Soldier
as Dracha
(1982)
Android
as Dr. Daniel
(1982)
Burden of Dreams
as Self - Actor
(1981)
Fruits of Passion
as Sir Stephen
(1981)
Venom
as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)
(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)
Zoo zéro
as Yavé, le directeur du zoo
(1979)
(1979)
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
as Self
(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)
Return of Shanghai Joe
as Pat Barnes
(1975)
Lifespan
as Nicholas Ulrich
(1975)
The Net
as Emilio Bossi
(1974)
The Hand That Feeds the Dead
as Prof. Nijinski
(1974)
Lover of the Monster
as Dr. Alex Nijinski
(1974)
(1973)
Death Smiles on a Murderer
as Dr. Sturges
(1973)
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
as Scalper Jack
(1973)
The Bloody Hands of the Law
as Vito Quattroni
(1972)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
as Don Lope de Aguirre
(1972)
(1971)
Web of the Spider
as Edgar Allan Poe
(1971)
Slaughter Hotel
as Dr. Francis Clay
(1971)
His Name Was King
as Brian Foster
(1971)
Black Killer
as James Webb / Black Killer
(1971)
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead
as Dan Hogan
(1971)
Coffin Full of Dollars
as Dan Hagen / Slander
(1971)
The Price of Death
as Chester Conway / Ray
(1971)
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold
as Virgil Prescott
(1971)
Adios Compañeros
as Reverend Cotton
(1971)
Eye of the Spider
as Hans Fischer
(1970)
And God Said to Cain
as Gary Hamilton
(1970)
Count Dracula
as Renfield
(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
(1970)
Only the Cool
as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I
(1970)
The Night of the Assassin
as Evagoras
(1970)
The Beast
as Johnny Laster
(1969)
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Marquis De Sade
(1969)
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead
(1969)
Venus in Furs
as Ahmed Kortobawi
(1969)
Five for Hell
as SS Col. Hans Mueller
(1969)
Double Face
as John Alexander
(1969)
Salt in the Wound
as Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr
(1969)
Gangster's Law
as Quintero
(1968)
The Great Silence
as Loco (Tigrero)
(1968)
(1968)
The Ruthless Four
as Brent il Biondo
(1968)
Coplan Saves His Skin
as Theler
(1968)
Twice a Judas
as Dingus
(1968)
Psychopath
as Periwinkle
(1968)
The Bastard
as Adam
(1968)
The Vatican Affair
as Clint Rogers
(1968)
Western, Italian Style
as Self
(1967)
Five Golden Dragons
as Gert
(1967)
A Bullet for the General
as El Santo
(1967)
The Million Eyes of Sumuru
as President Boong
(1967)
Man, Pride and Vengeance
as Lt. Miguel Garcia
(1967)
Grand Slam
as Erich Weiss
(1967)
Creature with the Blue Hand
as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
(1966)
Circus of Fear
as Manfred
(1966)
Our Man in Marrakesh
as Jonquil
(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)
Again the Ringer
as Edwards
(1965)
The Dirty Game
as Russian Agent
(1965)
That Man in Istanbul
as Schenck
(1965)
The Pleasure Girls
as Nikko Stalmar
(1964)
Last of the Renegades
as David "Luke" Lucas
(1964)
Traitor's Gate
as Kane
(1964)
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
as George
(1964)
Mark of the Tortoise
as Shapiro
(1964)
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
as Jose
(1964)
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
as Speranzo
(1963)
The Indian Scarf
as Peter Ross
(1963)
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard
as Inspector Joe Wright
(1963)
The Squeaker
as Krishna
(1963)
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
as Saddhu
(1963)
The Black Abbot
as Thomas Fortuna
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Die Mondvögel
as Valentin
(1963)
The Black Cobra
as Koks-Charley
(1963)
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
as Whitey
(1962)
The Counterfeit Traitor
as Kindler
(1962)
The Inn on the River
as Gregor Gubanow
(1962)
The Door with Seven Locks
as Pheeny
(1962)
Secret of the Red Orchid
as Steve
(1962)
The Red Pastures
as Martin
(1961)
The Devil's Daffodil
as Peter Keene
(1961)
Dead Eyes of London
as Edgar Strauss
(1961)
The Strange Countess
as Bresset
(1961)
Die Kurve
as Anton
(1961)
Bankraub in der Rue Latour
as Bex, Autor
(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)
Children, Mother, and the General
as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
(1955)
Ludwig II
as Prince Otto von Bayern
(1955)
Hanussen
as Erik von Spazier / Mirko
(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