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Klaus Kinski

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

18/10/1926

Day of Death

23/11/1991
(65) years old

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), Fit... Read More

Known For

Doctor Zhivago

Woyzeck

That Most Important Thing: Love

Secret of the Red Orchid

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

Jesus Christ Saviour

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Last of the Renegades

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

Filmography

Cast

2025

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

as Self

2024

Othelo The Great

as Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo)

2024

Kinski

as Self (Archive Footage)

2024

Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch be...

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchain...

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2021

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Clau...

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

as Self (archive footage)

2020

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

as Self

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

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 Verd...

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

Star Knight

as Boetius

1985

Commando Leopard

as Silveira

1985

Creature

as Hans Rudy Hofner

1984

The Little Drummer Girl

as Martin Kurtz

1984

Code Name: Wild Geese

as Charleton

1984

Beauty and the Beast

as Beast

1984

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

as Dr. Max Bauer

1983

Diary

as (archive footage)

1982

Android

as Dr. Daniel

1982

Burden of Dreams

as Self - Actor

1982

The Soldier

as Dracha

1982

Fitzcarraldo

as Fitzcarraldo

1981

Venom

as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)

1981

Love and Money

as Frederic Stockheinz

1981

Fruits of Passion

as Sir Stephen

1981

Buddy Buddy

as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot

1980

The Child Woman

as Marcel

1980

Schizoid

as Dr. Pieter Fales

1980

Haine

as Le motard

1979

The Making of 'Nosferatu'

as Self

1979

Woyzeck

as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck

1979

Zoo zéro

as Yavé, le directeur du zoo

1979

I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herz...

as Voice

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre

as Count Dracula

1978

The Song of Roland

as Roland / Klaus

1977

Death of a Corrupt Man

as Nicolas Tomski

1977

Operation Thunderbolt

as Wilfried Boese

1977

Madame Claude

as Alexander Zakis

1976

Golden Night

as Michel Fournier

1976

Jack the Ripper

as Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper

1975

The Net

as Emilio Bossi

1975

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

as Doc Foster

1975

Lifespan

as Nicholas Ulrich

1975

Return of Shanghai Joe

as Pat Barnes

1975

That Most Important Thing: Love

as Karl-Heinz Zimmer

1975

Footprints on the Moon

as Professor Blackmann

1974

Heroes in Hell

1974

The Hand That Feeds the Dead

as Prof. Nijinski

1974

Lover of the Monster

as Dr. Alex 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

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity

as Scott

1971

Black Killer

as James Webb / Black Killer

1971

Eye of the Spider

as Hans Fischer

1971

The Price of Death

as Chester Conway / Ray

1971

Web of the Spider

as Edgar Allan Poe

1971

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead

as Dan Hogan

1971

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold

as Virgil Prescott

1971

Slaughter Hotel

as Dr. Francis Clay

1971

His Name Was King

as Brian Foster

1971

Adios Compañeros

as Reverend Cotton

1971

Coffin Full of Dollars

as Dan Hagen / Slander

1970

The Beast

as Johnny Laster

1970

Churchill's Leopards

as Captain Holtz

1970

The Night of the Assassin

as Evagoras

1970

Only the Cool

as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I

1970

Count Dracula

as Renfield

1970

And God Said to Cain

as Gary Hamilton

1970

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into Th...

as Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon ...

1969

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead

1969

Venus in Furs

as Ahmed Kortobawi

1969

Salt in the Wound

as Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr

1969

Gangster's Law

as Quintero

1969

Double Face

as John Alexander

1969

Marquis de Sade: Justine

as Marquis De Sade

1969

Five for Hell

as SS Col. Hans Mueller

1968

The Great Silence

as Loco (Tigrero)

1968

The Bastard

as Adam

1968

The Vatican Affair

as Clint Rogers

1968

Twice a Judas

as Dingus

1968

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

as Morgan

1968

Coplan Saves His Skin

as Theler

1968

Psychopath

as Periwinkle

1968

The Ruthless Four

as Brent il Biondo

1968

Western, Italian Style

as Self

1967

Man, Pride and Vengeance

as Lt. Miguel Garcia

1967

Grand Slam

as Erich Weiss

1967

Five Golden Dragons

as Gert

1967

The Million Eyes of Sumuru

as President Boong

1967

Creature with the Blue Hand

as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson

1967

A Bullet for the General

as El Santo

1966

Target for Killing

as Caporetti

1966

Where Are You Taking That Woman

as Gomez (Rio segment)

1966

Our Man in Marrakesh

as Jonquil

1966

Circus of Fear

as Manfred

1965

Doctor Zhivago

as Kostoyed Amourski

1965

For a Few Dollars More

as Juan Wild - The Hunchback

1965

That Man in Istanbul

as Schenck

1965

The Dirty Game

as Russian Agent

1965

Again the Ringer

as Edwards

1965

The Pleasure Girls

as Nikko Stalmar

1964

Traitor's Gate

as Kane

1964

Secret of the Chinese Carnation

as Speranzo

1964

Last of the Renegades

as David "Luke" Lucas

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

1963

Piccadilly Zero Hour 12

as Whitey

1963

The Secret of the Black Widow

as Boyd

1963

The Mystery of the Indian Temple

1963

Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance

as Saddhu

1963

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard

as Inspector Joe Wright

1963

The Indian Scarf

as Peter Ross

1963

The Black Abbot

as Thomas Fortuna

1963

The Black Cobra

as Koks-Charley

1963

The Squeaker

as Krishna

1963

Die Mondvögel

as Valentin

1962

The Inn on the River

as Gregor Gubanow

1962

The Door with Seven Locks

as Pheeny

1962

The Red Pastures

as Martin

1962

The Counterfeit Traitor

as Kindler

1962

Secret of the Red Orchid

as Steve

1961

The Strange Countess

as Bresset

1961

Die Kurve

as Anton

1961

The Devil's Daffodil

as Peter Keene

1961

Bankraub in der Rue Latour

as Bex, Autor

1961

Dead Eyes of London

as Edgar Strauss

1960

The Avenger

as Lorenz Voss

1958

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

as Gestapo Lieutenant

1956

Corinna Darling

as Klaus Brockmann

1956

Waldwinter

as Otto Hartwig

1955

Hanussen

as Erik von Spazier / Mirko

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

1954

Fear

as Cabaret Performer

1951

Decision Before Dawn

as Whining Soldier (uncredited)

1948

Morituri

as Dutch prisoner

Crew

2008

Jesus Christ Saviour

as Writer

1990

Paganini

as Writer

1990

Paganini

as Director

1990

Paganini

as Editor

1990

Paganini

as Story

1990

Paganini

as Screenplay