Klaus Kinski

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

178

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-10-18

Deathday

1991-11-23 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

-

Also Known As

  • Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski
  • Klaus Kinsky

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

For a Few Dollars More
8.0%

For a Few Dollars More

Dec 18, 1965

Doctor Zhivago
7.6%

Doctor Zhivago

Dec 22, 1965

Nosferatu the Vampyre
7.3%

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Jan 17, 1979

Fitzcarraldo
7.6%

Fitzcarraldo

Mar 2, 1982

The Great Silence
7.4%

The Great Silence

Nov 22, 1968

My Best Fiend
7.3%

My Best Fiend

May 17, 1999

Woyzeck
6.6%

Woyzeck

May 25, 1979

Cobra Verde
6.9%

Cobra Verde

Dec 3, 1987

Burden of Dreams
7.6%

Burden of Dreams

Oct 1, 1982

A Bullet for the General
6.6%

A Bullet for the General

Jan 13, 1967

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Acting

2025
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as Self
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 bei Theater und Film 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
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 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
Star Knight as Boetius
1985
Commando Leopard as Silveira
1985
Creature as Hans Rudy Hofner
1985
Sonntagsgespräch as Self
1985
Zeit zu zweit as Self - Interviewee
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
The Hitchhiker as Kurt Hoffman
1983
Diary as (archive footage)
1982
Android as Dr. Daniel
1982
Burden of Dreams as Self - Actor
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as Beast
1982
The Soldier as Dracha
1982
Na sowas! as Self
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 Herzog as Voice
1979
NDR Talk Show as Self
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
1977
Auf los geht's los as Self
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
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self
1974
Heroes in Hell
1974
The Hand That Feeds the Dead as Prof. Nijinski
1974
Lover of the Monster as Dr. Alex Nijinski
1974
Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
1973
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe as Scalper Jack
1973
Death Smiles on a Murderer as Dr. Sturges
1973
Je später der Abend as Self
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 This Business? as Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'
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
Die Drehscheibe as Self
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
Weltspiegel as Self
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)
1951
Deutscher Filmpreis as Self
1948
Morituri as Dutch prisoner

Directing

1990
Paganini as Director

Editing

1990
Paganini as Editor

Writing

2008
Jesus Christ Saviour as Writer
1990
Paganini as Writer
1990
Paganini as Story
1990
Paganini as Screenplay
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