
Klaus Kinski
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Biography
Klaus Kinski (German: [klaʊs ˈkɪnski]; born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor. Equally renowned for his intense performance style and his notoriously eccentric and volatile personality off-screen, he appeared in over 130 film roles in a career that spanned 40 years, from 1948 to 1988. He is best known for starring in five films directed by Werner Herzog from 1972 to 1987 (Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Nosferatu the Vampyre; Woyzeck; Fitzcarraldo; an...
Known For
Filmography

Al borde del abismo: la aventura peruana de Werner Herzog
2026

Othelo The Great
2024
as Self (archive footage)

Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
2024
as Self (archive footage)

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
2022
as Self (archive footage)

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
as (archive footage)

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
as (archive footage)

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Filming Silenzio
2017
as (archive footage)

FantastiCozzi
2016
as Nosferatu (archive footage)

Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
as (archive footage)
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
2014
as (archive footage)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

In Free Fall
2010
as Self (archive footage)

Jesus Christ Saviour
2008
as Self
Beloved Count
2007
as Renfield (archive footage)
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
2005
as Self (archive footage)

The Spaghetti West
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Kinski rigando Paganini
2003
as Self

Whiteface
2002
as (archive footage)

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
as Self (archive footage)

My Best Fiend
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Please Kill Mr. Kinski
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
as Self

Otto – The Series
1995
as Verschiedene

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Renfield (archive footage)

Paganini
1990
as Niccolo Paganini

White Hunter
1990
as Klaus Naginsky

Nosferatu in Venice
1988
as Nosferatu

Cobra Verde
1987
as Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde

Timestalkers
1987
as Dr. Joseph Cole

Location Africa
1987
as Self

Crawlspace
1986
as Karl Gunther

Revenge of the Stolen Stars
1986
as Donald McBride

Portrait: Werner Herzog
1986
as Self (archive footage)

Star Knight
1985
as Boetius

Creature
1985
as Hans Rudy Hofner

Commando Leopard
1985
as Silveira
Sonntagsgespräch
1985
as Self
Zeit zu zweit
1985
as Self - Interviewee

The Little Drummer Girl
1984
as Martin Kurtz

Code Name: Wild Geese
1984
as Charleton

Beauty and the Beast
1984
as Beast

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1984
as Dr. Max Bauer

Diary
1983
as (archive footage)

The Hitchhiker
1983
as Kurt Hoffman

Fitzcarraldo
1982
as Fitzcarraldo

Burden of Dreams
1982
as Self - Actor

Android
1982
as Dr. Daniel

The Soldier
1982
as Dracha

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Beast
Na sowas!
1982
as Self

Venom
1981
as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)

Buddy Buddy
1981
as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot

Fruits of Passion
1981
as Sir Stephen

Love & Money
1981
as Frederic Stockheinz

Schizoid
1980
as Dr. Pieter Fales

The Child Woman
1980
as Marcel

Haine
1980
as Le motard

Woyzeck
1979
as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck

Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
as Count Dracula

Zoo zéro
1979
as Yavé, le directeur du zoo

I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
1979
as Voice

The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self

NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self

The Song of Roland
1978
as Roland / Klaus

Ciné regards
1978
as Self

Operation Thunderbolt
1977
as Wilfried Boese

Death of a Corrupt Man
1977
as Nicolas Tomski

Madame Claude
1977
as Alexander Zakis

Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self

Golden Night
1976
as Michel Fournier

Jack the Ripper
1976
as Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper

That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
as Karl-Heinz Zimmer

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
as Doc Foster

Footprints on the Moon
1975
as Professor Blackmann

Lifespan
1975
as Nicholas Ulrich

Return of Shanghai Joe
1975
as Pat Barnes

The Net
1975
as Emilio Bossi

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

The Hand That Feeds the Dead
1974
as Prof. Nijinski

Heroes in Hell
1974
as Gen. Kaufmann

Am laufenden Band
1974
as Self - Guest

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Death Smiles on a Murderer
1973
as Dr. Sturges

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe
1973
as Scalper Jack

The Bloody Hands of the Law
1973
as Vito Quattroni
Je später der Abend
1973
as Self

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972
as Don Lope de Aguirre

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity
1972
as Scott

Slaughter Hotel
1971
as Dr. Francis Clay

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead
1971
as Dan Hogan

Web of the Spider
1971
as Edgar Allan Poe

Eye of the Spider
1971
as Hans Fischer

Black Killer
1971
as James Webb / Black Killer

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold
1971
as Virgil Prescott

The Price of Death
1971
as Chester Conway / Ray

Adios Compañeros
1971
as Reverend Cotton

Coffin Full of Dollars
1971
as Dan Hagen / Slander

His Name Was King
1971
as Brian Foster

Count Dracula
1970
as Renfield

And God Said to Cain
1970
as Gary Hamilton

The Beast
1970
as Johnny Laster

The Night of the Assassin
1970
as Evagoras

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?
1970
as Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'

Churchill's Leopards
1970
as Captain Holtz

Only the Cool
1970
as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I

Venus in Furs
1969
as Ahmed Kortobawi

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
1969
as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead

Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
as Marquis De Sade

Five for Hell
1969
as SS Col. Hans Mueller

Salt in the Wound
1969
as Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr

Double Face
1969
as John Alexander

Gangster's Law
1969
as Quintero

The Great Silence
1968
as Tigrero

Coplan Saves His Skin
1968
as Theler

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
1968
as Morgan

The Ruthless Four
1968
as Brent il Biondo

The Bastard
1968
as Adam

Twice a Judas
1968
as Dingus

Western, Italian Style
1968
as Self

Psychopath
1968
as Periwinkle

The Vatican Affair
1968
as Clint Rogers

A Bullet for the General
1967
as El Santo

Creature with the Blue Hand
1967
as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson

The Million Eyes of Sumuru
1967
as President Boong

Five Golden Dragons
1967
as Gert

Grand Slam
1967
as Erich Weiss

Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967
as Lt. Miguel Garcia

Circus of Fear
1966
as Manfred

Our Man in Marrakesh
1966
as Jonquil

Target for Killing
1966
as Caporetti

Where Are You Taking That Woman
1966
as Gomez (Rio segment)

Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Kostoyed Amourski

That Man in Istanbul
1965
as Schenck

Again the Ringer
1965
as Edwards

The Pleasure Girls
1965
as Nikko Stalmar

The Dirty Game
1965
as Russian Agent

For a Few Dollars More
1965
as Juan Wild - The Hunchback

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964
as Jose

Last of the Renegades
1964
as David "Luke" Lucas

Mark of the Tortoise
1964
as Shapiro

Traitor's Gate
1964
as Kane

The Curse of the Hidden Vault
1964
as George

Secret of the Chinese Carnation
1964
as Speranzo
Die Drehscheibe
1964
as Self
Die Mondvögel
1963
as Valentin

The Black Abbot
1963
as Thomas Fortuna

The Indian Scarf
1963
as Peter Ross

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
1963
as Inspector Joe Wright

Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
1963
as Whitey

Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
1963
as Saddhu

The Secret of the Black Widow
1963
as Boyd

The Black Cobra
1963
as Koks-Charley

The Squeaker
1963
as Krishna

The Mystery of the Indian Temple
1963
Weltspiegel
1963
as Self

The Secret of the Red Orchid
1962
as Steve

The Inn on the River
1962
as Gregor Gubanow

The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
as Kindler

The Door with Seven Locks
1962
as Pheeny

The Red Pastures
1962
as Martin

The Devil's Daffodil
1961
as Peter Keene

The Strange Countess
1961
as Bresset

Dead Eyes of London
1961
as Edgar Strauss

Bankraub in der Rue Latour
1961
as Bex, Autor
Die Kurve
1961
as Anton

The Avenger
1960
as Lorenz Voss

A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958
as Gestapo Lieutenant

Waldwinter
1956
as Otto Hartwig

Corinna Darling
1956
as Klaus Brockmann

Ludwig II
1955
as Prince Otto von Bayern

Children, Mother, and the General
1955
as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht

Hanussen
1955
as Erik von Spazier / Mirko

Sarajevo
1955
as Nedeljko Čabrinović

Fear
1954
as Cabaret Performer (uncredited)

Decision Before Dawn
1951
as Whining Soldier (uncredited)
German Film Award
1951
as Self

Morituri
1948
as Dutch prisoner