Klaus Kinski

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

178

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-10-18

Day of death

1991-11-23 (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), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Cobra Verde (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Klaus Kinski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold

    Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold

  • Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Die Drehscheibe

    Die Drehscheibe

  • Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead

    Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead

  • Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

    Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

  • And God Said to Cain

    And God Said to Cain

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • For a Few Dollars More

    For a Few Dollars More

  • Fitzcarraldo

    Fitzcarraldo

  • The Hitchhiker

    The Hitchhiker

  • Fifty Shades of Erotica

    Fifty Shades of Erotica

  • A Time to Love and a Time to Die

    A Time to Love and a Time to Die

  • How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?

    How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?

  • Lifespan

    Lifespan

  • Venus in Furs

    Venus in Furs

  • Paganini

    Paganini

  • Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

    Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

  • Hanussen

    Hanussen

  • Black Killer

    Black Killer

  • The Squeaker

    The Squeaker

  • Commando Leopard

    Commando Leopard

  • Cobra Verde

    Cobra Verde

  • Woyzeck

    Woyzeck

  • Footprints on the Moon

    Footprints on the Moon

  • Creature

    Creature

  • Morituri

    Morituri

  • Nosferatu the Vampyre

    Nosferatu the Vampyre

  • Waldwinter

    Waldwinter

  • Android

    Android

  • Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago

  • A Bullet for the General

    A Bullet for the General

  • The Bastard

    The Bastard

  • That Man in Istanbul

    That Man in Istanbul

  • Sarajevo

    Sarajevo

  • Die Kurve

    Die Kurve

  • Venom

    Venom

  • The Net

    The Net

  • Madame Claude

    Madame Claude

  • Marquis de Sade: Justine

    Marquis de Sade: Justine

  • Na sowas!

    Na sowas!

  • Crawlspace

    Crawlspace

  • FantastiCozzi

    FantastiCozzi

  • Buddy Buddy

    Buddy Buddy

  • Die Mondvögel

    Die Mondvögel

  • If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

    If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

  • Fruits of Passion

    Fruits of Passion

  • Auf los geht's los

    Auf los geht's los

  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God

    Aguirre, the Wrath of God

  • Schizoid

    Schizoid

  • Traitor's Gate

    Traitor's Gate

  • Timestalkers

    Timestalkers

  • The Great Silence

    The Great Silence

  • The Soldier

    The Soldier

  • Filming Silenzio

    Filming Silenzio

  • A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity

    A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity

  • The Beast

    The Beast

  • The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe

    The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe

  • The Avenger

    The Avenger

  • Death Smiles on a Murderer

    Death Smiles on a Murderer

  • A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

    A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

  • Last of the Renegades

    Last of the Renegades

  • The Little Drummer Girl

    The Little Drummer Girl

  • The Million Eyes of Sumuru

    The Million Eyes of Sumuru

  • Twice a Judas

    Twice a Judas

  • Am laufenden Band

    Am laufenden Band

  • That Most Important Thing: Love

    That Most Important Thing: Love

  • White Hunter

    White Hunter

  • The Devil's Daffodil

    The Devil's Daffodil

  • Whiteface

    Whiteface

  • Man, Pride and Vengeance

    Man, Pride and Vengeance

  • Five for Hell

    Five for Hell

  • Coplan Saves His Skin

    Coplan Saves His Skin

  • Churchill's Leopards

    Churchill's Leopards

  • Location Africa

    Location Africa

  • The Hand That Feeds the Dead

    The Hand That Feeds the Dead

  • The Counterfeit Traitor

    The Counterfeit Traitor

  • My Best Fiend

    My Best Fiend

  • Jack the Ripper

    Jack the Ripper

  • Operation Thunderbolt

    Operation Thunderbolt

  • Beloved Count

    Beloved Count

  • The Inn on the River

    The Inn on the River

  • Code Name: Wild Geese

    Code Name: Wild Geese

  • Decision Before Dawn

    Decision Before Dawn

  • Target for Killing

    Target for Killing

  • Lover of the Monster

    Lover of the Monster

  • The Strange Countess

    The Strange Countess

  • Mark of the Tortoise

    Mark of the Tortoise

  • Only the Cool

    Only the Cool

  • Nosferatu in Venice

    Nosferatu in Venice

  • Je später der Abend

    Je später der Abend

  • The Red Pastures

    The Red Pastures

  • The Song of Roland

    The Song of Roland

  • Double Face

    Double Face

  • Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

  • Eye of the Spider

    Eye of the Spider

  • The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

    The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

  • The Indian Scarf

    The Indian Scarf

  • The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

  • Heroes in Hell

    Heroes in Hell

  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

  • The Ruthless Four

    The Ruthless Four

  • Fear

    Fear

  • Dead Eyes of London

    Dead Eyes of London

  • Grand Slam

    Grand Slam

  • The Black Abbot

    The Black Abbot

  • The Door with Seven Locks

    The Door with Seven Locks

  • The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

    The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

  • Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

    Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

  • Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann

    Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann

  • The Dirty Game

    The Dirty Game

  • The Vatican Affair

    The Vatican Affair

  • Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

    Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

  • Adios Compañeros

    Adios Compañeros

  • Golden Night

    Golden Night

  • The Curse of the Hidden Vault

    The Curse of the Hidden Vault

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

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

  • The Secret of the Black Widow

    The Secret of the Black Widow

  • The Mystery of the Indian Temple

    The Mystery of the Indian Temple

  • I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog

    I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog

  • Love & Money

    Love & Money

  • Our Man in Marrakesh

    Our Man in Marrakesh

  • Creature with the Blue Hand

    Creature with the Blue Hand

  • Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

    Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

  • Western, Italian Style

    Western, Italian Style

  • The Black Cobra

    The Black Cobra

  • Coffin Full of Dollars

    Coffin Full of Dollars

  • Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

    Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

  • Five Golden Dragons

    Five Golden Dragons

  • Where Are You Taking That Woman

    Where Are You Taking That Woman

  • Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance

    Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance

  • Secret of the Chinese Carnation

    Secret of the Chinese Carnation

  • The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi

    The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi

  • Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse

    Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse

  • His Name Was King

    His Name Was King

  • Return of Shanghai Joe

    Return of Shanghai Joe

  • Count Dracula

    Count Dracula

  • Gangster's Law

    Gangster's Law

  • Psychopath

    Psychopath

  • Slaughter Hotel

    Slaughter Hotel

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • Corinna Darling

    Corinna Darling

  • The Spaghetti West

    The Spaghetti West

  • Zoo zéro

    Zoo zéro

  • I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

    I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

  • The Price of Death

    The Price of Death

  • Piccadilly Zero Hour 12

    Piccadilly Zero Hour 12

  • Death of a Corrupt Man

    Death of a Corrupt Man

  • Salt in the Wound

    Salt in the Wound

  • Portrait: Werner Herzog

    Portrait: Werner Herzog

  • Web of the Spider

    Web of the Spider

  • Kinski rigando Paganini

    Kinski rigando Paganini

  • Children, Mother, and the General

    Children, Mother, and the General

  • The Night of the Assassin

    The Night of the Assassin

  • The Child Woman

    The Child Woman

  • Secret of the Red Orchid

    Secret of the Red Orchid

  • The Bloody Hands of the Law

    The Bloody Hands of the Law

  • The Pleasure Girls

    The Pleasure Girls

  • Sonntagsgespräch

    Sonntagsgespräch

  • Again the Ringer

    Again the Ringer

  • Weltspiegel

    Weltspiegel

  • Haine

    Haine

  • Circus of Fear

    Circus of Fear

  • Ludwig II

    Ludwig II

  • Othelo The Great

    Othelo The Great

  • Kinski

    Kinski

  • Zeit zu zweit

    Zeit zu zweit

  • Revenge of the Stolen Stars

    Revenge of the Stolen Stars

  • The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

    The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

  • The Making of 'Nosferatu'

    The Making of 'Nosferatu'

  • Star Knight

    Star Knight

  • Bankraub in der Rue Latour

    Bankraub in der Rue Latour

  • Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film

    Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film

  • Please Kill Mr. Kinski

    Please Kill Mr. Kinski

  • Jesus Christ Saviour

    Jesus Christ Saviour

  • Diary

    Diary