Birthday:
Oct 18, 1926
Place of Birth: Zoppot, Free City of Danzig [now Sopot, Pomorskie, Poland]
Place of Birth: Zoppot, Free City of Danzig [now Sopot, Pomorskie, Poland]
Klaus Kinski
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Zhivago | Kostoyed Amourski | 1965 |
| That Most Important Thing: Love | Karl-Heinz Zimmer | 1975 |
| Woyzeck | Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck | 1979 |
| Secret of the Red Orchid | Steve | 1962 |
| The Last Ride to Santa Cruz | Jose | 1964 |
| Aguirre, the Wrath of God | Don Lope de Aguirre | 1972 |
| Jesus Christ Saviour | Self | 2008 |
| Last of the Renegades | David "Luke" Lucas | 1964 |
| Die Mondvögel | Valentin | 1963 |
| A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot | Doc Foster | 1975 |
| Death Smiles on a Murderer | Dr. Sturges | 1973 |
| That Man in Istanbul | Schenck | 1965 |
| Count Dracula | Renfield | 1970 |
| Cobra Verde | Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde | 1987 |
| Nosferatu the Vampyre | Count Dracula | 1979 |
| The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe | Scalper Jack | 1973 |
| The Black Abbot | Thomas Fortuna | 1963 |
| The Inn on the River | Gregor Gubanow | 1962 |
| Venom | Jacques Müller (Jacmel) | 1981 |
| My Best Fiend | Self (archive footage) | 1999 |
| The Little Drummer Girl | Martin Kurtz | 1984 |
| The Great Silence | Loco (Tigrero) | 1968 |
| Golden Night | Michel Fournier | 1976 |
| Fitzcarraldo | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 |
| Operation Thunderbolt | Wilfried Boese | 1977 |
| The Indian Scarf | Peter Ross | 1963 |
| Again the Ringer | Edwards | 1965 |
| Slaughter Hotel | Dr. Francis Clay | 1971 |
| Filmlegenden. Deutsch | Self (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Nosferatu in Venice | Nosferatu | 1988 |
| Venus in Furs | Ahmed Kortobawi | 1969 |
| Buddy Buddy | Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot | 1981 |
| Burden of Dreams | Self - Actor | 1982 |
| Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann | (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Filming Silenzio | (archive footage) | 2017 |
| Circus of Fear | Manfred | 1966 |
| The Counterfeit Traitor | Kindler | 1962 |
| A Bullet for the General | El Santo | 1967 |
| The Pleasure Girls | Nikko Stalmar | 1965 |
| Paganini | Niccolo Paganini | 1990 |
| Creature with the Blue Hand | Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson | 1967 |
| The Million Eyes of Sumuru | President Boong | 1967 |
| Fruits of Passion | Sir Stephen | 1981 |
| I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death | Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead | 1969 |
| Android | Dr. Daniel | 1982 |
| Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life | Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
| The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus | Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
| Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire | Self (archive footage) | 2022 |
| Jack the Ripper | Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper | 1976 |
| Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead | Dan Hogan | 1971 |
| Love and Money | Frederic Stockheinz | 1981 |
| Coplan Saves His Skin | Theler | 1968 |
| Web of the Spider | Edgar Allan Poe | 1971 |
| Zoo zéro | Yavé, le directeur du zoo | 1979 |
| Our Man in Marrakesh | Jonquil | 1966 |
| Mark of the Tortoise | Shapiro | 1964 |
| Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard | Inspector Joe Wright | 1963 |
| The Devil's Daffodil | Peter Keene | 1961 |
| The Strange Countess | Bresset | 1961 |
| Traitor's Gate | Kane | 1964 |
| Death of a Corrupt Man | Nicolas Tomski | 1977 |
| Timestalkers | Dr. Joseph Cole | 1987 |
| The Curse of the Hidden Vault | George | 1964 |
| Footprints on the Moon | Professor Blackmann | 1975 |
| Eye of the Spider | Hans Fischer | 1971 |
| Marquis de Sade: Justine | Marquis De Sade | 1969 |
| Star Knight | Boetius | 1985 |
| Black Killer | James Webb / Black Killer | 1971 |
| A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity | Scott | 1972 |
| Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold | Virgil Prescott | 1971 |
| If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death | Morgan | 1968 |
| Five for Hell | SS Col. Hans Mueller | 1969 |
| The Price of Death | Chester Conway / Ray | 1971 |
| A Time to Love and a Time to Die | Gestapo Lieutenant | 1958 |
| Crawlspace | Karl Gunther | 1986 |
| The Door with Seven Locks | Pheeny | 1962 |
| Five Golden Dragons | Gert | 1967 |
| The Ruthless Four | Brent il Biondo | 1968 |
| Grand Slam | Erich Weiss | 1967 |
| The Soldier | Dracha | 1982 |
| And God Said to Cain | Gary Hamilton | 1970 |
| Salt in the Wound | Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr | 1969 |
| Creature | Hans Rudy Hofner | 1985 |
| Schizoid | Dr. Pieter Fales | 1980 |
| The Hand That Feeds the Dead | Prof. Nijinski | 1974 |
| The Bastard | Adam | 1968 |
| Twice a Judas | Dingus | 1968 |
| The Bloody Hands of the Law | Vito Quattroni | 1973 |
| The Beast | Johnny Laster | 1970 |
| Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 | Whitey | 1963 |
| The Night of the Assassin | Evagoras | 1970 |
| Lifespan | Nicholas Ulrich | 1975 |
| Adios Compañeros | Reverend Cotton | 1971 |
| Man, Pride and Vengeance | Lt. Miguel Garcia | 1967 |
| Coffin Full of Dollars | Dan Hagen / Slander | 1971 |
| His Name Was King | Brian Foster | 1971 |
| Commando Leopard | Silveira | 1985 |
| The Avenger | Lorenz Voss | 1960 |
| The Red Pastures | Martin | 1962 |
| Western, Italian Style | Self | 1968 |
| The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi | Self (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Return of Shanghai Joe | Pat Barnes | 1975 |
| Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Renfield (archive footage) | 1991 |
| Please Kill Mr. Kinski | Self | 1999 |
| Kinski rigando Paganini | Self | 2003 |
| Double Face | John Alexander | 1969 |
| Code Name: Wild Geese | Charleton | 1984 |
| The Song of Roland | Roland / Klaus | 1978 |
| Revenge of the Stolen Stars | Donald McBride | 1986 |
| Target for Killing | Caporetti | 1966 |
| The Net | Emilio Bossi | 1975 |
| Ludwig II | Prince Otto von Bayern | 1955 |
| Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Madame Claude | Alexander Zakis | 1977 |
| Psychopath | Periwinkle | 1968 |
| Secret of the Chinese Carnation | Speranzo | 1964 |
| How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? | Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam' | 1970 |
| Churchill's Leopards | Captain Holtz | 1970 |
| The Child Woman | Marcel | 1980 |
| Haine | Le motard | 1980 |
| Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance | Saddhu | 1963 |
| Waldwinter | Otto Hartwig | 1956 |
| Only the Cool | Pavel Richko / Torpédo I | 1970 |
| Dead Eyes of London | Edgar Strauss | 1961 |
| The Secret of the Black Widow | Boyd | 1963 |
| Children, Mother, and the General | Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht | 1955 |
| Corinna Darling | Klaus Brockmann | 1956 |
| Morituri | Dutch prisoner | 1948 |
| Whiteface | (archive footage) | 2002 |
| The Dirty Game | russischer Agent | 1965 |
| Gangster's Law | Quintero | 1969 |
| Othelo The Great | Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo) | 2024 |
| The Black Cobra | Koks-Charley | 1963 |
| Bankraub in der Rue Latour | Bex, Autor | 1961 |
| The Vatican Affair | Clint Rogers | 1968 |
| Hanussen | Erik von Spazier / Mirko | 1955 |
| Where Are You Taking That Woman | Gomez (Rio segment) | 1966 |
| Sarajevo | Nedeljko Čabrinović | 1955 |
| Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor | Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog | Voice | 1979 |
| Fear | Cabaret Performer | 1954 |
| Heroes in Hell | 1974 | |
| White Hunter | Klaus Naginsky | 1990 |
| The Making of 'Nosferatu' | Self | 1979 |
| Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film | Self (archive footage) | 2024 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Beast | 1984 |
| Portrait: Werner Herzog | Self (archive footage) | 1986 |
| The Squeaker | Krishna | 1963 |
| FantastiCozzi | Nosferatu (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Diary | (archive footage) | 1983 |
| The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud | Dr. Max Bauer | 1984 |
| Location Africa | Self | 1987 |
| Fifty Shades of Erotica | 2015 | |
| For a Few Dollars More | Juan Wild - The Hunchback | 1965 |
| The Mystery of the Indian Temple | 1963 | |
| Die Kurve | Anton | 1961 |
| Decision Before Dawn | Whining Soldier (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Lover of the Monster | Dr. Alex Nijinski | 1974 |
| AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. | Self | 2020 |
| Beloved Count | Renfield (archive footage) | 2007 |
| The Spaghetti West | Self (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Kinski | Self (Archive Footage) | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Sonntagsgespräch | Self | 1985 |
| The Hitchhiker | Kurt Hoffman | 1983 |
| Am laufenden Band | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| Zeit zu zweit | Self - Interviewee | 1985 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | Beast | 1982 |
| Spécial cinéma | Self | 1974 |
| Deutscher Filmpreis | Self | 1951 |
| Auf los geht's los | Self | 1977 |
| Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | 1975 |
| NDR Talk Show | Self | 1979 |
| Je später der Abend | Self | 1973 |
| Na sowas! | Self | 1982 |
| Die Drehscheibe | Self | 1964 |
| Weltspiegel | Self | 1963 |
