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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.


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Born:
Oct 18, 1926 In Zoppot, Free City of Danzig [now Sopot, Pomorskie, Poland]
Movie/TV Credits:
174
First Appeared:
In the movie Morituri 1948-09-24
Latest Project:
Movie Othelo The Great 2024-09-05
Known For
Poster of Timestalkers
Poster of Zeit zu zweit
Poster of NDR Talk Show
Poster of For a Few Dollars More
Filmography
Movie Othelo The Great Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo) 2024-09-05
Movie Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film Self (archive footage) 2024-02-27
Movie Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire Self (archive footage) 2022-03-09
Movie Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life Self (archive footage) 2021-04-25
Movie The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus Self (archive footage) 2021-09-25
Movie AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. Self 2020-04-22
Movie Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau Self (archive footage) 2019-05-07
Movie Filming Silenzio (archive footage) 2017-01-01
Movie FantastiCozzi Nosferatu (archive footage) 2016-05-21
Movie Fifty Shades of Erotica 2015-04-13
Movie Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann (archive footage) 2014-01-01
Movie Jesus Christ Saviour Self 2008-02-11
Movie Beloved Count Renfield (archive footage) 2007-02-27
Movie Filmlegenden. Deutsch Self (archive footage) 2005-06-26
Movie The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi Self (archive footage) 2005-03-31
Movie The Spaghetti West Self (archive footage) 2005-09-01
Movie Kinski rigando Paganini Self 2003-01-03
Movie Whiteface (archive footage) 2002-05-04
Movie Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor Self (archive footage) 2000-05-21
Movie Please Kill Mr. Kinski Self 1999-01-01
Movie My Best Fiend Self (archive footage) 1999-05-17
Movie Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook Renfield (archive footage) 1991-01-01
Movie Paganini Niccolo Paganini 1990-05-25
Movie White Hunter Klaus Naginsky 1990-01-01
Movie Nosferatu in Venice Nosferatu 1988-09-10
Movie Timestalkers Dr. Joseph Cole 1987-03-10
Movie Location Africa Self 1987-02-28
Movie Cobra Verde Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde 1987-12-03
Movie Revenge of the Stolen Stars Donald McBride 1986-01-31
Movie Portrait: Werner Herzog Self (archive footage) 1986-03-27
Movie Crawlspace Karl Gunther 1986-05-21
Series Zeit zu zweit Self - Interviewee 1985-01-01
Series Sonntagsgespräch Self 1985-02-10
Movie Commando Leopard Silveira 1985-10-24
Movie Creature Hans Rudy Hofner 1985-05-08
Movie Star Knight Boetius 1985-12-20
Movie The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud Dr. Max Bauer 1984-01-01
Movie Beauty and the Beast Beast 1984-08-13
Movie Code Name: Wild Geese Charleton 1984-10-05
Movie The Little Drummer Girl Martin Kurtz 1984-10-19
Movie Diary (archive footage) 1983-06-11
Series The Hitchhiker Kurt Hoffman 1983-11-01
Movie Fitzcarraldo Fitzcarraldo 1982-03-02
Series Na sowas! Self 1982-03-29
Movie The Soldier Dracha 1982-06-01
Movie Android Dr. Daniel 1982-10-15
Movie Burden of Dreams Self - Actor 1982-10-01
Series Faerie Tale Theatre Beast 1982-09-11
Movie Fruits of Passion Sir Stephen 1981-06-03
Movie Buddy Buddy Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot 1981-04-02
Movie Love and Money Frederic Stockheinz 1981-08-28
Movie Venom Jacques Müller (Jacmel) 1981-11-28
Movie Haine Le motard 1980-01-09
Movie Schizoid Pieter Fales 1980-09-01
Movie The Child Woman Marcel 1980-09-24
Series NDR Talk Show Self 1979-02-09
Movie I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog Voice 1979-04-18
Movie Nosferatu the Vampyre Count Dracula 1979-01-17
Movie The Making of 'Nosferatu' Self 1979-10-06
Movie Woyzeck Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck 1979-05-25
Movie Zoo zéro Yavé, le directeur du zoo 1979-05-09
Movie The Song of Roland Roland / Klaus 1978-10-04
Series Auf los geht's los Self 1977-01-22
Movie Madame Claude Alexander Zakis 1977-05-11
Movie Death of a Corrupt Man Nicolas Tomski 1977-12-07
Movie Operation Thunderbolt Wilfried Boese 1977-06-06
Movie Jack the Ripper Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper 1976-09-23
Movie Golden Night Michel Fournier 1976-10-01
Movie Footprints on the Moon Professor Blackmann 1975-02-01
Series Les Rendez-vous du dimanche Self 1975-01-12
Movie That Most Important Thing: Love Karl-Heinz Zimmer 1975-02-12
Movie Return of Shanghai Joe Pat Barnes 1975-02-28
Movie The Net Emilio Bossi 1975-12-25
Movie A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot Doc Foster 1975-12-16
Movie Lifespan Nicholas Ulrich 1975-09-05
Series Am laufenden Band Self - Guest 1974-04-27
Movie The Hand That Feeds the Dead Prof. Nijinski 1974-04-29
Movie Lover of the Monster Dr. Alex Nijinski 1974-04-28
Series Spécial cinéma Self 1974-09-25
Movie Heroes in Hell 1974-09-12
Movie The Bloody Hands of the Law Vito Quattroni 1973-03-11
Series Je später der Abend Self 1973-03-18
Movie Death Smiles on a Murderer Dr. Sturges 1973-07-11
Movie The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe Scalper Jack 1973-12-28
Movie A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity Scott 1972-12-14
Movie Aguirre, the Wrath of God Don Lope de Aguirre 1972-12-29
Movie Slaughter Hotel Dr. Francis Clay 1971-08-02
Movie His Name Was King Brian Foster 1971-05-18
Movie Adios Compañeros Reverend Cotton 1971-04-17
Movie Coffin Full of Dollars Dan Hagen / Slander 1971-04-01
Movie Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold Virgil Prescott 1971-08-13
Movie Black Killer James Webb / Black Killer 1971-11-27
Movie Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead Dan Hogan 1971-08-13
Movie The Price of Death Chester Conway / Ray 1971-09-17
Movie Eye of the Spider Hans Fischer 1971-11-01
Movie Web of the Spider Edgar Allan Poe 1971-08-26
Movie Count Dracula Renfield 1970-04-03
Movie And God Said to Cain Gary Hamilton 1970-02-05
Movie Only the Cool Pavel Richko / Torpédo I 1970-06-03
Movie How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam' 1970-01-15
Movie The Night of the Assassin Evagoras 1970-08-06
Movie The Beast Johnny Laster 1970-09-12
Movie Churchill's Leopards Captain Holtz 1970-08-14
Movie Double Face John Alexander 1969-07-04
Movie Five for Hell SS Col. Hans Mueller 1969-01-18
Movie Marquis de Sade: Justine Marquis De Sade 1969-04-03
Movie Gangster's Law Quintero 1969-08-08
Movie Salt in the Wound Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr 1969-08-10
Movie I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead 1969-11-20
Movie Venus in Furs Ahmed Kortobawi 1969-08-19
Movie Psychopath Periwinkle 1968-04-15
Movie The Ruthless Four Brent il Biondo 1968-02-09
Movie Western, Italian Style Self 1968-01-01
Movie Coplan Saves His Skin Theler 1968-07-13
Movie The Bastard Adam 1968-10-29
Movie The Great Silence Loco (Tigrero) 1968-11-22
Movie If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death Morgan 1968-08-14
Movie The Vatican Affair Clint Rogers 1968-09-10
Movie Twice a Judas Dingus 1968-08-30
Movie Creature with the Blue Hand Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson 1967-04-28
Movie A Bullet for the General El Santo 1967-01-13
Movie The Million Eyes of Sumuru President Boong 1967-05-05
Movie Five Golden Dragons Gert 1967-08-03
Movie Man, Pride and Vengeance Lt. Miguel Garcia 1967-12-22
Movie Grand Slam Erich Weiss 1967-09-28
Movie Circus of Fear Manfred 1966-04-29
Movie Our Man in Marrakesh Jonquil 1966-05-05
Movie Where Are You Taking That Woman Gomez (Rio segment) 1966-07-28
Movie Target for Killing Caporetti 1966-09-29
Movie Again the Ringer Edwards 1965-06-04
Movie The Pleasure Girls Nikko Stalmar 1965-05-01
Movie The Dirty Game russischer Agent 1965-06-23
Movie That Man in Istanbul Schenck 1965-08-11
Movie Doctor Zhivago Kostoyed Amourski 1965-12-22
Movie For a Few Dollars More Juan Wild - The Hunchback 1965-12-18
Series Die Drehscheibe Self 1964-04-01
Movie The Last Ride to Santa Cruz Jose 1964-03-28
Movie The Curse of the Hidden Vault George 1964-04-30
Movie Mark of the Tortoise Shapiro 1964-04-23
Movie Secret of the Chinese Carnation Speranzo 1964-10-08
Movie Traitor's Gate Kane 1964-12-18
Movie Last of the Renegades David "Luke" Lucas 1964-09-17
Movie The Black Abbot Thomas Fortuna 1963-07-05
Movie The Black Cobra Koks-Charley 1963-05-16
Movie Die Mondvögel Valentin 1963-04-02
Movie The Indian Scarf Peter Ross 1963-09-13
Movie The Squeaker Krishna 1963-04-26
Movie Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 Whitey 1963-12-31
Movie The Secret of the Black Widow Boyd 1963-11-28
Movie Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard Inspector Joe Wright 1963-09-20
Movie The Mystery of the Indian Temple 1963-11-20
Movie Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance Saddhu 1963-11-06
Movie Secret of the Red Orchid Steve 1962-03-01
Movie The Counterfeit Traitor Kindler 1962-04-17
Movie The Inn on the River Gregor Gubanow 1962-09-28
Movie The Red Pastures Martin 1962-05-23
Movie The Door with Seven Locks Pheeny 1962-06-18
Movie Dead Eyes of London Edgar Strauss 1961-03-28
Movie Bankraub in der Rue Latour Bex, Autor 1961-07-20
Movie The Devil's Daffodil Peter Keene 1961-07-20
Movie Die Kurve Anton 1961-07-22
Movie The Strange Countess Bresset 1961-11-08
Movie The Avenger Lorenz Voss 1960-08-05
Movie A Time to Love and a Time to Die Gestapo Lieutenant 1958-07-09
Movie Waldwinter Otto Hartwig 1956-03-27
Movie Corinna Darling Klaus Brockmann 1956-12-22
Movie Hanussen Erik von Spazier / Mirko 1955-09-14
Movie Children, Mother, and the General Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht 1955-03-04
Movie Ludwig II Prince Otto von Bayern 1955-01-14
Movie Sarajevo Nedeljko Čabrinović 1955-09-13
Movie Fear Cabaret Performer 1954-11-05
Series Deutscher Filmpreis Self 1951-01-01
Movie Decision Before Dawn Whining Soldier (uncredited) 1951-12-21
Movie Morituri Dutch prisoner 1948-09-24