Klaus Kinski
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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; and Cobra Verde), who would later chronicle their tumultuous relationship in the documentary My Best Fiend. Kinski's roles spanned multiple genres, languages, and nationalities, including Spaghetti Westerns, horror films, war films, dramas, and Edgar Wallace krimi films. His infamy was elevated by a number of eccentric creative endeavors, including a one-man show based on the life of Jesus Christ, a biopic of violinist Niccolò Paganini directed by and starring himself, and over twenty spoken word albums. Kinski was prone to emotional and often violent outbursts aimed at his directors and fellow cast members, issues complicated by a history of mental illness. Herzog described him as "one of the greatest actors of the century, but also a monster and a great pestilence." Posthumously, he was accused of having physically and sexually abused his daughters Pola and Nastassja. His notoriety and prolific output have developed into a widespread cult following and a reputation as a popular icon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Klaus Kinski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
as Juan Wild - The Hunchback
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
as Kostoyed Amourski
Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
as (archive footage)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
as Count Dracula
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
as Don Lope de Aguirre
Love & Money (1981)
as Frederic Stockheinz
Last of the Renegades (1964)
as David "Luke" Lucas
Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
as Marquis De Sade
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
as Fitzcarraldo
The Great Silence (1968)
as Loco (Tigrero)
Fruits of Passion (1981)
as Sir Stephen
Crawlspace (1986)
as Karl Gunther
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Martin Kurtz
Count Dracula (1970)
as Renfield
Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
as Nosferatu
Madame Claude (1977)
as Alexander Zakis
Whiteface (2002)
as (archive footage)
Beloved Count (2007)
as Renfield (archive footage)
My Best Fiend (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Paganini (1990)
as Niccolo Paganini
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
as Karl-Heinz Zimmer
A Bullet for the General (1967)
as El Santo
Die Mondvögel (1963)
as Valentin
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
as Nicolas Tomski
Haine (1980)
as Le motard
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
as Gert
Coplan Saves His Skin (1968)
as Theler
Zoo zéro (1979)
as Yavé, le directeur du zoo
The Devil's Daffodil (1961)
as Peter Keene
Double Face (1969)
as John Alexander
Mark of the Tortoise (1964)
as Shapiro
Filming Silenzio (2017)
as (archive footage)
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971)
as Dan Hogan
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968)
as Morgan
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
as Gestapo Lieutenant
Fear (1954)
as Cabaret Performer (uncredited)
Cobra Verde (1987)
as Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
Adios Compañeros (1971)
as Reverend Cotton
Creature (1985)
as Hans Rudy Hofner
Star Knight (1985)
as Boetius
Buddy Buddy (1981)
as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
Western, Italian Style (1968)
as Self
FantastiCozzi (2016)
as Nosferatu (archive footage)
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death (1969)
as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead
Slaughter Hotel (1971)
as Dr. Francis Clay
Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
as Charleton
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
as Whining Soldier (uncredited)
White Hunter (1990)
as Klaus Naginsky
The Child Woman (1980)
as Marcel
Man, Pride and Vengeance (1967)
as Lt. Miguel Garcia
Jesus Christ Saviour (2008)
as Self
The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979)
as Self
Traitor's Gate (1964)
as Kane
Jack the Ripper (1976)
as Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper
Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
And God Said to Cain (1970)
as Gary Hamilton
Timestalkers (1987)
as Dr. Joseph Cole
Schizoid (1980)
as Dr. Pieter Fales
Venom (1981)
as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)
Othelo The Great (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The Night of the Assassin (1970)
as Evagoras
Woyzeck (1979)
as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity (1972)
as Scott
Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973)
as Dr. Sturges
The Spaghetti West (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Heroes in Hell (1974)
as Gen. Kaufmann
Venus in Furs (1969)
as Ahmed Kortobawi
Coffin Full of Dollars (1971)
as Dan Hagen / Slander
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975)
as Doc Foster
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
as Kindler
The Ruthless Four (1968)
as Brent il Biondo
Twice a Judas (1968)
as Dingus
Again the Ringer (1965)
as Edwards
Golden Night (1976)
as Michel Fournier
Dead Eyes of London (1961)
as Edgar Strauss
The Song of Roland (1978)
as Roland / Klaus
Circus of Fear (1966)
as Manfred
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
as Jonquil
Five for Hell (1969)
as SS Col. Hans Mueller
Gangster's Law (1969)
as Quintero
The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973)
as Vito Quattroni
The Strange Countess (1961)
as Bresset
Footprints on the Moon (1975)
as Professor Blackmann
Black Killer (1971)
as James Webb / Black Killer
The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
as George
That Man in Istanbul (1965)
as Schenck
The Inn on the River (1962)
as Gregor Gubanow
The Dirty Game (1965)
as Russian Agent
Grand Slam (1967)
as Erich Weiss
The Bastard (1968)
as Adam
Android (1982)
as Dr. Daniel
The Vatican Affair (1968)
as Clint Rogers
Salt in the Wound (1969)
as Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr
The Indian Scarf (1963)
as Peter Ross
Burden of Dreams (1982)
as Self - Actor
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold (1971)
as Virgil Prescott
Return of Shanghai Joe (1975)
as Pat Barnes
Children, Mother, and the General (1955)
as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
The Beast (1970)
as Johnny Laster
The Soldier (1982)
as Dracha
Creature with the Blue Hand (1967)
as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Please Kill Mr. Kinski (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Commando Leopard (1985)
as Silveira
Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
as Wilfried Boese
Web of the Spider (1971)
as Edgar Allan Poe
Kinski rigando Paganini (2003)
as Self
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? (1970)
as Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Renfield (archive footage)
The Avenger (1960)
as Lorenz Voss
Target for Killing (1966)
as Caporetti
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020)
as (archive footage)
The Price of Death (1971)
as Chester Conway / Ray
The Door with Seven Locks (1962)
as Pheeny
The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
as Steve
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance (1963)
as Saddhu
Diary (1983)
as (archive footage)
His Name Was King (1971)
as Brian Foster
The Pleasure Girls (1965)
as Nikko Stalmar
Eye of the Spider (1971)
as Hans Fischer
Beauty and the Beast (1984)
as Beast
Ludwig II (1955)
as Prince Otto von Bayern
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963)
as Inspector Joe Wright
Lifespan (1975)
as Nicholas Ulrich
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Where Are You Taking That Woman (1966)
as Gomez (Rio segment)
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog (1979)
as Voice
The Hand That Feeds the Dead (1974)
as Prof. Nijinski
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (1964)
as Jose
Churchill's Leopards (1970)
as Captain Holtz
The Squeaker (1963)
as Krishna
The Black Abbot (1963)
as Thomas Fortuna
The Net (1975)
as Emilio Bossi
Bankraub in der Rue Latour (1961)
as Bex, Autor
The Red Pastures (1962)
as Martin
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. (2020)
as (archive footage)
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 (1963)
as Whitey
Corinna Darling (1956)
as Klaus Brockmann
The Mystery of the Indian Temple (1963)
Actor
Only the Cool (1970)
as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1973)
as Scalper Jack
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
as President Boong
The Black Cobra (1963)
as Koks-Charley
Secret of the Chinese Carnation (1964)
as Speranzo
In Free Fall (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Morituri (1948)
as Dutch prisoner
Location Africa (1987)
as Self
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984)
as Dr. Max Bauer
The Secret of the Black Widow (1963)
as Boyd
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann (2014)
as (archive footage)
Psychopath (1968)
as Periwinkle
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Waldwinter (1956)
as Otto Hartwig
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Revenge of the Stolen Stars (1986)
as Donald McBride
Sarajevo (1955)
as Nedeljko Čabrinović
Hanussen (1955)
as Erik von Spazier / Mirko
Die Kurve (1961)
as Anton
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film (2024)
as Self (archive footage)