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Klaus Kinski (1926–1991)

Actor | Writer | Director

Klaus Kinski grew up in Berlin, was drafted into the German army in 1944 and captured by British forces in Holland. After the war he began acting on the stage, quickly gaining a reputation for his ferocious talent and equally ferocious temper. He started acting in films shortly afterwards, showing an... See full bio »

Born:

Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski
in Zoppot, Free City of Danzig [now Sopot, Pomorskie, Poland]

Died:

(age 65) in Lagunitas, California, USA
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1989 Paganini
Nicolo Paganini
 
1988 Vampire in Venice
Nosferatu
 
1988 Grandi cacciatori
Klaus Naginsky
 
1987 Cobra Verde
Francisco Manoel da Silva / Cobra Verde
 
1987 Timestalkers (TV movie)
Dr. Joseph Cole
 
1986 Crawlspace
Karl Gunther
 
1986 Revenge of the Stolen Stars
Donald McBride
 
1985 El caballero del dragón
Boetius
 
1985 Kommando Leopard
Silveira
 
1985 Creature
Hans Rudy Hofner
 
1984 The Hitchhiker (TV series)
Kurt Hoffman
– Lovesounds (1984) … Kurt Hoffman
 
1984 The Little Drummer Girl
Martin Kurtz
 
1984 Code Name: Wild Geese
Charleton
 
1984 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV series)
Beast
– Beauty and the Beast (1984) … Beast
 
1984 The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
Dr. Max Bauer
 
1982 Android
Dr. Daniel
 
1982 The Soldier
Dracha
 
1982 Fitzcarraldo
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo'
 
1982 Love & Money
Frederic Stockheinz
 
1981 Buddy Buddy
Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
 
1981 Venom
Jacques Müller
 
1981 Fruits of Passion
Sir Stephen
 
1980 Schizoid
Pieter Fales
 
1980 La femme enfant
Marcel
 
1980 Haine
Le motard
 
1979 Woyzeck
Woyzeck
 
1979 Zoo zéro
Yavé, le directeur du zoo
 
1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre
Count Dracula
 
1978 The Song of Roland
Roland/Klaus
 
1977 Mort d'un pourri
Nicolas Tomski
 
1977 Mivtsa Yonatan
Wilfried Boese
 
1977 The French Woman
Alexander Zakis
 
1976 Golden Night
Michel Fournier
 
1976 Jack the Ripper
Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper
 
1975 The Net
Emilio Bossi
 
1975 A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Doc Foster
 
1975 Lifespan
Nicholas Ulrich
 
1975 Return of Shanghai Joe
Pat Barnes
 
1975 That Most Important Thing: Love
Karl-Heinz Zimmer
 
1975 Le orme
Professor Blackmann
 
1974 Heroes in Hell
Gen. Kaufmann (as Klaus Kinsky)
 
1974 Lover of the Monster
Dr. Alex Nijinski
 
1974 The Hand That Feeds the Dead
Prof. Nijinski
 
1974 Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia?
 
1973 Shanghai Joe
Scalper Jack
 
1973 La mano spietata della legge
Vito Quattroni
 
1973 Death Smiles on a Murderer
Dr. Sturges
 
1973 Occupation (TV series)
 
1972 Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Don Lope de Aguirre
 
1972 Il ritorno di Clint il solitario
Scott
 
1971 Giù la testa... hombre
Reverend Cotton
 
1971 Black Killer
James Webb, the lawyer
 
1971 L'occhio del ragno
Hans Fischer
 
1971 Il venditore di morte
Chester Conway
 
1971 Web of the Spider
Edgar Allan Poe
 
1971 Death's Dealer
Prescott
 
1971 Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead
Dan Hogan
 
1971 La bestia uccide a sangue freddo
Dr. Francis Clay
 
1971 Lo chiamavano King
Brian Foster
 
1971 Coffin Full of Dollars
Hagen
 
1971 Abendschau (TV series)
Jesus Christus Erlöser
– Episode dated 22 January 1971 (1971) … Jesus Christus Erlöser
 
1970 The Beast
Johnny Laster
 
1970 Churchill's Leopards
Captain Holtz
 
1970 Appuntamento col disonore
Evagoras
 
1970 Only the Cool
Pavel Richko/Torpédo I
 
1970 Count Dracula
R.M Renfield
 
1970 And God Said to Cain
Gary Hamilton
 
1970 Mir hat es immer Spaß gemacht
Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon/'Sam'
 
1969 Sartana the Gravedigger
Hot Dead
 
1969 Venus in Furs
Ahmed Kortobawi
 
1969 Il dito nella piaga
Cpl. Brian Haskins/Norman Carr (as Klaus Kinsky)
 
1969 Gangster's Law
Regnier
 
1969 Double Face
John Alexander
 
1969 They Were Called Graveyard
Dingus/Victor Barrett
 
1969 Deadly Sanctuary
Marquis De Sade
 
1969 5 per l'inferno
SS Col. Hans Mueller
 
1968 The Great Silence
Tigrero / Loco
 
1968 The Bastard
Adam
 
1968 The Vatican Affair
Clint Rogers
 
1968 If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Morgan
 
1968 Coplan Saves His Skin
Theler
 
1968 Pride and Vengeance
Lt. Miguel Garcia (as Klaus Kinsky)
 
1968 Mister Zehn Prozent - Miezen und Moneten
Periwinkle
 
1968 The Ruthless Four
Brent il Biondo
 
1967 Grand Slam
Erich Weiss
 
1967 Five Golden Dragons
Gert
 
1967 The Million Eyes of Su-Muru
President Boong
 
1967 Creature with the Blue Hand
Dave Emerson/Richard Emerson
 
1966 A Bullet for the General
El Santo
 
1966 Das Geheimnis der gelben Mönche
Caporetti
 
1966 Killer's Carnival
Gomez (Rio segment)
 
1966 Bang! Bang! You're Dead!
Jonquil
 
1966 Psycho-Circus
Manfred Hart
 
1965 Doctor Zhivago
Kostoyed
 
1965 For a Few Dollars More
Juan Wild - The Hunchback
 
1965 The Pleasure Girls
Nikko Stalmar
 
1965 That Man in Istanbul
Schenck
 
1965 The Secret Agents
Russian Agent
 
1965 Again the Ringer
Edwards
 
1964 Das Verrätertor
Kane
 
1964 Das Geheimnis der chinesischen Nelke
Speranzo
 
1964 Last of the Renegades
David 'Luke' Lucas
 
1964 Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloß
George
 
1964 Mark of the Tortoise
Shapiro
 
1964 The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
José
 
1963 Piccadilly null Uhr zwölf
Whitey
 
1963 Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Witwe
Boyd
 
1963 Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta
Saddhu
 
1963 Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard
Inspector Joe Wright
 
1963 The Indian Scarf
Peter Ross
 
1963 The Black Abbot
Thomas Fortuna
 
1963 The Black Cobra
Koks-Charly/Charley 'The Snow'
 
1963 Der Zinker
Krishna
 
1963 Die Mondvögel (TV movie)
Valentin
 
1962 The Inn on the River
Gregor Gubanow
 
1962 Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern
Pheeny
 
1962 Der rote Rausch
Martin
 
1962 The Counterfeit Traitor
Kindler
 
1962 Secret of the Red Orchid
Steve
 
1961 Die seltsame Gräfin
Bresset
 
1961 Die Kurve (TV movie)
Anton
 
1961 Bankraub in der Rue Latour
Bex, Autor
 
1961 The Devil's Daffodil
Peter Keene - German version
 
1961 Dead Eyes of London
Edgar Strauss
 
1960 The Avenger
Lorenz Voss
 
1958 A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Gestapo Lieutenant
 
1956 Corinna Darling
Klaus Brockmann
 
1956 Waldwinter
Otto Hartwig
 
1955 Sarajevo
Cabrinovic
 
1955 Hanussen
Erik von Spazier/Mirko
 
1955 Children, Mother, and the General
Leutnant
 
1955 Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs
Prinz Otto von Bayern
 
1954 Fear
Cabaret Performer (uncredited)
 
1951 Decision Before Dawn
Whining Soldier (uncredited)
 
1948 Morituri
Dutch prisoner
 
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2008 Jesus Christus Erlöser (documentary) (autobiography / text)
 
1989 Paganini (writer)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1989 Paganini
 
1988 Vampire in Venice (uncredited)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1989 Paganini
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
2008 Jesus Christus Erlöser (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (documentary)
Narrator of Nietzsche (voice)
 
1990 Télé-Zèbre (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 October 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1987 Location Africa (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Na sowas! (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode dated 19 October 1985 (1985) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1985 NDR Talk Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 October 1985 (1985) … Himself
 
1985 Zeit zu zweit (TV series)
Himself
– Desirée Nosbusch & Klaus Kinski (1985) … Himself
 
1983 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.28 (1983) … Himself
 
1982 Burden of Dreams (documentary)
Fitzcarraldo / Himself
 
1982 Auf los geht's los (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 March 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1980 WWF Club (TV series)
Himself (Guest)
 
1979-1980 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 February 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 January 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1980 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 5ème nuit des Césars (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Die Kinowerkstatt (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1977 Je später der Abend... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 July 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Weltspiegel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 January 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1971-1975 Apropos Film (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 April 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1975 Am laufenden Band (TV series)
Himself / Tobender Hauswirt
– Episode #2.3 (1975) … Himself/Tobender Hauswirt
 
1972 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.2 (1972) … Himself (scenes deleted)
 
1971 Die Drehscheibe (TV series)
Jesus Christus Erlöser
– Episode dated 29 November 1971 (1971) … Jesus Christus Erlöser
 
1969 Rom aktuell (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 Western, Italian Style (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
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2011 German Grusel - Die Edgar Wallace-Serie (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 A polos 25 (TV series)
 
2009 53 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (TV special)
Don Lope de Aguirre
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2008 Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 KlausKinski45.mins (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Ein Leben wie im Flug (TV movie)
Himself
 
Switch reloaded (TV series)
 
2007 Beloved Count (video documentary short)
Renfield (uncredited)
 
2006 Unsere Besten (TV series)
 
2006 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2005 Filmlegenden. Deutsch (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Klaus Kinski - Ich bin kein Schauspieler (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Call Him Jess (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 My Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Please Kill Mr. Kinski (documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Bir yudum insan-Ayhan Isik (TV documentary)
 
1995 Otto - Die Serie
 
1986 Werner Herzog Filmemacher (documentary short)
 
1983 Yoman (documentary)
 
1979 The Making of 'Nosferatu' (documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Recorded three albums in 1971, citing poems of the French poets Villon and Rimbaud (translated into German).

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 2 Print Biographies  | 6 Articles  | 8 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Klaus Kinsky

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Personal Quote:

Making movies is better than cleaning toilets. See more »

Trivia:

His provocative 1977 TV appearance on Je später der Abend... became legendary because he didn't answer a single question during an interview and called the host Reinhard Münchenhagen "Herr Münchhausen". See more »

Trademark:

Almost always played crazed characters See more »

Star Sign:

Libra