Klaus Kinski

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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).

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Known For

For a Few Dollars More

Juan Wild - The Hunchback

Doctor Zhivago

Kostoyed Amourski

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Don Lope de Aguirre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Count Dracula

Fitzcarraldo

The Great Silence

Loco (Tigrero)

My Best Fiend

Self (archive footage)

Woyzeck

Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck

Full Filmography

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

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