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Klaus Kinski, born Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszyński on October 18, 1926, and deceased on November 23, 1991, was a German actor whose volatile presence and magnetic intensity left an indelible mark on cinema. With over 130 films to his name, Kinski is most celebrated for his collaborations with director Werner Herzog, embodying madness and obsession in roles that defined his career: the raving lunacy of Aguirre, the Wrath of God, the spectral menace of Nosferatu, the existential despair of Woyzeck, the quixotic zeal of Fitzcarraldo, and the raw, primal energy of Cobra Verde.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Jesus Christ Saviour | Self | Film |
| 2005 | The Spaghetti West | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2005 | The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1999 | My Best Fiend | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1999 | Please Kill Mr. Kinski | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1990 | Paganini | Niccolo Paganini | Film |
| 1988 | Nosferatu in Venice | Nosferatu | Film |
| 1987 | Cobra Verde | Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde | Film |
| 1987 | Timestalkers | Dr. Joseph Cole | Film |
| 1987 | Location Africa | Self | Film |
| 1986 | Crawlspace | Karl Gunther | Film |
| 1986 | Revenge of the Stolen Stars | Donald McBride | Film |
| 1986 | Portrait: Werner Herzog | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1985 | Commando Leopard | Silveira | Film |
| 1985 | Star Knight | Boetius | Film |
| 1985 | Creature | Hans Rudy Hofner | Film |
| 1984 | Code Name: Wild Geese | Charleton | Film |
| 1984 | The Little Drummer Girl | Martin Kurtz | Film |
| 1983 | Diary | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1982 | Android | Dr. Daniel | Film |
| 1982 | Burden of Dreams | Self - Actor | Film |
| 1982 | The Soldier | Dracha | Film |
| 1982 | Fitzcarraldo | Fitzcarraldo | Film |
| 1981 | Fruits of Passion | Sir Stephen | Film |
| 1981 | Love & Money | Frederic Stockheinz | Film |
| 1981 | Venom | Jacques Müller (Jacmel) | Film |
| 1981 | Buddy Buddy | Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot | Film |
| 1980 | Schizoid | Dr. Pieter Fales | Film |
| 1980 | The Child Woman | Marcel | Film |
| 1979 | Zoo zéro | Yavé, le directeur du zoo | Film |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Count Dracula | Film |
| 1979 | I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog | Voice | Film |
| 1979 | Woyzeck | Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck | Film |
| 1978 | The Song of Roland | Roland / Klaus | Film |
| 1977 | Operation Thunderbolt | Wilfried Boese | Film |
| 1977 | Death of a Corrupt Man | Nicolas Tomski | Film |
| 1977 | Madame Claude | Alexander Zakis | Film |
| 1976 | Jack the Ripper | Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper | Film |
| 1976 | Golden Night | Michel Fournier | Film |
| 1975 | A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot | Doc Foster | Film |
| 1975 | Footprints on the Moon | Professor Blackmann | Film |
| 1975 | That Most Important Thing: Love | Karl-Heinz Zimmer | Film |
| 1975 | Return of Shanghai Joe | Pat Barnes | Film |
| 1975 | Lifespan | Nicholas Ulrich | Film |
| 1975 | The Net | Emilio Bossi | Film |
| 1974 | The Hand That Feeds the Dead | Prof. Nijinski | Film |
| 1974 | Heroes in Hell | Gen. Kaufmann | Film |
| 1973 | The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe | Scalper Jack | Film |
| 1973 | Death Smiles on a Murderer | Dr. Sturges | Film |
| 1973 | The Bloody Hands of the Law | Vito Quattroni | Film |
| 1972 | Aguirre, the Wrath of God | Don Lope de Aguirre | Film |
| 1972 | A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity | Scott | Film |
| 1971 | Adios Compañeros | Reverend Cotton | Film |
| 1971 | His Name Was King | Brian Foster | Film |
| 1971 | Web of the Spider | Edgar Allan Poe | Film |
| 1971 | Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead | Dan Hogan | Film |
| 1971 | Eye of the Spider | Hans Fischer | Film |
| 1971 | Slaughter Hotel | Dr. Francis Clay | Film |
| 1971 | The Price of Death | Chester Conway / Ray | Film |
| 1971 | Black Killer | James Webb / Black Killer | Film |
| 1971 | Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold | Virgil Prescott | Film |
| 1971 | Coffin Full of Dollars | Dan Hagen / Slander | Film |
| 1970 | And God Said to Cain | Gary Hamilton | Film |
| 1970 | The Beast | Johnny Laster | Film |
| 1970 | Churchill's Leopards | Captain Holtz | Film |
| 1970 | The Night of the Assassin | Evagoras | Film |
| 1970 | How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? | Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam' | Film |
| 1970 | Count Dracula | Renfield | Film |
| 1969 | Salt in the Wound | Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr | Film |
| 1969 | Marquis de Sade: Justine | Marquis De Sade | Film |
| 1969 | Five for Hell | SS Col. Hans Mueller | Film |
| 1969 | I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death | Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead | Film |
| 1969 | Gangster's Law | Quintero | Film |
| 1969 | Double Face | John Alexander | Film |
| 1969 | Venus in Furs | Ahmed Kortobawi | Film |
| 1968 | The Ruthless Four | Brent il Biondo | Film |
| 1968 | Psychopath | Periwinkle | Film |
| 1968 | Coplan Saves His Skin | Theler | Film |
| 1968 | If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death | Morgan | Film |
| 1968 | Western, Italian Style | Self | Film |
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