Person
Klaus Kinski
Actor
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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Othelo The Great | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2021 | The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2020 | The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault | (archive footage) | Film |
| 2020 | AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. | (archive footage) | Film |
| 2016 | FantastiCozzi | Nosferatu (archive footage) | Film |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Erotica | (archive footage) | Film |
| 2010 | In Free Fall | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2008 | Jesus Christ Saviour | Self | Film |
| 2007 | Beloved Count | Renfield (archive footage) | Film |
| 2005 | The Spaghetti West | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2005 | The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2003 | Kinski rigando Paganini | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Whiteface | (archive footage) | Film |
| 2000 | Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor | 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 |
| 1990 | White Hunter | Klaus Naginsky | 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 | Portrait: Werner Herzog | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1986 | Revenge of the Stolen Stars | Donald McBride | Film |
| 1985 | Star Knight | Boetius | Film |
| 1985 | Creature | Hans Rudy Hofner | Film |
| 1985 | Commando Leopard | Silveira | Film |
| 1984 | The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud | Dr. Max Bauer | 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 | Fitzcarraldo | Fitzcarraldo | Film |
| 1982 | The Soldier | Dracha | Film |
| 1981 | Fruits of Passion | Sir Stephen | Film |
| 1981 | Love & Money | Frederic Stockheinz | Film |
| 1981 | Buddy Buddy | Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot | Film |
| 1981 | Venom | Jacques Müller (Jacmel) | Film |
| 1980 | The Child Woman | Marcel | Film |
| 1980 | Haine | Le motard | Film |
| 1980 | Schizoid | Dr. Pieter Fales | Film |
| 1979 | Zoo zéro | Yavé, le directeur du zoo | Film |
| 1979 | I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog | Voice | Film |
| 1979 | Woyzeck | Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck | Film |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Count Dracula | 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 | Heroes in Hell | Gen. Kaufmann | Film |
| 1974 | The Hand That Feeds the Dead | Prof. Nijinski | 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 | A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity | Scott | Film |
| 1972 | Aguirre, the Wrath of God | Don Lope de Aguirre | Film |
| 1971 | Web of the Spider | Edgar Allan Poe | Film |
| 1971 | His Name Was King | Brian Foster | Film |
| 1971 | Adios Compañeros | Reverend Cotton | 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 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 | The Beast | Johnny Laster | Film |
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