Klaus Kinski

Acting · 1.9 popularity

Age

Movies

163

Born: October 18, 1926 – November 23, 1991

Biography

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.

Works

163 films

For a Few Dollars More

19658.0

Doctor Zhivago

19657.6

Nosferatu the Vampyre

19797.3

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

19727.4

Death Smiles on a Murderer

19735.9

Fitzcarraldo

19827.6

Marquis de Sade: Justine

19695.1

Last of the Renegades

19646.7

Madame Claude

19774.9

The Great Silence

19687.5

Paganini

19905.3

Fruits of Passion

19815.3

Cobra Verde

19876.9

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

19756.3

Die Mondvögel

196310.0

My Best Fiend

19997.3

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

19696.5

Fifty Shades of Erotica

20157.0

Nosferatu in Venice

19885.8

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

19587.2

The Spaghetti West

20055.8

Count Dracula

19705.9

Love & Money

19815.1

Whiteface

20027.0

Buddy Buddy

19816.2

The Little Drummer Girl

19845.6

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

20147.2

Slaughter Hotel

19714.8

A Bullet for the General

19676.6

The Million Eyes of Sumuru

19674.3

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2020

Five Golden Dragons

19675.2

The Soldier

19825.3

Adios Compañeros

19717.0

The Counterfeit Traitor

19626.5

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

20217.0

Venom

19815.7

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

20224.8

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?

19702.9

FantastiCozzi

20166.0

That Man in Istanbul

19655.7

Man, Pride and Vengeance

19675.8

Decision Before Dawn

19516.8

And God Said to Cain

19706.7

That Most Important Thing: Love

19757.0

Crawlspace

19865.4

Haine

19805.5

Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance

19635.0

Death of a Corrupt Man

19776.5

Burden of Dreams

19827.6

Creature

19854.7

Android

19825.5

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

19686.0

Timestalkers

19875.4

Beloved Count

2007

Again the Ringer

19656.2

Woyzeck

19796.6

The Making of 'Nosferatu'

19796.3

The Pleasure Girls

19655.6

The Dirty Game

19656.0

Footprints on the Moon

19756.3

Filming Silenzio

2017

Coplan Saves His Skin

19685.2

Jack the Ripper

19765.9

The Door with Seven Locks

19626.5

Diary

19837.1

The Devil's Daffodil

19615.8

Venus in Furs

19695.4

Return of Shanghai Joe

19755.8

The Song of Roland

19785.5

White Hunter

19905.0

The Inn on the River

19626.8

Code Name: Wild Geese

19845.3

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

19919.5

Our Man in Marrakesh

19665.9

The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe

19735.1

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

19844.6

Black Killer

19715.0

Othelo The Great

2024

Portrait: Werner Herzog

19867.1

Operation Thunderbolt

19776.1

Fear

19546.4

The Night of the Assassin

19707.0

Star Knight

19854.1

Commando Leopard

19856.2

The Indian Scarf

19636.8

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead

19715.8

The Bastard

19685.8

Circus of Fear

19665.5

The Secret of the Red Orchid

19625.8

Where Are You Taking That Woman

19667.4

Churchill's Leopards

19705.6

Target for Killing

19666.6

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse

19636.4

The Strange Countess

19616.6

Double Face

19695.9

Heroes in Hell

19744.5

The Ruthless Four

19685.9

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

2020

Golden Night

19765.1

The Curse of the Hidden Vault

19645.7

Schizoid

19805.3

Dead Eyes of London

19616.1

Creature with the Blue Hand

19676.3

Jesus Christ Saviour

20086.9

Grand Slam

19677.1

Five for Hell

19695.0

The Net

19756.3

Coffin Full of Dollars

19716.0

Web of the Spider

19715.8

The Beast

19706.1

Children, Mother, and the General

19556.4

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity

19725.7

The Mystery of the Indian Temple

19635.3

His Name Was King

19715.7

Zoo zéro

19795.2

Gangster's Law

19696.7

Secret of the Chinese Carnation

19646.0

The Secret of the Black Widow

19636.2

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

20197.0

The Bloody Hands of the Law

19737.2

Eye of the Spider

19714.5

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold

19715.7

Bankraub in der Rue Latour

19618.5

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

19647.0

Western, Italian Style

19686.6

Revenge of the Stolen Stars

19864.0

Beauty and the Beast

19846.4

Only the Cool

19705.9

Traitor's Gate

19646.0

The Squeaker

19636.5

The Child Woman

19805.8

I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog

19798.0

Ludwig II

19557.1

Salt in the Wound

19696.6

Mark of the Tortoise

19646.6

The Black Abbot

19636.2

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

2000

The Avenger

19606.7

Piccadilly Zero Hour 12

19636.9

Twice a Judas

19686.0

The Red Pastures

19626.7

The Hand That Feeds the Dead

19744.6

The Price of Death

19716.0

Waldwinter

195610.0

The Vatican Affair

19683.8

Sarajevo

19557.0

Psychopath

19688.5

The Black Cobra

19637.5

Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann

2014

Kinski rigando Paganini

20038.0

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

2021

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

2021

Morituri

19486.7

Please Kill Mr. Kinski

19996.5

The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi

20057.0

Lifespan

19755.0

Hanussen

19558.0

In Free Fall

2010

Die Kurve

19618.0

Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film

20246.0

Corinna Darling

19566.7

Location Africa

19877.0