Klaus Kinski
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 18, 1926
- Died
- November 23, 1991
- Active Years
- 1948–2024 (77 Years)
- Total Credits
- 186 credits in database
Acting Born Oct 18, 1926 Died Nov 23, 1991 186 credits
Biography
Klaus Kinski was a German actor known for his intense performance style. He appeared in over 130 film roles throughout his 40-year career, which spanned from 1948 to 1988. Kinski's roles encompassed multiple genres, languages, and nationalities. He is particularly associated with five films directed by Werner Herzog from 1972 to 1987. Kinski's acting credits total 180. Born on October 18, 1926, he passed away on November 23, 1991, at the age of 65.
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Career overview
Klaus Kinski was a German actor who appeared in a career spanning 40 years. He is known for starring in five films directed by Werner Herzog. Kinski's roles spanned multiple genres, languages, and nationalities. He appeared in over 130 film roles.
Kinski's acting career lasted from 1948 to 1988. He is best known for his work in films directed by Werner Herzog. Kinski's intense performance style was a notable aspect of his acting. He appeared in a wide range of films, including those in the Spaghetti Western genre.
Kinski's acting credits include over 180 roles. He worked in multiple languages and nationalities throughout his career.
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Othelo The GreatGegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci UnchainedHannelore Elsner: More Than One LifeThe Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape VaultAGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Filming Silenzio
FantastiCozzi
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsPeter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
In Free Fall
Jesus Christ SaviourJesus Christ Saviour · Writer
Beloved Count
The Spaghetti WestThe Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
Kinski rigando Paganini
Whiteface
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
My Best FiendPlease Kill Mr. Kinski
Sternstunde Kunst
Otto – The Series
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
PaganiniPaganini · DirectorPaganini · WriterPaganini · EditorPaganini · Story
Nosferatu in Venice
Cobra VerdeTimestalkersLocation Africa
CrawlspacePortrait: Werner HerzogRevenge of the Stolen Stars
SonntagsgesprächCreatureStar KnightCommando LeopardZeit zu zweit
The Little Drummer GirlCode Name: Wild GeeseBeauty and the BeastThe Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
The HitchhikerDiary
Faerie Tale TheatreNa sowas!FitzcarraldoAndroidBurden of Dreams
Love & MoneyFruits of PassionBuddy BuddyVenom
HaineThe Child WomanSchizoid
Full Filmography
186 titles- Othelo The Great (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020) as (archive footage)
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. (2020) as (archive footage)
- Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Filming Silenzio (2017) as (archive footage)
- FantastiCozzi (2016) as Nosferatu (archive footage)
- Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015) as (archive footage)
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) as Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann (2014) as (archive footage)
- In Free Fall (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- Jesus Christ Saviour (2008) as Self
- Jesus Christ Saviour (2008) Writer
- Beloved Count (2007) as Renfield (archive footage)
- The Spaghetti West (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Kinski rigando Paganini (2003) as Self
- Whiteface (2002) as (archive footage)
- Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor (2000) as Self (archive footage)
- My Best Fiend (1999) as Self (archive footage)
- Please Kill Mr. Kinski (1999) as Self (archive footage)
- Sternstunde Kunst (1998) as Self
- Otto – The Series (1995) as Verschiedene
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as Renfield (archive footage)
- Paganini (1990) as Niccolo Paganini
- Paganini (1990) Director
- Paganini (1990) Writer
- Paganini (1990) Editor
- Paganini (1990) Story
- Paganini (1990) Screenplay
- White Hunter (1990) as Klaus Naginsky
- Nosferatu in Venice (1988) as Nosferatu
- Cobra Verde (1987) as Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
- Timestalkers (1987) as Dr. Joseph Cole
- Location Africa (1987) as Self
- Crawlspace (1986) as Karl Gunther
- Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986) as Self (archive footage)
- Revenge of the Stolen Stars (1986) as Donald McBride
- Sonntagsgespräch (1985) as Self
- Creature (1985) as Hans Rudy Hofner
- Star Knight (1985) as Boetius
- Commando Leopard (1985) as Silveira
- Zeit zu zweit (1985) as Self - Interviewee
- The Little Drummer Girl (1984) as Martin Kurtz
- Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) as Charleton
- Beauty and the Beast (1984) as Beast
- The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984) as Dr. Max Bauer
- The Hitchhiker (1983) as Kurt Hoffman
- Diary (1983) as (archive footage)
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Beast
- Na sowas! (1982) as Self
- Fitzcarraldo (1982) as Fitzcarraldo
- Android (1982) as Dr. Daniel
- Burden of Dreams (1982) as Self - Actor
- The Soldier (1982) as Dracha
- Love & Money (1981) as Frederic Stockheinz
- Fruits of Passion (1981) as Sir Stephen
- Buddy Buddy (1981) as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
- Venom (1981) as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)
- Haine (1980) as Le motard
- The Child Woman (1980) as Marcel
- Schizoid (1980) as Dr. Pieter Fales
- NDR Talk Show (1979) as Self
- Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) as Count Dracula
- Zoo zéro (1979) as Yavé, le directeur du zoo
- The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979) as Self
- Woyzeck (1979) as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
- I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog (1979) as Voice
- Ciné regards (1978) as Self
- The Song of Roland (1978) as Roland / Klaus
- Auf los geht's los (1977) as Self
- Madame Claude (1977) as Alexander Zakis
- Death of a Corrupt Man (1977) as Nicolas Tomski
- Operation Thunderbolt (1977) as Wilfried Boese
- Jack the Ripper (1976) as Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper
- Golden Night (1976) as Michel Fournier
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) as Karl-Heinz Zimmer
- A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975) as Doc Foster
- Footprints on the Moon (1975) as Professor Blackmann
- Return of Shanghai Joe (1975) as Pat Barnes
- Lifespan (1975) as Nicholas Ulrich
- The Net (1975) as Emilio Bossi
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
- Am laufenden Band (1974) as Self - Guest
- Heroes in Hell (1974) as Gen. Kaufmann
- The Hand That Feeds the Dead (1974) as Prof. Nijinski
- Je später der Abend (1973) as Self
- Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973) as Dr. Sturges
- The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973) as Vito Quattroni
- The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1973) as Scalper Jack
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) as Don Lope de Aguirre
- A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity (1972) as Scott
- Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971) as Dan Hogan
- Adios Compañeros (1971) as Reverend Cotton
- Slaughter Hotel (1971) as Dr. Francis Clay
- Coffin Full of Dollars (1971) as Dan Hagen / Slander
- Black Killer (1971) as James Webb / Black Killer
- Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold (1971) as Virgil Prescott
- Web of the Spider (1971) as Edgar Allan Poe
- The Price of Death (1971) as Chester Conway / Ray
- His Name Was King (1971) as Brian Foster
- Eye of the Spider (1971) as Hans Fischer
- Count Dracula (1970) as Renfield
- And God Said to Cain (1970) as Gary Hamilton
- The Night of the Assassin (1970) as Evagoras
- The Beast (1970) as Johnny Laster
- How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? (1970) as Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'
- Churchill's Leopards (1970) as Captain Holtz
- Only the Cool (1970) as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I
- Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969) as Marquis De Sade
- Double Face (1969) as John Alexander
- I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death (1969) as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead
- Venus in Furs (1969) as Ahmed Kortobawi
- Five for Hell (1969) as SS Col. Hans Mueller
- Gangster's Law (1969) as Quintero
- Salt in the Wound (1969) as Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr
- The Great Silence (1968) as Loco (Tigrero)
- Coplan Saves His Skin (1968) as Theler
- If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) as Morgan
- Western, Italian Style (1968) as Self
- The Ruthless Four (1968) as Brent il Biondo
- Twice a Judas (1968) as Dingus
- The Bastard (1968) as Adam
- The Vatican Affair (1968) as Clint Rogers
- Psychopath (1968) as Periwinkle
- A Bullet for the General (1967) as El Santo
- Five Golden Dragons (1967) as Gert
- Man, Pride and Vengeance (1967) as Lt. Miguel Garcia
- Grand Slam (1967) as Erich Weiss
- Creature with the Blue Hand (1967) as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
- The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) as President Boong
- Circus of Fear (1966) as Manfred
- Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) as Jonquil
- Target for Killing (1966) as Caporetti
- Where Are You Taking That Woman (1966) as Gomez (Rio segment)
- For a Few Dollars More (1965) as Juan Wild - The Hunchback
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Kostoyed Amourski
- Again the Ringer (1965) as Edwards
- That Man in Istanbul (1965) as Schenck
- The Dirty Game (1965) as Russian Agent
- The Pleasure Girls (1965) as Nikko Stalmar
- Die Drehscheibe (1964) as Self
- Last of the Renegades (1964) as David "Luke" Lucas
- Mark of the Tortoise (1964) as Shapiro
- Traitor's Gate (1964) as Kane
- The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964) as George
- The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (1964) as Jose
- Secret of the Chinese Carnation (1964) as Speranzo
- Weltspiegel (1963) as Self
- Die Mondvögel (1963) as Valentin
- The Indian Scarf (1963) as Peter Ross
- Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance (1963) as Saddhu
- Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963) as Inspector Joe Wright
- The Squeaker (1963) as Krishna
- The Black Abbot (1963) as Thomas Fortuna
- Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 (1963) as Whitey
- The Mystery of the Indian Temple (1963)
- The Black Cobra (1963) as Koks-Charley
- The Secret of the Black Widow (1963) as Boyd
- The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) as Kindler
- The Inn on the River (1962) as Gregor Gubanow
- The Door with Seven Locks (1962) as Pheeny
- The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962) as Steve
- The Red Pastures (1962) as Martin
- The Devil's Daffodil (1961) as Peter Keene
- Dead Eyes of London (1961) as Edgar Strauss
- The Strange Countess (1961) as Bresset
- Bankraub in der Rue Latour (1961) as Bex, Autor
- Die Kurve (1961) as Anton
- The Avenger (1960) as Lorenz Voss
- A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) as Gestapo Lieutenant
- Corinna Darling (1956) as Klaus Brockmann
- Waldwinter (1956) as Otto Hartwig
- Children, Mother, and the General (1955) as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
- Ludwig II (1955) as Prince Otto von Bayern
- Sarajevo (1955) as Nedeljko Čabrinović
- Hanussen (1955) as Erik von Spazier / Mirko
- Fear (1954) as Cabaret Performer (uncredited)
- German Film Award (1951) as Self
- Decision Before Dawn (1951) as Whining Soldier (uncredited)
- Morituri (1948) as Dutch prisoner
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Klaus Kinski best known for?
Klaus Kinski is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021), My Best Fiend (1999), Sternstunde Kunst (1998), Paganini (1990).
When and where was Klaus Kinski born?
Klaus Kinski was born on October 18, 1926. They passed away on November 23, 1991.
How many credits does Klaus Kinski have?
Klaus Kinski has accumulated over 186 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1948 to 2024.
What is Klaus Kinski's background in cinema and television?
Klaus Kinski was a German actor known for his intense performance style. He appeared in over 130 film roles throughout his 40-year career, which spanned from 1948 to 1988. Kinski's roles encompassed multiple genres, languages, and nationalities. He is particularly associated with five films directed by Werner Herzog fr...
Klaus Kinski by the numbers
186credits
169films
17TV series
1948–2024active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self — aged about 47
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Beast — aged about 55
- Auf los geht's los (1977) as Self — aged about 50
- For a Few Dollars More (1965) as Juan Wild - The Hunchback — aged about 38
- Fitzcarraldo (1982) as Fitzcarraldo — aged about 55
- Burden of Dreams (1982) as Self - Actor — aged about 55
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