Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 18, 1926
Died
Nov 23, 1991
Credits
180 titles
Klaus Kinski
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.
Known For
Filmography
Othelo The Great
Self (archive footage)
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
Self (archive footage)
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Self (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
Self (archive footage)
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
Self (archive footage)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Self (archive footage)
Filming Silenzio
(archive footage)
FantastiCozzi
Nosferatu (archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
(archive footage)
In Free Fall
Self (archive footage)
Jesus Christ Saviour
Self
Beloved Count
Renfield (archive footage)
The Spaghetti West
Self (archive footage)
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
Self (archive footage)
Kinski rigando Paganini
Self
Whiteface
(archive footage)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self (archive footage)
My Best Fiend
Self (archive footage)
Please Kill Mr. Kinski
Self (archive footage)
Sternstunde Kunst
Self
Otto – The Series
Verschiedene
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Renfield (archive footage)
Paganini
Niccolo Paganini
White Hunter
Klaus Naginsky
Nosferatu in Venice
Nosferatu
Cobra Verde
Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
Timestalkers
Dr. Joseph Cole
Location Africa
Self
Crawlspace
Karl Gunther
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self (archive footage)
Revenge of the Stolen Stars
Donald McBride
Star Knight
Boetius
Commando Leopard
Silveira
Creature
Hans Rudy Hofner
Sonntagsgespräch
Self
Zeit zu zweit
Self - Interviewee
The Little Drummer Girl
Martin Kurtz
Code Name: Wild Geese
Charleton
Beauty and the Beast
Beast
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
Dr. Max Bauer
The Hitchhiker
Kurt Hoffman
Diary
(archive footage)
Android
Dr. Daniel
Burden of Dreams
Self - Actor
Faerie Tale Theatre
Beast