Person Details
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Aliases: Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski , Klaus Kinsky
Gender: Male
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Movie Involvements: 158
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
Biography
Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszyński, best known as Klaus Kinski (18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991), was a German actor. He appeared in over 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Cobra Verde (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Klaus Kinski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Deutscher Filmpreis
(1951) SelfFaerie Tale Theatre
(1982) BeastJe später der Abend
(1973) SelfThe Hitchhiker
(1983) Kurt HoffmanFor a Few Dollars More
(1965) Juan Wild - The HunchbackDoctor Zhivago
(1965) Kostoyed AmourskiThe Great Silence
(1968) Loco (Tigrero)Fitzcarraldo
(1982) FitzcarraldoActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Self - Actor (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2020 | (archive footage) | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Nosferatu (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 2008 | Self | |
| 2007 | Renfield (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| 2002 | (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1991 | Renfield (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | Niccolo Paganini | |
| Klaus Naginsky | ||
| 1988 | Nosferatu | |
| 1987 | Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde | |
| Dr. Joseph Cole | ||
| Self | ||
| 1986 | Karl Gunther | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Donald McBride | ||
| 1985 | Boetius | |
| Silveira | ||
| Hans Rudy Hofner | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Interviewee | ||
| 1984 | Martin Kurtz | |
| Charleton | ||
| Beast | ||
| Dr. Max Bauer | ||
| 1983 | Kurt Hoffman | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1982 | Dr. Daniel | |
| Self - Actor | ||
| Beast | ||
| Dracha | ||
| Self | ||
| Fitzcarraldo | ||
| 1981 | Jacques Müller (Jacmel) | |
| Frederic Stockheinz | ||
| Sir Stephen | ||
| Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot | ||
| 1980 | Marcel | |
| Dr. Pieter Fales | ||
| Le motard | ||
| 1979 | Self | |
| Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck | ||
| Yavé, le directeur du zoo | ||
| Voice | ||
| Self | ||
| Count Dracula | ||
| 1978 | Roland / Klaus | |
| 1977 | Nicolas Tomski | |
| Wilfried Boese | ||
| Alexander Zakis | ||
| Self | ||
| 1976 | Michel Fournier | |
| Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper | ||
| 1975 | Emilio Bossi | |
| Doc Foster | ||
| Nicholas Ulrich | ||
| Pat Barnes | ||
| Karl-Heinz Zimmer | ||
| Professor Blackmann | ||
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Self | |
| Gen. Kaufmann | ||
| Prof. Nijinski | ||
| Dr. Alex Nijinski | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1973 | Scalper Jack | |
| Dr. Sturges | ||
| Self | ||
| Vito Quattroni | ||
| 1972 | Don Lope de Aguirre | |
| Scott | ||
| 1971 | James Webb / Black Killer | |
| Hans Fischer | ||
| Chester Conway / Ray | ||
| Edgar Allan Poe | ||
| Dan Hogan | ||
| Virgil Prescott | ||
| Dr. Francis Clay | ||
| Brian Foster | ||
| Reverend Cotton | ||
| Dan Hagen / Slander | ||
| 1970 | Johnny Laster | |
| Captain Holtz | ||
| Evagoras | ||
| Pavel Richko / Torpédo I | ||
| Renfield | ||
| Gary Hamilton | ||
| Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam' | ||
| 1969 | Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead | |
| Ahmed Kortobawi | ||
| Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr | ||
| Quintero | ||
| John Alexander | ||
| Marquis De Sade | ||
| SS Col. Hans Mueller | ||
| 1968 | Loco (Tigrero) | |
| Adam | ||
| Clint Rogers | ||
| Dingus | ||
| Morgan | ||
| Theler | ||
| Periwinkle | ||
| Brent il Biondo | ||
| Self | ||
| 1967 | Lt. Miguel Garcia | |
| Erich Weiss | ||
| Gert | ||
| President Boong | ||
| Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson | ||
| El Santo | ||
| 1966 | Caporetti | |
| Gomez (Rio segment) | ||
| Jonquil | ||
| Manfred | ||
| 1965 | Kostoyed Amourski | |
| Juan Wild - The Hunchback | ||
| Schenck | ||
| Russian Agent | ||
| Edwards | ||
| Nikko Stalmar | ||
| 1964 | Kane | |
| Speranzo | ||
| David "Luke" Lucas | ||
| George | ||
| Shapiro | ||
| Self | ||
| Jose | ||
| 1963 | Whitey | |
| Boyd | ||
| N/A | ||
| Saddhu | ||
| Inspector Joe Wright | ||
| Peter Ross | ||
| Thomas Fortuna | ||
| Koks-Charley | ||
| Krishna | ||
| Self | ||
| Valentin | ||
| 1962 | Gregor Gubanow | |
| Pheeny | ||
| Martin | ||
| Kindler | ||
| Steve | ||
| 1961 | Bresset | |
| Anton | ||
| Peter Keene | ||
| Bex, Autor | ||
| Edgar Strauss | ||
| 1960 | Lorenz Voss | |
| 1958 | Gestapo Lieutenant | |
| 1956 | Klaus Brockmann | |
| Otto Hartwig | ||
| 1955 | Erik von Spazier / Mirko | |
| Nedeljko Čabrinović | ||
| Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht | ||
| Prince Otto von Bayern | ||
| 1954 | Cabaret Performer | |
| 1951 | Whining Soldier (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| 1948 | Dutch prisoner | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Writer | |
| 1990 | Writer | |
| Story | ||
| Screenplay | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |