Klaus Kinski

Acting · 2.1 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

Death Smiles on a Murderer

19735.9

Nosferatu the Vampyre

19797.3

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

19727.4

Last of the Renegades

19646.7

Marquis de Sade: Justine

19695.1

The Great Silence

19687.5

Fitzcarraldo

19827.6

Love & Money

19815.1

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

19756.3

Paganini

19905.3

Madame Claude

19774.9

Cobra Verde

19876.9

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

20147.2

Nosferatu in Venice

19885.8

Fifty Shades of Erotica

20157.0

My Best Fiend

19997.3

Fruits of Passion

19815.3

Buddy Buddy

19816.2

A Bullet for the General

19676.6

Slaughter Hotel

19714.8

The Little Drummer Girl

19845.6

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2020

Die Mondvögel

196310.0

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

19696.5

Count Dracula

19705.9

Adios Compañeros

19717.0

The Spaghetti West

20055.8

The Soldier

19825.3

Timestalkers

19875.4

Beloved Count

2007

Whiteface

20027.0

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

19587.2

That Most Important Thing: Love

19757.0

Venom

19815.7

FantastiCozzi

20166.0

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

19686.0

Death of a Corrupt Man

19776.5

Five Golden Dragons

19675.2

Android

19825.5

Diary

19837.1

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

20217.0

Decision Before Dawn

19516.8

The Counterfeit Traitor

19626.5

Burden of Dreams

19827.6

And God Said to Cain

19706.7

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

20224.8

The Bastard

19685.8

Footprints on the Moon

19756.3

The Dirty Game

19656.0

Our Man in Marrakesh

19665.9

Creature

19854.7

Man, Pride and Vengeance

19675.8

Coplan Saves His Skin

19685.2

The Million Eyes of Sumuru

19674.3

Crawlspace

19865.4

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

19844.6

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

19702.9

That Man in Istanbul

19655.7

The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe

19735.1

Golden Night

19765.1

The Devil's Daffodil

19615.8

Venus in Furs

19695.4

Haine

19805.5

Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance

19635.0

Woyzeck

19796.6

The Ruthless Four

19685.9

Creature with the Blue Hand

19676.3

Fear

19546.4

Star Knight

19854.1

The Indian Scarf

19636.8

Grand Slam

19677.1

White Hunter

19905.0

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead

19715.8

The Night of the Assassin

19707.0

Jack the Ripper

19765.9

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse

19636.4

Churchill's Leopards

19705.6

Again the Ringer

19656.2

The Secret of the Red Orchid

19625.8

Return of Shanghai Joe

19755.8

Circus of Fear

19665.5

The Making of 'Nosferatu'

19796.3

Code Name: Wild Geese

19845.3

The Door with Seven Locks

19626.5

Gangster's Law

19696.7

Schizoid

19805.3

Double Face

19695.9

Where Are You Taking That Woman

19667.4

Portrait: Werner Herzog

19867.1

Black Killer

19715.0

The Inn on the River

19626.8

The Song of Roland

19785.5

Filming Silenzio

2017

Othelo The Great

2024

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

19919.5

Operation Thunderbolt

19776.1

The Pleasure Girls

19655.6

Coffin Full of Dollars

19716.0

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold

19715.7

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

2020

The Strange Countess

19616.6

Children, Mother, and the General

19556.4

Only the Cool

19705.9

His Name Was King

19715.7

The Child Woman

19805.8

The Net

19756.3

Web of the Spider

19715.8

Secret of the Chinese Carnation

19646.0

Waldwinter

195610.0

The Bloody Hands of the Law

19737.2

Five for Hell

19695.0

The Vatican Affair

19683.8

Target for Killing

19666.6

Western, Italian Style

19686.6

Beauty and the Beast

19846.4

The Secret of the Black Widow

19636.2

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity

19725.7

Commando Leopard

19856.2

The Curse of the Hidden Vault

19645.7

Morituri

19486.7

Twice a Judas

19686.0

The Avenger

19606.7

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

20197.0

The Mystery of the Indian Temple

19635.3

Heroes in Hell

19744.5

Ludwig II

19557.1

Jesus Christ Saviour

20086.9

Traitor's Gate

19646.0

The Hand That Feeds the Dead

19744.6

Eye of the Spider

19714.5

Dead Eyes of London

19616.1

Revenge of the Stolen Stars

19864.0

Lifespan

19755.0

The Squeaker

19636.5

Salt in the Wound

19696.6

Piccadilly Zero Hour 12

19636.7

Zoo zéro

19795.2

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

19647.0

The Beast

19706.1

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

2000

The Price of Death

19716.0

Mark of the Tortoise

19646.6

Hanussen

19558.0

The Red Pastures

19626.7

I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog

19798.0

Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann

2014

The Black Cobra

19637.5

The Black Abbot

19636.2

Kinski rigando Paganini

20038.0

In Free Fall

2010

Psychopath

19688.5

Bankraub in der Rue Latour

19618.5

Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film

20246.0

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

2021

The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi

20057.0

Location Africa

19877.0

Sarajevo

19557.0

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

2021

Die Kurve

19618.0

Please Kill Mr. Kinski

19996.5

Corinna Darling

19566.7