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Klaus Kinski

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.

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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

169

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-10-18

Place of Birth

Unknown

Also Known As

Known For

Doctor Zhivago Woyzeck That Most Important Thing: Love The Secret of the Red Orchid The Last Ride to Santa Cruz Jesus Christ Saviour Aguirre, the Wrath of God Last of the Renegades Die Mondvögel A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot Death Smiles on a Murderer That Man in Istanbul Count Dracula Cobra Verde Nosferatu the Vampyre The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe The Black Abbot The Inn on the River Venom My Best Fiend The Little Drummer Girl The Great Silence Golden Night Fitzcarraldo Operation Thunderbolt The Indian Scarf Again the Ringer Slaughter Hotel Nosferatu in Venice Venus in Furs Buddy Buddy Burden of Dreams Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann Filming Silenzio Circus of Fear The Counterfeit Traitor A Bullet for the General The Pleasure Girls Paganini Creature with the Blue Hand The Million Eyes of Sumuru Fruits of Passion I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death Android Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life Jack the Ripper Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead Love & Money Coplan Saves His Skin Web of the Spider Zoo zéro Our Man in Marrakesh Mark of the Tortoise Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse The Devil's Daffodil The Strange Countess Traitor's Gate Death of a Corrupt Man Timestalkers The Curse of the Hidden Vault Footprints on the Moon Eye of the Spider Marquis de Sade: Justine Star Knight Black Killer Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death Five for Hell The Price of Death A Time to Love and a Time to Die Crawlspace The Door with Seven Locks Five Golden Dragons The Ruthless Four Grand Slam The Soldier And God Said to Cain Salt in the Wound Creature Schizoid The Hand That Feeds the Dead The Bastard Twice a Judas The Bloody Hands of the Law The Beast Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 The Night of the Assassin Lifespan Man, Pride and Vengeance Adios Compañeros Coffin Full of Dollars His Name Was King Commando Leopard The Avenger The Red Pastures Western, Italian Style The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi Return of Shanghai Joe Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook Please Kill Mr. Kinski Kinski rigando Paganini Double Face Code Name: Wild Geese The Song of Roland Revenge of the Stolen Stars Target for Killing The Net Ludwig II Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau Madame Claude Psychopath Secret of the Chinese Carnation How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? Churchill's Leopards The Child Woman Haine Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance Waldwinter Only the Cool The Secret of the Black Widow Dead Eyes of London Children, Mother, and the General Corinna Darling Morituri Whiteface The Dirty Game Gangster's Law Othelo The Great Bankraub in der Rue Latour The Black Cobra The Vatican Affair Hanussen Where Are You Taking That Woman Sarajevo Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog Fear Heroes in Hell White Hunter The Making of 'Nosferatu' Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film Beauty and the Beast Portrait: Werner Herzog The Squeaker FantastiCozzi Diary The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud Location Africa Fifty Shades of Erotica For a Few Dollars More The Mystery of the Indian Temple Die Kurve Decision Before Dawn AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. Beloved Count The Spaghetti West Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films In Free Fall
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