Klaus Kinski
Born Oct 18 1926• Died Nov 23 1991
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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.
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Faerie Tale Theatre
Beast
The Hitchhiker
Kurt Hoffman
German Film Award
Self
Auf los geht's los
Self
For a Few Dollars More
Juan Wild - The Hunchback
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
Doctor Zhivago
Kostoyed Amourski
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Count Dracula
Last of the Renegades
David "Luke" Lucas
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Don Lope de Aguirre
Weltspiegel
Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Je später der Abend
Self
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Marquis De Sade
Star Knight
Boetius
The Great Silence
Loco (Tigrero)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Buddy Buddy
Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
Five Golden Dragons
Gert
The Soldier
Dracha
Death of a Corrupt Man
Nicolas Tomski
Fruits of Passion
Sir Stephen
Paganini
Niccolo Paganini
Count Dracula
Renfield
Cobra Verde
Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
A Bullet for the General
El Santo
Creature
Hans Rudy Hofner
My Best Fiend
Self (archive footage)
Nosferatu in Venice
Nosferatu
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
The Little Drummer Girl
Martin Kurtz
Timestalkers
Dr. Joseph Cole
Decision Before Dawn
Whining Soldier (uncredited)
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Doc Foster
The Counterfeit Traitor
Kindler
Venus in Furs
Ahmed Kortobawi
Traitor's Gate
Kane
Android
Dr. Daniel
Venom
Jacques Müller (Jacmel)
Grand Slam
Erich Weiss
Woyzeck
Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
Coplan Saves His Skin
Theler
The Night of the Assassin
Evagoras
The Dirty Game
Russian Agent
Circus of Fear
Manfred
Footprints on the Moon
Professor Blackmann
Burden of Dreams
Self - Actor
Schizoid
Dr. Pieter Fales
Crawlspace
Karl Gunther
Madame Claude
Alexander Zakis
The Beast
Johnny Laster
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Renfield (archive footage)
Love & Money
Frederic Stockheinz
The Ruthless Four
Brent il Biondo
Waldwinter
Otto Hartwig
That Man in Istanbul
Schenck
Golden Night
Michel Fournier
Operation Thunderbolt
Wilfried Boese
The Million Eyes of Sumuru
President Boong
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Self (archive footage)
Target for Killing
Caporetti
Jack the Ripper
Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper
Ludwig II
Prince Otto von Bayern
Death Smiles on a Murderer
Dr. Sturges
Secret of the Red Orchid
Steve
The Squeaker
Krishna
The Song of Roland
Roland / Klaus
That Most Important Thing: Love
Karl-Heinz Zimmer
FantastiCozzi
Nosferatu (archive footage)
Slaughter Hotel
Dr. Francis Clay
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Gestapo Lieutenant
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self (archive footage)
Western, Italian Style
Self
The Mystery of the Indian Temple
Beauty and the Beast
Beast
Children, Mother, and the General
Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
The Devil's Daffodil
Peter Keene
The Vatican Affair
Clint Rogers
Black Killer
James Webb / Black Killer
Creature with the Blue Hand
Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
The Pleasure Girls
Nikko Stalmar
Mark of the Tortoise
Shapiro
The Child Woman
Marcel
The Avenger
Lorenz Voss
Only the Cool
Pavel Richko / Torpédo I
Again the Ringer
Edwards
A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity
Scott
The Spaghetti West
Self (archive footage)
Fear
Cabaret Performer
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(archive footage)
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
Jose
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
Saddhu
Adios Compañeros
Reverend Cotton
Dead Eyes of London
Edgar Strauss
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
Scalper Jack
White Hunter
Klaus Naginsky
Code Name: Wild Geese
Charleton
Twice a Judas
Dingus
Zoo zéro
Yavé, le directeur du zoo
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
Inspector Joe Wright
Our Man in Marrakesh
Jonquil
Whiteface
(archive footage)
Commando Leopard
Silveira
Where Are You Taking That Woman
Gomez (Rio segment)
Web of the Spider
Edgar Allan Poe
Beloved Count
Renfield (archive footage)
The Bloody Hands of the Law
Vito Quattroni
The Indian Scarf
Peter Ross
Die Mondvögel
Valentin
Churchill's Leopards
Captain Holtz
The Bastard
Adam
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
Whitey
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
Speranzo
And God Said to Cain
Gary Hamilton
Hanussen
Erik von Spazier / Mirko
Man, Pride and Vengeance
Lt. Miguel Garcia
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Morgan
The Door with Seven Locks
Pheeny
Filming Silenzio
(archive footage)
Return of Shanghai Joe
Pat Barnes
Double Face
John Alexander
The Hand That Feeds the Dead
Prof. Nijinski
His Name Was King
Brian Foster
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
Self (archive footage)
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
George
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead
Dan Hogan
Lifespan
Nicholas Ulrich
Haine
Le motard
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?
Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'
Die Kurve
Anton
Heroes in Hell
Gen. Kaufmann
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Self
Bankraub in der Rue Latour
Bex, Autor
The Secret of the Black Widow
Boyd
The Black Abbot
Thomas Fortuna
Eye of the Spider
Hans Fischer
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold
Virgil Prescott
Sarajevo
Nedeljko Čabrinović
Five for Hell
SS Col. Hans Mueller
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
Dr. Max Bauer
Coffin Full of Dollars
Dan Hagen / Slander
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Self (archive footage)
Morituri
Dutch prisoner
Portrait: Werner Herzog
Self (archive footage)
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Voice
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
(archive footage)
Othelo The Great
Self (archive footage)
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead
Jesus Christ Saviour
Self
The Strange Countess
Bresset
The Inn on the River
Gregor Gubanow
The Red Pastures
Martin
The Net
Emilio Bossi
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
Self (archive footage)
Lover of the Monster
Dr. Alex Nijinski
Salt in the Wound
Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr
Psychopath
Periwinkle
Please Kill Mr. Kinski
Self (archive footage)
The Price of Death
Chester Conway / Ray
Gangster's Law
Quintero
The Black Cobra
Koks-Charley
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
Self (archive footage)
Kinski rigando Paganini
Self
Zeit zu zweit
Self - Interviewee
Corinna Darling
Klaus Brockmann
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
Self (archive footage)
Diary
(archive footage)
Location Africa
Self
In Free Fall
Self (archive footage)
Revenge of the Stolen Stars
Donald McBride