
Klaus Kinski
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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.
Known for
Credits

For a Few Dollars More (1965)
as Juan Wild - The Hunchback

Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
as (archive footage)

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
as Kostoyed Amourski

Burden of Dreams (1982)
as Self - Actor

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
as Count Dracula

Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
as Marquis De Sade

Fitzcarraldo (1982)
as Fitzcarraldo

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
as Don Lope de Aguirre

Fruits of Passion (1981)
as Sir Stephen

The Soldier (1982)
as Dracha

Paganini (1990)
as Niccolo Paganini

The Great Silence (1968)
as Loco (Tigrero)

Slaughter Hotel (1971)
as Dr. Francis Clay

Madame Claude (1977)
as Alexander Zakis

Cobra Verde (1987)
as Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde

Buddy Buddy (1981)
as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot

Last of the Renegades (1964)
as David "Luke" Lucas

Venom (1981)
as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975)
as Doc Foster

Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973)
as Dr. Sturges

Circus of Fear (1966)
as Manfred

A Bullet for the General (1967)
as El Santo

Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
as Nosferatu

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Timestalkers (1987)
as Dr. Joseph Cole

Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
as Nicolas Tomski

That Man in Istanbul (1965)
as Schenck

And God Said to Cain (1970)
as Gary Hamilton

The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Martin Kurtz

Schizoid (1980)
as Dr. Pieter Fales

Count Dracula (1970)
as Renfield

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968)
as Morgan

The Bastard (1968)
as Adam

Crawlspace (1986)
as Karl Gunther

Love & Money (1981)
as Frederic Stockheinz

That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
as Karl-Heinz Zimmer

Creature (1985)
as Hans Rudy Hofner

My Best Fiend (1999)
as Self (archive footage)

Decision Before Dawn (1951)
as Whining Soldier (uncredited)

Woyzeck (1979)
as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck

Dead Eyes of London (1961)
as Edgar Strauss

The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
as Kindler

The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
as President Boong

Grand Slam (1967)
as Erich Weiss

Venus in Furs (1969)
as Ahmed Kortobawi

A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
as Gestapo Lieutenant

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Jack the Ripper (1976)
as Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper

Black Killer (1971)
as James Webb / Black Killer

The Song of Roland (1978)
as Roland / Klaus
Die Mondvögel (1963)
as Valentin

Secret of the Chinese Carnation (1964)
as Speranzo

Golden Night (1976)
as Michel Fournier

The Squeaker (1963)
as Krishna

The Net (1975)
as Emilio Bossi

Beloved Count (2007)
as Renfield (archive footage)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Renfield (archive footage)

The Pleasure Girls (1965)
as Nikko Stalmar

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020)
as (archive footage)

The Ruthless Four (1968)
as Brent il Biondo

Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
as Charleton

The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1973)
as Scalper Jack

Traitor's Gate (1964)
as Kane

Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
as Wilfried Boese

White Hunter (1990)
as Klaus Naginsky

Man, Pride and Vengeance (1967)
as Lt. Miguel Garcia

Fear (1954)
as Cabaret Performer (uncredited)

Target for Killing (1966)
as Caporetti

Where Are You Taking That Woman (1966)
as Gomez (Rio segment)

Five Golden Dragons (1967)
as Gert

The Dirty Game (1965)
as Russian Agent

Haine (1980)
as Le motard

Adios Compañeros (1971)
as Reverend Cotton

FantastiCozzi (2016)
as Nosferatu (archive footage)

Coplan Saves His Skin (1968)
as Theler

Footprints on the Moon (1975)
as Professor Blackmann

Creature with the Blue Hand (1967)
as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson

The Spaghetti West (2005)
as Self (archive footage)

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971)
as Dan Hogan

The Beast (1970)
as Johnny Laster

Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
as Jonquil

The Devil's Daffodil (1961)
as Peter Keene

Lover of the Monster (1974)
as Dr. Alex Nijinski

Star Knight (1985)
as Boetius

Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance (1963)
as Saddhu

Android (1982)
as Dr. Daniel

Web of the Spider (1971)
as Edgar Allan Poe

The Door with Seven Locks (1962)
as Pheeny

Whiteface (2002)
as (archive footage)

The Mystery of the Indian Temple (1963)
Actor

The Avenger (1960)
as Lorenz Voss

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death (1969)
as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead

The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
as George

Commando Leopard (1985)
as Silveira

The Inn on the River (1962)
as Gregor Gubanow

Zoo zéro (1979)
as Yavé, le directeur du zoo

Lifespan (1975)
as Nicholas Ulrich

Five for Hell (1969)
as SS Col. Hans Mueller

Again the Ringer (1965)
as Edwards
Filming Silenzio (2017)
as (archive footage)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor (2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Double Face (1969)
as John Alexander

The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979)
as Self

The Strange Countess (1961)
as Bresset

Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986)
as Self (archive footage)

The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
as Steve

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? (1970)
as Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'

Salt in the Wound (1969)
as Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity (1972)
as Scott

The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973)
as Vito Quattroni

The Secret of the Black Widow (1963)
as Boyd

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold (1971)
as Virgil Prescott

Children, Mother, and the General (1955)
as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963)
as Inspector Joe Wright

Churchill's Leopards (1970)
as Captain Holtz

Twice a Judas (1968)
as Dingus

The Child Woman (1980)
as Marcel

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. (2020)
as (archive footage)

Ludwig II (1955)
as Prince Otto von Bayern

The Black Abbot (1963)
as Thomas Fortuna

Coffin Full of Dollars (1971)
as Dan Hagen / Slander

Revenge of the Stolen Stars (1986)
as Donald McBride

Beauty and the Beast (1984)
as Beast

Waldwinter (1956)
as Otto Hartwig

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau (2019)
as Self (archive footage)

Heroes in Hell (1974)
as Gen. Kaufmann

I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog (1979)
as Voice

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (1964)
as Jose

Morituri (1948)
as Dutch prisoner

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus (2021)
as Self (archive footage)

Return of Shanghai Joe (1975)
as Pat Barnes

The Night of the Assassin (1970)
as Evagoras

His Name Was King (1971)
as Brian Foster

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984)
as Dr. Max Bauer

Jesus Christ Saviour (2008)
as Self

Bankraub in der Rue Latour (1961)
as Bex, Autor

The Indian Scarf (1963)
as Peter Ross

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life (2021)
as Self (archive footage)

The Price of Death (1971)
as Chester Conway / Ray

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire (2022)
as Self (archive footage)

Only the Cool (1970)
as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I

Mark of the Tortoise (1964)
as Shapiro

Location Africa (1987)
as Self

Eye of the Spider (1971)
as Hans Fischer

Diary (1983)
as (archive footage)

The Black Cobra (1963)
as Koks-Charley

The Hand That Feeds the Dead (1974)
as Prof. Nijinski

The Vatican Affair (1968)
as Clint Rogers

Western, Italian Style (1968)
as Self

Hanussen (1955)
as Erik von Spazier / Mirko

Othelo The Great (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Kinski rigando Paganini (2003)
as Self

Sarajevo (1955)
as Nedeljko Čabrinović

Please Kill Mr. Kinski (1999)
as Self (archive footage)

Psychopath (1968)
as Periwinkle

Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 (1963)
as Whitey

Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film (2024)
as Self (archive footage)

Gangster's Law (1969)
as Quintero
Die Kurve (1961)
as Anton

The Red Pastures (1962)
as Martin
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann (2014)
as (archive footage)

Corinna Darling (1956)
as Klaus Brockmann

In Free Fall (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi (2005)
as Self (archive footage)





