For a Few Dollars More1965
As Juan Wild - The Hunchback
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Klaus Kinski
Born
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.
Filmography (164)
Doctor Zhivago1965
As Kostoyed Amourski
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Nosferatu the Vampyre1979
As Count Dracula
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Aguirre, the Wrath of God1972
As Don Lope de Aguirre
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Fitzcarraldo1982
As Fitzcarraldo
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Last of the Renegades1964
As David "Luke" Lucas
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot1975
As Doc Foster
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Great Silence1968
As Tigrero
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Death of a Corrupt Man1977
As Nicolas Tomski
TMDb 6.5 / 10
My Best Fiend1999
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
That Most Important Thing: Love1975
As Karl-Heinz Zimmer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Marquis de Sade: Justine1969
As Marquis De Sade
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Venom1981
As Jacques Müller (Jacmel)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014
As Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Madame Claude1977
As Alexander Zakis
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Cobra Verde1987
As Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Fruits of Passion1981
As Sir Stephen
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Crawlspace1986
As Karl Gunther
TMDb 5.4 / 10
A Time to Love and a Time to Die1958
As Gestapo Lieutenant
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Soldier1982
As Dracha
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault2020
As (archive footage)
Death Smiles on a Murderer1973
As Dr. Sturges
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Android1982
As Dr. Daniel
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Love & Money1981
As Frederic Stockheinz
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Count Dracula1970
As Renfield
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Decision Before Dawn1951
As Whining Soldier (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Little Drummer Girl1984
As Martin Kurtz
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Whiteface2002
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Buddy Buddy1981
As Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Million Eyes of Sumuru1967
As President Boong
TMDb 4.3 / 10
And God Said to Cain1970
As Gary Hamilton
TMDb 6.7 / 10
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death1969
As Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Fifty Shades of Erotica2015
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained2021
As Self - Actor (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death1968
As Morgan
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Die Mondvögel
Die Mondvögel1963
As Valentin
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Creature1985
As Hans Rudy Hofner
TMDb 4.7 / 10
A Bullet for the General1967
As El Santo
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Devil's Daffodil1961
As Peter Keene
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Jack the Ripper1976
As Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Dirty Game1965
As Russian Agent
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Footprints on the Moon1975
As Professor Blackmann
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Nosferatu in Venice1988
As Nosferatu
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold1971
As Virgil Prescott
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Burden of Dreams1982
As Self - Actor
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Fear1954
As Cabaret Performer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Dead Eyes of London1961
As Edgar Strauss
TMDb 6.1 / 10
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?1970
As Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'
TMDb 2.9 / 10
The Counterfeit Traitor1962
As Kindler
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Our Man in Marrakesh1966
As Jonquil
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Woyzeck1979
As Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Double Face1969
As John Alexander
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Schizoid1980
As Dr. Pieter Fales
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Star Knight1985
As Boetius
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Creature with the Blue Hand1967
As Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Commando Leopard1985
As Silveira
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Slaughter Hotel1971
As Dr. Francis Clay
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Inn on the River1962
As Gregor Gubanow
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Curse of the Hidden Vault1964
As George
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Othelo The Great2024
As Self (archive footage)
The Ruthless Four1968
As Brent il Biondo
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Grand Slam1967
As Erich Weiss
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Web of the Spider1971
As Edgar Allan Poe
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Haine1980
As Le motard
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Paganini1990
As Niccolo Paganini
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Door with Seven Locks1962
As Pheeny
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse1963
As Inspector Joe Wright
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Code Name: Wild Geese1984
As Charleton
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Five Golden Dragons1967
As Gert
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Secret of the Red Orchid1962
As Steve
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Coplan Saves His Skin1968
As Theler
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Adios Compañeros1971
As Reverend Cotton
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Coffin Full of Dollars1971
As Dan Hagen / Slander
TMDb 5.6 / 10
That Man in Istanbul1965
As Schenck
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Timestalkers1987
As Dr. Joseph Cole
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Black Killer1971
As James Webb / Black Killer
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Beloved Count
Beloved Count2007
As Renfield (archive footage)
The Indian Scarf1963
As Peter Ross
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Again the Ringer1965
As Edwards
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Man, Pride and Vengeance1967
As Lt. Miguel Garcia
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Churchill's Leopards1970
As Captain Holtz
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Making of 'Nosferatu'1979
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Twice a Judas1968
As Dingus
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Target for Killing1966
As Caporetti
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Pleasure Girls1965
As Nikko Stalmar
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead1971
As Dan Hogan
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire2022
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Venus in Furs1969
As Ahmed Kortobawi
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Beauty and the Beast1984
As Beast
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau2019
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Five for Hell1969
As SS Col. Hans Mueller
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Golden Night1976
As Michel Fournier
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Strange Countess1961
As Bresset
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Where Are You Taking That Woman1966
As Gomez (Rio segment)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life2021
As Self (archive footage)
Only the Cool1970
As Pavel Richko / Torpédo I
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz1964
As Jose
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Black Abbot1963
As Thomas Fortuna
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Spaghetti West2005
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Gangster's Law1969
As Quintero
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Traitor's Gate1964
As Kane
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Net1975
As Emilio Bossi
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Location Africa1987
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Children, Mother, and the General1955
As Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Circus of Fear1966
As Manfred
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance1963
As Saddhu
TMDb 5.0 / 10
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.2020
As (archive footage)
The Price of Death1971
As Chester Conway / Ray
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Salt in the Wound1969
As Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Operation Thunderbolt1977
As Wilfried Boese
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud1984
As Dr. Max Bauer
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Portrait: Werner Herzog1986
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Filming Silenzio
Filming Silenzio2017
As (archive footage)
The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe1973
As Scalper Jack
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991
As Renfield (archive footage)
TMDb 9.5 / 10
FantastiCozzi2016
As Nosferatu (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Ludwig II1955
As Prince Otto von Bayern
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor2000
As Self (archive footage)
Heroes in Hell1974
As Gen. Kaufmann
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Secret of the Black Widow1963
As Boyd
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Avenger1960
As Lorenz Voss
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Bastard1968
As Adam
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Psychopath1968
As Periwinkle
TMDb 8.5 / 10
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog1979
As Voice
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Diary1983
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Bloody Hands of the Law1973
As Vito Quattroni
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Squeaker1963
As Krishna
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film2024
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Beast1970
As Johnny Laster
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Eye of the Spider1971
As Hans Fischer
TMDb 4.5 / 10
A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity1972
As Scott
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Child Woman1980
As Marcel
TMDb 5.8 / 10
White Hunter1990
As Klaus Naginsky
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Night of the Assassin1970
As Evagoras
TMDb 7.0 / 10
His Name Was King1971
As Brian Foster
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Revenge of the Stolen Stars1986
As Donald McBride
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Bankraub in der Rue Latour1961
As Bex, Autor
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Song of Roland1978
As Roland / Klaus
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Mystery of the Indian Temple1963
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Mark of the Tortoise1964
As Shapiro
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Vatican Affair1968
As Clint Rogers
TMDb 4.1 / 10
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus2021
As Self (archive footage)
Hanussen1955
As Erik von Spazier / Mirko
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Hand That Feeds the Dead1974
As Prof. Nijinski
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Secret of the Chinese Carnation1964
As Speranzo
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Zoo zéro1979
As Yavé, le directeur du zoo
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Al borde del abismo: la aventura peruana de Werner Herzog2026
Lifespan1975
As Nicholas Ulrich
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Jesus Christ Saviour2008
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Waldwinter1956
As Otto Hartwig
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Return of Shanghai Joe1975
As Pat Barnes
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Black Cobra1963
As Koks-Charley
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Western, Italian Style1968
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Piccadilly Zero Hour 121963
As Whitey
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann2014
As (archive footage)
The Red Pastures1962
As Martin
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Please Kill Mr. Kinski
Please Kill Mr. Kinski1999
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Morituri1948
As Dutch prisoner
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Sarajevo1955
As Nedeljko Čabrinović
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Die Kurve
Die Kurve1961
As Anton
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi2005
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Kinski rigando Paganini
Kinski rigando Paganini2003
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
In Free Fall2010
As Self (archive footage)
Corinna Darling1956
As Klaus Brockmann
TMDb 6.7 / 10
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