Klaus Kinski

actor • writer • director

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), Fit...

Born: October 18, 1926

Died: November 23, 1991 (age 65)

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Known For

7.9

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Movies & TV Credits

179 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault Movie	—	Actor	Self	2025
Othelo The Great Movie	7.7	Actor	Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo)	2024
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film Movie	—	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2024
Kinski Movie	—	Actor	Self (Archive Footage)	2024
Nosferatu - Ein Film wie ein Vampir Movie	6.5	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2022
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus Movie	—	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained Movie	7.0	Actor	Self - Actor (archive footage)	2021
Hannelore Elsner: Ohne Spiel ist mir das Leben zu ernst Movie	7.7	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2021
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. Movie	—	Actor	Self	2020
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau Movie	5.3	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2019
Filming Silenzio Movie	—	Actor	(archive footage)	2017
FantastiCozzi Movie	7.0	Actor	Nosferatu (archive footage)	2016
Fifty Shades of Erotica Movie	7.2	Actor	—	2015
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann Movie	—	Actor	(archive footage)	2014
Jesus Christ Saviour Movie	7.5	Actor	Self	2008
Jesus Christ Saviour Movie	7.5	Writing	Writer	2008
Beloved Count Movie	7.5	Actor	Renfield (archive footage)	2007
The Spaghetti West Movie	7.0	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2005
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi Movie	8.1	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2005
Kinski rigando Paganini Movie	5.7	Actor	Self	2003
Edgar Wallace: Whiteface Movie	4.3	Actor	(archive footage)	2002
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor Movie	7.6	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2000
My Best Fiend Movie	7.9	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1999
Please Kill Mr. Kinski Short Film	6.4	Actor	Self	1999
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook Movie	7.1	Actor	Renfield (archive footage)	1991
Paganini Movie	5.3	Actor	Niccolo Paganini	1990
White Hunter Movie	5.9	Actor	Klaus Naginsky	1990
Paganini Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1990
Nosferatu in Venice Movie	5.3	Actor	Nosferatu	1988
Cobra Verde Movie	7.0	Actor	Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde	1987
Timestalkers Movie	5.4	Actor	Dr. Joseph Cole	1987
Location Africa Movie	7.1	Actor	Self	1987
Crawlspace Movie	5.4	Actor	Karl Gunther	1986
Revenge of the Stolen Stars Movie	2.4	Actor	Donald McBride	1986
Portrait Werner Herzog Short Film	6.5	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1986
Creature Movie	4.6	Actor	Hans Rudy Hofner	1985
Commando Leopard Movie	4.8	Actor	Silveira	1985
Star Knight Movie	4.0	Actor	Boetius	1985
Zeit zu zweit TV Show	8.4	Actor	Self - Interviewee(1 Episode)	1985
Code Name: Wild Geese Movie	5.0	Actor	Charleton	1984
The Little Drummer Girl Movie	6.0	Actor	Martin Kurtz	1984
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud Movie	4.2	Actor	Dr. Max Bauer	1984
Beauty and the Beast Movie	6.4	Actor	Beast	1984
Sonntagsgespräch TV Show	—	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1984
Diary Movie	7.3	Actor	(archive footage)	1983
The Hitchhiker TV Show	6.5	Actor	Kurt Hoffman(1 Episode)	1983
Android Movie	5.7	Actor	Dr. Daniel	1982
Burden of Dreams Movie	8.0	Actor	Self - Actor	1982
Fitzcarraldo Movie	8.0	Actor	Fitzcarraldo	1982
The Soldier Movie	5.5	Actor	Dracha	1982
Faerie Tale Theatre TV Show	8.1	Actor	Beast(1 Episode)	1982
Na sowas! TV Show	6.7	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1982
Buddy Buddy Movie	6.3	Actor	Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot	1981
Fruits of Passion Movie	5.4	Actor	Sir Stephen	1981
Love and Money Movie	4.1	Actor	Frederic Stockheinz	1981
Venom Movie	5.9	Actor	Jacques Müller (Jacmel)	1981
Haine Movie	4.9	Actor	Le motard	1980
The Child Woman Movie	6.0	Actor	Marcel	1980
Schizoid Movie	5.2	Actor	Dr. Pieter Fales	1980
Nosferatu the Vampyre Movie	7.5	Actor	Count Dracula	1979
Woyzeck Movie	6.9	Actor	Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck	1979
Zoo zéro Movie	5.1	Actor	Yavé, le directeur du zoo	1979
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog Movie	7.0	Actor	Voice	1979
NDR Talk Show TV Show	6.1	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1979
The Making of 'Nosferatu' Short Film	6.3	Actor	Self	1979
The Song of Roland Movie	5.2	Actor	Roland / Klaus	1978
Death of a Corrupt Man Movie	6.6	Actor	Nicolas Tomski	1977
Operation Thunderbolt Movie	6.3	Actor	Wilfried Boese	1977
Madame Claude Movie	4.7	Actor	Alexander Zakis	1977
Auf los geht's los TV Show	6.8	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1977
Golden Night Movie	4.9	Actor	Michel Fournier	1976
Jack the Ripper Movie	5.5	Actor	Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper	1976
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot Movie	6.4	Actor	Doc Foster	1975
Footprints on the Moon Movie	6.4	Actor	Professor Blackmann	1975
Lifespan Movie	5.5	Actor	Nicholas Ulrich	1975
That Most Important Thing: Love Movie	6.9	Actor	Karl-Heinz Zimmer	1975
The Net Movie	5.7	Actor	Emilio Bossi	1975
Return of Shanghai Joe Movie	3.9	Actor	Pat Barnes	1975
Les rendez-vous du dimanche TV Show	6.1	Actor	Self(5 Episodes)	1975
Heroes in Hell Movie	4.0	Actor	—	1974
The Hand That Feeds the Dead Movie	5.2	Actor	Prof. Nijinski	1974
Lover of the Monster Movie	4.6	Actor	Dr. Alex Nijinski	1974
Am laufenden Band TV Show	6.9	Actor	Self - Guest(1 Episode)	1974
Spécial cinéma TV Show	5.7	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1974
Death Smiles on a Murderer Movie	5.8	Actor	Dr. Sturges	1973
The Bloody Hands of the Law Movie	5.7	Actor	Vito Quattroni	1973
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe Movie	5.5	Actor	Scalper Jack	1973
Je später der Abend... TV Show	6.5	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1973
A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity Movie	5.4	Actor	Scott	1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God Movie	7.9	Actor	Don Lope de Aguirre	1972
Adios Compañeros Movie	3.6	Actor	Reverend Cotton	1971
Black Killer Movie	5.1	Actor	James Webb / Black Killer	1971
Coffin Full of Dollars Movie	4.9	Actor	Dan Hagen / Slander	1971
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold Movie	4.8	Actor	Virgil Prescott	1971
His Name Was King Movie	4.9	Actor	Brian Foster	1971
The Price of Death Movie	5.6	Actor	Chester Conway / Ray	1971
Eye of the Spider Movie	4.5	Actor	Hans Fischer	1971
Slaughter Hotel Movie	4.9	Actor	Dr. Francis Clay	1971
Web of the Spider Movie	5.6	Actor	Edgar Allan Poe	1971
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead Movie	6.0	Actor	Dan Hogan	1971
And God Said to Cain Movie	6.5	Actor	Gary Hamilton	1970
Churchill's Leopards Movie	4.6	Actor	Captain Holtz	1970
Count Dracula Movie	5.8	Actor	Renfield	1970
The Beast Movie	4.8	Actor	Johnny Laster	1970
Only the Cool Movie	5.5	Actor	Pavel Richko / Torpédo I	1970
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? Movie	4.6	Actor	Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'	1970
The Night of the Assassin Movie	4.9	Actor	Evagoras	1970
Double Face Movie	5.9	Actor	John Alexander	1969
Five for Hell Movie	4.9	Actor	SS Col. Hans Mueller	1969
Gangster's Law Movie	5.1	Actor	Quintero	1969
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death Movie	6.3	Actor	Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead	1969
Salt in the Wound Movie	5.4	Actor	Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr	1969
Venus in Furs Movie	5.7	Actor	Ahmed Kortobawi	1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine Movie	5.0	Actor	Marquis De Sade	1969
Coplan Saves His Skin Movie	5.1	Actor	Theler	1968
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death Movie	6.2	Actor	Morgan	1968
The Great Silence Movie	7.8	Actor	Loco (Tigrero)	1968
The Ruthless Four Movie	6.2	Actor	Brent il Biondo	1968
Twice a Judas Movie	5.2	Actor	Dingus	1968
The Bastard Movie	5.5	Actor	Adam	1968
The Vatican Affair Movie	5.9	Actor	Clint Rogers	1968
Psychopath Movie	5.1	Actor	Periwinkle	1968
Western, Italian Style Movie	6.9	Actor	Self	1968
A Bullet for the General Movie	6.8	Actor	El Santo	1967
Creature with the Blue Hand Movie	5.8	Actor	Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson	1967
Five Golden Dragons Movie	4.7	Actor	Gert	1967
Grand Slam Movie	7.0	Actor	Erich Weiss	1967
The Million Eyes of Sumuru Movie	3.9	Actor	President Boong	1967
Man, Pride and Vengeance Movie	5.7	Actor	Lt. Miguel Garcia	1967
Our Man in Marrakesh Movie	5.5	Actor	Jonquil	1966
Target for Killing Movie	5.2	Actor	Caporetti	1966
Where Are You Taking That Woman Movie	4.6	Actor	Gomez (Rio segment)	1966
Circus of Fear Movie	5.5	Actor	Manfred	1966
Again the Ringer Movie	6.4	Actor	Edwards	1965
Doctor Zhivago Movie	7.8	Actor	Kostoyed Amourski	1965
For a Few Dollars More Movie	8.3	Actor	Juan Wild - The Hunchback	1965
That Man in Istanbul Movie	5.7	Actor	Schenck	1965
The Dirty Game Movie	5.3	Actor	Russian Agent	1965
The Pleasure Girls Movie	5.6	Actor	Nikko Stalmar	1965
Secret of the Chinese Carnation Movie	5.6	Actor	Speranzo	1964
Traitor's Gate Movie	5.5	Actor	Kane	1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault Movie	5.3	Actor	George	1964
Last of the Renegades Movie	6.6	Actor	David "Luke" Lucas	1964
Mark of the Tortoise Movie	5.9	Actor	Shapiro	1964
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz Movie	4.5	Actor	Jose	1964
Die Drehscheibe TV Show	8.1	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1964
The Secret of the Black Widow Movie	5.4	Actor	Boyd	1963
The Squeaker Movie	6.4	Actor	Krishna	1963
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard Movie	5.3	Actor	Inspector Joe Wright	1963
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance Movie	5.1	Actor	Saddhu	1963
The Indian Scarf Movie	6.7	Actor	Peter Ross	1963
The Black Abbot Movie	6.0	Actor	Thomas Fortuna	1963
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 Movie	6.6	Actor	Whitey	1963
The Black Cobra Movie	5.3	Actor	Koks-Charley	1963
The Mystery of the Indian Temple Movie	4.9	Actor	—	1963
Weltspiegel TV Show	6.8	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1963
Die Mondvögel Movie	8.8	Actor	Valentin	1963
The Red Pastures Movie	6.1	Actor	Martin	1962
The Door with Seven Locks Movie	6.2	Actor	Pheeny	1962
The Counterfeit Traitor Movie	7.2	Actor	Kindler	1962
The Inn on the River Movie	6.4	Actor	Gregor Gubanow	1962
Secret of the Red Orchid Movie	5.3	Actor	Steve	1962
Dead Eyes of London Movie	6.3	Actor	Edgar Strauss	1961
The Strange Countess Movie	5.9	Actor	Bresset	1961
The Devil's Daffodil Movie	5.6	Actor	Peter Keene	1961
Bankraub in der Rue Latour Movie	6.4	Actor	Bex, Autor	1961
Die Kurve Movie	7.9	Actor	Anton	1961
The Avenger Movie	5.6	Actor	Lorenz Voss	1960
A Time to Love and a Time to Die Movie	7.4	Actor	Gestapo Lieutenant	1958
Corinna Darling Movie	4.2	Actor	Klaus Brockmann	1956
Waldwinter Movie	5.0	Actor	Otto Hartwig	1956
Ludwig II Movie	6.6	Actor	Prince Otto von Bayern	1955
Children, Mother, and the General Movie	6.6	Actor	Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht	1955
Sarajevo Movie	6.8	Actor	Nedeljko Čabrinović	1955
Hanussen Movie	6.1	Actor	Erik von Spazier / Mirko	1955
Fear Movie	6.5	Actor	Cabaret Performer	1954
Decision Before Dawn Movie	7.0	Actor	Whining Soldier (uncredited)	1951
Deutscher Filmpreis TV Show	—	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1951
Morituri Movie	6.6	Actor	Dutch prisoner	1948

Klaus Kinski

Known For

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Doctor Zhivago

For a Few Dollars More

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Movies & TV Credits