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Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski

Actor 62 / Writer / Director · 1954 – 2000 · 🎬 64 · 🇩🇪 Germany

Klaus Kinski was a German actor. Equally renowned for his intense performance style and his notoriously eccentric and volatile personality, 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, who would later chronicle their tumultuous relationship in the documentary My Best Fiend.

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Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

actor

2000

My Best Fiend

My Best Fiend

actor

1999

Paganini

Paganini

actor

1990

Paganini

Paganini

writer

1990

Paganini

Paganini

director

1990

Nosferatu in Venice

Nosferatu in Venice

actor

1988

Cobra Verde

Cobra Verde

actor

1987

Timestalkers

Timestalkers

actor

1987

Crawlspace

Crawlspace

actor

1986

Portrait: Werner Herzog

Portrait: Werner Herzog

actor

1986

Star Knight

Star Knight

actor

1985

Creature

Creature

actor

1985

The Little Drummer Girl

The Little Drummer Girl

actor

1984

Android

Android

actor

1982

Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams

actor

1982

The Soldier

The Soldier

actor

1982

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

actor

1982

Venom

Venom

actor

1981

Love & Money

Love & Money

actor

1981

Fruits of Passion

Fruits of Passion

actor

1981

Buddy Buddy

Buddy Buddy

actor

1981

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

actor

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

actor

1979

Death of a Corrupt Man

Death of a Corrupt Man

actor

1977

Operation Thunderbolt

Operation Thunderbolt

actor

1977

Madame Claude

Madame Claude

actor

1977

Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper

actor

1976

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

actor

1975

That Most Important Thing: Love

That Most Important Thing: Love

actor

1975

Footprints on the Moon

Footprints on the Moon

actor

1975

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

actor

1972

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead

actor

1971

Slaughter Hotel

Slaughter Hotel

actor

1971

Only the Cool

Only the Cool

actor

1970

Count Dracula

Count Dracula

actor

1970

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

actor

1969

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs

actor

1969

Double Face

Double Face

actor

1969

Marquis de Sade: Justine

Marquis de Sade: Justine

actor

1969

The Great Silence

The Great Silence

actor

1968

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

actor

1968

Coplan Saves His Skin

Coplan Saves His Skin

actor

1968

The Ruthless Four

The Ruthless Four

actor

1968

Grand Slam

Grand Slam

actor

1967

Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons

actor

1967

The Million Eyes of Sumuru

The Million Eyes of Sumuru

actor

1967

A Bullet for the General

A Bullet for the General

actor

1967

Circus of Fear

Circus of Fear

actor

1966

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

actor

1965

For a Few Dollars More

For a Few Dollars More

actor

1965

That Man in Istanbul

That Man in Istanbul

actor

1965

The Dirty Game

The Dirty Game

actor

1965

The Pleasure Girls

The Pleasure Girls

actor

1965

Last of the Renegades

Last of the Renegades

actor

1964

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse

actor

1963

The Squeaker

The Squeaker

actor

1963

The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

actor

1962

The Devil's Daffodil

The Devil's Daffodil

actor

1961

Dead Eyes of London

Dead Eyes of London

actor

1961

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

actor

1958

Waldwinter

Waldwinter

actor

1956

Children, Mother, and the General

Children, Mother, and the General

actor

1955

Ludwig II

Ludwig II

actor

1955

Fear

Fear

actor

1954

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