Klaus Kinski

Actor 63 / Writer / Director · 1954 – 2000 · 🎬 65 · 🇩🇪 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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Highlights

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979

Death of a Corrupt Man

Death of a Corrupt Man

1977

Frequent Collaborators

Werner Herzog

18 shared

Jesús Franco

9 shared

Edgar Wallace

6 shared

Margaret Lee

6 shared

Maria Rohm

5 shared

Wolfgang Lukschy

4 shared

All decades 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

🎬 Movies

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

The Price of Death

The Price of Death

actor

1971

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

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