Klaus Kinski
Acting
Awards
Won 1 Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Award
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1 won
- 1986 Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
60 credits
Ciné regards
NDR Talk Show
Spécial cinéma
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Faerie Tale Theatre
German Film Award
The Hitchhiker
For a Few Dollars More
Die Drehscheibe
Death Smiles on a Murderer
Doctor Zhivago
Sternstunde Kunst
Auf los geht's los
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The Great Silence
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Na sowas!
Fitzcarraldo
Last of the Renegades
Am laufenden Band
My Best Fiend
Cobra Verde
Je später der Abend
Weltspiegel
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Paganini
Buddy Buddy
Fruits of Passion
Madame Claude
Love & Money
The Little Drummer Girl
A Bullet for the General
The Ruthless Four
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Nosferatu in Venice
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Slaughter Hotel
Death of a Corrupt Man
Count Dracula
Venom
FantastiCozzi
That Most Important Thing: Love
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Die Mondvögel
The Soldier
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
Burden of Dreams
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Beloved Count
Android
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
Crawlspace
Otto – The Series
Whiteface
Decision Before Dawn
The Counterfeit Traitor
That Man in Istanbul
And God Said to Cain
Five Golden Dragons
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