

Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
as Self (archive footage)
Filming Silenzio
as (archive footage)

FantastiCozzi
as Nosferatu (archive footage)

Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
as (archive footage)

In Free Fall
as Self (archive footage)

Jesus Christ Saviour
as Self
Beloved Count
as Renfield (archive footage)

The Spaghetti West
as Self (archive footage)
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
as Self (archive footage)
Kinski rigando Paganini
as Self

Whiteface
as (archive footage)

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Self (archive footage)

Nosferatu in Venice
as Nosferatu

Cobra Verde
as Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde

Timestalkers
as Dr. Joseph Cole

Location Africa
as Self

Crawlspace
as Karl Gunther

Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)

Revenge of the Stolen Stars
as Donald McBride

Star Knight
as Boetius

Commando Leopard
as Silveira

Creature
as Hans Rudy Hofner

The Little Drummer Girl
as Martin Kurtz

Code Name: Wild Geese
as Charleton

Beauty and the Beast
as Beast

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
as Dr. Max Bauer

Diary
as (archive footage)

Android
as Dr. Daniel

Burden of Dreams
as Self - Actor

The Soldier
as Dracha

Fitzcarraldo
as Fitzcarraldo

Venom
as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)

Love & Money
as Frederic Stockheinz

Fruits of Passion
as Sir Stephen

Buddy Buddy
as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot

The Child Woman
as Marcel

Schizoid
as Dr. Pieter Fales

Haine
as Le motard

The Making of 'Nosferatu'
as Self

Woyzeck
as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck

Zoo zéro
as Yavé, le directeur du zoo

I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
as Voice

Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Count Dracula

The Song of Roland
as Roland / Klaus

Death of a Corrupt Man
as Nicolas Tomski

Operation Thunderbolt
as Wilfried Boese

Madame Claude
as Alexander Zakis

Golden Night
as Michel Fournier

Jack the Ripper
as Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper

The Net
as Emilio Bossi

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
as Doc Foster

Lifespan
as Nicholas Ulrich

Return of Shanghai Joe
as Pat Barnes

That Most Important Thing: Love
as Karl-Heinz Zimmer

Footprints on the Moon
as Professor Blackmann

Heroes in Hell
as Gen. Kaufmann

The Hand That Feeds the Dead
as Prof. Nijinski

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe
as Scalper Jack

Death Smiles on a Murderer
as Dr. Sturges

The Bloody Hands of the Law
as Vito Quattroni

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
as Don Lope de Aguirre

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity
as Scott

Black Killer
as James Webb / Black Killer

Eye of the Spider
as Hans Fischer

The Price of Death
as Chester Conway / Ray

Web of the Spider
as Edgar Allan Poe

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead
as Dan Hogan

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold
as Virgil Prescott

Slaughter Hotel
as Dr. Francis Clay

His Name Was King
as Brian Foster

Adios Compañeros
as Reverend Cotton

Coffin Full of Dollars
as Dan Hagen / Slander

The Beast
as Johnny Laster

Churchill's Leopards
as Captain Holtz

The Night of the Assassin
as Evagoras

Only the Cool
as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I

Count Dracula
as Renfield

And God Said to Cain
as Gary Hamilton

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?
as Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead

Venus in Furs
as Ahmed Kortobawi

Salt in the Wound
as Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr

Gangster's Law
as Quintero

Double Face
as John Alexander

Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Marquis De Sade

Five for Hell
as SS Col. Hans Mueller

The Great Silence
as Tigrero

The Bastard
as Adam

The Vatican Affair
as Clint Rogers

Twice a Judas
as Dingus

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
as Morgan

Coplan Saves His Skin
as Theler

Psychopath
as Periwinkle

The Ruthless Four
as Brent il Biondo

Western, Italian Style
as Self

Man, Pride and Vengeance
as Lt. Miguel Garcia

Grand Slam
as Erich Weiss

Five Golden Dragons
as Gert

The Million Eyes of Sumuru
as President Boong

Creature with the Blue Hand
as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson

A Bullet for the General
as El Santo

Target for Killing
as Caporetti

Where Are You Taking That Woman
as Gomez (Rio segment)

Our Man in Marrakesh
as Jonquil

Circus of Fear
as Manfred

Doctor Zhivago
as Kostoyed Amourski

For a Few Dollars More
as Juan Wild - The Hunchback

That Man in Istanbul
as Schenck

The Dirty Game
as Russian Agent

Again the Ringer
as Edwards

The Pleasure Girls
as Nikko Stalmar

Traitor's Gate
as Kane

Secret of the Chinese Carnation
as Speranzo

Last of the Renegades
as David "Luke" Lucas

The Curse of the Hidden Vault
as George

Mark of the Tortoise
as Shapiro

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
as Jose

Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
as Whitey

The Secret of the Black Widow
as Boyd

The Mystery of the Indian Temple

Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
as Saddhu

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
as Inspector Joe Wright

The Indian Scarf
as Peter Ross

The Black Abbot
as Thomas Fortuna

The Black Cobra
as Koks-Charley

The Squeaker
as Krishna
Die Mondvögel
as Valentin

The Inn on the River
as Gregor Gubanow

The Door with Seven Locks
as Pheeny

The Red Pastures
as Martin

The Counterfeit Traitor
as Kindler

The Secret of the Red Orchid
as Steve

The Strange Countess
as Bresset
Die Kurve
as Anton

The Devil's Daffodil
as Peter Keene

Bankraub in der Rue Latour
as Bex, Autor

Dead Eyes of London
as Edgar Strauss

The Avenger
as Lorenz Voss

A Time to Love and a Time to Die
as Gestapo Lieutenant

Corinna Darling
as Klaus Brockmann

Waldwinter
as Otto Hartwig

Hanussen
as Erik von Spazier / Mirko

Sarajevo
as Nedeljko Čabrinović

Children, Mother, and the General
as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht

Ludwig II
as Prince Otto von Bayern

Fear
as Cabaret Performer (uncredited)

Decision Before Dawn
as Whining Soldier (uncredited)