Klaus Kinski

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    October 18, 1926

    Day of Death

    November 23, 1991 (65 years old)

    Klaus Kinski

    Biography

    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), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Cobra Verde (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Klaus Kinski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Known For

    • For a Few Dollars More

      For a Few Dollars More

      1965

    • Doctor Zhivago

      Doctor Zhivago

      1965

    • Aguirre, the Wrath of God

      Aguirre, the Wrath of God

      1972

    • Nosferatu the Vampyre

      Nosferatu the Vampyre

      1979

    • Fitzcarraldo

      Fitzcarraldo

      1982

    • The Great Silence

      The Great Silence

      1968

    • My Best Fiend

      My Best Fiend

      1999

    • Woyzeck

      Woyzeck

      1979

    • A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

      A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

      1975

    • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

      Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

      2014

    • Cobra Verde

      Cobra Verde

      1987

    • Burden of Dreams

      Burden of Dreams

      1982

    • A Bullet for the General

      A Bullet for the General

      1967

    • That Most Important Thing: Love

      That Most Important Thing: Love

      1975

    • Last of the Renegades

      Last of the Renegades

      1964