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Klaus Kinski Acting Filmography (164)

Othelo The Great
2024·Self (archive footage)
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
2024·Self (archive footage)
Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
2022·Self (archive footage)
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
2021·Self (archive footage)
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
2021·Self (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021·Self - Actor (archive footage)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020·(archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020·(archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019·Self (archive footage)
Filming Silenzio
2017·(archive footage)
FantastiCozzi
2016·Nosferatu (archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015·(archive footage)
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
2014·(archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014·Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Free Fall
2010·Self (archive footage)
Jesus Christ Saviour
2008·Self
Beloved Count
2007·Renfield (archive footage)
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
2005·Self (archive footage)
The Spaghetti West
2005·Self (archive footage)
Kinski rigando Paganini
2003·Self
Whiteface
2002·(archive footage)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000·Self (archive footage)
My Best Fiend
1999·Self (archive footage)
Please Kill Mr. Kinski
1999·Self (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991·Renfield (archive footage)
Paganini
1990·Niccolo Paganini
White Hunter
1990·Klaus Naginsky
Nosferatu in Venice
1988·Nosferatu
Cobra Verde
1987·Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
Timestalkers
1987·Dr. Joseph Cole
Location Africa
1987·Self
Crawlspace
1986·Karl Gunther
Revenge of the Stolen Stars
1986·Donald McBride
Portrait: Werner Herzog
1986·Self (archive footage)
Star Knight
1985·Boetius
Creature
1985·Hans Rudy Hofner
Commando Leopard
1985·Silveira
The Little Drummer Girl
1984·Martin Kurtz
Code Name: Wild Geese
1984·Charleton
Beauty and the Beast
1984·Beast
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1984·Dr. Max Bauer
Diary
1983·(archive footage)
Fitzcarraldo
1982·Fitzcarraldo
Burden of Dreams
1982·Self - Actor
Android
1982·Dr. Daniel
The Soldier
1982·Dracha
Venom
1981·Jacques Müller (Jacmel)
Buddy Buddy
1981·Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
Fruits of Passion
1981·Sir Stephen
Love & Money
1981·Frederic Stockheinz
Schizoid
1980·Dr. Pieter Fales
The Child Woman
1980·Marcel
Haine
1980·Le motard
Woyzeck
1979·Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979·Count Dracula
Zoo zéro
1979·Yavé, le directeur du zoo
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
1979·Voice
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979·Self
The Song of Roland
1978·Roland / Klaus
Operation Thunderbolt
1977·Wilfried Boese
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977·Nicolas Tomski
Madame Claude
1977·Alexander Zakis
Golden Night
1976·Michel Fournier
Jack the Ripper
1976·Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper
That Most Important Thing: Love
1975·Karl-Heinz Zimmer
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975·Doc Foster
Footprints on the Moon
1975·Professor Blackmann
Lifespan
1975·Nicholas Ulrich
Return of Shanghai Joe
1975·Pat Barnes
The Net
1975·Emilio Bossi
The Hand That Feeds the Dead
1974·Prof. Nijinski
Heroes in Hell
1974·Gen. Kaufmann
Lover of the Monster
1974·Dr. Alex Nijinski
Death Smiles on a Murderer
1973·Dr. Sturges
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
1973·Scalper Jack
The Bloody Hands of the Law
1973·Vito Quattroni
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972·Don Lope de Aguirre
A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity
1972·Scott
Slaughter Hotel
1971·Dr. Francis Clay
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead
1971·Dan Hogan
Web of the Spider
1971·Edgar Allan Poe
Eye of the Spider
1971·Hans Fischer
Black Killer
1971·James Webb / Black Killer
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold
1971·Virgil Prescott
The Price of Death
1971·Chester Conway / Ray
Adios Compañeros
1971·Reverend Cotton
Coffin Full of Dollars
1971·Dan Hagen / Slander
His Name Was King
1971·Brian Foster
Count Dracula
1970·Renfield
And God Said to Cain
1970·Gary Hamilton
The Beast
1970·Johnny Laster
The Night of the Assassin
1970·Evagoras
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?
1970·Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'
Churchill's Leopards
1970·Captain Holtz
Only the Cool
1970·Pavel Richko / Torpédo I
Venus in Furs
1969·Ahmed Kortobawi
I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death
1969·Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969·Marquis De Sade
Five for Hell
1969·SS Col. Hans Mueller
Salt in the Wound
1969·Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr
Double Face
1969·John Alexander
Gangster's Law
1969·Quintero
The Great Silence
1968·Loco (Tigrero)
Coplan Saves His Skin
1968·Theler
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
1968·Morgan
The Ruthless Four
1968·Brent il Biondo
The Bastard
1968·Adam
Twice a Judas
1968·Dingus
Western, Italian Style
1968·Self
Psychopath
1968·Periwinkle
The Vatican Affair
1968·Clint Rogers
A Bullet for the General
1967·El Santo
Creature with the Blue Hand
1967·Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
The Million Eyes of Sumuru
1967·President Boong
Five Golden Dragons
1967·Gert
Grand Slam
1967·Erich Weiss
Man, Pride and Vengeance
1967·Lt. Miguel Garcia
Circus of Fear
1966·Manfred
Our Man in Marrakesh
1966·Jonquil
Target for Killing
1966·Caporetti
Where Are You Taking That Woman
1966·Gomez (Rio segment)
Doctor Zhivago
1965·Kostoyed Amourski
That Man in Istanbul
1965·Schenck
Again the Ringer
1965·Edwards
The Pleasure Girls
1965·Nikko Stalmar
The Dirty Game
1965·Russian Agent
For a Few Dollars More
1965·Juan Wild - The Hunchback
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964·Jose
Last of the Renegades
1964·David "Luke" Lucas
Mark of the Tortoise
1964·Shapiro
Traitor's Gate
1964·Kane
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
1964·George
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
1964·Speranzo
Die Mondvögel
1963·Valentin
The Black Abbot
1963·Thomas Fortuna
The Indian Scarf
1963·Peter Ross
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
1963·Inspector Joe Wright
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
1963·Whitey
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
1963·Saddhu
The Secret of the Black Widow
1963·Boyd
The Black Cobra
1963·Koks-Charley
The Squeaker
1963·Krishna
The Mystery of the Indian Temple
1963
Secret of the Red Orchid
1962·Steve
The Inn on the River
1962·Gregor Gubanow
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962·Kindler
The Door with Seven Locks
1962·Pheeny
The Red Pastures
1962·Martin
The Devil's Daffodil
1961·Peter Keene
The Strange Countess
1961·Bresset
Dead Eyes of London
1961·Edgar Strauss
Bankraub in der Rue Latour
1961·Bex, Autor
Die Kurve
1961·Anton
The Avenger
1960·Lorenz Voss
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958·Gestapo Lieutenant
Waldwinter
1956·Otto Hartwig
Corinna Darling
1956·Klaus Brockmann
Ludwig II
1955·Prince Otto von Bayern
Children, Mother, and the General
1955·Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
Hanussen
1955·Erik von Spazier / Mirko
Sarajevo
1955·Nedeljko Čabrinović
Fear
1954·Cabaret Performer (uncredited)
Decision Before Dawn
1951·Whining Soldier (uncredited)
Morituri
1948·Dutch prisoner