StatsBirth Name: Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski Born: 18 October 1926 Died: 23 November 1991 Country of origin:  Poland Height: 5' 8" Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
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Klaus Kinski was born in Zoppot, Free City of Danzig (now Sopot in Poland). Kinski grew up in Berlin, was drafted into the German army in 1944 and taken POW by the British in Netherlands. He began acting on the stage, quickly gaining a reputation for his ferocious talent and equally ferocious temper. He started acting in films shortly afterwards, showing complete lack of discrimination as to their quality (a complete filmography is almost impossible to establish), but turning out memorable work
Klaus Kinski was born in Zoppot, Free City of Danzig (now Sopot in Poland). Kinski grew up in Berlin, was drafted into the German army in 1944 and taken POW by the British in Netherlands. He began acting on the stage, quickly gaining a reputation for his ferocious talent and equally ferocious temper. He started acting in films shortly afterwards, showing complete lack of discrimination as to their quality (a complete filmography is almost impossible to establish), but turning out memorable work for director Werner Herzog a similarly driven and obsessive character. Herzog and Kinski pushed each other to extremes over a fifteen-year working relationship, but finally split after irreconcilable differences when filming Cobra Verde (1987). Kinski subsequently directed and starred in Kinski Paganini (1989), his only film as director. His autobiography 'All I Need is Love', one of the most vicious attacks on the film business ever written, was withdrawn for legal reasons and subsequently re-released as 'Kinski Uncut' in the US & UK, 'Ich brauche Liebe' in Germany, and in various other languages.
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 My Husband Says That Vampires Suck (500 person items)"Count Dracula
Nosferatu the Vampyre
(1979)
"Listen. The children of the night make their music."
Nosferatu
Nosferatu in Venice
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 Acting Dynasties: Generations of Performers (52 person items)"There isn't much I could say about Klaus Kinski that you have not already heard. Unstable, erratic, insane... He was a workaholic, appearing in more movies than I care to count.
I had some stuff written here about Klaus Kinski's personal life, but it seems I know less about it than I thought. So, skipping over allegations of abuse towards family members, here he is with his daughter, Nastassja Kinski.
Fun fact: Crazy Klaus Kinski was fucking crazy, and proud of it."
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 Holy Actors Whom I Love And Worship (19 person items)" The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake.
The first thing you need to know about this man is that he was probably borderline insane. Or pretending to be. When he says things like this:
"About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my fist, but they did not put the radio down. I took a tool and banged until I made a "
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 Celebrity Insults (145 person items)"about his daughter, Nastassja Kinski
"My daughter has never forgiven me. for what, I don’t know, because for years, she won’t speak to me. She blackens my name in the press and makes me think abortion is an excellent idea.""
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 My Favorite Actors (Who even can save Shit!) (191 person items)"
Pretty much the ugly duckling in the movie industry but even at his most weirdest and worst Kinski made the film hugely watchable - and he was father to one of the most gorgeous women in the world.
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 Top rated actors' top rated films (98 person items)"Highest rated:
Burden of Dreams: 8.3 (1982)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God: 8.3 (1972)
The Great Silence: 8.2 (1968)
Fitzcarraldo: 8 (1982)
For a Few Dollars More: 8 (1965)
Average: 8.16
Low but popular:
Doctor Zhivago: 7.3 (1965)"
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 Directed by Werner Herzog (150 person items)"Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
Woyzeck
Fitzcarraldo
Cobra Verde"
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