• Name: Klaus Kinski
  • Date of Birth: October 18, 1926
  • Place of Birth: Zoppot, Free City of Danzig [now Sopot, Poland]
Mini-bio: 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 ...( read more)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 His autobiography 'All I Need is Love', one of the most vicious attacks on the film business ever written, was withdrawn for legal reasons and subsequently re-released as 'Kinski Uncut' in the US & UK, 'Ich brauche Liebe' in Germany, and in various other languages.
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  • tvnewzphotog
    Heil Gunther! More of his films should be attainable on DVD!
    posted 403 days ago
  • Ray0fTheDead
    He is definetly in my TOP favorite. Very similar to Dennis Hopper as far as acting methods and cooky roles. He is missed.
    posted 472 days ago
  • soundgardenman
    The craziest and most genius actor of all-time, Klaus Kinski!
    posted 572 days ago
  • dom3161
    I cannot believe Klaus is not on any top lists he was not an actor he was the real thing put him in any movie and he was the character. Remarkable.
    posted 581 days ago
  • etexorsismorum
    Long Live Klaus Kinski!
    posted 860 days ago
  • GonzoMoloko
    great actor
    posted 961 days ago
  • hotpop1
    how could anyone not love Krazy Klaus Kinski?? this man really is God (or jesus as he claimed to be in real life...) his work with Werner Herzog is some of the best in cinematic history!
    posted 1013 days ago
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