Klaus Kinski
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Klaus Kinski (born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski;[2] 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991)[3] wis a German actor.[4][5][6][7]
Klaus Kinski | |
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At the Cannes Film Festival, late 1980s | |
Born | Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski[1] 18 October 1926(1926-10-18) Zoppot, Free Ceety o Danzig (present-day Sopot, Poland) |
Dee'd | 23 November 1991(1991-11-23) (aged 65) Lagunitas, Californie, U.S. |
Thrift | Actor |
Years active | 1948–1989 |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Gislinde Kühbeck (1952–1955) Brigitte Ruth Tocki (1960–1971) Minhoi Geneviève Loanic (1971–1979) |
Bairns | Nastassja, Pola an Nikolai Kinski |
He appeared in mair nor 130 films, an wis a leadin role actor in the films o Werner Herzog, includin Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), an Cobra Verde (1987). He an aw appeared in mony Spaghetti Westerns, such as For a Few Dollars More (1965), A Bullet for the General (1966), The Great Silence (1968), And God Said to Cain (1970), Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971) an A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975).
Kinski wis a controversial figur, an some o his tantrums on set wur filmed in Herzog's documentar My Best Fiend.[8] He is the faither o Pola, Nastassja, an Nikolai Kinski, born o three different marriages. They hae aw become actors an hae wirkit in Germany an the United States, in film an TV.