# Klaus Kinski filmography and discography

Klaus Kinski (1926–1991) was a German actor who appeared in more than 130 films.

## Feature films

| Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
| 1948 | Morituri | Holländischer Häftling | Eugen York | |
| 1951 | Decision Before Dawn | Whining soldier | Anatole Litvak | |
| 1954 | Fear | Cabaret artist | Roberto Rossellini | |
| 1955 | Ludwig II | Prinz Otto | Helmut Käutner | |
| 1955 | Children, Mother, and the General | Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht | Laslo Benedek | |
| 1955 | Hanussen | Erik von Spazier a.k.a. Mirko | Georg Marischka O. W. Fischer | |
| 1955 | Sarajevo | Cabrinovic | Fritz Kortner | |
| 1956 | Winter in the Woods | Otto Hartwig | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | |
| 1956 | Beloved Corinna | Klaus Brockmann | Eduard von Borsody | |
| 1958 | A Time to Love and a Time to Die | Gestapo Leutnant | Detlef Sierck | |
| 1960 | The Avenger | Dramaturg Lorenz Voss | Karl Anton | |
| 1961 | The Dead Eyes of London | Edgar Strauss | Alfred Vohrer | |
| 1961 | The Strange Countess | Stuart Bresset | Josef von Báky Jürgen Roland | |
| 1961 | The Devil's Daffodil | Peter Keene | Akos von Rathonyi | |
| 1961 | Bankraub in der Rue Latour | Autor Bex | Curd Jürgens | |
| 1962 | The Puzzle of the Red Orchid | Der schöne Steve | Helmuth Ashley | |
| 1962 | The Counterfeit Traitor | Kindler | George Seaton | |
| 1962 | Der rote Rausch | Martin | Wolfgang Schleif | |
| 1962 | Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern | Pheeny | Alfred Vohrer | |
| 1962 | The Inn on the River | Gregor Gubanow | Alfred Vohrer | |
| 1963 | The Squeaker | Krishna | Alfred Vohrer | |
| 1963 | The Black Cobra | Koks-Charly / Charley 'The Snow' | Rudolf Zehetgruber | |
| 1963 | The Black Abbot | Thomas Fortuna | Franz Josef Gottlieb | |
| 1963 | The Indian Scarf | Peter Ross | Alfred Vohrer | |
| 1963 | Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse | Inspector Joe Wright | Paul May | |
| 1963 | Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance | Saddhu | Mario Camerini | |
| 1963 | The Mystery of the Indian Temple | Saddhu | Mario Camerini | |
| 1963 | The Secret of the Black Widow | Boyd | Franz Josef Gottlieb | |
| 1963 | Piccadilly null Uhr zwölf | Whity Skipper | Rudolf Zehetgruber | |
| 1964 | The Last Ride to Santa Cruz | José | Rolf Olsen | |
| 1964 | Waiting Room to the Beyond | Shapiro | Alfred Vohrer | |
| 1964 | The Curse of the Hidden Vault | George | Franz Josef Gottlieb | |
| 1964 | Winnetou - 2. Teil | David 'Luke' Lucas | Harald Reinl | |
| 1964 | The Secret of the Chinese Carnation | Speranzo | Rudolf Zehetgruber | |
| 1964 | Traitor's Gate | Kane | Freddie Francis | |
| 1965 | Neues vom Hexer | Edwards | Alfred Vohrer | |
| 1965 | The Dirty Game | Russian Agent | Christian-Jaque Werner Klingler Carlo Lizzani Terence Young | |
| 1965 | Estambul 65 | Schenck | Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | |
| 1965 | The Pleasure Girls | Nikko Stalmar | Gerry O'Hara | |
| 1965 | For a Few Dollars More | Wild | Sergio Leone | |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Kostoyed | David Lean | |
| 1966 | Our Man in Marrakesh | Jonquil | Don Sharp | |
| 1966 | Circus of Fear | Manfred | John Llewellyn Moxey | |
| 1966 | Killer's Carnival | Gomez (Rio segment) | Alberto Cardone Robert Lynn Sheldon Reynolds Louis Soulanes | |
| 1966 | Target for Killing | Caporetti | Manfred R. Köhler | |
| 1966 | A Bullet for the General | El Santo | Damiano Damiani | |
| 1966 | Lasciapassare per l'Inferno | | George Fuller | Unreleased |
| 1967 | Man, Pride and Vengeance | Lt. Miguel Garcia | Luigi Bazzoni | |
| 1967 | Creature with the Blue Hand | Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson | Alfred Vohrer | |
| 1967 | The Million Eyes of Sumuru | President Boong | Lindsay Shonteff | |
| 1967 | Five Golden Dragons | Gert | Jeremy Summers | |
| 1967 | Grand Slam | Erich Weiss | Giuliano Montaldo | |
| 1968 | Shoot Twice | Victor Barret / Dingus | Nando Cicero | |
| 1968 | Coplan Saves His Skin | Theler | Yves Boisset | |
| 1968 | Psychopath | Periwinkle | Guido Zurli | AKA Mister Zehn Prozent - Miezen und Moneten |
| 1968 | If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death | Morgan | Gianfranco Parolini | |
| 1968 | The Vatican Affair | Clint Rogers | Emilio Miraglia | |
| 1968 | The Great Silence | Tigrero / Loco | Sergio Corbucci | |
| 1968 | Ognuno per sé | Brent il Biondo | Giorgio Capitani | |
| 1968 | The Cats | Adam | Duccio Tessari | AKA I Bastardi |
| 1969 | Five for Hell | SS Col. Hans Mueller | Gianfranco Parolini | |
| 1969 | Marquis de Sade: Justine | Marquis de Sade | Jesús Franco | |
| 1969 | Double Face | John Alexander | Riccardo Freda | AKA Puzzle of Horrors |
| 1969 | Gangster's Law | Regnier | Siro Marcellini | |
| 1969 | Il dito nella piaga | Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr | Tonino Ricci | |
| 1969 | Venus in Furs | Ahmed Kortobaw | Jesús Franco | AKA Paroxismus |
| 1969 | I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death | Hot Dead | Giuliano Carnimeo | |
| 1970 | The Naughty Cheerleader | Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam' | Will Tremper | |
| 1970 | And God Said to Cain | Gary Hamilton | Antonio Margheriti | |
| 1970 | Count Dracula | R.M. Reinfield | Jesús Franco | |
| 1970 | La peau de torpedo | Pavel Richko / Torpédo I | Jean Delannoy | |
| 1970 | Rendezvous with Dishonour | Evagoras | Adriano Bolzoni | |
| 1970 | Churchill's Leopards | Hauptsturmführer Holtz | Maurizio Pradeaux | |
| 1970 | Rough Justice | Johnny Laster | Mario Costa | AKA La Belva |
| 1971 | A Barrel Full of Dollars | Hagen / Slander | Demofilo Fidani | |
| 1971 | Lo chiamavano King | Brian Foster | Giancarlo Romitelli | |
| 1971 | Slaughter Hotel | Dr. Francis Clay | Fernando Di Leo | |
| 1971 | La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo | Prescott | Pasquale Squitieri | |
| 1971 | Prega il morto e ammazza il vivo | Dan Hogan | Giuseppe Vari | |
| 1971 | Web of the Spider | Edgar Allan Poe | Antonio Margheriti | |
| 1971 | Il venditore di morte | Chester Conway | Lorenzo Gicca Palli | |
| 1971 | Eye of the Spider | Hans Fischer, "The Polish" | Roberto Bianchi Montero | |
| 1971 | Black Killer | James Webb / Black Killer | Carlo Croccolo | |
| 1971 | A Fistful of Death | Reverend Cotton | Demofilo Fidani | AKA Adios Compañeros |
| 1972 | Il ritorno di Clint il solitario | Scott | Alfonso Balcázar | |
| 1972 | Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes | Don Lope de Aguirre | Werner Herzog | |
| 1973 | Death Smiles at a Murderer | Dr. Sturges | Joe D'Amato | aka Death Smiles at Murder |
| 1973 | The Bloody Hands of the Law | Vito Quattroni | Mario Gariazzo | |
| 1973 | The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe | Scalper Jack | Mario Caiano | |
| 1974 | Lover of the Monster | Prof. Alex Nijinsky | Sergio Garrone | |
| 1974 | The Hand That Feeds the Dead | Prof. Nijinski | Sergio Garrone | |
| 1974 | Heroes in Hell | Gen. Kaufmann | Joe D'Amato | |
| 1974 | Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia? | | Guido Leoni | Unreleased |
| 1975 | Footprints on the Moon | Prof. Blackmann | Luigi Bazzoni | |
| 1975 | L'important c'est d'aimer | Karl-Heinz Zimmer | Andrzej Żuławski | |
| 1975 | Return of Shanghai Joe | Pat Barnes | Bitto Albertini | |
| 1975 | Lifespan | Nicholas Ulrich | Alexander Whitelaw | |
| 1975 | Un genio, due compari, un pollos | Doc Foster | Damiano Damiani | |
| 1975 | Das Netz | Emilio Bossi | Manfred Purzer | |
| 1976 | Jack the Ripper | Dr. Dennis Orloff | Jesús Franco | |
| 1976 | Golden Night | Michel Fournier | Serge Moati | |
| 1977 | Operation Thunderbolt | Wilfried Boese | Menahem Golan | |
| 1977 | Madame Claude | Alexander Zakis | Just Jaeckin | |
| 1977 | Death of a Corrupt Man | Nicolas Tomski | Georges Lautner | |
| 1978 | The Song of Roland | Roland / Klaus | Frank Cassenti | |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Count Dracula | Werner Herzog | |
| 1979 | Zoo Zéro | Yavé, le directeur du zoo | Alain Fleischer | |
| 1979 | Woyzeck | Woyzeck | Werner Herzog | |
| 1980 | Haine | Le motard | Dominique Goult | |
| 1980 | Schizoid | Pieter Fales | David Paulsen | |
| 1980 | La Femme Enfant | Marcel | Raphaële Billetdoux | |
| 1981 | Fruits of Passion | Sir Stephen | Shūji Terayama | |
| 1981 | Venom | Jacmel | Piers Haggard | |
| 1981 | Buddy Buddy | Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot | Billy Wilder | |
| 1982 | Fitzcarraldo | Brian Sweeney "Fitzcarraldo" Fitzgerald | Werner Herzog | |
| 1982 | The Soldier | Dracha | James Glickenhaus | |
| 1982 | Android | Dr. Daniel | Aaron Lipstadt | |
| 1982 | Love and Money | Frederic Stockheinz | James Toback | |
| 1982 | Burden of Dreams | Himself | Les Blank | Archive footage |
| 1984 | Code Name: Wild Geese | Charlton | Antonio Margheriti | |
| 1984 | The Little Drummer Girl | Martin Kurtz | George Roy Hill | |
| 1984 | The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud | Dr. Max Bauer | Danford B. Greene | |
| 1985 | Creature | Hans Rudy Hofner | William Malone | AKA The Titan Find |
| 1985 | Kommando Leopard | Silveira | Antonio Margheriti | |
| 1985 | El caballero del dragón | Boetius | Fernando Colomo | AKA Star Knight |
| 1986 | Revenge of the Stolen Stars | Donald McBride | Ulli Lommel | |
| 1986 | Crawlspace | Karl Gunther | David Schmoeller | |
| 1987 | Cobra Verde | Francisco Manoel da Silva / Cobra Verde | Werner Herzog | |
| 1987 | Location Africa | Himself | Steff Gruber | Archive footage |
| 1988 | Grandi cacciatori | Klaus Naginsky | Augusto Caminito | |
| 1988 | Vampire in Venice | Nosferatu | Augusto Caminito, Klaus Kinski | |
| 1989 | Kinski Paganini | Niccolò Paganini | Klaus Kinski | Final film role |
| 1999 | My Best Fiend | Himself | Werner Herzog | Archive footage |
| 2008 | Jesus Christus Erlöser | Himself | Peter Geyer | Filmed in 1971 |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1961 | Die Kurve | Anton | TV movie |
| 1963 | Die Mondvögel | Valentin | TV movie |
| 1973 | Katohi | Oberst | TV miniseries |
| 1984 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Beast | Episode: "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 1984 | Deadly Nightmares | Kurt Hoffman | Episode: "Lovesounds" |
| 1987 | Timestalkers | Dr. Joseph Cole | TV movie |

## Discography

* 1962 Poetry of Friedrich von Schiller: Read in German by Kinski (Folkways Records)
Kinski released nearly 25 spoken word records, some of which were re-released on CDs.
* 2003 Kinski spricht Werke der Weltliteratur (Kinski Speaks Works of World Literature) a box-set of 20 CDs with Kinski's spoken word
** CD1. Kinski spricht Villon
** CD2. Kinski spricht Villon und Goethe
** CD3. Kinski spricht Rimbaud
** CD4. Kinski spricht Strindberg und Baudelaire
** CD5. Kinski spricht Schiller
** CD6. Kinski singt und spricht Brecht
** CD7. Kinski spricht Hauptmann und Nietzsche
** CD8. Kinski spricht Büchner und Majakowskij
** CD9. Kinski spricht Dostojewskij
** CD10. Kinski spricht Oscar Wilde I
** CD11. Kinski spricht Oscar Wilde II
** CD12. Kinski spricht Jack London und Stéphane Mallarmé
** CD13. Kinski spricht aus der Amerikaballade und der Dichtung afrikanischer Völker
** CD14+15. Kinski und Ensemble: Shakespeare I Hamlet
** CD16+17. Kinski und Ensemble: Shakespeare II: Romeo und Julia
** CD18+19. Kinski und Ensemble: Wiedersehen mit Brideshead
** Bonus-CD: Sechs Gramm Caratillo/Die Nacht allein