Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski
At the Cannes Film Festival, late 1980s
Born	Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski (1926-10-18)18 October 1926 Zoppot, Free City of Danzig (present-day Sopot, Poland)
Died	23 November 1991(1991-11-23) (aged 65) Lagunitas, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–1989
Spouse(s)	Gislinde Kühbeck (1952–1955; divorced; 1 child) Brigitte Ruth Tocki (1960–1971; divorced; 1 child) Minhoi Geneviève Loanic (1971–1979; divorced; 1 child) Debora Caprioglio (1987–1989; divorced)
Children	Nastassja, Pola, and Nikolai Kinski
Website	Kinski fanpage

Klaus Kinski (born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski; 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and was a leading role actor in the films of Werner Herzog, including Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), and Cobra Verde (1987). He also appeared in many 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) and A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975). A controversial figure in Germany, some of Kinski's violent outbursts on set were filmed in Herzog's documentary My Best Fiend.

He is the father of Pola, Nastassja, and Nikolai Kinski, born of three different marriages. They have all become actors and have worked in Germany and the United States, primarily in film and TV.

Klaus Kinski was born to German nationals in Zoppot in what was from 1920–1939, under League of Nations supervision, the Free City of Danzig (it is now Sopot, Poland). His father, Bruno Nakszynski, a German of Polish descent, was a failed opera singer turned pharmacist; his mother, Susanne (née Lutze), was a nurse and the daughter of a local pastor. Klaus had three older siblings: Inge, Arne and Hans-Joachim.