Date of Birth
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18-October-1926
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Place of Birth
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Sopot
(Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, Free City of Danzig)
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Nationality
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Germany
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Also know as
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Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski, Klaus Kinsky, Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski, Klaus Gunther Nakszynski, Klaus Günter Karl Nakszyński, Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski, Klaus Kinsky, Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski, Klaus Günther Karl Nakszyński', Klaus Gunther Nakszynski, Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski, Klaus Kinsky, Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski, Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszynski, Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski, Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszyński, Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski, Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski
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Profession
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Actor, Musician, Author, Soldier, Screenwriter, Film director
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Klaus Kinski was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and is remembered as a leading role actor in the films of Werner Herzog, including: Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Woyzeck, Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde. He was considered a "divisive and controversial figure in Germany. His violent outbursts on set - famously captured on film in Herzog's documentary 'My Best Fiend' - are the stuff of legend."
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.
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