AKA: Niklaus Gunther Nakszynski
Nationality: Polish
Birthdate: 00/00/1926
Birthplace: Zoppot, Poland
Death Date: 11/23/1991
Sinister-looking performer, in films from 1948. Kinski's piercing eyes and hawk-like features tended to land him crazed or obsessed roles, and he rarely resisted the temptation to ham them up. He appeared in German films, the spaghetti western "For a Few Dollars More" (1966) and the international productions "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) and "The Little Drummer Girl" (1984), though his critical reputation rests principally on his work with Werner Herzog--particularly "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" (1972), "Nosferatu" (1978) and "Fitzcarraldo" (1982). Father of actresses Pola and Nastassja Kinski.
Francisco Manoel Da Silva
1987
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald--
1982
1930
Moved with parents to Berlin (date approximate)
1944
Drafted into the German army at age 16
On second day of combat in the Netherlands, Kinski was injured and captured by Allied forces and spent the rest of WWII in a British prison-of-war camp
Gave poetry recitals in small German cabarets and later larger halls
Acted on stage in Tubingen and Baden-Baden
