ACTOR

Klaus Kinski

1926 - 1991

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Klaus Kinski (German: [klaʊs ˈkɪnskiː] , born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor. Equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality, he appeared in over 130 film roles in a career that spanned 40 years, from 1948 to 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Kinski has received more than 4,624,112 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Klaus Kinski is the 126th most popular actor (up from 145th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Poland (down from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Polish Actor.

Klaus Kinski is most famous for his role as a Nazi officer in the film "Aguirre, the Wrath of God."

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Klaus Kinski ranks 126 out of 13,578. Before him are Kevin Costner, Jean Gabin, Diane Keaton, Audie Murphy, Charlton Heston, and Simone Signoret. After him are Robert Forster, Joe Pesci, Lee Van Cleef, Judi Dench, Dianne Wiest, and Salman Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Klaus Kinski ranks 14. Before him are Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Leslie Nielsen, Dario Fo, Andrzej Wajda, Svetlana Alliluyeva, and René Goscinny. After him are Sathya Sai Baba, Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Jerry Lewis, Ben Roy Mottelson, and Nuon Chea. Among people deceased in 1991, Klaus Kinski ranks 10. Before him are Vasily Zaitsev, Yves Montand, Serge Gainsbourg, Edwin McMillan, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Carl David Anderson. After him are Jiang Qing, Klaus Barbie, John Bardeen, Miles Davis, Gustáv Husák, and Soichiro Honda.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Klaus Kinski ranks 54 out of 1,694. Before him are Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768), Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941), Casimir III the Great (1310), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Donald Tusk (1957), and Emil von Behring (1854). After him are Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Paul Ehrlich (1854), Billy Wilder (1906), and Ferdinand Lassalle (1825).

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Among ACTORS In Poland

Among actors born in Poland, Klaus Kinski ranks 1. After him are Pola Negri (1897), Hanna Schygulla (1943), Lilli Palmer (1914), Daniel Olbrychski (1945), Tommy Wiseau (1955), Barbara Brylska (1941), Anny Ondra (1903), Dita Parlo (1906), Aleksander Krupa (1947), Paul Wegener (1874), and Beata Tyszkiewicz (1938).

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Television and Movie Roles

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Don Lope de Aguirre
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.
Dec 29th 19727.467 / 10
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Count Dracula
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
Jan 17th 19797.313 / 10
For a Few Dollars More
Juan Wild - The Hunchback
Two bounty hunters both pursue a brutal and sadistic bandit of the name El Indio who has a massive bounty on his head.
Dec 18th 19658 / 10