Actor, Motion Picture Director. Born Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski in Zoppot, Danzig, Germany (now Sopot, Poland), he appeared in over 130 movies including: "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" (1958), "Die Schwarze Kobra" (The Black Cobra) (1963), "Kali Yug, Die Göttin der Rache" (Goddess of Vengeance) (1963), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), "Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes" (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) (1972), "Jack the Ripper" (1976), "Nosferatu – Phantom der Nacht" (Nosferatu the Vampyre) (1979) "Buddy, Buddy" (1981), "Fitzcarraldo" (1982), "Cobra Verde" (1988) and sixteen Edgar Wallace movies. He was married thrice and is father of the actresses Pola Kinski, Nastassja Kinski and actor Nikolai Kinski. His ashes were scattered near San Francisco.

Actor, Motion Picture Director. Born Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski in Zoppot, Danzig, Germany (now Sopot, Poland), he appeared in over 130 movies including: "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" (1958), "Die Schwarze Kobra" (The Black Cobra) (1963), "Kali Yug, Die Göttin der Rache" (Goddess of Vengeance) (1963), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), "Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes" (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) (1972), "Jack the Ripper" (1976), "Nosferatu – Phantom der Nacht" (Nosferatu the Vampyre) (1979) "Buddy, Buddy" (1981), "Fitzcarraldo" (1982), "Cobra Verde" (1988) and sixteen Edgar Wallace movies. He was married thrice and is father of the actresses Pola Kinski, Nastassja Kinski and actor Nikolai Kinski. His ashes were scattered near San Francisco.