Nikolai Kinski

Actor

Film / TV

2023 | Liaison | Apple Studios, Léonis Productions, Ringside Studios | Apple TV+ | feature film | Director: Stephen Hopkins

2023 | Traumnovelle | Studio Babelsberg | feature film | Director: Florian Frerichs

2022 | Usedom Krimi - "Gute Nachtrichten" | Razor Film | ARD | TV film | Director: Matthias Tiefenbacher

2021 | Vikings: Valhalla | World 2000 Entertainment, Take 5 Productions, MGM Television | History Channel, Netflix | TV series | Director: diverse | showrunner Michael Hirst

2021 | Masters of the Air | Playtone, Amblin Entertainment | Apple TV+ | TV series | Director: Cary Fukunaga

2021 | Die Welt steht still | Network Movie | ZDF | TV film | Director: Anno Saul

2020 | Tatort Münster - "Wer du wirklich bist" (WT) | Bavaria Fiction | WDR | TV series | Director: Brigitte Maria Bertele

2020 | Nord Nord Mord - "Sievers und der schönste Tag" | Network Movie | ZDF | TV series | Director: Maria von Heland | episode lead

2020 | Adieu Monsieur Haffmann | Vendôme Production | feature film | Director: Fred Cavayé

2019 | Plan A (WT) | Getaway Pictures | feature film | Director: Yoav Paz

2019 | The Barbarians | Gaumont | Netflix | TV series | Director: Barbara Eder, Steve Saint Leger | main cast

2018 | Traumfabrik | Traumfabrik Babelsberg | Tobis Film | feature film | Director: Martin Schreier

2018 | Dead End | Real Film | ZDF Neo | TV series | Director: Christopher Schier

2018 | Berlin Station | Paramount Television | Netflix | TV series | Director: Christoph Schrewe, Tanya Hamilton, Marc Jobst

2018 | Der Mordanschlag | Network Movie | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Miguel Alexandre

2018 | Helen Dorn – "Schatten der Vergangenheit" | Network Movi | ZDF | TV series | Director: Alexander Dierbach

2018 | Gore | Netflix | Netflix | feature film | Director: Michael Hoffman

2018 | Summer in Vietnam | Ariane Krampe | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Sophie Allet-Coche

2017 | Berlin, I love you | Walk on Water | Warner Bros. Pictures | feature film | Director:  Dianna Agron, Peter Chelsom, Fernando Eimbcke

2017 | The Yellow Birds | Cinelou Films | Warner Bros. Pictures | feature film | Director: Alexandre Moors

2017 | Axolotl Overkill | Vandertastic | Constantin Film, Aerofilms, The Match Factory | feature film | Director: Helene Hegemann

2017 | Tatort Saarbrücken - "Mord ex machine" | ProSaar | ARD, SR | TV series | Director: Christian Theede

2016 | The Loner | Black Light District | feature film | Director: Daniel Grove

2016 | Wilsberg | Warner Bros. | ZDF | TV series | Director: Dominic Müller

2016 | Nord Nord Mord | Network Movie | ZDF | TV series | Director: Anno Saul

2015 | Point Break | Warner bros. Alcon Entertainment | Concorde Filmverleih | feature film | Director: Ericson Core

2015 | Binny and the Ghost | TeamWorx Television & Film | Disney Channel | TV series | Director: Nico Zingelmann

2015 | 1915 | Strongman Productions | feature film | Director: Garin Hovannisian, Alex Mouhibian

2015 | Himmelsleiter - "Der Kunstraub" | Bavaria Fiction | ARD | TV movie | Director:  Carlo Rola

2014 | Yves Saint Laurent | The Weinstein Company | feature film | Director: Jalil Lespert

2014 | Posthumous | Flying Box Productions | feature film | Director: Lulu Wang

2014 | Die innere Zone | Tre Valli Filmproduktion | feature film | Director: Fosco Dubini

2014 | Neben der Spur - "Adrenalin" | Network Movie | ZDF | TV series | Director: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert

2014 | Küstenwache - "Ehlers große Entscheidung" | Opal Filmproduktion | ZDF | TV series | Director: Dagmar von Chappuis

2014 | Götz von Berlichingen | UFA, teamWorx | RTL | TV movie | Director: Carlo Rola

2013 | Stunde des Bösen - Die Frau hinter der Wand | One Two Films | Capelight Pictures, Eastwest Filmdistribution | TV movie | Director: Gregorz Muskala

2013 | Alex | Warnuts Entertainment | feature film | Director: Florian Frerichs

2013 | Einsatz in Hamburg - "Mord an Bord" | Network Movie | ZDF | TV series | Director: Carlo Rola

2012 | Belle de Lyon | FILMHAUS | aug&ohr medien | short | Director: Max Sacker

2012 | Stolberg- "Tödliches Netz" | Network Movie | ZDF | TV series | Director: Andi Niessner

2011 | Mary of Nazareth | Lux Vide S.p.A. | BR, RAI | TV movie | Director: Giacomo Campiotti

2010 | Der Kuss | DFFB | short | Director: Matthew Branning, Bjoern Ruehmann

2010 | The Apologies | Possible Films | short | Director: Hal Hartley

2009 | Long Distance Call | DFFB | short | Director: Grzegorz Muskala

2009 | Kalter Hund | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg | short | Director: Anna Porzelt

2009 | The Countess | X Filme Creative Pool | feature film | Director: Julie Delpy

2009 | Naked | St. Pauli-Theatre Hamburg | theatre | Director: Peter Zadek

2009 | Krupp - Eine deutsche Familie | MOOVIE | TV movie | Director: Carlo Rola

2008 | The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist | A-Film Productions | Shorts International | short | Director: Max Sacker

2008 | Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore | Zum Goldenen Lamm | Studiocanal | feature film | Director: Michael Dreher

2008 | The Lonely Way | Schauspielhaus Bochum | theatre | Director: Armin Holz

2007 | Giganten: "Humboldt - Ruf der grünen Hölle" | Interscience Film | ZDF | | TV series | Director: Gero von Boehm

2006 | Fay Grim | This Is That Productions | feature film | Director: Hal Hartley

2006 | Lemniskate | HfbK Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg | short | Director: Anna Bederke

2005 | Klimt | Epo-Film | feature film | Director: Raoúl

2005 | Kein Himmel über Afrika | teamWorx | ARD | TV movie | Director: Roland Suso Richter

2005 | Nichts geht mehr | Filmuniversität Babelsberg | short | Director: Andreas Schaap

2005 | Tatort: "Racheengel " | Telefilm Saar | ARD | TV series | Director: Robert Sigl

2004 | Aeon Flux | Studio Babelsberg | Paramount Pictures | feature film | Director: Karyn Kusama

2002 | Dirty Sky | Carpe Diem | feature film | Director: Claude-Oliver Rudolph

2002 | Der Teufel, der sich Gott nannte | CCC Filmkunst | feature film | Director: Dmitri Astrachan

2002 | Never Get Outta the Boat | Blow Up Pictures, Lot 47 Films | feature film | Director: Paul Quinn

2002 | Babyboy | Kinski Productions | feature film | Director: Michael Dreher, Peter Geyer

2002 | My Husband's Son | Dektor Films | short | Director: Eugene Yelchin

2001 | Tortilla Soup | Starz Encore Entertainment | feature film | Director: María Ripoll

2001 | The Bakkai | Here Performance Space, New York | theatre | Director: Rene Migliaccio

2000 | Nosferatu | Here Performance Space, New York | theatre | Director: Rene Migliacci

2000 | Recessions | UCSC Film school | short | Director: Robbie Stauder

1998 | West Coast | West Coast Films | feature film | Director: Joshua Davis

1998 | Muddy Water Blues | UCLA Film school | short | Director: Logan Hale

1994 | Jamila | Triangle Film | feature film | Director: Monica Teuber

1988 | Paganini | Scéna Film Production | Filmverleih Carsten Frank | feature film | Director: Klaus Kinski

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Nikolai Kinski was born in France and grew up in the United States. He made his film debut at the age of 11 in Klaus Kinski’s final film “Paganini”.

Kinski studied Theater at UCLA, and went on to act in American independent films (“Tortilla Soup”) and off-Broadway productions in NYC in the early 00’s. In 2004, he moved to Berlin where he became fluent in German and has acted in a wide range of European art house films such as Raoul Ruiz’s “Klimt”, playing Egon Schiele opposite John Malkovich (for which he won the Austrian Romy Award), Hal Hartley’s “Fay Grim”, “The Two Lives of Daniel Shore” and as Karl Lagerfeld in “Yves Saint Laurent”, in addition to studio films (“Aeon Flux”, “Point Break”) and numerous European TV films and mini-series (“Krupp”, “The Sinking of the Laconia”, “Der Mordanschlag”).

Kinski has also starred in various stage productions in Germany including Pirendello’s “Naked” directed by Theater legend Peter Zadek and Schnitzler’s “The Lonely Way” at Schauspielhaus Bochum.

Current film work includes Netflix biopic “Gore” in which he plays Rudolf Nureyev, episodic film “Berlin, I love you” and the german period film “Traumfabrik” shot on location at Studio Babelsberg. He recently completed the first season of highly anticipated new german TV series “Dead End” and is presently shooting the 3rd season of US television series “Berlin Station” as a series regular.

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