Nikolai Kinski

Nikolai Kinski
Born	Nanhoï Nikolai Kinski July 30, 1976 (1976-07-30) (age 35) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Website
http://www.nikolaikinski.de

Nanhoï Nikolai Kinski (born July 30, 1976 in Paris, France) is a film actor, and the only acknowledged son of the prolific actor Klaus Kinski and his third wife, Minhoi Geneviève Loanic. He is the half-brother of actresses Nastassja Kinski and Pola Kinski. Nikolai was born in France, but was raised in California, United States. He currently resides in Berlin, Germany and owns the dual citizenship of the United States and France.

Nikolai was the only one who attended the funeral of his father Klaus as his ashes were strewn in the Pacific Ocean.

Acting career

Nikolai's first acting role was alongside his father in the 1989 film Kinski Paganini. He was enrolled as a Theatre Major in the UCLA School of Theatre^[1] in the mid=1990s, and has since starred in a number of German language films, after learning to speak German fluently in less than two years. More recently, he starred in 2005's Æon Flux alongside Charlize Theron.

In 2006, he won the Romy Award as best newcomer.^[2]

Selected filmography

• 1989: Kinski Paganini
• 1994: Jamila
• 2000: West Coast
• 2001: Tortilla Soup
• 2002: The Devil Who Called Himself God
• 2003: Dirty Sky
• 2003: Connecting Dots
• 2004: Untreu (TV-movie)
• 2005: Kein Himmel über Afrika (TV-movie)
• 2005: Tatort (Crime film series)
• 2005: Æon Flux
• 2006: Klimt
• 2006: Rohtenburg
• 2006: Fay Grim
• 2007: Giganten (TV-series)
• 2009: Krupp – Eine deutsche Familie (TV miniseries)
• 2009: The Countess
• 2009: Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore
• 2009: SOKO Donau (TV-series)

Notes

1. ^ [1] Visiting UCLA
2. ^ [2] Romy Award Winner

External links

• Nikolai Kinski at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website

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Name	Kinski, Nikolai
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Date of birth	July 30, 1976
Place of birth	Paris, France
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