Nikolai Kinski

{{Infobox person

| image = Nikolai Kinski Berlinale 2008.jpg

| name = Nikolai Kinski

| imagesize =

| caption = Kinski in 2008

| birth_name = Nanhoï Nikolai Kinski

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|07|30|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| homepage = {{URL|nikolaikinski.de}}

| occupation = Actor

| father = Klaus Kinski

| relatives = {{Ubl

| Nastassja Kinski (half-sister)

| Pola Kinski (half-sister)

| Kenya Kinski-Jones (niece)

}}

Nanhoï Nikolai Kinski (born July 30, 1976) is a French-American film actor, who has also done work in television and on stage. He was born in Paris, and grew up in California. Currently residing in Berlin, he has acted primarily in American and German films, and speaks English, German, and French. He is a citizen of both the U.S. and France.

He is the only son of the German actor Klaus Kinski and his third wife, Minhoi Geneviève Loanic. He is the half-brother of actresses Pola Kinski and Nastassja Kinski, and through Nastassja, the uncle of model Kenya Kinski-Jones.

Early life and education

Kinski was born in 1976 in Paris, to German actor Klaus Kinski, and his third wife, Minhoi Geneviève Loanic, a model of 19 when they met, who was born in Vietnam and came with her family to France at the age of seven. His father had two older daughters, Pola Kinski and Nastassja Kinski, born in Germany to his first and second wives, respectively. He took his family to California, where Nikolai lived mostly with his mother after his parents divorced in 1979. He was never close to his half-sisters, who lived most of the time in Germany.

Acting career

Kinski's father encouraged his interest in acting. His first role was at the age of 13 alongside his father in the film Kinski Paganini (1989). In the mid-1990s, he entered the UCLA School of Theatre as a theatre major[http://www.nikolaikinski.de/index.php?sid=e72ceb8d0de75eb647bf3b9695e3f809&pid=3&lang=en "Visiting UCLA"], Nikolai Kinski website and graduated from there.

Afterward Kinski moved to Berlin, where he learned to speak German fluently. He has since starred in a number of German language films and TV series, in addition to American works. He starred in Æon Flux (2005) alongside Charlize Theron.

In 2006, Kinski won the Romy Award as best newcomer.[http://www.nikolaikinski.de/index.php?sid=e72ceb8d0de75eb647bf3b9695e3f809&pid=3&lang=en Romy Award Winner], Nikolai Kinski website

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1989 \| Paganini \| Achille Paganini \| Klaus Kinski \|
1994 \| Jamila \| Young Seit \| {{Interlanguage link multi\|Monica Teuber\|de\|Monika Teuber}} \|
rowspan=2\| 2000 \| West Coast \| \| Joshua Davis \|
Recessions \| The Man \| Robbie Stauder \| Short
2001 \| Tortilla Soup \| Andy \| Maria Ripoll \|
rowspan=2\| 2002 \| Never Get Outta the Boat \| Saturn \| Paul Quinn \|
The Devil Who Called Himself God \| Lukas \| Dmitriy Astrakhan \|
rowspan=2\| 2003 \| Dirty Sky \| Paule \| Andy Bausch \|
Connecting Dots \| Alex \| Alon Aranya \|
rowspan=1\| 2004 \| Untreu \| Milan Farkas \| Rainer Matsutani \| TV film
rowspan=3\| 2005 \| Æon Flux \| Claudius \| Karyn Kusama \|
{{ill\|Under the Dark Sun of Africa\|fr\|Pas de ciel au-dessus de l'Afrique}} \| Duncan Coburn \| Roland Suso Richter \| TV film
Tatort \| Martin Schneider \| Robert Sigl \| TV series (1 episode) Romy Gala - Favorite Male Shooting Star
rowspan=5\| 2006 \| Klimt \| Egon Schiele \| Raúl Ruiz \| Nominated - Undine Awards - Best Young Character Actor/ Actress
Grimm Love \| Otto Hauser \| Martin Weisz \|
Fay Grim \| Amin \| Hal Hartley \|
Lemniskate \| Him \| Anna Bederke \| Short
Nichts geht mehr \| Marc \| Andreas Schaap \| Short
rowspan=1\| 2007 \| Giganten \| Aimé Bonpland \| Gero von Boehm \| TV series (1 episode)
rowspan=1\| 2008 \| The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist \| The Projectionist \| Max Sacker \| Short
rowspan=4\| 2009 \| Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore \| Daniel Shore \| Michael Dreher \|
The Countess \| The Teacher \| Julie Delpy \|
{{Ill\|Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace\|de\|Krupp – Eine deutsche Familie}} \| Arndt von Bohlen \| Carlo Rola \| TV miniseries
SOKO Donau \| Sebastian Opitz \| Robert Sigl (2) \| TV series (1 episode)
rowspan=3\| 2010 \| The Apologies \| The Man \| Hal Hartley (2) \| Short
Planet \| The Man \| Matthew Branning & Bjoern Ruehmann \| Short
Kalter Hund \| Simon \| Anna Porzelt \| Short
rowspan=3\| 2011 \| Long Distance Call \| The Rezeptionist \| Grzegorz Muskala \| Short
The Sinking of the Laconia \| Walter Drexler \| Uwe Janson \| TV miniseries
Stuttgart Homicide \| Björn Kowald \| Rainer Matsutani (2) \| TV series (1 episode)
rowspan=3\| 2012 \| Belle de Lyon \| Marcel \| Max Sacker (2) \| Short
Mary of Nazareth \| Judas \| Giacomo Campiotti \| TV film
Stolberg \| Benjamin Becker \| Andi Niessner \| TV series (1 episode)
rowspan=3\| 2013 \| Alex \| Alex \| Florian Frerichs \| Short
Die Frau hinter der Wand \| Junger Makler \| Grzegorz Muskala (2) \| TV film
Einsatz in Hamburg \| Erster Offizier Barlog \| Carlo Rola (2) \| TV series (1 episode)
rowspan=7\| 2014 \| Yves Saint Laurent \| Karl Lagerfeld \| Jalil Lespert \|
Posthumous \| Kaleb Moo \| Lulu Wang \|
Die Innere Zone \| Dr. Antonius Cappa \| Fosco Dubini \|
Neben der Spur - Adrenalin \| Robert Mohren \| Cyrill Boss & Philipp Stennert \| TV film
{{ill\|Iron Fist (2014 film)\|de\|3=Götz von Berlichingen (2014)\|lt=Iron Fist}} \| Kaiser Karl \| Carlo Rola (3) \| TV film
Küstenwache \| Dolf Karst \| Dagmar von Chappuis \| TV series (1 episode)
Binny und der Geist \| Magnus Mala \| Nico Zingelmann \| TV series (1 episode)
rowspan=3\| 2015 \| 1915 \| Tony \| Garin Hovannisian & Alec Mouhibian \|
Point Break \| Pascal Al-Fariq \| Ericson Core \|
After the Fall \| René Valmund \| Carlo Rola (4) \| TV miniseries
rowspan=2\| 2016 \| Axolotl Blockbuster \| Mr. Kroschinske \| Helene Hegemann \|
The Loner \| Sepehr \| Daniel Grove \|
rowspan=1\| 2017 \| The Yellow Birds \| The Priest \| Alexandre Moors \|
rowspan=1\| 2018 \| Berlin I Love You \| Alister \| Gabriela Tscherniak \|
rowspan=1\| 2019 \| Berlin Station \| Roman Platov \| various \|TV series (recurring, season 3)
rowspan=1\| 2020 \| Barbarians \| Pelagios \| various \|TV series (recurring, season 1)
rowspan=1\| 2022 \| Vikings: Valhalla \| Romanos III Argyros \| \|TV series (recurring, season 2)
rowspan=1\| 2024 \| Masters of the Air \| Col. Harold Huglin \| Cary Joji Fukunaga \|TV mini-series (season 1)

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Director

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1989

| Paganini

| Achille Paganini

| Klaus Kinski

1994

| Jamila

| Young Seit

| {{Interlanguage link multi|Monica Teuber|de|Monika Teuber}}

rowspan=2| 2000

| West Coast

| Joshua Davis

Recessions

| The Man

| Robbie Stauder

| Short

2001

| Tortilla Soup

| Andy

| Maria Ripoll

rowspan=2| 2002

| Never Get Outta the Boat

| Saturn

| Paul Quinn

The Devil Who Called Himself God

| Lukas

| Dmitriy Astrakhan

rowspan=2| 2003

| Dirty Sky

| Paule

| Andy Bausch

Connecting Dots

| Alex

| Alon Aranya

rowspan=1| 2004

| Untreu

| Milan Farkas

| Rainer Matsutani

| TV film

rowspan=3| 2005

| Æon Flux

| Claudius

| Karyn Kusama

{{ill|Under the Dark Sun of Africa|fr|Pas de ciel au-dessus de l'Afrique}}

| Duncan Coburn

| Roland Suso Richter

| TV film

Tatort

| Martin Schneider

| Robert Sigl

| TV series (1 episode)
Romy Gala - Favorite Male Shooting Star

rowspan=5| 2006

| Klimt

| Egon Schiele

| Raúl Ruiz

| Nominated - Undine Awards - Best Young Character Actor/ Actress

Grimm Love

| Otto Hauser

| Martin Weisz

Fay Grim

| Amin

| Hal Hartley

Lemniskate

| Him

| Anna Bederke

| Short

Nichts geht mehr

| Marc

| Andreas Schaap

| Short

rowspan=1| 2007

| Giganten

| Aimé Bonpland

| Gero von Boehm

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=1| 2008

| The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist

| The Projectionist

| Max Sacker

| Short

rowspan=4| 2009

| Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore

| Daniel Shore

| Michael Dreher

The Countess

| The Teacher

| Julie Delpy

{{Ill|Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace|de|Krupp – Eine deutsche Familie}}

| Arndt von Bohlen

| Carlo Rola

| TV miniseries

SOKO Donau

| Sebastian Opitz

| Robert Sigl (2)

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=3| 2010

| The Apologies

| The Man

| Hal Hartley (2)

| Short

Planet

| The Man

| Matthew Branning & Bjoern Ruehmann

| Short

Kalter Hund

| Simon

| Anna Porzelt

| Short

rowspan=3| 2011

| Long Distance Call

| The Rezeptionist

| Grzegorz Muskala

| Short

The Sinking of the Laconia

| Walter Drexler

| Uwe Janson

| TV miniseries

Stuttgart Homicide

| Björn Kowald

| Rainer Matsutani (2)

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=3| 2012

| Belle de Lyon

| Marcel

| Max Sacker (2)

| Short

Mary of Nazareth

| Judas

| Giacomo Campiotti

| TV film

Stolberg

| Benjamin Becker

| Andi Niessner

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=3| 2013

| Alex

| Alex

| Florian Frerichs

| Short

Die Frau hinter der Wand

| Junger Makler

| Grzegorz Muskala (2)

| TV film

Einsatz in Hamburg

| Erster Offizier Barlog

| Carlo Rola (2)

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=7| 2014

| Yves Saint Laurent

| Karl Lagerfeld

| Jalil Lespert

Posthumous

| Kaleb Moo

| Lulu Wang

Die Innere Zone

| Dr. Antonius Cappa

| Fosco Dubini

Neben der Spur - Adrenalin

| Robert Mohren

| Cyrill Boss & Philipp Stennert

| TV film

{{ill|Iron Fist (2014 film)|de|3=Götz von Berlichingen (2014)|lt=Iron Fist}}

| Kaiser Karl

| Carlo Rola (3)

| TV film

Küstenwache

| Dolf Karst

| Dagmar von Chappuis

| TV series (1 episode)

Binny und der Geist

| Magnus Mala

| Nico Zingelmann

| TV series (1 episode)

rowspan=3| 2015

| 1915

| Tony

| Garin Hovannisian & Alec Mouhibian

Point Break

| Pascal Al-Fariq

| Ericson Core

After the Fall

| René Valmund

| Carlo Rola (4)

| TV miniseries

rowspan=2| 2016

| Axolotl Blockbuster

| Mr. Kroschinske

| Helene Hegemann

The Loner

| Sepehr

| Daniel Grove

rowspan=1| 2017

| The Yellow Birds

| The Priest

| Alexandre Moors

rowspan=1| 2018

| Berlin I Love You

| Alister

| Gabriela Tscherniak

rowspan=1| 2019

| Berlin Station

| Roman Platov

| various

|TV series (recurring, season 3)

rowspan=1| 2020

| Barbarians

| Pelagios

| various

|TV series (recurring, season 1)

rowspan=1| 2022

| Vikings: Valhalla

| Romanos III Argyros

|TV series (recurring, season 2)

rowspan=1| 2024

| Masters of the Air

| Col. Harold Huglin

| Cary Joji Fukunaga

|TV mini-series (season 1)

Notes

External links

{{IMDb name|0455895|name=Nikolai Kinski}}
{{Official website|http://www.nikolaikinski.de}}

Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:Male actors from Paris

Category:French emigrants to the United States

Category:American male film actors

Category:American people of German descent

Category:American people of Polish descent

Category:American actors of Vietnamese descent

Category:French male film actors

Category:French male television actors

Category:French male child actors

Category:French people of German descent

Category:French people of Polish descent

Category:French people of Vietnamese descent

Category:Kinski family