Nikolai Kinski

Nikolai Kinski
Kinski in 2008
Born	Nanhoï Nikolai Kinski (1976-07-30) July 30, 1976 Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Father	Klaus Kinski
Relatives	Nastassja Kinski (half-sister) Pola Kinski (half-sister) Kenya Kinski-Jones (niece)
Website	http://www.nikolaikinski.de

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 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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1989	Paganini	Achille Paganini	Klaus Kinski
1994	Jamila	Young Seit	Monica Teuber
2000	West Coast		Joshua Davis
	Recessions	The Man	Robbie Stauder	Short
2001	Tortilla Soup	Andy	Maria Ripoll
2002	Never Get Outta the Boat	Saturn	Paul Quinn
	The Devil Who Called Himself God	Lukas	Dmitriy Astrakhan
2003	Dirty Sky	Paule	Andy Bausch
	Connecting Dots	Alex	Alon Aranya
2004	Untreu	Milan Farkas	Rainer Matsutani	TV film
2005	Æon Flux	Claudius	Karyn Kusama
	Under the Dark Sun of Africa	Duncan Coburn	Roland Suso Richter	TV film
	Tatort	Martin Schneider	Robert Sigl	TV series (1 episode) Romy Gala - Favorite Male Shooting Star
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
2007	Giganten	Aimé Bonpland	Gero von Boehm	TV series (1 episode)
2008	The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist	The Projectionist	Max Sacker	Short
2009	Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore	Daniel Shore	Michael Dreher
	The Countess	The Teacher	Julie Delpy
	Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace	Arndt von Bohlen	Carlo Rola	TV miniseries
	SOKO Donau	Sebastian Opitz	Robert Sigl (2)	TV series (1 episode)
2010	The Apologies	The Man	Hal Hartley (2)	Short
	Planet	The Man	Matthew Branning & Bjoern Ruehmann	Short
	Kalter Hund	Simon	Anna Porzelt	Short
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)
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)
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)
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
	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)
2015	1915	Tony	Garin Hovannisian & Alec Mouhibian
	Point Break	Pascal Al-Fariq	Ericson Core
	After the Fall	René Valmund	Carlo Rola (4)	TV miniseries
2016	Axolotl Blockbuster	Mr. Kroschinske	Helene Hegemann
	The Loner	Sepehr	Daniel Grove
2017	The Yellow Birds	The Priest	Alexandre Moors
2018	Berlin I Love You	Alister	Gabriela Tscherniak
2019	Berlin Station	Roman Platov	various	TV series (recurring, season 3)
2020	Barbarians	Pelagios	various	TV series (recurring, season 1)
2022	Vikings: Valhalla	Romanos III Argyros		TV series (recurring, season 2)
2024	Masters of the Air	Col. Harold Huglin	Cary Joji Fukunaga	TV mini-series (season 1)

External links

• Nikolai Kinski at IMDb
• Official website