Biography
Nikolai Kinski is a French-American actor. Born Nanhoï Nikolai Kinski on 30 July 1976 in Paris, he is the son of actor Klaus Kinski and his third wife, Minhoi Geneviève Loanic. He is the half-brother of actresses Nastassja Kinski and Pola Kinski.
Raised in California after his parents' divorce, Kinski studied acting at the UCLA School of Theatre. He has lived in Berlin since the early 2000s and holds dual US and French citizenship. He speaks English, German and French. His first screen role was alongside his father in Kinski Paganini (1989).
Kinski is known for appearances in Æon Flux (2005), Yves Saint Laurent (2014) as Karl Lagerfeld, The Sinking of the Laconia (2011) as Walter Drexler, Vikings: Valhalla (2022) as Emperor Romanos, Masters of the Air (2024) as Colonel Harold Huglin, and Over Your Dead Body (2026) as Frank. He won the Romy Award for best newcomer in 2006.
