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name: "Nikolai Kinski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nikolai-kinski"
fi1m_id: "nikolai-kinski"
imdb_id: "nm0455895"
tmdb_id: 54024
wikidata_id: "Q712449"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 July 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T15:37:03.224811+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Nikolai Kinski

## Identity

Nikolai Kinski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nikolai-kinski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nikolai-kinski
- **IMDb ID:** nm0455895
- **TMDB ID:** 54024
- **Wikidata ID:** Q712449
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Kinski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712449, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54024

Actor. Born 30 July 1976 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 July 1976, Paris, France
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Nanhoï Nikolai Kinski
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Kinski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712449, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54024

## Coming up

- *Any Other Night* (2026-12-31)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Sinking of the Laconia*](https://film.one/tv/the-sinking-of-the-laconia.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Sinking of the Laconia* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Walter Drexler — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sinking-of-the-laconia.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Any Other Night* (2026), Actor
- *Over Your Dead Body* (2026), as Frank
- *Köln 75* (2025), as Officer Schultz
- *Dream Story* (2025), as Jacob
- *Moresnet* (2024), series, as Dr. Salvatore Lopez
- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, as Col. Harold Huglin — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Liaison* (2023), series, as Vandermeer
- *Gute Nachrichten - Der Usedom-Krimi* (2022), as Jonas Gomez
- *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022), series, as Emperor Romanos
- *Farewell, Mr. Haffmann* (2022), as Commander Jünger
- *Die Welt steht still* (2021), as Dr. Maxime Durant
- *Plan A* (2021), as Tzvi
- *Barbarians* (2020), series, as Pelagios
- *A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Aqualung, Motherfucker* (2019), as Aqualung Motherfucker
- *Dreamfactory* (2019), as Omar
- *Dead End* (2019), series, as Kevin Dorsett
- *Attempted Murder* (2018), series, as Lars Oehmke
- *Ein Sommer in Vietnam* (2018), as Danh Cao
- *Ein Sommer in Vietnam* (2018), series, as Danh Cao
- *Axolotl Overkill* (2017), as Mr. Kroschinske
- *Berlin Station* (2016), series, as Roman Platov
- *Point Break* (2015), as Pascal Al Fariq
- *1915* (2015), as Tony
- *Neben der Spur* (2015), series, as Robert Mohren
- *Götz von Berlichingen* (2014), as Kaiser Karl
- *Posthumous* (2014), as Kaleb Moo
- *The Inner Zone* (2014), as Dr. Antonius Cappa
- *Helen Dorn* (2014), series, as Alexander Lorenz
- *Yves Saint Laurent* (2014), as Karl Lagerfeld
- *Whispers Behind the Wall* (2013), as Junger Makler
- *Binny and the Ghost* (2013), series, as Magnus Mala
- *Mary of Nazareth* (2012), as Judas Ischariot
- *Mary of Nazareth* (2012), series, as Judas
- *Long Distance Call* (2011), as Rezeptionist (voice)
- *Nord Nord Mord* (2011), series, as Thilo Rumbuchner, Mark Seitz
- *The Sinking of the Laconia* (2011), series, as Walter Drexler — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sinking-of-the-laconia.md)
- *The Apologies* (2010), Actor
- *SOKO Stuttgart* (2009), series, as Björn Kowald, Daniel Mommsen
- *Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore* (2009), as Daniel Shore
- *Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace* (2009), series, as Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach
- *The Countess* (2009), as Teacher
- *The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist* (2008), as Projectionist
- *Fay Grim* (2007), as Amin
- *Kommissar Stolberg* (2006), series, as Benjamin Becker
- *Klimt* (2006), as Egon Schiele
- *Æon Flux* (2005), as Claudius
- *No Sky Limit with Africa* (2005), as Duncan Coburn
- *Vienna Crime Squad* (2005), series, as Sebastian Opitz
- *Untreu* (2004), as Milan Farkas
- *Dirty Sky* (2003), as Paule
- *Connecting Dots* (2003), as Alex
- *Kommissarin Seiler ermittelt* (2003), series, as Milan Farkas
- *The Devil Who Called Himself God* (2002), as Lukas
- *Tortilla Soup* (2001), as Andy
- *Einsatz in Hamburg* (2000), series, as Erster Offizier Barlog
- *Küstenwache* (1997), series, as Dolf Karst
- *Jamila* (1994), as Young Seit
- *Paganini* (1990), as Achille Paganini
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Tobias Flügge, Martin Schneider, Sebastian Feuerbach

## Gallery

- ![French/American actor Nikolai Kinski leaving the press conference for "Yves Saint Laurent" (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/3705685/gallery-dafdf3af0743.jpg) French/American actor Nikolai Kinski leaving the press conference for "Yves Saint Laurent" (2014) — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Nikolai_Kinski.jpg/1280px-Nikolai_Kinski.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nikolai Kinski in Berlin (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/3705685/gallery-88669cc48a0b.jpg) Nikolai Kinski in Berlin (2011) — David Rott, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Actor_Nikolai_Kinski_%28cropped%29.JPG/1280px-Actor_Nikolai_Kinski_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![American-French actor Nikolai Kinski at the Berlin Film Festival 2013](https://film.one/media/person/3705685/gallery-59f3e83e3614.jpg) American-French actor Nikolai Kinski at the Berlin Film Festival 2013 — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Nikolai_Kinski_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2013%29.jpg/1280px-Nikolai_Kinski_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2013%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nikolai Kinski](https://film.one/media/person/3705685/gallery-3938ab8314f6.jpg) Nikolai Kinski — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Nikolai_Kinski_Berlinale_2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ina Paule Klink and Nikolai Kinski at the opening ceremenony of the Berlinale 2018](https://film.one/media/person/3705685/gallery-fa119486d049.jpg) Ina Paule Klink and Nikolai Kinski at the opening ceremenony of the Berlinale 2018 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/MJK_08038_Ina_Paule_Klink_und_Nikolai_Kinski_%28Berlinale_2018%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_08038_Ina_Paule_Klink_und_Nikolai_Kinski_%28Berlinale_2018%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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