Nikolai Kinski

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 France and the U.S.

He is the only son of 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 in 1952 and Nastassja Kinski in 1961, 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 Notes1989 Paganini Achille Paganini Klaus Kinski1994 Jamila Young Seit 2000 West Coast Joshua Davis Recessions The Man Robbie Stauder Short2001 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 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 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 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 variousTV series (recurring, season 3) 2020 Barbarians Pelagios variousTV 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 FukunagaTV mini-series (season 1) 2024 Traumnovelle Jacob Florian Frerichs