Klaus Kinski

""The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.""

Klaus Kinski (1926-1991) was a German actor well known for his work with director Werner Herzog in such films as Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Woyzeck, and the remake of Nosferatu, along with countless other roles, including playing villains in several Spaghetti Westerns. He is also noted for his less than stable personality. He was respected as a prolific and capable actor, but had a reputation for being extremely difficult to work with. Herzog recalls his interesting relationship with the man in the 1999 documentary My Best Fiend (the original German title is Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski: literally My Dearest Enemy - Klaus Kinski). Kinski is the father of actresses Natassja Kinski (Cat People, Tess) and Pola Kinski.


 * The Tyson Zone: As his daughter Pola wrote in her autobiographical book Kindermund, he had raped her since she was five years old. And she was not fond about all the fans gushing to her what kind of a "genius" he supposedly was. Hell, years before that, Kinski had written in his autobiography about Parental Incest.
 * For a minor example, the sentences in the letters he wrote to her contained up to sixteen exclamation marks. So it's safe to say that Kinski was at least three times above the "wears his underpants on his head" standard for insanity.