Udo Kier
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Biography
Udo Kierspe (October 14, 1944 – November 23, 2025), known professionally as Udo Kier, was a German actor. Known primarily as a cult character actor who portrayed eccentric and deviant figures, he appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas. He collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Gus Van Sant, Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Tom Shadyac, Charles...
Known For
Filmography
By Design
2026
as Aldo Fabbri
Bad Painter
2025
as Ö
The Secret Agent
2025
as Hans
Skeletons in the Closet
2024
as Luc
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
2024
as Self
Schindler Space Architect
2024
as R.M. Schindler (voice)
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
2022
as Michel
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022
Staging Death
2022
My Neighbor Adolf
2022
as Herman Herzog
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
as Self / Big Brother
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
2022
as Klaus
Chompy & the Girls
2021
as Chompy (voice)
Haymaker
2021
as David
The Blazing World
2021
as Lained
Swan Song
2021
as Pat Pitsenbarger
The Barefoot Emperor
2020
as Dr. Otto Kroll
Last Moment of Clarity
2020
as Ivan Demisovski
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020
as Self (archive footage)
11 Colours of the Bird
2020
as Self
Hunters
2020
as Adolf Hitler
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
2019
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
The Painted Bird
2019
as Miller
Dragged Across Concrete
2019
as Friedrich
The Mountain
2019
as Frederick
Bacurau
2019
as Michael
American Exit
2019
as Anton
Holy Beasts
2019
as Henry
Skin Walker
2019
as Claus
Bacurau no Mapa
2019
as Self
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
2019
as Fuchspelzmann
I Knew Andy Warhol
2018
as Self
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
as Hans
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
2018
as Andre Toulon
American Animals
2018
as Mr. Van Der Hoek
Zero
2018
as The lord of the world
Daughter of Mine
2018
as Bruno
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018
as Alcyde
Downsizing
2017
as Konrad
Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017
as The Placid Man
Instant Dreams
2017
as The Docter (Cameo)
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
as Self
Brother
2016
as Frank Solek
Seances
2016
Courier X
2016
as Nathan Vogel
The Forbidden Room
2015
as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
Coconut Hero
2015
as Mr. Morrow
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
2015
as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
Johnny Walker
2015
as Fyodor (voice)
Lines of the Hand
2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
as (archive footage)
The Material Boy
2015
as Self
Old Money
2015
as Rolf Rauchensteiner
Major Lazer
2015
as Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
The Editor
2014
as Dr Casini
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
2014
as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
Arteholic
2014
as Self
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
as The Waiter
Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Lords of Salem
2013
as Witchhunter (uncredited)
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
2013
as The Shaman
Beware the Batman
2013
as Mister Toad (voice)
Iron Sky
2012
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
Night of the Templar
2012
as Father Paul
Ich - Udo
2012
as Himself
My Own Private River
2012
as Hans (archive footage)
Evening Urgant
2012
as Self
Melancholia
2011
as Wedding Planner
Görünmeyen
2011
as Bartok
The Theatre Bizarre
2011
as Peg Poett
Keyhole
2011
as Dr. Lemke
UFO in Her Eyes
2011
as Steve Frost
The Sky Has Four Corners
2011
as Graf Karpatovicz
The Berlin Project
2011
as Guru
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Lee Meyers
Life Is Too Long
2010
as Tabatabai
Dimension
2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
as Professor Pericles (voice)
Lulu and Jimi
2009
as Schultz
Metropia
2009
as Ivan Bahn (voice)
House of Boys
2009
as Madame
Soul Kitchen
2009
as Herr Jung
Memories of a Young Pianist
2009
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009
as Self
Far Cry
2008
as Dr. Krieger
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
2008
as Luipold Trumpf
La deuxième femme
2008
as Udo Kier
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
as Self
Halloween
2007
as Morgan Walker
The Mother of Tears
2007
as Father Johannes
Pars: Operation Cherry
2007
as Klaus Kayman
The Killing Grounds
2007
as P.
Tell
2007
as Gessler
Fall Down Dead
2007
as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
Grindhouse
2007
as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
Chuck
2007
as Otto Van Vogel
Crusade in Jeans
2006
as Dr. Lawerence
Holly
2006
as Klaus
Pray for Morning
2006
as Edouard Leopold Edu
13 Graves
2006
as Debro
Unser Reigen
2006
Manderlay
2005
as Mr. Kirspe
Headspace
2005
as Rev. Karl Hartman
BloodRayne
2005
as Regal Monk
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
2005
as Interviewee-Actor
Cigarette Burns
2005
as Bellinger
Masters of Horror
2005
as Bellinger
4 Against Z
2005
as Zanrelot
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
2005
as Self
Thadeusz
2005
as self
Dracula 3000
2004
as Capt. Varna
Evil Eyes
2004
as George
Surviving Christmas
2004
as Heinrich
Love Object
2004
as Radley
One Point O
2004
as Derrick
30 Days Until I'm Famous
2004
as Barry Davis
Jargo
2004
as Jargos Vater
Modigliani
2004
as Max Jacob
Celluloid Horror
2004
as Himself
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
2004
The Batman
2004
as Bert (voice)
Dogville
2003
as The Man in the Coat
Gate to Heaven
2003
as Joachim Nowak
Pigs Will Fly
2003
as Onkel Max
FearDotCom
2002
as Polidori
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
2002
as Hans Kramer
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
2002
as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
The Last Minute
2002
as Nazi Fashion Shooter
Korn: Deuce
2002
as Commander
Through the Night with...
2002
as Self
All the Queen's Men
2001
as General Landssdorf
Doomsdayer
2001
as Max Gast
Invincible
2001
as Count Helldorf
Revelation
2001
as The Grand Master
Critical Mass
2001
as Samson
The Praying Mantis
2001
as Julius Quellenreich
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as The Guardian
Auf Herz und Nieren
2001
as Doc
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001
as Self
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
2001
as Self
Justice League
2001
as The Music Master (voice)
Dancer in the Dark
2000
as Dr. Porkorny
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
as Albin Grau
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
2000
as Self
Just One Night
2000
as Walter Lert
Double Deception
2000
as Vincent
Red Letters
2000
as George Kessler
Possessed
1999
as Vincent
End of Days
1999
as Head Priest
Under the Palms
1999
as Ludwig
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
1999
as Lorenzini
Spy Games
1999
as Ivan Bliniak
Final Run
1999
as Reddick
Miss Diamond
1999
as Bühler
The Debtors
1999
Killer Deal
1999
as Dr. Roland Parker
Beckmann
1999
as Self
Modern Vampires
1998
as Vincent
The Kingdom II
1998
as Lillebror / Age Krüger
Blade
1998
as Dragonetti
Ice
1998
as Dr. Norman Kistler
Armageddon
1998
as Psychologist
Stingers
1998
as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
1998
as Rocky
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
V.I.P.
1998
as Viktor Balek
Prince Valiant
1997
as Sligon
The 120 Days of Bottrop
1997
as Self
The End of Violence
1997
as Zoltan
Betty
1997
as Vincent Lord
Die Gang
1997
as Kapitän Schmidt
Talk 2000
1997
as Self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
Breaking the Waves
1996
as Sadistic Sailor
Barb Wire
1996
as Curly
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
as Lorenzini
United Trash
1996
as UNO-General Werner Brenner
Duke of Groove
1996
as Earl
Lea
1996
as Block
Nash Bridges
1996
as Wolfgang Herzog
Zimmer frei!
1996
as Self
The Sentinel
1996
as Klaus Zeller
Johnny Mnemonic
1995
as Ralfi
A Trick of the Light
1995
as Max Skladanowsky
Nur über meine Leiche
1995
as Killer
Extinct
1995
as York Cortex
Unter Druck
1995
Paradise Framed
1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Willemsens Woche
1995
as Self
The Kingdom
1994
as Age Krüger / Lillebror
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
as Commercial Director
Death of a World Star
1994
as Udo Kier
Rotwang Must Go!
1994
as Arthur Eigenrauch
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994
as Ronald Camp
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
as König
Rosa Roth
1994
as Ommer
Viper
1994
as Erich Geiger
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
as Self
The Kingdom
1994
as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
Brisant
1994
as Self
Terror 2000
1993
as Jablo
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993
as Giles Marquette
Josh & S.A.M.
1993
as Salon Manager
For Love or Money
1993
as Mr. Himmelman
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
1993
as Egon Hettemann
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
1993
as Edouard Müllendorf
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Dr. Guy Peche
Sex
1992
as Self
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
1992
as Self
Red Shoe Diaries
1992
as Fashion Designer
Morgenmagazin
1992
as Self
My Own Private Idaho
1991
as Hans
Europa
1991
as Lawrence Hartmann
The Making of Europa
1991
as Self / Lawrence Hartmann
Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self
The German Chainsaw Massacre
1990
as Jonny
Medea
1989
as Jason
100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker
1989
as Adolf Hitler
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
Mother's Mask
1988
as Herr Seiler
Die Männer vom K3
1988
as Heini Wohlers
Egomania: Island Without Hope
1987
as Baron Tante Teufel
Epidemic
1987
as Self
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
1986
as Minister / Kali
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
1986
as Gregor
Idiots' Battle
1986
Kir Royal
1986
as Holger
The Beginner
1985
as Graf Frackstein
Der Unbesiegbare
1985
as Argon
Gespenstergeschichten
1985
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
1984
as Man and Woman in Train
Hur und Heilig
1984
Der Fahnder
1984
as Uli Weber
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
1983
as Hermano
Die wilden Fünfziger
1983
as Fromm
Pankow ’95
1983
as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
Siblings
1982
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
1982
as Man
Lili Marleen
1981
as Drewitz
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
1981
as Dr. Henry Jekyll
Lola
1981
as Waiter (uncredited)
Narcissus and Psyche
1980
as Nárcisz
Lulu
1980
as Jack the Ripper
Deutschland privat
1980
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980
as Junger Mann an der Bar
The Third Generation
1979
as Edgar Gast
Hungarian Rhapsody
1979
as Poór
Victor
1979
as Popstar
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
The Fifth Commandment
1978
as Peter Dümmel
És így s eképp tovább
1978
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977
as Schafftaler
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
1977
as Poulailler
Suspiria
1977
as Dr. Frank Mandel
Exposé
1976
as Paul Martin
Gold Flakes
1976
as Franzl
Spermula
1976
as Werner
The Story of O
1975
as René
The Last Word
1975
as Raimund
Blood for Dracula
1974
as Count Dracula
Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen
1974
as Roberto Agostino
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
Flesh for Frankenstein
1973
as Baron Frankenstein
Olifant
1973
as Olifant / Edwin
Pan
1973
as Pilgrim of Death
Joseph Balsamo
1973
as Gilbert
The Salzburg Connection
1972
as Anton
Sonderdezernat K1
1972
as Harry Gätjens
Provocation
1971
as Angelos
Conflict of Emotions
1971
as Tonis Theodorou
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Zermahlen
Mark of the Devil
1970
as Count Christian von Meruh
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Hans-Rudi Dreher
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Beethoven
Season of the Senses
1969
as Luca
Gestern gelesen
1969
as Ingo Rippel
Shameless
1968
as Alexander Pohlmann
Road to St. Tropez
1966
as Boy