Udo Kier

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Known For

Acting

Born

1944-10-14

Place of Birth

Cologne, Germany
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Udo Kier

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 Matton, Guy Maddin, Alexander Payne, and Paul Morrissey.

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Acting History

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