Person

Udo Kier

Acting · 1944–2025 · Cologne, Germany

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.

Known for

Filmography

2026Return from TomorrowTim Senior
2026By DesignAldo Fabbri
2025The Secret AgentHans
2025Bad PainterÖ
2024Schindler Space ArchitectR.M. Schindler (voice)
2024Der wunderbare Udo KierSelf
2024Skeletons in the ClosetLuc
2022Pitch Perfect: Bumper in BerlinKlaus
2022Creation of the Kingdom of ExodusSelf / Big Brother
2022My Neighbor AdolfHerman Herzog
2022Dark WindsGunthar Vaggan
2022Staging Death
2022A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of LoveMichel
2021The Blazing WorldLained
2021Chompy & the GirlsChompy (voice)
2021Swan SongPat Pitsenbarger
2021HaymakerDavid
2020Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the SilenceSelf (archive footage)
2020Last Moment of ClarityIvan Demisovski
202011 Colours of the BirdSelf
2020The Barefoot EmperorDr. Otto Kroll
2020HuntersAdolf Hitler
2019Bacurau no MapaSelf
2019Skin WalkerClaus
2019The Painted BirdMiller
2019BacurauMichael
2019Holy BeastsHenry
2019The MountainFrederick
2019American ExitAnton
2019Dragged Across ConcreteFriedrich
2019M - A City Hunts a MurdererFuchspelzmann
2019Iron Sky: The Coming RaceWolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
2018The House That Jack BuiltThanks
2018I Knew Andy WarholSelf
2018Puppet Master: The Littlest ReichAndre Toulon
2018Ulysses: A Dark OdysseyAlcyde
2018American AnimalsMr. Van Der Hoek
2018ZeroThe lord of the world
2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on FootHans
2018Daughter of MineBruno
2017DownsizingKonrad
2017Instant DreamsThe Docter (Cameo)
2017Brawl in Cell Block 99The Placid Man
2017Ballad of a Righteous MerchantSelf
2016Courier XNathan Vogel
2016Seances
2016BrotherFrank Solek
2015The Forbidden RoomCount Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
2015The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015Coconut HeroMr. Morrow
2015Johnny WalkerFyodor (voice)
2015Phantasmagoria of the InteriorDr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
2015Major LazerHead Vampire Vampire (voice)
2015Fifty Shades of Erotica(archive footage)
2015Old MoneyRolf Rauchensteiner
2015The Material BoySelf
2015Lines of the Hand
2014ArteholicSelf
2014Beethoven's Treasure TailThe Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
2014The EditorDr Casini
2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. IIThe Waiter
2013The Girl Behind the White Picket FenceThe Shaman
2013Beware the BatmanMister Toad (voice)
2013Blood of 1000 VirginsSelf (archive footage)
2013The Lords of SalemWitchhunter (uncredited)
2012Night of the TemplarFather Paul
2012Evening UrgantSelf
2012Iron SkyWolfgang Kortzfleisch
2012Ich - UdoHimself
2012My Own Private RiverHans (archive footage)
2011GörünmeyenBartok
2011The Berlin ProjectGuru
2011UFO in Her EyesSteve Frost
2011KeyholeDr. Lemke
2011The Theatre BizarrePeg Poett
2011MelancholiaWedding Planner
2011The Sky Has Four CornersGraf Karpatovicz
2010Life Is Too LongTabatabai
2010Dimension
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery IncorporatedProfessor Pericles (voice)
2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneLee Meyers
2009House of BoysMadame
2009Memories of a Young PianistCount Dracula (archive footage)
2009MetropiaIvan Bahn (voice)
2009Soul KitchenHerr Jung
2009Tattoos: A Scarred HistorySelf
2009Lulu and JimiSchultz
20081½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden HerzelindeLuipold Trumpf
2008La deuxième femmeUdo Kier
2008Michael Lives: The Making of HalloweenSelf
2008Far CryDr. Krieger
2007TellGessler
2007The Mother of TearsFather Johannes
2007ChuckOtto Van Vogel
2007HalloweenMorgan Walker
2007Fall Down DeadPicasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
2007The Killing GroundsP.
2007Pars: Operation CherryKlaus Kayman
2007GrindhouseFranz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
2006Unser Reigen
200613 GravesDebro
2006Crusade in JeansDr. Lawerence
2006HollyKlaus
2006Pray for MorningEdouard Leopold Edu
2005Cigarette BurnsBellinger
2005Thadeuszself
2005Masters of HorrorBellinger
2005BloodRayneRegal Monk
2005HeadspaceRev. Karl Hartman
2005Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'Interviewee-Actor
2005ManderlayMr. Kirspe
20054 Against ZZanrelot
2005G&G – Gesichter und GeschichtenSelf
2004Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
2004Surviving ChristmasHeinrich
2004The BatmanBert (voice)
2004Dracula 3000Capt. Varna
2004Evil EyesGeorge
2004ModiglianiMax Jacob
200430 Days Until I'm FamousBarry Davis
2004One Point ODerrick
2004Love ObjectRadley
2004JargoJargos Vater
2004Celluloid HorrorHimself
2003Gate to HeavenJoachim Nowak
2003DogvilleThe Man in the Coat
2003Betty - Schön wie der TodGeorg Wassenberg
2003Pigs Will FlyOnkel Max
2002He Sees You When You're SleepingHans Kramer
2002Mrs. MeitlemeihrHitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
2002The Last MinuteNazi Fashion Shooter
2002FearDotComPolidori
2002Korn: DeuceCommander
2002Through the Night with...Self
2001InvincibleCount Helldorf
2001Auf Herz und NierenDoc
2001Justice LeagueThe Music Master (voice)
2001All the Queen's MenGeneral Landssdorf
2001Suspiria 25th AnniversarySelf
2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 2The Guardian
2001Critical MassSamson
2001RevelationThe Grand Master
2001The Praying MantisJulius Quellenreich
2001Andy Warhol: The Complete PictureSelf
2001DoomsdayerMax Gast
2000Von Trier's 100 EyesSelf
2000Just One NightWalter Lert
2000Dancer in the DarkDr. Porkorny
2000Shadow of the VampireAlbin Grau
2000Red LettersGeorge Kessler
2000Double DeceptionVincent
1999Miss DiamondBühler
1999End of DaysHead Priest
1999The New Adventures of PinocchioMadame Flambeau/Lorenzini
1999Final RunReddick
1999Under the PalmsLudwig
1999The Debtors
1999Spy GamesIvan Bliniak
1999PossessedVincent
1999Killer DealDr. Roland Parker
1999BeckmannSelf
1998StingersMr. Scholnick / The Boss
1998Modern VampiresVincent
1998There's No Fish Food in HeavenRocky
1998V.I.P.Viktor Balek
1998BladeDragonetti
1998IceDr. Norman Kistler
1998The Kingdom IILillebror / Age Krüger
1998ArmageddonPsychologist
1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSelf
1997The 120 Days of BottropSelf
1997Talk 2000Self
1997The End of ViolenceZoltan
1997Prince ValiantSligon
1997Tietjen und BommesSelf
1997Die GangKapitän Schmidt
1997BettyVincent Lord
1996LeaBlock
1996The Adventures of PinocchioLorenzini
1996Zimmer frei!Self
1996Breaking the WavesSadistic Sailor
1996Duke of GrooveEarl
1996Barb WireCurly
1996Nash BridgesWolfgang Herzog
1996The SentinelKlaus Zeller
1996United TrashUNO-General Werner Brenner
1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelf
1995A Trick of the LightMax Skladanowsky
1995Unter Druck
1995ExtinctYork Cortex
1995Nur über meine LeicheKiller
1995Johnny MnemonicRalfi
1995Paradise Framed
1995Willemsens WocheSelf
1994alfredissimo! Kochen mit BioSelf
1994The KingdomAge Krüger / Lillebror
1994The KingdomAge Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
1994Rosa RothOmmer
1994Rotwang Must Go!Arthur Eigenrauch
1994Doppelter EinsatzKönig
1994Death of a World StarUdo Kier
1994Even Cowgirls Get the BluesCommercial Director
1994Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveRonald Camp
1994BrisantSelf
1994ViperErich Geiger
1993Josh & S.A.M.Salon Manager
1993Jack Reed: Badge of HonorGiles Marquette
1993For Love or MoneyMr. Himmelman
1993seaQuest DSVDr. Guy Peche
1993Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to HeavenEdouard Müllendorf
1993Terror 2000Jablo
1993Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-RevueEgon Hettemann
1992SexSelf
1992Madonna: The Making of SEX BookSelf
1992MorgenmagazinSelf
1992Red Shoe DiariesFashion Designer
1991The Making of EuropaSelf / Lawrence Hartmann
1991Boulevard BioSelf
1991EuropaLawrence Hartmann
1991My Own Private IdahoHans
1990The German Chainsaw MassacreJonny
1989MedeaJason
1989100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The FührerbunkerAdolf Hitler
1988Mother's MaskHerr Seiler
1988Die Männer vom K3Heini Wohlers
1988Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1987EpidemicSelf
1987Egomania: Island Without HopeBaron Tante Teufel
1986Kir RoyalHolger
1986Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurückMinister / Kali
1986Seduction: The Cruel WomanGregor
1986Idiots' Battle
1985The BeginnerGraf Frackstein
1985Der UnbesiegbareArgon
1985Gespenstergeschichten
1984The Last Trip to HarrisburgMan and Woman in Train
1984Der FahnderUli Weber
1984Hur und Heilig
1983Pankow ’95Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
1983The Roaring FiftiesFromm
1983The Island of the Bloody PlantationHermano
1982Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in KrisenzeitenMan
1982Siblings
1981LolaWaiter (uncredited)
1981The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss OsbourneDr. Henry Jekyll
1981Lili MarleenDrewitz
1980Narcissus and PsycheNárcisz
1980Deutschland privat
1980Berlin AlexanderplatzJunger Mann an der Bar
1980LuluJack the Ripper
1979Hungarian RhapsodyPoór
1979The Third GenerationEdgar Gast
1979NDR Talk ShowSelf
1979VictorPopstar
1978The Fifth CommandmentPeter Dümmel
1978És így s eképp tovább
1977Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?Poulailler
1977The Stationmaster’s WifeSchafftaler
1977SuspiriaDr. Frank Mandel
1976SpermulaWerner
1976Gold FlakesFranzl
1976ExposéPaul Martin
1975The Story of ORené
1975The Last WordRaimund
19743 nach 9Self
1974Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffenRoberto Agostino
1974Blood for DraculaCount Dracula
1973Flesh for FrankensteinBaron Frankenstein
1973PanPilgrim of Death
1973Joseph BalsamoGilbert
1973OlifantOlifant / Edwin
1972Sonderdezernat K1Harry Gätjens
1972The Salzburg ConnectionAnton
1971Conflict of EmotionsTonis Theodorou
1971Polizeiruf 110Zermahlen
1971ProvocationAngelos
1970Scene of the CrimeHans-Rudi Dreher
1970Mark of the DevilCount Christian von Meruh
1969Season of the SensesLuca
1969Gestern gelesenIngo Rippel
1968ShamelessAlexander Pohlmann
1966Road to St. TropezBoy
—Theirs
—The Ark: An Iron Sky StoryGrand Master
—IntangentsBin bag Man

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