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