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Udo Kier

Udo Kier

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, Char

Born

Oct 14, 1944

Cologne, Germany

Died

Nov 23, 2025

Known For

Acting

Movies

233 acting

7 crew

Popularity

2.2

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Known For

Blade

Blade

1998

as Dragonetti
The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

2025

as Hans
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013

as The Waiter
Armageddon

Armageddon

1998

as Psychologist
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994

as Camp
The Story of O

The Story of O

1975

as René
Melancholia

Melancholia

2011

as Wedding Planner
Downsizing

Downsizing

2017

as Konrad
Halloween

Halloween

2007

as Morgan Walker
End of Days

End of Days

1999

as Head Priest
Blade
Blade
1998 • as Dragonetti
★ 6.9
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent
2025 • as Hans
★ 7.2
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013 • as The Waiter
★ 6.7
Armageddon
Armageddon
1998 • as Psychologist
★ 6.8
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994 • as Camp
★ 6.6
The Story of O
The Story of O
1975 • as René
★ 5.5
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 • as Wedding Planner
★ 7.1
Downsizing
Downsizing
2017 • as Konrad
★ 5.4
Halloween
Halloween
2007 • as Morgan Walker
★ 6.2
End of Days
End of Days
1999 • as Head Priest
★ 6.1
Dogville
Dogville
2003 • as The Man in the Coat
★ 7.7
My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho
1991 • as Hans
★ 7.0
Dragged Across Concrete
Dragged Across Concrete
2019 • as Friedrich
★ 6.6
Suspiria
Suspiria
1977 • as Dr. Frank Mandel
★ 7.5
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark
2000 • as Dr. Porkorny
★ 7.8
Johnny Mnemonic
Johnny Mnemonic
1995 • as Ralfi
★ 5.8
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017 • as The Placid Man
★ 7.0
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 • as Sadistic Sailor
★ 7.5
Surviving Christmas
Surviving Christmas
2004 • as Heinrich
★ 5.7
Barb Wire
Barb Wire
1996 • as Curly
★ 4.1
Iron Sky
Iron Sky
2012 • as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
★ 5.8
Grindhouse
Grindhouse
2007 • as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
★ 7.0
Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire
2000 • as Albin Grau
★ 6.7
For Love or Money
For Love or Money
1993 • as Mr. Himmelman
★ 6.2
Chompy & the Girls
Chompy & the Girls
2021 • as Chompy (voice)
★ 5.9
American Animals
American Animals
2018 • as Mr. Van Der Hoek
★ 6.7
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 • as Hans
★ 6.7
The Painted Bird
The Painted Bird
2019 • as Miller
★ 7.1
Provocation
Provocation
1971 • as Angelos
★ 4.6
FearDotCom
FearDotCom
2002 • as Polidori
★ 3.8
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
2019 • as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
★ 5.2
Manderlay
Manderlay
2005 • as Mr. Kirspe
★ 6.9
Last Moment of Clarity
Last Moment of Clarity
2020 • as Ivan Demisovski
★ 5.2
The Material Boy
The Material Boy
2015 • as Self
Bacurau
Bacurau
2019 • as Michael
★ 7.6
The Lords of Salem
The Lords of Salem
2013 • as Witchhunter (uncredited)
★ 5.4
The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 • as Lorenzini
★ 5.3
Lola
Lola
1981 • as Waiter (uncredited)
★ 6.9
The End of Violence
The End of Violence
1997 • as Zoltan
★ 5.4
Blood for Dracula
Blood for Dracula
1974 • as Count Dracula
★ 5.7
BloodRayne
BloodRayne
2005 • as Regal Monk
★ 4.1
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 • as Lee Meyers
★ 6.1
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
2014 • as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
★ 5.6
Far Cry
Far Cry
2008 • as Dr. Krieger
★ 3.7
Europa
Europa
1991 • as Lawrence Hartmann
★ 7.3
Metropia
Metropia
2009 • as Ivan Bahn (voice)
★ 6.1
Flesh for Frankenstein
Flesh for Frankenstein
1973 • as Baron Frankenstein
★ 5.8
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
2022 • as Michel
★ 4.9
Dracula 3000
Dracula 3000
2004 • as Capt. Varna
★ 2.8
Modigliani
Modigliani
2004 • as Max Jacob
★ 7.0
Holly
Holly
2006 • as Klaus
★ 6.3
Conflict of Emotions
Conflict of Emotions
1971 • as Tonis Theodorou
★ 3.2
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
1986 • as Minister / Kali
★ 9.0
Exposé
Exposé
1976 • as Paul Martin
★ 4.9
By Design
By Design
2026 • as Aldo Fabbri
★ 5.9
Soul Kitchen
Soul Kitchen
2009 • as Herr Jung
★ 6.9
Daughter of Mine
Daughter of Mine
2018 • as Bruno
★ 6.2
Prince Valiant
Prince Valiant
1997 • as Sligon
★ 5.2
Mark of the Devil
Mark of the Devil
1970 • as Count Christian von Meruh
★ 6.1
Cigarette Burns
Cigarette Burns
2005 • as Bellinger
★ 7.3
My Neighbor Adolf
My Neighbor Adolf
2022 • as Herman Herzog
★ 6.5
One Point O
One Point O
2004 • as Derrick
★ 5.7
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
1993 • as Egon Hettemann
★ 7.0
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 • as Commercial Director
★ 4.3
Ice
Ice
1998 • as Dr. Norman Kistler
★ 5.2
Invincible
Invincible
2001 • as Count Helldorf
★ 6.2
La deuxième femme
La deuxième femme
2008 • as Udo Kier
★ 6.0
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
1986 • as Gregor
★ 5.5
House of Boys
House of Boys
2009 • as Madame
★ 6.2
The Kingdom
The Kingdom
1994 • as Age Krüger / Lillebror
★ 7.8
Lili Marleen
Lili Marleen
1981 • as Drewitz
★ 6.5
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Third Generation
The Third Generation
1979 • as Edgar Gast
★ 6.0
Ich - Udo
Ich - Udo
2012 • as Himself
★ 6.0
Modern Vampires
Modern Vampires
1998 • as Vincent
★ 4.9
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022 • as Self / Big Brother
Bad Painter
Bad Painter
2025 • as Ö
★ 7.0
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017 • as Self
★ 2.0
The Blazing World
The Blazing World
2021 • as Lained
★ 4.3
Swan Song
Swan Song
2021 • as Pat Pitsenbarger
★ 6.8
Johnny Walker
Johnny Walker
2015 • as Fyodor (voice)
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
1999 • as Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini
★ 5.6
movie
Betty - Schön wie der Tod
2003 • as Georg Wassenberg
★ 4.0
The Forbidden Room
The Forbidden Room
2015 • as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
★ 5.6
Spermula
Spermula
1976 • as Werner
★ 4.2
Headspace
Headspace
2005 • as Rev. Karl Hartman
★ 5.1
Spy Games
Spy Games
1999 • as Ivan Bliniak
★ 4.6
Keyhole
Keyhole
2011 • as Dr. Lemke
★ 5.4
Haymaker
Haymaker
2021 • as David
★ 3.2
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
2018 • as Andre Toulon
★ 5.6
Mother's Mask
Mother's Mask
1988 • as Herr Seiler
★ 5.0
All the Queen's Men
All the Queen's Men
2001 • as General Landssdorf
★ 5.0
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001 • as The Guardian
★ 4.6
Critical Mass
Critical Mass
2001 • as Samson
★ 4.5
The Mountain
The Mountain
2019 • as Frederick
★ 5.1
Crusade in Jeans
Crusade in Jeans
2006 • as Dr. Lawerence
★ 5.9
Dimension
Dimension
2010
★ 5.5
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018 • as Alcyde
★ 4.9
Fall Down Dead
Fall Down Dead
2007 • as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
★ 4.0
Korn: Deuce
Korn: Deuce
2002 • as Commander
★ 7.5
The Debtors
The Debtors
1999
★ 4.3
Zero
Zero
2018 • as The lord of the world
★ 4.8
Terror 2000
Terror 2000
1993 • as Jablo
★ 4.9
United Trash
United Trash
1996 • as UNO-General Werner Brenner
★ 4.3
Gold Flakes
Gold Flakes
1976 • as Franzl
★ 8.4
Medea
Medea
1989 • as Jason
★ 6.5
Love Object
Love Object
2004 • as Radley
★ 5.9
Intangents
Intangents
• as Bin bag Man
Epidemic
Epidemic
1987 • as Udo Kier
★ 5.7
Jargo
Jargo
2004 • as Jargos Vater
★ 6.0
Night of the Templar
Night of the Templar
2012 • as Father Paul
★ 3.9
The Killing Grounds
The Killing Grounds
2007 • as P.
★ 3.6
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
2008 • as Luipold Trumpf
★ 4.3
Arteholic
Arteholic
2014 • as Self
★ 5.0
Sex
Sex
1992 • as Self
★ 7.5
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
1998 • as Rocky
★ 4.5
Görünmeyen
Görünmeyen
2011 • as Bartok
The Theatre Bizarre
The Theatre Bizarre
2011 • as Peg Poett
★ 5.3
Josh & S.A.M.
Josh & S.A.M.
1993 • as Salon Manager
★ 4.9
Pars: Operation Cherry
Pars: Operation Cherry
2007 • as Klaus Kayman
★ 4.7
11 Colours of the Bird
11 Colours of the Bird
2020 • as Self
★ 7.2
Final Run
Final Run
1999 • as Reddick
★ 5.6
Death of a World Star
Death of a World Star
1994 • as Udo Kier
★ 9.0
Return from Tomorrow
Return from Tomorrow
2026 • as Tim Senior
Skin Walker
Skin Walker
2019 • as Claus
★ 4.8
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
2002 • as Hans Kramer
★ 6.2
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009 • as Self
The Beginner
The Beginner
1985 • as Graf Frackstein
★ 5.6
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993 • as Giles Marquette
★ 5.9
The Kingdom II
The Kingdom II
1998 • as Lillebror / Age Krüger
★ 7.6
Skeletons in the Closet
Skeletons in the Closet
2024 • as Luc
★ 4.4
Revelation
Revelation
2001 • as The Grand Master
★ 5.1
My Own Private River
My Own Private River
2012 • as Hans (archive footage)
★ 7.4
Possessed
Possessed
1999 • as Vincent
★ 4.9
The 120 Days of Bottrop
The 120 Days of Bottrop
1997 • as Self
★ 5.3
The Last Word
The Last Word
1975 • as Raimund
★ 4.7
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008 • as Self
★ 6.5
The Salzburg Connection
The Salzburg Connection
1972 • as Anton
★ 5.8
The German Chainsaw Massacre
The German Chainsaw Massacre
1990 • as Jonny
★ 4.0
Blood of 1000 Virgins
Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.4
Courier X
Courier X
2016 • as Nathan Vogel
★ 5.5
Duke of Groove
Duke of Groove
1996 • as Earl
★ 5.3
Just One Night
Just One Night
2000 • as Walter Lert
★ 5.0
The Stationmaster’s Wife
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977 • as Schafftaler
★ 5.6
American Exit
American Exit
2019 • as Anton
★ 5.7
13 Graves
13 Graves
2006 • as Debro
★ 4.4
movie
Olifant
1973 • as Olifant / Edwin
★ 7.0
The Sky Has Four Corners
The Sky Has Four Corners
2011 • as Graf Karpatovicz
movie
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
2001 • as Self
★ 8.0
Road to St. Tropez
Road to St. Tropez
1966 • as Boy
★ 4.5
Lulu and Jimi
Lulu and Jimi
2009 • as Schultz
★ 5.7
Lulu
Lulu
1980 • as Jack the Ripper
★ 4.3
UFO in Her Eyes
UFO in Her Eyes
2011 • as Steve Frost
★ 6.4
Evil Eyes
Evil Eyes
2004 • as George
★ 3.4
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022
30 Days Until I'm Famous
30 Days Until I'm Famous
2004 • as Barry Davis
★ 4.7
Auf Herz und Nieren
Auf Herz und Nieren
2001 • as Doc
★ 4.5
Life Is Too Long
Life Is Too Long
2010 • as Tabatabai
★ 5.0
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
1983 • as Hermano
★ 4.3
Lea
Lea
1996 • as Block
★ 5.4
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988 • as Friedrich Hansman
★ 1.0
Pankow ’95
Pankow ’95
1983 • as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
★ 10.0
Double Deception
Double Deception
2000 • as Vincent
★ 4.9
Red Letters
Red Letters
2000 • as George Kessler
★ 4.7
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
1992 • as Self
Killer Deal
Killer Deal
1999 • as Dr. Roland Parker
★ 7.0
The Roaring Fifties
The Roaring Fifties
1983 • as Fromm
★ 3.7
The Barefoot Emperor
The Barefoot Emperor
2020 • as Dr. Otto Kroll
★ 5.5
Hur und Heilig
Hur und Heilig
1984
★ 7.0
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
1989 • as Adolf Hitler
★ 6.9
Hungarian Rhapsody
Hungarian Rhapsody
1979 • as Poór
★ 6.2
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Egomania: Island Without Hope
1987 • as Baron Tante Teufel
★ 5.3
Doomsdayer
Doomsdayer
2001 • as Max Gast
★ 4.7
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
2000 • as Self
★ 7.4
movie
Memories of a Young Pianist
2009 • as Count Dracula (archive footage)
★ 5.0
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
1993 • as Edouard Müllendorf
★ 8.0
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
2024 • as Self
★ 6.0
Gate to Heaven
Gate to Heaven
2003 • as Joachim Nowak
★ 8.0
Coconut Hero
Coconut Hero
2015 • as Mr. Morrow
★ 5.9
movie
Der Unbesiegbare
1985 • as Argon
★ 10.0
The Editor
The Editor
2014 • as Dr Casini
★ 5.6
I Knew Andy Warhol
I Knew Andy Warhol
2018 • as Self
A Trick of the Light
A Trick of the Light
1995 • as Max Skladanowsky
★ 6.2
movie
Rotwang Must Go!
1994 • as Arthur Eigenrauch
★ 5.0
Stingers
Stingers
1998 • as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
★ 7.0
Holy Beasts
Holy Beasts
2019 • as Henry
★ 4.4
movie
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
2005 • as Interviewee-Actor
★ 9.0
Instant Dreams
Instant Dreams
2017 • as The Docter (Cameo)
★ 6.7
Pray for Morning
Pray for Morning
2006 • as Edouard Leopold Edu
★ 5.0
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
2013 • as The Shaman
The Fifth Commandment
The Fifth Commandment
1978 • as Peter Dümmel
★ 10.0
Theirs
Theirs
Narcissus and Psyche
Narcissus and Psyche
1980 • as Nárcisz
★ 6.4
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
1982 • as Man
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
2002 • as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
★ 6.0
Deutschland privat
Deutschland privat
1980
★ 4.9
Staging Death
Staging Death
2022
★ 6.0
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
1981 • as Dr. Henry Jekyll
★ 5.5
Schindler Space Architect
Schindler Space Architect
2024 • as R.M. Schindler (voice)
★ 10.0
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
★ 6.0
The Last Minute
The Last Minute
2002 • as Nazi Fashion Shooter
★ 5.5
The Mother of Tears
The Mother of Tears
2007 • as Father Johannes
★ 4.5
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
1977 • as Poulailler
★ 7.0
Bacurau no Mapa
Bacurau no Mapa
2019 • as Self
★ 8.0
Nur über meine Leiche
Nur über meine Leiche
1995 • as Killer
★ 6.4
Celluloid Horror
Celluloid Horror
2004 • as Himself
★ 7.4
The Praying Mantis
The Praying Mantis
2001 • as Julius Quellenreich
★ 7.3
The Berlin Project
The Berlin Project
2011 • as Guru
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
2015 • as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
★ 5.0
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001 • as Self
★ 7.0
Betty
Betty
1997 • as Vincent Lord
★ 4.0
movie
Unser Reigen
2006
movie
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
2004
Miss Diamond
Miss Diamond
1999 • as Bühler
★ 5.8
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
• as Grand Master
Lines of the Hand
Lines of the Hand
2015
★ 7.0
Season of the Senses
Season of the Senses
1969 • as Luca
★ 7.5
movie
Pan
1973 • as Pilgrim of Death
★ 10.0
Under the Palms
Under the Palms
1999 • as Ludwig
★ 8.0
movie
Victor
1979 • as Popstar
★ 10.0
És így s eképp tovább
És így s eképp tovább
1978
Brother
Brother
2016 • as Frank Solek
★ 6.4
Tell
Tell
2007 • as Gessler
★ 5.7
movie
The Making of Europa
1991 • as Self / Lawrence Hartmann
★ 6.7
Extinct
Extinct
1995 • as York Cortex
★ 7.1
Pigs Will Fly
Pigs Will Fly
2003 • as Onkel Max
★ 8.0
Shameless
Shameless
1968 • as Alexander Pohlmann
★ 5.9
Paradise Framed
Paradise Framed
1995
★ 10.0
movie
Siblings
1982
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
1984 • as Man and Woman in Train
★ 6.7
Unter Druck
Unter Druck
1995
★ 6.0
Idiots' Battle
Idiots' Battle
1986
★ 8.0