Udo Kier
Acting
Born: October 14, 1944 · Cologne, Germany
Died: November 23, 2025 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
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
Armageddon
1998
Blade
1998
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994
Downsizing
2017
Melancholia
2011
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
Suspiria
1977
The House That Jack Built
2018
Dogville
2003
Halloween
2007
End of Days
1999
Dancer in the Dark
2000
Photos (8)
Movies (199)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Camp
Downsizing
Konrad
The Secret Agent
Hans
Blade
Dragonetti
Halloween
Morgan Walker
Suspiria
Dr. Frank Mandel
My Own Private Idaho
Hans
For Love or Money
Mr. Himmelman
End of Days
Head Priest
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
The Waiter
Melancholia
Wedding Planner
Dancer in the Dark
Dr. Porkorny
Armageddon
Psychologist
The Painted Bird
Miller
Shadow of the Vampire
Albin Grau
Swan Song
Pat Pitsenbarger
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
Dogville
The Man in the Coat
Dracula 3000
Capt. Varna
Dragged Across Concrete
Friedrich
Breaking the Waves
Sadistic Sailor
Surviving Christmas
Heinrich
Barb Wire
Curly
The Story of O
René
Brawl in Cell Block 99
The Placid Man
Lili Marleen
Drewitz
Bacurau
Michael
The Lords of Salem
Witchhunter (uncredited)
Johnny Mnemonic
Ralfi
Iron Sky
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
Luipold Trumpf
Soul Kitchen
Herr Jung
Grindhouse
Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
Far Cry
Dr. Krieger
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
Manderlay
Mr. Kirspe
American Animals
Mr. Van Der Hoek
Prince Valiant
Sligon
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Lee Meyers
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
The Guardian
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Lorenzini
The Blazing World
Lained
My Neighbor Adolf
Herman Herzog
Lola
Waiter (uncredited)
The Third Generation
Edgar Gast
Spy Games
Ivan Bliniak
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Hans
Daughter of Mine
Bruno
Last Moment of Clarity
Ivan Demisovski
Flesh for Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Gregor
Josh & S.A.M.
Salon Manager
Chompy & the Girls
Chompy (voice)
One Point O
Derrick
The End of Violence
Zoltan
Fall Down Dead
Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
Blood for Dracula
Count Dracula
The Killing Grounds
P.
FearDotCom
Polidori
The Forbidden Room
Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
Critical Mass
Samson
Holly
Klaus
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Hans Kramer
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
Modern Vampires
Vincent
30 Days Until I'm Famous
Barry Davis
Possessed
Vincent
Exposé
Paul Martin
Spermula
Werner
The Mother of Tears
Father Johannes
Modigliani
Max Jacob
Mark of the Devil
Count Christian von Meruh
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Schafftaler
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
Rocky
Keyhole
Dr. Lemke
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Commercial Director
BloodRayne
Regal Monk
Europa
Lawrence Hartmann
By Design
Aldo Fabbri
Headspace
Rev. Karl Hartman
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Dr. Henry Jekyll
Skin Walker
Claus
Invincible
Count Helldorf
The Barefoot Emperor
Dr. Otto Kroll
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Alcyde
United Trash
UNO-General Werner Brenner
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
Michel
All the Queen's Men
General Landssdorf
Crusade in Jeans
Dr. Lawerence
The Salzburg Connection
Anton
Double Deception
Vincent
Epidemic
Udo Kier
Medea
Jason
Johnny Walker
Fyodor (voice)
Metropia
Ivan Bahn (voice)
My Own Private River
Hans (archive footage)
House of Boys
Madame
The Kingdom II
Lillebror / Age Krüger
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
Adolf Hitler
Courier X
Nathan Vogel
The Beginner
Graf Frackstein
13 Graves
Debro
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Andre Toulon
The Last Minute
Nazi Fashion Shooter
The Theatre Bizarre
Peg Poett
Love Object
Radley
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Giles Marquette
American Exit
Anton
Lines of the Hand
2015
Pigs Will Fly
Onkel Max
Tell
Gessler
Korn: Deuce
Commander
Night of the Templar
Father Paul
The Kingdom
Age Krüger / Lillebror
Ice
Dr. Norman Kistler
The Debtors
1999
Idiots' Battle
1986
Terror 2000
Jablo
Final Run
Reddick
Bad Painter
Ö
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini
Death of a World Star
Udo Kier
Cigarette Burns
Bellinger
Gate to Heaven
Joachim Nowak
Zero
The lord of the world
Red Letters
George Kessler
Evil Eyes
George
Haymaker
David
Pankow ’95
Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Baron Tante Teufel
Lea
Block
Duke of Groove
Earl
Paradise Framed
1995
The Editor
Dr Casini
Doomsdayer
Max Gast
Pray for Morning
Edouard Leopold Edu
Deutschland privat
1980
The Sky Has Four Corners
Graf Karpatovicz
Killer Deal
Dr. Roland Parker
Staging Death
2022
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Jonny
Coconut Hero
Mr. Morrow
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
Mother's Mask
Herr Seiler
Holy Beasts
Henry
Görünmeyen
Bartok
Betty - Schön wie der Tod
Georg Wassenberg
Revelation
The Grand Master
La deuxième femme
Udo Kier
Nur über meine Leiche
Killer
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
Road to St. Tropez
Boy
UFO in Her Eyes
Steve Frost
Dimension
2010
The Berlin Project
Guru
Return from Tomorrow
Tim Senior
Lulu and Jimi
Schultz
Gold Flakes
Franzl
Instant Dreams
The Docter (Cameo)
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
The Magic Doctor / The Shaman
Under the Palms
Ludwig
Narcissus and Psyche
Nárcisz
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
Hermano
Season of the Senses
Luca
Pars: Operation Cherry
Klaus Kayman
Provocation
Angelos
Lulu
Jack the Ripper
The Roaring Fifties
Fromm
Unter Druck
1995
És így s eképp tovább
1978
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
Minister / Kali
The Last Word
Raimund
Skeletons in the Closet
Luc
Life Is Too Long
Tabatabai
Miss Diamond
Bühler
The Fifth Commandment
Peter Dümmel
Stingers
Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
The Mountain
Frederick
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
Edouard Müllendorf
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
Egon Hettemann
A Trick of the Light
Max Skladanowsky
Extinct
York Cortex
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Betty
Vincent Lord
Schindler Space Architect
R.M. Schindler (voice)
Just One Night
Walter Lert
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Man and Woman in Train
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Friedrich Hansman
Auf Herz und Nieren
Doc
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
Man
Hungarian Rhapsody
Poór
The Praying Mantis
Julius Quellenreich
Hur und Heilig
1984
Brother
Frank Solek
Conflict of Emotions
Tonis Theodorou
Jargo
Jargos Vater
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
Poulailler
Shameless
Alexander Pohlmann
TV Shows (32)
Scene of the Crime
Hans-Rudi Dreher · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Beethoven · 1 eps
Polizeiruf 110
Zermahlen · 1 eps
Chuck
Otto Van Vogel · 1 eps
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Professor Pericles (voice) · 17 eps
Nash Bridges
Wolfgang Herzog · 1 eps
V.I.P.
Viktor Balek · 1 eps
The Batman
Bert (voice) · 1 eps
Dark Winds
Gunthar Vaggan · 1 eps
The Sentinel
Klaus Zeller · 2 eps
seaQuest DSV
Dr. Guy Peche · 1 eps
Der Fahnder
Uli Weber · 1 eps
Viper
Erich Geiger · 1 eps
Red Shoe Diaries
Fashion Designer · 1 eps
Hunters
Adolf Hitler · 8 eps
Masters of Horror
Bellinger · 1 eps
Justice League
The Music Master (voice) · 2 eps
Beware the Batman
Mister Toad (voice) · 4 eps
The Kingdom
Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror · 13 eps
The Kingdom
Åge Krüger / Little Brother / Frederik / Big Brothe · 13 eps
Die Männer vom K3
Heini Wohlers · 1 eps
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Junger Mann an der Bar · 2 eps
Doppelter Einsatz
König · 1 eps
Rosa Roth
Ommer · 1 eps
Major Lazer
Head Vampire Vampire (voice) · 1 eps
Old Money
Rolf Rauchensteiner · 8 eps
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
Fuchspelzmann · 6 eps
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
Klaus · 2 eps
4 Against Z
Zanrelot · 41 eps
Kir Royal
Holger · 1 eps
Joseph Balsamo
Gilbert · 7 eps
Gespenstergeschichten
6 eps
Self / Appearances (30)
Morgenmagazin
Self · 1 eps
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self · 2 eps
NDR Talk Show
Self · 1 eps
Zimmer frei!
Self · 1 eps
Beckmann
Self · 2 eps
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self · 1 eps
Brisant
Self · 1 eps
Boulevard Bio
Self · 1 eps
Through the Night with...
Self · 1 eps
Evening Urgant
Self · 1 eps
The 120 Days of Bottrop
Self
Talk 2000
Self · 1 eps
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Self
Ich - Udo
Himself
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Self
Blood of 1000 Virgins
Self (archive footage)
11 Colours of the Bird
Self
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Big Brother
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Self
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
Self
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Self
Arteholic
Self
I Knew Andy Warhol
Self
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
The Material Boy
Self
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Self
Bacurau no Mapa
Self
Sex
Self
Celluloid Horror
Self
