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 (198)
Blade
Dragonetti
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
The Waiter
Armageddon
Psychologist
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Camp
The Story of O
René
The Secret Agent
Hans
Halloween
Morgan Walker
End of Days
Head Priest
Dragged Across Concrete
Friedrich
Brawl in Cell Block 99
The Placid Man
Suspiria
Dr. Frank Mandel
Downsizing
Konrad
Dogville
The Man in the Coat
Melancholia
Wedding Planner
Johnny Mnemonic
Ralfi
My Own Private Idaho
Hans
Barb Wire
Curly
Dancer in the Dark
Dr. Porkorny
Grindhouse
Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
The Lords of Salem
Witchhunter (uncredited)
For Love or Money
Mr. Himmelman
Iron Sky
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
American Animals
Mr. Van Der Hoek
Shadow of the Vampire
Albin Grau
FearDotCom
Polidori
BloodRayne
Regal Monk
Last Moment of Clarity
Ivan Demisovski
Manderlay
Mr. Kirspe
Breaking the Waves
Sadistic Sailor
Metropia
Ivan Bahn (voice)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Lee Meyers
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Hans
Exposé
Paul Martin
Surviving Christmas
Heinrich
Provocation
Angelos
Far Cry
Dr. Krieger
The Painted Bird
Miller
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
Minister / Kali
Europa
Lawrence Hartmann
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Lorenzini
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
Soul Kitchen
Herr Jung
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Gregor
Chompy & the Girls
Chompy (voice)
Holly
Klaus
Gate to Heaven
Joachim Nowak
Invincible
Count Helldorf
Bacurau
Michael
Flesh for Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein
One Point O
Derrick
Dracula 3000
Capt. Varna
Daughter of Mine
Bruno
Prince Valiant
Sligon
La deuxième femme
Udo Kier
The End of Violence
Zoltan
By Design
Aldo Fabbri
Mark of the Devil
Count Christian von Meruh
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
Headspace
Rev. Karl Hartman
Lola
Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Giles Marquette
My Neighbor Adolf
Herman Herzog
Crusade in Jeans
Dr. Lawerence
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Commercial Director
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
Michel
Blood for Dracula
Count Dracula
Love Object
Radley
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
Luipold Trumpf
Ice
Dr. Norman Kistler
Johnny Walker
Fyodor (voice)
Spy Games
Ivan Bliniak
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
Egon Hettemann
The Mountain
Frederick
House of Boys
Madame
The Beginner
Graf Frackstein
Modern Vampires
Vincent
Conflict of Emotions
Tonis Theodorou
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
The Guardian
Dimension
2010
Bad Painter
Ö
The Last Minute
Nazi Fashion Shooter
Lili Marleen
Drewitz
Spermula
Werner
Modigliani
Max Jacob
Mother's Mask
Herr Seiler
Possessed
Vincent
Critical Mass
Samson
Haymaker
David
Swan Song
Pat Pitsenbarger
Courier X
Nathan Vogel
Lulu
Jack the Ripper
Medea
Jason
The Kingdom
Age Krüger / Lillebror
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Alcyde
Zero
The lord of the world
The Forbidden Room
Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
Keyhole
Dr. Lemke
United Trash
UNO-General Werner Brenner
The Kingdom II
Lillebror / Age Krüger
A Trick of the Light
Max Skladanowsky
Korn: Deuce
Commander
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Jonny
All the Queen's Men
General Landssdorf
The Third Generation
Edgar Gast
The Blazing World
Lained
Cigarette Burns
Bellinger
Pars: Operation Cherry
Klaus Kayman
My Own Private River
Hans (archive footage)
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Andre Toulon
Epidemic
Udo Kier
Gold Flakes
Franzl
Duke of Groove
Earl
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Baron Tante Teufel
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini
Return from Tomorrow
Tim Senior
Road to St. Tropez
Boy
Hur und Heilig
1984
The Salzburg Connection
Anton
Skin Walker
Claus
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Schafftaler
The Killing Grounds
P.
The Theatre Bizarre
Peg Poett
Red Letters
George Kessler
Jargo
Jargos Vater
Evil Eyes
George
Lulu and Jimi
Schultz
Deutschland privat
1980
Night of the Templar
Father Paul
Stingers
Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
Görünmeyen
Bartok
The Debtors
1999
Just One Night
Walter Lert
Revelation
The Grand Master
Fall Down Dead
Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
The Fifth Commandment
Peter Dümmel
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
Rocky
The Mother of Tears
Father Johannes
Hungarian Rhapsody
Poór
Final Run
Reddick
Schindler Space Architect
R.M. Schindler (voice)
Skeletons in the Closet
Luc
30 Days Until I'm Famous
Barry Davis
Killer Deal
Dr. Roland Parker
Josh & S.A.M.
Salon Manager
Terror 2000
Jablo
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Friedrich Hansman
The Editor
Dr Casini
The Last Word
Raimund
American Exit
Anton
Holy Beasts
Henry
13 Graves
Debro
Lea
Block
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Hans Kramer
Doomsdayer
Max Gast
Double Deception
Vincent
Staging Death
2022
Life Is Too Long
Tabatabai
The Roaring Fifties
Fromm
Under the Palms
Ludwig
UFO in Her Eyes
Steve Frost
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Dr. Henry Jekyll
Coconut Hero
Mr. Morrow
The Barefoot Emperor
Dr. Otto Kroll
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
Adolf Hitler
Pankow ’95
Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
Death of a World Star
Udo Kier
Tell
Gessler
Pigs Will Fly
Onkel Max
Betty
Vincent Lord
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
Edouard Müllendorf
Season of the Senses
Luca
The Sky Has Four Corners
Graf Karpatovicz
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Pray for Morning
Edouard Leopold Edu
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
Hermano
Miss Diamond
Bühler
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022
The Berlin Project
Guru
Paradise Framed
1995
Nur über meine Leiche
Killer
Instant Dreams
The Docter (Cameo)
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
Poulailler
The Praying Mantis
Julius Quellenreich
Unter Druck
1995
És így s eképp tovább
1978
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
The Shaman
Lines of the Hand
2015
Auf Herz und Nieren
Doc
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
Man
Brother
Frank Solek
Idiots' Battle
1986
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
Narcissus and Psyche
Nárcisz
Shameless
Alexander Pohlmann
Extinct
York Cortex
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Man and Woman in Train
TV Shows (32)
Scene of the Crime
Hans-Rudi Dreher · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Beethoven · 1 eps
V.I.P.
Viktor Balek · 1 eps
Nash Bridges
Wolfgang Herzog · 1 eps
Chuck
Otto Van Vogel · 1 eps
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Professor Pericles (voice) · 17 eps
Dark Winds
Gunthar Vaggan · 1 eps
Polizeiruf 110
Zermahlen · 1 eps
seaQuest DSV
Dr. Guy Peche · 1 eps
The Batman
Bert (voice) · 1 eps
The Sentinel
Klaus Zeller · 2 eps
Hunters
Adolf Hitler · 8 eps
Justice League
The Music Master (voice) · 2 eps
Masters of Horror
Bellinger · 1 eps
Red Shoe Diaries
Fashion Designer · 1 eps
Viper
Erich Geiger · 1 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
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Junger Mann an der Bar · 2 eps
Major Lazer
Head Vampire Vampire (voice) · 1 eps
Der Fahnder
Uli Weber · 1 eps
Die Männer vom K3
Heini Wohlers · 1 eps
Doppelter Einsatz
König · 1 eps
Old Money
Rolf Rauchensteiner · 8 eps
Rosa Roth
Ommer · 1 eps
Kir Royal
Holger · 1 eps
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
Klaus · 2 eps
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
Fuchspelzmann · 6 eps
4 Against Z
Zanrelot · 41 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
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self · 1 eps
Zimmer frei!
Self · 1 eps
Beckmann
Self · 2 eps
Brisant
Self · 1 eps
Boulevard Bio
Self · 1 eps
Through the Night with...
Self · 1 eps
Evening Urgant
Self · 1 eps
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
The Material Boy
Self
Ich - Udo
Himself
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Big Brother
Arteholic
Self
The 120 Days of Bottrop
Self
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Self
Sex
Self
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Self
Blood of 1000 Virgins
Self (archive footage)
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Self
Talk 2000
Self · 1 eps
Celluloid Horror
Himself
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Self
11 Colours of the Bird
Self
Bacurau no Mapa
Self
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Self
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
Self
I Knew Andy Warhol
Self
