
Udo Kier
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 14, 1944
- Died
- November 23, 2025 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography

Theirs
Movie

The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
Movie · as Grand Master

Intangents
Movie · as Bin bag Man

Monty and the Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Citizens
Movie · as Hans

By Design
Movie · as Aldo Fabbri

Return from Tomorrow
Movie · as Tim Senior

Bad Painter
Movie · as Ö

The Secret Agent
Movie · as Hans

Skeletons in the Closet
Movie · as Luc

Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Movie · as Self

Schindler Space Architect
Movie · as R.M. Schindler (voice)

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
Movie · as Michel

A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
Movie

Staging Death
Movie

My Neighbor Adolf
Movie · as Herman Herzog

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Movie · as Self / Big Brother

Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
TV · as Klaus · 2 eps

Dark Winds
TV · as Gunthar Vaggan · 1 ep

Chompy & the Girls
Movie · as Chompy (voice)

Haymaker
Movie · as David

The Blazing World
Movie · as Lained

Swan Song
Movie · as Pat Pitsenbarger

The Barefoot Emperor
Movie · as Dr. Otto Kroll

Last Moment of Clarity
Movie · as Ivan Demisovski

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

11 Colours of the Bird
Movie · as Self

Hunters
TV · as Adolf Hitler · 8 eps

Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Movie · as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler

The Painted Bird
Movie · as Miller

Dragged Across Concrete
Movie · as Friedrich

The Mountain
Movie · as Frederick

Bacurau
Movie · as Michael

American Exit
Movie · as Anton

Holy Beasts
Movie · as Henry

Skin Walker
Movie · as Claus

Bacurau no Mapa
Movie · as Self

M - A City Hunts a Murderer
TV · as Fuchspelzmann · 6 eps

I Knew Andy Warhol
Movie · as Self

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Movie · as Hans

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Movie · as Andre Toulon

American Animals
Movie · as Mr. Van Der Hoek

Zero
Movie · as The lord of the world

Daughter of Mine
Movie · as Bruno

Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Movie · as Alcyde

Downsizing
Movie · as Konrad

Brawl in Cell Block 99
Movie · as The Placid Man

Instant Dreams
Movie · as The Docter (Cameo)

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Movie · as Self

Brother
Movie · as Frank Solek

Courier X
Movie · as Nathan Vogel

The Forbidden Room
Movie · as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist

Coconut Hero
Movie · as Mr. Morrow

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
Movie

Phantasmagoria of the Interior
Movie · as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)

Johnny Walker
Movie · as Fyodor (voice)

Lines of the Hand
Movie

Fifty Shades of Erotica
Movie · as (archive footage)

The Material Boy
Movie · as Self

Old Money
TV · as Rolf Rauchensteiner · 8 eps

Major Lazer
TV · as Head Vampire Vampire (voice) · 1 ep

The Editor
Movie · as Dr Casini

Beethoven's Treasure Tail
Movie · as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser

Arteholic
Movie · as Self

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Movie · as The Waiter

Blood of 1000 Virgins
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Lords of Salem
Movie · as Witchhunter (uncredited)

The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
Movie · as The Magic Doctor / The Shaman

Beware the Batman
TV · as Mister Toad (voice) · 4 eps

Iron Sky
Movie · as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch

Night of the Templar
Movie · as Father Paul

Ich - Udo
Movie · as Himself

My Own Private River
Movie · as Hans (archive footage)

Evening Urgant
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Melancholia
Movie · as Wedding Planner

Görünmeyen
Movie · as Bartok

The Theatre Bizarre
Movie · as Peg Poett

Keyhole
Movie · as Dr. Lemke

UFO in Her Eyes
Movie · as Steve Frost

The Sky Has Four Corners
Movie · as Graf Karpatovicz

The Berlin Project
Movie · as Guru

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Movie · as Lee Meyers

Life Is Too Long
Movie · as Tabatabai

Dimension
Movie

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV · as Professor Pericles (voice) · 17 eps

Lulu and Jimi
Movie · as Schultz

Metropia
Movie · as Ivan Bahn (voice)

House of Boys
Movie · as Madame

Soul Kitchen
Movie · as Herr Jung
Memories of a Young Pianist
Movie · as Count Dracula (archive footage)

Tattoos: A Scarred History
Movie · as Self

Far Cry
Movie · as Dr. Krieger

1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
Movie · as Luipold Trumpf

La deuxième femme
Movie · as Udo Kier

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Movie · as Self

Halloween
Movie · as Morgan Walker

The Mother of Tears
Movie · as Father Johannes

Pars: Operation Cherry
Movie · as Klaus Kayman

The Killing Grounds
Movie · as P.

Tell
Movie · as Gessler

Fall Down Dead
Movie · as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey

Grindhouse
Movie · as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")

Chuck
TV · as Otto Van Vogel · 1 ep
Crusade in Jeans
Movie · as Dr. Lawerence

Holly
Movie · as Klaus

Pray for Morning
Movie · as Edouard Leopold Edu

BloodRayne
Movie · as Regal Monk

13 Graves
Movie · as Debro
Unser Reigen
Movie

Manderlay
Movie · as Mr. Kirspe

Headspace
Movie · as Rev. Karl Hartman
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
Movie · as Interviewee-Actor

Cigarette Burns
Movie · as Bellinger

Masters of Horror
TV · as Bellinger · 1 ep

4 Against Z
TV · as Zanrelot · 41 eps
G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Thadeusz
TV · as self · 1 ep

Dracula 3000
Movie · as Capt. Varna

Evil Eyes
Movie · as George

Surviving Christmas
Movie · as Heinrich

Love Object
Movie · as Radley

One Point O
Movie · as Derrick

30 Days Until I'm Famous
Movie · as Barry Davis

Jargo
Movie · as Jargos Vater

Modigliani
Movie · as Max Jacob

Celluloid Horror
Movie · as Self
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
Movie

The Batman
TV · as Bert (voice) · 1 ep

Dogville
Movie · as The Man in the Coat

Gate to Heaven
Movie · as Joachim Nowak

Pigs Will Fly
Movie · as Onkel Max

Betty - Schön wie der Tod
Movie · as Georg Wassenberg

FearDotCom
Movie · as Polidori

He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Movie · as Hans Kramer

Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Movie · as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr

The Last Minute
Movie · as Nazi Fashion Shooter

Korn: Deuce
Movie · as Commander

Through the Night with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep

All the Queen's Men
Movie · as General Landssdorf

Doomsdayer
Movie · as Max Gast

Invincible
Movie · as Count Helldorf

Revelation
Movie · as The Grand Master

Critical Mass
Movie · as Samson

The Praying Mantis
Movie · as Julius Quellenreich

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Movie · as The Guardian

Auf Herz und Nieren
Movie · as Doc

Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Movie · as Self

Justice League
TV · as The Music Master (voice) · 2 eps

Dancer in the Dark
Movie · as Dr. Porkorny

Shadow of the Vampire
Movie · as Albin Grau

Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Movie · as Self

Just One Night
Movie · as Walter Lert

Double Deception
Movie · as Vincent

Red Letters
Movie · as George Kessler

Possessed
Movie · as Vincent

End of Days
Movie · as Head Priest

Under the Palms
Movie · as Ludwig

The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Movie · as Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini

Spy Games
Movie · as Ivan Bliniak

Final Run
Movie · as Reddick

Miss Diamond
Movie · as Bühler

The Debtors
Movie

Killer Deal
Movie · as Dr. Roland Parker

Beckmann
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Modern Vampires
Movie · as Vincent

The Kingdom II
Movie · as Lillebror / Age Krüger

Blade
Movie · as Dragonetti

Ice
Movie · as Dr. Norman Kistler

Armageddon
Movie · as Psychologist

Stingers
Movie · as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss

There's No Fish Food in Heaven
Movie · as Rocky
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

V.I.P.
TV · as Viktor Balek · 1 ep

Prince Valiant
Movie · as Sligon

The 120 Days of Bottrop
Movie · as Self

The End of Violence
Movie · as Zoltan

Betty
Movie · as Vincent Lord
Die Gang
TV · as Kapitän Schmidt · 1 ep

Talk 2000
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tietjen und Bommes
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Breaking the Waves
Movie · as Sadistic Sailor

Barb Wire
Movie · as Curly

The Adventures of Pinocchio
Movie · as Lorenzini

United Trash
Movie · as UNO-General Werner Brenner

Duke of Groove
Movie · as Earl

Lea
Movie · as Block

Nash Bridges
TV · as Wolfgang Herzog · 1 ep

Zimmer frei!
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Sentinel
TV · as Klaus Zeller · 2 eps

Johnny Mnemonic
Movie · as Ralfi

A Trick of the Light
Movie · as Max Skladanowsky

Nur über meine Leiche
Movie · as Killer

Extinct
Movie · as York Cortex

Unter Druck
Movie

Paradise Framed
Movie

Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Willemsens Woche
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Kingdom
Movie · as Age Krüger / Lillebror

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Movie · as Commercial Director

Death of a World Star
Movie · as Udo Kier
Rotwang Must Go!
Movie · as Arthur Eigenrauch

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Movie · as Camp

Doppelter Einsatz
TV · as König · 1 ep

Rosa Roth
TV · as Ommer · 1 ep

Viper
TV · as Erich Geiger · 1 ep

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Kingdom
TV · as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror, Åge Krüger / Little Brother / Frederik / Big Brothe · 13 eps

Brisant
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Terror 2000
Movie · as Jablo

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Movie · as Giles Marquette

Josh & S.A.M.
Movie · as Salon Manager

For Love or Money
Movie · as Mr. Himmelman

Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
Movie · as Egon Hettemann

Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
Movie · as Edouard Müllendorf

seaQuest DSV
TV · as Dr. Guy Peche · 1 ep

Sex
Movie · as Self

Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
Movie · as Self

Red Shoe Diaries
TV · as Fashion Designer · 1 ep

Morgenmagazin
TV · as Self · 1 ep

My Own Private Idaho
Movie · as Hans

Europa
Movie · as Lawrence Hartmann
The Making of Europa
Movie · as Self / Lawrence Hartmann

Boulevard Bio
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The German Chainsaw Massacre
Movie · as Jonny

Medea
Movie · as Jason

100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
Movie · as Adolf Hitler

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Movie · as Friedrich Hansman

Mother's Mask
Movie · as Herr Seiler

Die Männer vom K3
TV · as Heini Wohlers · 1 ep

Egomania: Island Without Hope
Movie · as Baron Tante Teufel

Epidemic
Movie · as Udo Kier

Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
Movie · as Minister / Kali

Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Movie · as Gregor

Idiots' Battle
Movie

Kir Royal
TV · as Holger · 1 ep

The Beginner
Movie · as Graf Frackstein
Der Unbesiegbare
Movie · as Argon

Gespenstergeschichten
TV · 6 eps

The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Movie · as Man and Woman in Train

Hur und Heilig
Movie

Der Fahnder
TV · as Uli Weber · 1 ep

The Island of the Bloody Plantation
Movie · as Hermano

The Roaring Fifties
Movie · as Fromm

Pankow ’95
Movie · as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
Siblings
Movie

Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
Movie · as Man

Lili Marleen
Movie · as Drewitz

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Movie · as Dr. Henry Jekyll

Lola
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Narcissus and Psyche
Movie · as Nárcisz

Lulu
Movie · as Jack the Ripper

Deutschland privat
Movie

Berlin Alexanderplatz
TV · as Junger Mann an der Bar · 2 eps

The Third Generation
Movie · as Edgar Gast

Hungarian Rhapsody
Movie · as Poór
Victor
Movie · as Popstar

NDR Talk Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Fifth Commandment
Movie · as Peter Dümmel

És így s eképp tovább
Movie

The Stationmaster’s Wife
Movie · as Schafftaler

Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
Movie · as Poulailler

Suspiria
Movie · as Dr. Frank Mandel

Exposé
Movie · as Paul Martin

Gold Flakes
Movie · as Franzl

Spermula
Movie · as Werner

The Story of O
Movie · as René

The Last Word
Movie · as Raimund

Blood for Dracula
Movie · as Count Dracula
Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen
TV · as Roberto Agostino · 1 ep
3 nach 9
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Flesh for Frankenstein
Movie · as Baron Frankenstein
Olifant
Movie · as Olifant / Edwin
Pan
Movie · as Pilgrim of Death

Joseph Balsamo
TV · as Gilbert · 7 eps

The Salzburg Connection
Movie · as Anton
Sonderdezernat K1
TV · as Harry Gätjens · 1 ep

Provocation
Movie · as Angelos

Conflict of Emotions
Movie · as Tonis Theodorou

Polizeiruf 110
TV · as Zermahlen · 1 ep

Mark of the Devil
Movie · as Count Christian von Meruh

Scene of the Crime
TV · as Hans-Rudi Dreher, Beethoven · 1 ep

Season of the Senses
Movie · as Luca
Gestern gelesen
TV · as Ingo Rippel · 1 ep

Shameless
Movie · as Alexander Pohlmann

Road to St. Tropez
Movie · as Boy







