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Udo Kier

Acting · Born 1944-10-14 · Cologne, Germany

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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2026 · Aldo Fabbri

The Secret Agent

Schindler Space Architect

2024 · R.M. Schindler (voice)

Der wunderbare Udo Kier

Skeletons in the Closet

Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin

My Neighbor Adolf

2022 · Herman Herzog

2022 · Gunthar Vaggan

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

The Blazing World

Chompy & the Girls

2021 · Chompy (voice)

2021 · Pat Pitsenbarger

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Last Moment of Clarity

2020 · Ivan Demisovski

11 Colours of the Bird

The Barefoot Emperor

2020 · Dr. Otto Kroll

2020 · Adolf Hitler

Bacurau no Mapa

The Painted Bird

2019 · Michael

2019 · Frederick

Dragged Across Concrete

2019 · Friedrich

M - A City Hunts a Murderer

2019 · Fuchspelzmann

Iron Sky: The Coming Race

2019 · Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler

The House That Jack Built

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

2018 · Andre Toulon

Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey

American Animals

2018 · Mr. Van Der Hoek

2018 · The lord of the world

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Daughter of Mine

2017 · The Docter (Cameo)

Brawl in Cell Block 99

2017 · The Placid Man

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2016 · Nathan Vogel

2016 · Frank Solek

The Forbidden Room

2015 · Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

2015 · Mr. Morrow

Phantasmagoria of the Interior

2015 · Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)

2015 · Head Vampire Vampire (voice)

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2015 · (archive footage)

2015 · Rolf Rauchensteiner

Lines of the Hand

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

2014 · The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser

2014 · Dr Casini

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013 · The Waiter

Beware the Batman

2013 · Mister Toad (voice)

Blood of 1000 Virgins

2013 · Self (archive footage)

The Lords of Salem

2013 · Witchhunter (uncredited)

Night of the Templar

2012 · Father Paul

2012 · Wolfgang Kortzfleisch

2012 · Himself

My Own Private River

2012 · Hans (archive footage)

UFO in Her Eyes

2011 · Steve Frost

2011 · Dr. Lemke

The Theatre Bizarre

2011 · Peg Poett

2011 · Wedding Planner

Life Is Too Long

2010 · Tabatabai

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

2010 · Professor Pericles (voice)

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010 · Lee Meyers

Memories of a Young Pianist

Memories of a Young Pianist

2009 · Count Dracula (archive footage)

2009 · Ivan Bahn (voice)

2009 · Herr Jung

2009 · Schultz

1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde

2008 · Luipold Trumpf

La deuxième femme

2008 · Udo Kier

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

2008 · Dr. Krieger

2007 · Gessler

The Mother of Tears

2007 · Father Johannes

2007 · Otto Van Vogel

2007 · Morgan Walker

2007 · Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey

The Killing Grounds

Pars: Operation Cherry

2007 · Klaus Kayman

2007 · Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")

Crusade in Jeans

2006 · Dr. Lawerence

Pray for Morning

2006 · Edouard Leopold Edu

2006 · Regal Monk

Cigarette Burns

2005 · Bellinger

Masters of Horror

2005 · Bellinger

2005 · Rev. Karl Hartman

Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'

Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'

2005 · Interviewee-Actor

2005 · Mr. Kirspe

2005 · Zanrelot

G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

Surviving Christmas

2004 · Heinrich

2004 · Bert (voice)

2004 · Capt. Varna

2004 · Max Jacob

30 Days Until I'm Famous

2004 · Barry Davis

2004 · Derrick

2004 · Jargos Vater

Celluloid Horror

2004 · Himself

2003 · Joachim Nowak

2003 · The Man in the Coat

Betty - Schön wie der Tod

Betty - Schön wie der Tod

2003 · Georg Wassenberg

2003 · Onkel Max

He Sees You When You're Sleeping

2002 · Hans Kramer

Mrs. Meitlemeihr

2002 · Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr

The Last Minute

2002 · Nazi Fashion Shooter

2002 · Polidori

2002 · Commander

Through the Night with...

2001 · Count Helldorf

Auf Herz und Nieren

2001 · The Music Master (voice)

All the Queen's Men

2001 · General Landssdorf

Suspiria 25th Anniversary

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

2001 · The Guardian

2001 · The Grand Master

The Praying Mantis

2001 · Julius Quellenreich

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

2001 · Max Gast

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

2000 · Walter Lert

Dancer in the Dark

2000 · Dr. Porkorny

Shadow of the Vampire

2000 · Albin Grau

2000 · George Kessler

Double Deception

2000 · Vincent

1999 · Bühler

1999 · Head Priest

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

1999 · Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini

1999 · Reddick

Under the Palms

1999 · Ivan Bliniak

1999 · Vincent

1999 · Dr. Roland Parker

1998 · Mr. Scholnick / The Boss

Modern Vampires

1998 · Vincent

There's No Fish Food in Heaven

1998 · Viktor Balek

1998 · Dragonetti

1998 · Dr. Norman Kistler

1998 · Lillebror / Age Krüger

1998 · Psychologist

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

The 120 Days of Bottrop

The End of Violence

Tietjen und Bommes

Tietjen und Bommes

1997 · Kapitän Schmidt

1997 · Vincent Lord

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996 · Lorenzini

Breaking the Waves

1996 · Sadistic Sailor

1996 · Wolfgang Herzog

1996 · Klaus Zeller

1996 · UNO-General Werner Brenner

Die Harald Schmidt Show

A Trick of the Light

1995 · Max Skladanowsky

1995 · York Cortex

Nur über meine Leiche

Johnny Mnemonic

Paradise Framed

Willemsens Woche

Willemsens Woche

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

1994 · Age Krüger / Lillebror

1994 · Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror

Rotwang Must Go!

Rotwang Must Go!

1994 · Arthur Eigenrauch

Doppelter Einsatz

Death of a World Star

1994 · Udo Kier

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1994 · Commercial Director

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994 · Erich Geiger

1993 · Salon Manager

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

1993 · Giles Marquette

For Love or Money

1993 · Mr. Himmelman

1993 · Dr. Guy Peche

Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven

1993 · Edouard Müllendorf

Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue

1993 · Egon Hettemann

Red Shoe Diaries

1992 · Fashion Designer

The Making of Europa

The Making of Europa

1991 · Self / Lawrence Hartmann

1991 · Lawrence Hartmann

My Own Private Idaho

The German Chainsaw Massacre

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

1989 · Adolf Hitler

1988 · Herr Seiler

Die Männer vom K3

1988 · Heini Wohlers

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho

1988 · Friedrich Hansman

1987 · Udo Kier

Egomania: Island Without Hope

1987 · Baron Tante Teufel

Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück

1986 · Minister / Kali

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

1985 · Graf Frackstein

Der Unbesiegbare

Der Unbesiegbare

Gespenstergeschichten

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

1984 · Man and Woman in Train

1984 · Uli Weber

1983 · Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart

The Roaring Fifties

The Island of the Bloody Plantation

1983 · Hermano

1981 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

1981 · Dr. Henry Jekyll

1981 · Drewitz

Narcissus and Psyche

1980 · Nárcisz

Deutschland privat

Berlin Alexanderplatz

1980 · Junger Mann an der Bar

1980 · Jack the Ripper

Hungarian Rhapsody

The Third Generation

1979 · Edgar Gast

1979 · Popstar

The Fifth Commandment

1978 · Peter Dümmel

Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?

1977 · Poulailler

The Stationmaster’s Wife

1977 · Schafftaler

1977 · Dr. Frank Mandel

1976 · Paul Martin

1975 · Raimund

Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen

Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen

1974 · Roberto Agostino

Blood for Dracula

1974 · Count Dracula

Flesh for Frankenstein

1973 · Baron Frankenstein

1973 · Pilgrim of Death

1973 · Gilbert

1973 · Olifant / Edwin

Sonderdezernat K1

Sonderdezernat K1

1972 · Harry Gätjens

The Salzburg Connection

Conflict of Emotions

1971 · Tonis Theodorou

1971 · Zermahlen

1971 · Angelos

Scene of the Crime

1970 · Hans-Rudi Dreher

Mark of the Devil

1970 · Count Christian von Meruh

Season of the Senses

Gestern gelesen

Gestern gelesen

1969 · Ingo Rippel

1968 · Alexander Pohlmann

Road to St. Tropez

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