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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

234 acting

7 crew

Popularity

3.1

Known For

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