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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

235 acting

7 crew

Popularity

1.6

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Known For

Blade

Blade

1998

as Dragonetti
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013

as The Waiter
Armageddon

Armageddon

1998

as Psychologist
The Story of O

The Story of O

1975

as René
End of Days

End of Days

1999

as Head Priest
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994

as Camp
Halloween

Halloween

2007

as Morgan Walker
The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

2025

as Hans
Dogville

Dogville

2003

as The Man in the Coat
Johnny Mnemonic

Johnny Mnemonic

1995

as Ralfi
Blade
Blade
1998 • as Dragonetti
★ 6.9
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013 • as The Waiter
★ 6.7
Armageddon
Armageddon
1998 • as Psychologist
★ 6.8
The Story of O
The Story of O
1975 • as René
★ 5.5
End of Days
End of Days
1999 • as Head Priest
★ 6.1
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994 • as Camp
★ 6.6
Halloween
Halloween
2007 • as Morgan Walker
★ 6.2
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent
2025 • as Hans
★ 7.2
Dogville
Dogville
2003 • as The Man in the Coat
★ 7.7
Johnny Mnemonic
Johnny Mnemonic
1995 • as Ralfi
★ 5.8
Downsizing
Downsizing
2017 • as Konrad
★ 5.4
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017 • as The Placid Man
★ 7.0
My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho
1991 • as Hans
★ 7.0
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 • as Wedding Planner
★ 7.1
Dragged Across Concrete
Dragged Across Concrete
2019 • as Friedrich
★ 6.6
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
2019 • as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
★ 5.2
Suspiria
Suspiria
1977 • as Dr. Frank Mandel
★ 7.5
Barb Wire
Barb Wire
1996 • as Curly
★ 4.1
Iron Sky
Iron Sky
2012 • as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
★ 5.7
Grindhouse
Grindhouse
2007 • as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
★ 7.0
For Love or Money
For Love or Money
1993 • as Mr. Himmelman
★ 6.2
Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire
2000 • as Albin Grau
★ 6.7
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark
2000 • as Dr. Porkorny
★ 7.8
FearDotCom
FearDotCom
2002 • as Polidori
★ 3.8
American Animals
American Animals
2018 • as Mr. Van Der Hoek
★ 6.7
Johnny Walker
Johnny Walker
2015 • as Fyodor (voice)
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 • as Sadistic Sailor
★ 7.5
Metropia
Metropia
2009 • as Ivan Bahn (voice)
★ 6.1
Last Moment of Clarity
Last Moment of Clarity
2020 • as Ivan Demisovski
★ 5.2
The Painted Bird
The Painted Bird
2019 • as Miller
★ 7.1
Europa
Europa
1991 • as Lawrence Hartmann
★ 7.3
The Lords of Salem
The Lords of Salem
2013 • as Witchhunter (uncredited)
★ 5.4
BloodRayne
BloodRayne
2006 • as Regal Monk
★ 4.1
Far Cry
Far Cry
2008 • as Dr. Krieger
★ 3.7
Prince Valiant
Prince Valiant
1997 • as Sligon
★ 5.2
Monty and the Movies
Monty and the Movies
• as Self (archive footage)
Manderlay
Manderlay
2005 • as Mr. Kirspe
★ 6.9
Ich - Udo
Ich - Udo
2012 • as Himself
★ 6.0
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 • as Lee Meyers
★ 6.1
movie
Citizens
• as Hans
Spy Games
Spy Games
1999 • as Ivan Bliniak
★ 4.6
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 • as Hans
★ 6.7
Provocation
Provocation
1971 • as Angelos
★ 4.6
Dracula 3000
Dracula 3000
2004 • as Capt. Varna
★ 2.8
Bacurau
Bacurau
2019 • as Michael
★ 7.6
Headspace
Headspace
2005 • as Rev. Karl Hartman
★ 5.1
Conflict of Emotions
Conflict of Emotions
1971 • as Tonis Theodorou
★ 3.2
The Mountain
The Mountain
2019 • as Frederick
★ 5.1
Swan Song
Swan Song
2021 • as Pat Pitsenbarger
★ 6.8
Surviving Christmas
Surviving Christmas
2004 • as Heinrich
★ 5.7
The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 • as Lorenzini
★ 5.3
Holly
Holly
2006 • as Klaus
★ 6.3
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
1986 • as Gregor
★ 5.5
Daughter of Mine
Daughter of Mine
2018 • as Bruno
★ 6.2
Chompy & the Girls
Chompy & the Girls
2021 • as Chompy (voice)
★ 5.8
By Design
By Design
2026 • as Aldo Fabbri
★ 5.9
Invincible
Invincible
2001 • as Count Helldorf
★ 6.2
Modern Vampires
Modern Vampires
1998 • as Vincent
★ 4.9
Possessed
Possessed
1999 • as Vincent
★ 4.9
Deutschland privat
Deutschland privat
1980
★ 4.9
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
2014 • as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
★ 5.6
Blood for Dracula
Blood for Dracula
1974 • as Count Dracula
★ 5.7
Exposé
Exposé
1976 • as Paul Martin
★ 4.9
Lola
Lola
1981 • as Waiter (uncredited)
★ 6.9
One Point O
One Point O
2004 • as Derrick
★ 5.7
Bad Painter
Bad Painter
2025 • as Ö
★ 7.0
Soul Kitchen
Soul Kitchen
2009 • as Herr Jung
★ 6.9
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022 • as Self / Big Brother
Medea
Medea
1989 • as Jason
★ 6.5
Korn: Deuce
Korn: Deuce
2002 • as Commander
★ 7.5
Flesh for Frankenstein
Flesh for Frankenstein
1973 • as Baron Frankenstein
★ 5.8
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
2022 • as Michel
★ 5.1
movie
Betty - Schön wie der Tod
2003 • as Georg Wassenberg
★ 4.0
Mark of the Devil
Mark of the Devil
1970 • as Count Christian von Meruh
★ 6.1
Ice
Ice
1998 • as Dr. Norman Kistler
★ 5.2
Spermula
Spermula
1976 • as Werner
★ 4.2
House of Boys
House of Boys
2009 • as Madame
★ 6.2
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993 • as Giles Marquette
★ 5.9
Zero
Zero
2018 • as The lord of the world
★ 4.3
The End of Violence
The End of Violence
1997 • as Zoltan
★ 5.4
Lili Marleen
Lili Marleen
1981 • as Drewitz
★ 6.5
Dimension
Dimension
2010
★ 5.5
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
2018 • as Andre Toulon
★ 5.6
Betty
Betty
1997 • as Vincent Lord
★ 4.0
Staging Death
Staging Death
2022
★ 6.5
The Blazing World
The Blazing World
2021 • as Lained
★ 4.3
Keyhole
Keyhole
2011 • as Dr. Lemke
★ 5.4
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001 • as The Guardian
★ 4.6
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
1986 • as Minister / Kali
★ 9.0
Epidemic
Epidemic
1987 • as Udo Kier
★ 5.7
Stingers
Stingers
1998 • as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
★ 7.0
My Neighbor Adolf
My Neighbor Adolf
2022 • as Herman Herzog
★ 6.5
The Kingdom
The Kingdom
1994 • as Age Krüger / Lillebror
★ 7.8
Haymaker
Haymaker
2021 • as David
★ 3.2
Fall Down Dead
Fall Down Dead
2007 • as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
★ 4.0
Arteholic
Arteholic
2014 • as Self
★ 5.0
Lulu
Lulu
1980 • as Jack the Ripper
★ 4.3
Cigarette Burns
Cigarette Burns
2005 • as Bellinger
★ 7.3
Love Object
Love Object
2004 • as Radley
★ 5.9
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
2008 • as Luipold Trumpf
★ 4.3
The Debtors
The Debtors
1999
★ 4.3
Duke of Groove
Duke of Groove
1996 • as Earl
★ 5.3
Modigliani
Modigliani
2004 • as Max Jacob
★ 7.0
Gold Flakes
Gold Flakes
1976 • as Franzl
★ 8.4
movie
Olifant
1973 • as Olifant / Edwin
★ 7.0
The Last Minute
The Last Minute
2002 • as Nazi Fashion Shooter
★ 5.5
Pankow ’95
Pankow ’95
1983 • as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
★ 10.0
United Trash
United Trash
1996 • as UNO-General Werner Brenner
★ 4.3
Theirs
Theirs
The Kingdom II
The Kingdom II
1998 • as Lillebror / Age Krüger
★ 7.6
The Roaring Fifties
The Roaring Fifties
1983 • as Fromm
★ 3.7
Courier X
Courier X
2016 • as Nathan Vogel
★ 5.5
Return from Tomorrow
Return from Tomorrow
2026 • as Tim Senior
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017 • as Self
★ 2.0
La deuxième femme
La deuxième femme
2008 • as Udo Kier
★ 6.0
The Forbidden Room
The Forbidden Room
2015 • as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
★ 5.6
Skin Walker
Skin Walker
2019 • as Claus
★ 4.8
The Material Boy
The Material Boy
2015 • as Self
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 • as Commercial Director
★ 4.3
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018 • as Alcyde
★ 4.9
Crusade in Jeans
Crusade in Jeans
2006 • as Dr. Lawerence
★ 5.9
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
1993 • as Egon Hettemann
★ 7.0
The Theatre Bizarre
The Theatre Bizarre
2011 • as Peg Poett
★ 5.3
Critical Mass
Critical Mass
2001 • as Samson
★ 4.5
Mother's Mask
Mother's Mask
1988 • as Herr Seiler
★ 5.0
Pars: Operation Cherry
Pars: Operation Cherry
2007 • as Klaus Kayman
★ 4.9
movie
Der Unbesiegbare
1985 • as Argon
★ 10.0
Josh & S.A.M.
Josh & S.A.M.
1993 • as Salon Manager
★ 4.9
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
• as Grand Master
Sex
Sex
1992 • as Self
★ 7.5
The Editor
The Editor
2014 • as Dr Casini
★ 5.6
Night of the Templar
Night of the Templar
2012 • as Father Paul
★ 3.8
Final Run
Final Run
1999 • as Reddick
★ 5.6
The Mother of Tears
The Mother of Tears
2007 • as Father Johannes
★ 4.5
A Trick of the Light
A Trick of the Light
1995 • as Max Skladanowsky
★ 6.2
11 Colours of the Bird
11 Colours of the Bird
2020 • as Self
★ 7.2
Terror 2000
Terror 2000
1993 • as Jablo
★ 4.9
Jargo
Jargo
2004 • as Jargos Vater
★ 6.0
The Last Word
The Last Word
1975 • as Raimund
★ 4.7
Intangents
Intangents
• as Bin bag Man
Görünmeyen
Görünmeyen
2011 • as Bartok
The Sky Has Four Corners
The Sky Has Four Corners
2011 • as Graf Karpatovicz
Evil Eyes
Evil Eyes
2004 • as George
★ 3.4
Schindler Space Architect
Schindler Space Architect
2024 • as R.M. Schindler (voice)
★ 10.0
Hungarian Rhapsody
Hungarian Rhapsody
1979 • as Poór
★ 6.2
The German Chainsaw Massacre
The German Chainsaw Massacre
1990 • as Jonny
★ 4.0
All the Queen's Men
All the Queen's Men
2001 • as General Landssdorf
★ 5.0
movie
Rotwang Must Go!
1994 • as Arthur Eigenrauch
★ 5.0
The Third Generation
The Third Generation
1979 • as Edgar Gast
★ 6.0
Killer Deal
Killer Deal
1999 • as Dr. Roland Parker
★ 7.0
Red Letters
Red Letters
2000 • as George Kessler
★ 4.7
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
1981 • as Dr. Henry Jekyll
★ 5.5
Blood of 1000 Virgins
Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.4
American Exit
American Exit
2019 • as Anton
★ 5.7
The Beginner
The Beginner
1985 • as Graf Frackstein
★ 5.7
The 120 Days of Bottrop
The 120 Days of Bottrop
1997 • as Self
★ 5.3
13 Graves
13 Graves
2006 • as Debro
★ 4.4
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
1998 • as Rocky
★ 4.5
Skeletons in the Closet
Skeletons in the Closet
2024 • as Luc
★ 4.4
Lulu and Jimi
Lulu and Jimi
2009 • as Schultz
★ 5.7
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Egomania: Island Without Hope
1987 • as Baron Tante Teufel
★ 5.3
Extinct
Extinct
1995 • as York Cortex
★ 7.1
The Salzburg Connection
The Salzburg Connection
1972 • as Anton
★ 5.8
Double Deception
Double Deception
2000 • as Vincent
★ 4.9
Revelation
Revelation
2001 • as The Grand Master
★ 5.1
Gate to Heaven
Gate to Heaven
2003 • as Joachim Nowak
★ 8.0
movie
The Making of Europa
1991 • as Self / Lawrence Hartmann
★ 6.7
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
1983 • as Hermano
★ 4.3
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
The Killing Grounds
The Killing Grounds
2007 • as P.
★ 3.6
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
1989 • as Adolf Hitler
★ 6.9
The Berlin Project
The Berlin Project
2011 • as Guru
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
2002 • as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
★ 6.0
30 Days Until I'm Famous
30 Days Until I'm Famous
2004 • as Barry Davis
★ 4.7
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
1999 • as Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini
★ 5.6
Doomsdayer
Doomsdayer
2001 • as Max Gast
★ 4.7
The Fifth Commandment
The Fifth Commandment
1978 • as Peter Dümmel
★ 10.0
Death of a World Star
Death of a World Star
1994 • as Udo Kier
★ 9.0
movie
Pan
1973 • as Pilgrim of Death
★ 10.0
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
2024 • as Self
★ 6.0
Life Is Too Long
Life Is Too Long
2010 • as Tabatabai
★ 5.0
Miss Diamond
Miss Diamond
1999 • as Bühler
★ 5.8
Lea
Lea
1996 • as Block
★ 5.4
Hur und Heilig
Hur und Heilig
1984
★ 7.0
movie
Memories of a Young Pianist
2009 • as Count Dracula (archive footage)
★ 5.0
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009 • as Self
Pigs Will Fly
Pigs Will Fly
2003 • as Onkel Max
★ 8.0
Nur über meine Leiche
Nur über meine Leiche
1995 • as Killer
★ 6.4
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
2000 • as Self
★ 7.4
Celluloid Horror
Celluloid Horror
2004 • as Himself
★ 7.4
The Stationmaster’s Wife
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977 • as Schafftaler
★ 5.6
Brother
Brother
2016 • as Frank Solek
★ 6.4
Just One Night
Just One Night
2000 • as Walter Lert
★ 5.0
UFO in Her Eyes
UFO in Her Eyes
2011 • as Steve Frost
★ 6.4
Under the Palms
Under the Palms
1999 • as Ludwig
★ 8.0
I Knew Andy Warhol
I Knew Andy Warhol
2018 • as Self
Road to St. Tropez
Road to St. Tropez
1966 • as Boy
★ 4.5
Shameless
Shameless
1968 • as Alexander Pohlmann
★ 5.9
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008 • as Self
★ 6.5
És így s eképp tovább
És így s eképp tovább
1978
Coconut Hero
Coconut Hero
2015 • as Mr. Morrow
★ 5.9
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988 • as Friedrich Hansman
★ 1.0
My Own Private River
My Own Private River
2012 • as Hans (archive footage)
★ 7.4
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
2015 • as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
★ 5.0
Tell
Tell
2007 • as Gessler
★ 5.7
The Barefoot Emperor
The Barefoot Emperor
2020 • as Dr. Otto Kroll
★ 5.5
Holy Beasts
Holy Beasts
2019 • as Henry
★ 4.4
Paradise Framed
Paradise Framed
1995
★ 10.0
The Praying Mantis
The Praying Mantis
2001 • as Julius Quellenreich
★ 7.3
Auf Herz und Nieren
Auf Herz und Nieren
2001 • as Doc
★ 4.5
Narcissus and Psyche
Narcissus and Psyche
1980 • as Nárcisz
★ 6.4
Pray for Morning
Pray for Morning
2006 • as Edouard Leopold Edu
★ 5.0
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
1977 • as Poulailler
★ 7.0
Instant Dreams
Instant Dreams
2017 • as The Docter (Cameo)
★ 6.7
movie
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
2005 • as Interviewee-Actor
★ 9.0
Unter Druck
Unter Druck
1995
★ 6.0
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
2002 • as Hans Kramer
★ 6.2
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
★ 6.0
Season of the Senses
Season of the Senses
1969 • as Luca
★ 7.5
movie
Unser Reigen
2006
movie
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
2001 • as Self
★ 8.0
Bacurau no Mapa
Bacurau no Mapa
2019 • as Self
★ 8.0
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
2013 • as The Magic Doctor / The Shaman
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
1992 • as Self
Idiots' Battle
Idiots' Battle
1986
★ 8.0
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
1993 • as Edouard Müllendorf
★ 8.0
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001 • as Self
★ 7.0
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
1982 • as Man
movie
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
2004
movie
Siblings
1982
Lines of the Hand
Lines of the Hand
2015
★ 7.0
movie
Victor
1979 • as Popstar
★ 10.0
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
1984 • as Man and Woman in Train
★ 6.7