Udo Kier
October 14, 1944 (81 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · By Design as Aldo Fabbri
- 2025 · The Secret Agent as Hans
- 2025 · Bad Painter as Ö
- 2024 · Schindler Space Architect as R.M. Schindler (voice)
- 2024 · Skeletons in the Closet as Luc
- 2022 · Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus as Self / Big Brother
- 2022 · My Neighbor Adolf as Herman Herzog
- 2022 · A Kilo of Blue (The Music) as
- 2021 · The Blazing World as Lained
- 2021 · Haymaker as David
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2019 · Bacurau no Mapa as Self
- 2019 · Skin Walker as Claus
- 2017 · Instant Dreams as The Docter (Cameo)
- 2016 · Courier X as Nathan Vogel
- 2016 · Seances as
- 2015 · Coconut Hero as Mr. Morrow
- 2015 · Johnny Walker as Fyodor (voice)
- 2014 · Arteholic as Self
- 2013 · Blood of 1000 Virgins as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Night of the Templar as Father Paul
- 2011 · The Berlin Project as Guru
- 2011 · Keyhole as Dr. Lemke
- 2011 · The Theatre Bizarre as Peg Poett
- 2011 · The Sky Has Four Corners as Graf Karpatovicz
- 2010 · Life Is Too Long as Tabatabai
- 2009 · House of Boys as Madame
- 2009 · Metropia as Ivan Bahn (voice)
- 2009 · Lulu and Jimi as Schultz
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2007 · The Killing Grounds as P.
- 2007 · Pars: Operation Cherry as Klaus Kayman
- 2006 · Pray for Morning as Edouard Leopold Edu
- 2004 · Evil Eyes as George
- 2004 · 30 Days Until I'm Famous as Barry Davis
- 2004 · Jargo as Jargos Vater
- 2004 · Celluloid Horror as Himself
- 2003 · Gate to Heaven as Joachim Nowak
- 2003 · Betty - Schön wie der Tod as Georg Wassenberg
- 2002 · He Sees You When You're Sleeping as Hans Kramer
- 2002 · The Last Minute as Nazi Fashion Shooter
- 2001 · Auf Herz und Nieren as Doc
- 2001 · All the Queen's Men as General Landssdorf
- 2001 · Suspiria 25th Anniversary as Self
- 2001 · Critical Mass as Samson
- 2000 · Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
- 2000 · Just One Night as Walter Lert
- 2000 · Double Deception as Vincent
- 1999 · The New Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
- 1999 · Under the Palms as Ludwig
- 1999 · Killer Deal as Dr. Roland Parker
- 1998 · Stingers as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
- 1998 · There's No Fish Food in Heaven as Rocky
- 1997 · The 120 Days of Bottrop as Self
- 1997 · Talk 2000 as Self
- 1997 · Betty as Vincent Lord
- 1996 · Lea as Block
- 1996 · Duke of Groove as Earl
- 1996 · United Trash as UNO-General Werner Brenner
- 1995 · A Trick of the Light as Max Skladanowsky
- 1993 · Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Giles Marquette
- 1989 · Medea as Jason
- 1989 · 100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker as Adolf Hitler
- 1988 · Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho as
- 1985 · The Beginner as Graf Frackstein
- 1979 · The Third Generation as Edgar Gast
- 1977 · Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? as Poulailler
- 1975 · The Last Word as Raimund
- 1974 · Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen as Roberto Agostino
- Future · The Ark: An Iron Sky Story as Grand Master
- 2026 · Return from Tomorrow as Tim Senior
- 2024 · Der wunderbare Udo Kier as Self
- 2022 · Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin as Klaus
- 2022 · Dark Winds as Gunthar Vaggan
- 2022 · Staging Death as
- 2022 · A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love as Michel
- 2021 · Chompy & the Girls as Chompy (voice)
- 2021 · Swan Song as Pat Pitsenbarger
- 2020 · Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Last Moment of Clarity as Ivan Demisovski
- 2020 · The Barefoot Emperor as Dr. Otto Kroll
- 2020 · Hunters as Adolf Hitler
- 2019 · The Painted Bird as Miller
- 2019 · Bacurau as Michael
- 2019 · Holy Beasts as Henry
- 2019 · The Mountain as Frederick
- 2019 · American Exit as Anton
- 2019 · Dragged Across Concrete as Friedrich
- 2019 · M - A City Hunts a Murderer as Fuchspelzmann
- 2019 · Iron Sky: The Coming Race as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
- 2018 · I Knew Andy Warhol as Self
- 2018 · Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Andre Toulon
- 2018 · Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Alcyde
- 2018 · American Animals as Mr. Van Der Hoek
- 2018 · Zero as The lord of the world
- 2018 · Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Hans
- 2018 · Daughter of Mine as Bruno
- 2017 · Downsizing as Konrad
- 2017 · Brawl in Cell Block 99 as The Placid Man
- 2017 · Ballad of a Righteous Merchant as Self
- 2016 · Brother as Frank Solek
- 2015 · The Forbidden Room as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
- 2015 · The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin as
- 2015 · Phantasmagoria of the Interior as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
- 2015 · Major Lazer as Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
- 2015 · Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
- 2015 · Old Money as Rolf Rauchensteiner
- 2015 · The Material Boy as Self
- 2015 · Lines of the Hand as
- 2014 · Beethoven's Treasure Tail as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
- 2014 · The Editor as Dr Casini
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as The Waiter
- 2013 · The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence as The Shaman
- 2013 · Beware the Batman as Mister Toad (voice)
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Witchhunter (uncredited)
- 2012 · Evening Urgant as Self
- 2012 · Iron Sky as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
- 2012 · Ich - Udo as Himself
- 2012 · My Own Private River as Hans (archive footage)
- 2011 · Görünmeyen as Bartok
- 2011 · UFO in Her Eyes as Steve Frost
- 2011 · Melancholia as Wedding Planner
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2010 · Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Professor Pericles (voice)
- 2010 · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Lee Meyers
- 2009 · Memories of a Young Pianist as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 2009 · Soul Kitchen as Herr Jung
- 2009 · Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
- 2008 · 1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde as Luipold Trumpf
- 2008 · La deuxième femme as Udo Kier
- 2008 · Far Cry as Dr. Krieger
- 2007 · Tell as Gessler
- 2007 · The Mother of Tears as Father Johannes
- 2007 · Chuck as Otto Van Vogel
- 2007 · Halloween as Morgan Walker
- 2007 · Fall Down Dead as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2006 · Unser Reigen as
- 2006 · 13 Graves as Debro
- 2006 · Crusade in Jeans as Dr. Lawerence
- 2006 · Holly as Klaus
- 2005 · Cigarette Burns as Bellinger
- 2005 · Thadeusz as self
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Bellinger
- 2005 · BloodRayne as Regal Monk
- 2005 · Headspace as Rev. Karl Hartman
- 2005 · Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' as Interviewee-Actor
- 2005 · Manderlay as Mr. Kirspe
- 2005 · 4 Against Z as Zanrelot
- 2005 · G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten as Self
- 2004 · Fear and Loathing in Materndorf as
- 2004 · Surviving Christmas as Heinrich
- 2004 · The Batman as Bert (voice)
- 2004 · Dracula 3000 as Capt. Varna
- 2004 · Modigliani as Max Jacob
- 2004 · One Point O as Derrick
- 2004 · Love Object as Radley
- 2003 · Dogville as The Man in the Coat
- 2003 · Pigs Will Fly as Onkel Max
- 2002 · Mrs. Meitlemeihr as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
- 2002 · FearDotCom as Polidori
- 2002 · Korn: Deuce as Commander
- 2002 · Through the Night with... as Self
- 2001 · Invincible as Count Helldorf
- 2001 · Justice League as The Music Master (voice)
- 2001 · Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as The Guardian
- 2001 · Revelation as The Grand Master
- 2001 · The Praying Mantis as Julius Quellenreich
- 2001 · Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
- 2001 · Doomsdayer as Max Gast
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Dr. Porkorny
- 2000 · Shadow of the Vampire as Albin Grau
- 2000 · Red Letters as George Kessler
- 1999 · Miss Diamond as Bühler
- 1999 · End of Days as Head Priest
- 1999 · Final Run as Reddick
- 1999 · The Debtors as
- 1999 · Spy Games as Ivan Bliniak
- 1999 · Possessed as Vincent
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · Modern Vampires as Vincent
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Viktor Balek
- 1998 · Blade as Dragonetti
- 1998 · Ice as Dr. Norman Kistler
- 1998 · The Kingdom II as Lillebror / Age Krüger
- 1998 · Armageddon as Psychologist
- 1998 · The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1997 · The End of Violence as Zoltan
- 1997 · Prince Valiant as Sligon
- 1997 · Tietjen und Bommes as Self
- 1997 · Die Gang as Kapitän Schmidt
- 1996 · The Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
- 1996 · Zimmer frei! as Self
- 1996 · Breaking the Waves as Sadistic Sailor
- 1996 · Barb Wire as Curly
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Wolfgang Herzog
- 1996 · The Sentinel as Klaus Zeller
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- 1995 · Unter Druck as
- 1995 · Extinct as York Cortex
- 1995 · Nur über meine Leiche as Killer
- 1995 · Johnny Mnemonic as Ralfi
- 1995 · Paradise Framed as
- 1995 · Willemsens Woche as Self
- 1994 · alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
- 1994 · The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
- 1994 · The Kingdom as Åge Krüger / Little Brother / Frederik / Big Brothe
- 1994 · The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Lillebror
- 1994 · Rosa Roth as Ommer
- 1994 · Rotwang Must Go! as Arthur Eigenrauch
- 1994 · Doppelter Einsatz as König
- 1994 · Death of a World Star as Udo Kier
- 1994 · Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Commercial Director
- 1994 · Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Ronald Camp
- 1994 · Brisant as Self
- 1994 · Viper as Erich Geiger
- 1993 · Josh & S.A.M. as Salon Manager
- 1993 · For Love or Money as Mr. Himmelman
- 1993 · seaQuest DSV as Dr. Guy Peche
- 1993 · Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven as Edouard Müllendorf
- 1993 · Terror 2000 as Jablo
- 1993 · Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue as Egon Hettemann
- 1992 · Sex as Self
- 1992 · Madonna: The Making of SEX Book as Self
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
- 1992 · Red Shoe Diaries as Fashion Designer
- 1991 · The Making of Europa as Self / Lawrence Hartmann
- 1991 · Boulevard Bio as Self
- 1991 · Europa as Lawrence Hartmann
- 1991 · My Own Private Idaho as Hans
- 1990 · The German Chainsaw Massacre as Jonny
- 1988 · Mother's Mask as Herr Seiler
- 1988 · Die Männer vom K3 as Heini Wohlers
- 1987 · Epidemic as Self
- 1987 · Egomania: Island Without Hope as Baron Tante Teufel
- 1986 · Kir Royal as Holger
- 1986 · Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück as Minister / Kali
- 1986 · Seduction: The Cruel Woman as Gregor
- 1986 · Idiots' Battle as
- 1985 · Der Unbesiegbare as Argon
- 1985 · Gespenstergeschichten as
- 1984 · The Last Trip to Harrisburg as Man and Woman in Train
- 1984 · Der Fahnder as Uli Weber
- 1984 · Hur und Heilig as
- 1983 · Pankow ’95 as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
- 1983 · The Roaring Fifties as Fromm
- 1983 · The Island of the Bloody Plantation as Hermano
- 1982 · Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten as Man
- 1982 · Siblings as
- 1981 · Lola as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1980 · Deutschland privat as
- 1979 · Hungarian Rhapsody as Poór
- 1979 · Victor as Popstar
- 1978 · És így s eképp tovább as
- 1977 · The Stationmaster’s Wife as Schafftaler
- Future · Theirs as
- 1981 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne as Dr. Henry Jekyll
- 1981 · Lili Marleen as Drewitz
- 1980 · Narcissus and Psyche as Nárcisz
- 1980 · Berlin Alexanderplatz as Junger Mann an der Bar
- 1980 · Lulu as Jack the Ripper
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1978 · The Fifth Commandment as Peter Dümmel
- 1977 · Suspiria as Dr. Frank Mandel
- 1976 · Spermula as Werner
- Future · Intangents as Bin bag Man
- 1976 · Gold Flakes as Franzl
- 1976 · Exposé as Paul Martin
- 1975 · The Story of O as René
- 1974 · 3 nach 9 as Self
- 1974 · Blood for Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1973 · Flesh for Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
- 1973 · Pan as Pilgrim of Death
- 1973 · Joseph Balsamo as Gilbert
- 1973 · Olifant as Olifant / Edwin
- 1972 · Sonderdezernat K1 as Harry Gätjens
- 1972 · The Salzburg Connection as Anton
- 1971 · Conflict of Emotions as Tonis Theodorou
- 1971 · Polizeiruf 110 as Zermahlen
- 1971 · Provocation as Angelos
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Hans-Rudi Dreher
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Beethoven
- 1970 · Mark of the Devil as Count Christian von Meruh
- 1969 · Season of the Senses as Luca
- 1969 · Gestern gelesen as Ingo Rippel
- 1968 · Shameless as Alexander Pohlmann
- 1966 · Road to St. Tropez as Boy