Udo Kier
October 14, 1944 (81 years old) in Cologne, Germany
Udo Kierspe (born October 14, 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, Kier has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe, Canada and the Americas. He has collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Gus van Sant, Werner Herzog, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Charles Matton, Guy Maddin, Alexander Payne, and Paul Morrissey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Udo Kier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Secret Agent as Hans
- 2022 · Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin as Klaus
- 2021 · Swan Song as Pat Pitsenbarger
- 2020 · Last Moment of Clarity as Ivan Demisovski
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2020 · The Barefoot Emperor as Dr. Otto Kroll
- 2020 · Hunters as Adolf Hitler
- 2019 · The Painted Bird as Miller
- 2019 · Bacurau as Michael
- 2019 · The Mountain as Frederick
- 2019 · American Exit as Anton
- 2019 · Dragged Across Concrete as Friedrich
- 2019 · Iron Sky: The Coming Race as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
- 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 · Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Hans
- 2017 · Downsizing as Konrad
- 2017 · Brawl in Cell Block 99 as The Placid Man
- 2017 · Ballad of a Righteous Merchant as Self
- 2015 · The Forbidden Room as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
- 2015 · Coconut Hero as Mr. Morrow
- 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
- 2014 · Beethoven's Treasure Tail as The real Fritz Bruchschnauser
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as The Waiter
- 2013 · Beware the Batman as Mister Toad (voice)
- 2013 · Blood of 1000 Virgins as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Witchhunter (uncredited)
- 2012 · Night of the Templar as Father Paul
- 2012 · Evening Urgant as Self
- 2012 · Iron Sky as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
- 2012 · My Own Private River as Hans (archive footage)
- 2011 · The Theatre Bizarre as Peg Poett
- 2011 · Melancholia as Wedding Planner
- 2010 · Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Professor Pericles (voice)
- 2010 · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Lee Meyers
- 2009 · Metropia as Ivan Bahn (voice)
- 2009 · Soul Kitchen as Herr Jung
- 2008 · Far Cry as Dr. Krieger
- 2007 · Chuck as Otto Van Vogel
- 2007 · Halloween as Morgan Walker
- 2007 · The Killing Grounds as P.
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2006 · 13 Graves as Debro
- 2005 · Thadeusz as self
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Bellinger
- 2005 · BloodRayne as Regal Monk
- 2005 · Headspace as Rev. Karl Hartman
- 2005 · Manderlay as Mr. Kirspe
- 2005 · 4 Against Z as Zanrelot
- 2005 · G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten as Self
- 2004 · Surviving Christmas as Heinrich
- 2004 · The Batman as Bert (voice)
- 2004 · Modigliani as Max Jacob
- 2004 · 30 Days Until I'm Famous as Barry Davis
- 2004 · Love Object as Radley
- 2003 · Gate to Heaven as Joachim Nowak
- 2003 · Dogville as The Man in the Coat
- 2003 · Pigs Will Fly as Onkel Max
- 2002 · He Sees You When You're Sleeping as Hans Kramer
- 2002 · FearDotCom as Polidori
- 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 · Critical Mass as Samson
- 2001 · Revelation as The Grand Master
- 2001 · The Praying Mantis as Julius Quellenreich
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Dr. Porkorny
- 2000 · Shadow of the Vampire as Albin Grau
- 2000 · Red Letters as George Kessler
- 1999 · End of Days as Head Priest
- 1999 · Final Run as Reddick
- 1999 · Killer Deal as Dr. Roland Parker
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · Modern Vampires as Vincent
- 1998 · There's No Fish Food in Heaven as Rocky
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Viktor Balek
- 1998 · Blade as Dragonetti
- 1998 · Ice as Dr. Norman Kistler
- 1998 · Armageddon as Psychologist
- 1998 · The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1997 · Prince Valiant as Sligon
- 1997 · Tietjen und Bommes as Self
- 1997 · Die Gang as Kapitän Schmidt
- 1996 · Lea as Block
- 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
- 1996 · The Sentinel as Klaus Zeller
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- 1995 · A Trick of the Light as Max Skladanowsky
- 1995 · Johnny Mnemonic as Ralfi
- 1995 · Willemsens Woche as Self
- 1994 · alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
- 1994 · The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
- 1994 · Rosa Roth as Ommer
- 1994 · Doppelter Einsatz as König
- 1994 · Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Commercial Director
- 1994 · Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Camp
- 1994 · Brisant as Self
- 1994 · Viper as Erich Geiger
- 1993 · Josh & S.A.M. as Salon Manager
- 1993 · Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Giles Marquette
- 1993 · For Love or Money as Mr. Himmelman
- 1993 · seaQuest DSV as Dr. Guy Peche
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
- 1992 · Red Shoe Diaries as Fashion Designer
- 1991 · Boulevard Bio as Self
- 1991 · My Own Private Idaho as Hans
- 1988 · Die Männer vom K3 as Heini Wohlers
- 1985 · The Beginner as Graf Frackstein
- 1983 · Die wilden Fünfziger as Fromm
- 1982 · Siblings as
- 1981 · Lola as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1981 · Lili Marleen as Drewitz
- 1980 · Narcissus and Psyche as Nárcisz
- 1979 · The Third Generation as Edgar Gast
- 1979 · Victor as Popstar
- 1976 · Spermula as Werner
- 1969 · Season of the Senses as Luca
- Future · Mascots as
- 2025 · By Design as Aldo Fabbri
- 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 · Johnny Mnemonic: In Black & White as Ralfi
- 2022 · A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love as Michel
- 2021 · The Blazing World as Lained
- 2021 · Haymaker as David
- 2020 · Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Bacurau no Mapa as Self
- 2019 · Skin Walker as Claus
- 2019 · M - A City Hunts a Murderer as Fuchspelzmann
- 2018 · Daughter of Mine as Bruno
- 2017 · Instant Dreams as The Docter (Cameo)
- 2016 · Courier X as Nathan Vogel
- 2016 · Seances as
- 2016 · Brother as Frank Solek
- 2015 · Lines of the Hand as
- 2011 · Görünmeyen as Bartok
- 2011 · Keyhole as Dr. Lemke
- 2011 · The Sky Has Four Corners as Graf Karpatovicz
- 2010 · Life Is Too Long as Tabatabai
- 2009 · House of Boys as Madame
- 2009 · Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
- 2009 · Lulu and Jimi as Schultz
- 2008 · La deuxième femme as Udo Kier
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2007 · Tell as Gessler
- 2007 · The Mother of Tears as Father Johannes
- 2007 · Pars: Operation Cherry as Klaus Kayman
- 2006 · Crusade in Jeans as Dr. Lawerence
- 2006 · Pray for Morning as Edouard Leopold Edu
- 2004 · Dracula 3000 as Capt. Varna
- 2004 · Evil Eyes as George
- 2004 · One Point O as Derrick
- 2004 · Celluloid Horror as Himself
- 2004 · Jargo as Jargos Vater
- 2002 · Mrs. Meitlemeihr as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
- 2002 · The Last Minute as Nazi Fashion Shooter
- 2001 · All the Queen's Men as General Landssdorf
- 2001 · Suspiria 25th Anniversary as Self
- 2001 · Doomsdayer as Max Gast
- 2000 · Double Deception as Vincent
- 1999 · Miss Diamond as Bühler
- 1999 · The Debtors as
- 1999 · Spy Games as Ivan Bliniak
- 1998 · Stingers as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
- 1998 · The Kingdom II as Lillebror / Age Krüger
- 1997 · Talk 2000 as Self
- 1997 · The End of Violence as Zoltan
- 1997 · Betty as Vincent Lord
- 1996 · Duke of Groove as Earl
- 1995 · Paradise Framed as
- 1994 · The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Lillebror
- 1994 · Death of a World Star as Udo Kier
- 1991 · Europa as Lawrence Hartmann
- 1990 · The German Chainsaw Massacre as Jonny
- 1987 · Epidemic as Self
- 1987 · Egomania: Island Without Hope as Baron Tante Teufel
- 1986 · Seduction: The Cruel Woman as Gregor
- 1983 · The Island of the Bloody Plantation as Hermano
- 1980 · Lulu as Jack the Ripper
- 1979 · Hungarian Rhapsody as Poór
- 1977 · The Stationmaster’s Wife as Schafftaler
- 1976 · Gold Flakes as Franzl
- 1976 · Exposé as Paul Martin
- 1973 · Joseph Balsamo as Gilbert
- 1972 · The Salzburg Connection as Anton
- 1971 · Provocation as Angelos
- 1968 · Shameless as Alexander Pohlmann
- 1966 · Road to St. Tropez as Boy
- Future · Theirs as
- 2025 · Bad Painter as Ö
- 2021 · Chompy & the Girls as Chompy (voice)
- 2019 · Holy Beasts as Henry
- 2018 · Zero as The lord of the world
- 2015 · Johnny Walker as Fyodor (voice)
- 2014 · The Editor as Dr Casini
- 2011 · The Berlin Project as Guru
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2009 · Memories of a Young Pianist as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 2008 · 1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde as Luipold Trumpf
- 2007 · Fall Down Dead as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
- 2006 · Unser Reigen as
- 2006 · Holly as Klaus
- 2005 · Cigarette Burns as Bellinger
- 2002 · Korn: Deuce as Commander
- 2000 · Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
- 2000 · Just One Night as Walter Lert
- 1999 · The New Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
- 1999 · Possessed as Vincent
- 1997 · The 120 Days of Bottrop as Self
- 1996 · United Trash as UNO-General Werner Brenner
- 1995 · Extinct as York Cortex
- 1995 · Over My Dead Body as Killer
- 1994 · Rotwang Must Go! as Arthur Eigenrauch
- 1993 · Terror 2000 as Jablo
- 1992 · Sex as Self
- 1989 · Medea as Jason
- 1988 · Mother's Mask as Herr Seiler
- 1988 · Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho as
- 1983 · Pankow ’95 as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
- 1975 · The Last Word as Raimund
- Future · Intangents as Bin bag Man
- 1973 · Olifant as Olifant / Edwin
- Future · The Ark: An Iron Sky Story as Grand Master
- 2024 · Schindler Space Architect as R.M. Schindler (voice)
- 2024 · Der wunderbare Udo Kier as Himself
- 2022 · Staging Death as
- 2022 · A Kilo of Blue (The Music) as
- 2018 · I Knew Andy Warhol as Self
- 2015 · The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin as
- 2015 · Phantasmagoria of the Interior as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
- 2014 · Arteholic as Self
- 2013 · The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence as The Shaman
- 2012 · Ich - Udo as Himself
- 2011 · UFO in Her Eyes as Steve Frost
- 2005 · Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' as Interviewee-Actor
- 2004 · Fear and Loathing in Materndorf as
- 2001 · Auf Herz und Nieren as Doc
- 2001 · Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
- 1999 · Under the Palms as Ludwig
- 1995 · Unter Druck as
- 1993 · Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven as Edouard Müllendorf
- 1993 · Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue as Egon Hettemann
- 1992 · Madonna: The Making of SEX Book as Self
- 1991 · The Making of Europa as Self / Lawrence Hartmann
- 1989 · 100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker as Adolf Hitler
- 1986 · Kir Royal as Holger
- 1986 · Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück as Minister / Kali
- 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
- 1982 · Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten as Man
- 1981 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne as Dr. Henry Jekyll
- 1980 · Deutschland privat as
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1978 · The Fifth Commandment as Peter Dümmel
- 1978 · És így s eképp tovább as
- 1977 · Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? as Poulailler
- 1977 · Suspiria as Dr. Frank Mandel
- 1975 · The Story of O as René
- 1974 · 3 nach 9 as Self
- 1974 · Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen as Roberto Agostino
- 1974 · Blood for Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1973 · Flesh for Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
- 1973 · Pan as Pilgrim of Death
- 1972 · Sonderdezernat K1 as Harry Gätjens
- 1971 · Conflict of Emotions as Tonis Theodorou
- 1971 · Polizeiruf 110 as Zermahlen
- 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 · Gestern gelesen as Ingo Rippel