Udo Kier

Known for: Acting
Born: October 14, 1944, Cologne, Germany
Died: November 23, 2025
Movies: 231

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.

Upcoming Udo Kier Movies

Theirs

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The Ark: An Iron Sky Story

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Intangents

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Monty and the Movies

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Best-Known Movies

6.8

Armageddon

1998

6.9

Blade

1998

6.6

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994

5.4

Downsizing

2017

7.1

Melancholia

2011

7.5

Suspiria

1977

6.7

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013

7.7

Dogville

2003

6.2

Halloween

2007

6.1

End of Days

1999

Filmography

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

Directing, Writing & Producing

1984

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

Writer, Director, Producer

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