Udo Kier

Born: 1944-10-14 in Cologne, Germany

Died: 2025-11-23

Known For: Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

2026

By Design as Aldo Fabbri
Return from Tomorrow as Tim Senior

2021

Swan Song as Pat Pitsenbarger
Haymaker as David
Chompy & the Girls as Chompy (voice)
The Blazing World as Lained

2020

Hunters as Adolf Hitler
Last Moment of Clarity as Ivan Demisovski
11 Colours of the Bird as Self
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
The Barefoot Emperor as Dr. Otto Kroll

2019

Dragged Across Concrete as Friedrich
The Painted Bird as Miller
Iron Sky: The Coming Race as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
M - A City Hunts a Murderer as Fuchspelzmann
Bacurau as Michael
The Mountain as Frederick
American Exit as Anton
Skin Walker as Claus
Bacurau no Mapa as Self
Holy Beasts as Henry

2018

The House That Jack Built ... (Thanks)
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Hans
American Animals as Mr. Van Der Hoek
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Andre Toulon
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Alcyde
Daughter of Mine as Bruno
Zero as The lord of the world
I Knew Andy Warhol as Self

2017

Downsizing as Konrad
Brawl in Cell Block 99 as The Placid Man
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant as Self
Instant Dreams as The Docter (Cameo)

2016

Courier X as Nathan Vogel
Brother as Frank Solek

2015

Major Lazer as Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
Old Money as Rolf Rauchensteiner
Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
The Forbidden Room as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
The Material Boy as Self
Lines of the Hand
Johnny Walker as Fyodor (voice)
Coconut Hero as Mr. Morrow
Phantasmagoria of the Interior as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)

2014

Beethoven's Treasure Tail as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
The Editor as Dr Casini
Arteholic as Self

2013

Beware the Batman as Mister Toad (voice)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as The Waiter
The Lords of Salem as Witchhunter (uncredited)
Blood of 1000 Virgins as Self (archive footage)
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence as The Magic Doctor / The Shaman

2012

Evening Urgant as Self
Iron Sky as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
My Own Private River as Hans (archive footage)
Night of the Templar as Father Paul
Ich - Udo as Himself

2011

Melancholia as Wedding Planner
Keyhole as Dr. Lemke
UFO in Her Eyes as Steve Frost
The Theatre Bizarre as Peg Poett
The Sky Has Four Corners as Graf Karpatovicz
Görünmeyen as Bartok
The Berlin Project as Guru

2010

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Professor Pericles (voice)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Lee Meyers
Dimension
Life Is Too Long as Tabatabai

2009

Metropia as Ivan Bahn (voice)
Soul Kitchen as Herr Jung
Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
House of Boys as Madame
Memories of a Young Pianist as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Lulu and Jimi as Schultz

2008

Far Cry as Dr. Krieger
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde as Luipold Trumpf
La deuxième femme as Udo Kier
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self

2007

Chuck as Otto Van Vogel
Halloween as Morgan Walker
Grindhouse as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
Fall Down Dead as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
The Mother of Tears as Father Johannes
The Killing Grounds as P.
Tell as Gessler
Pars: Operation Cherry as Klaus Kayman

2006

BloodRayne as Regal Monk
Holly as Klaus
Crusade in Jeans as Dr. Lawerence
13 Graves as Debro
Pray for Morning as Edouard Leopold Edu
Unser Reigen

2005

G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten as Self
Masters of Horror as Bellinger
Thadeusz as self
Manderlay as Mr. Kirspe
4 Against Z as Zanrelot
Headspace as Rev. Karl Hartman
Cigarette Burns as Bellinger
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' as Interviewee-Actor

2004

The Batman as Bert (voice)
Surviving Christmas as Heinrich
Dracula 3000 as Capt. Varna
One Point O as Derrick
Modigliani as Max Jacob
30 Days Until I'm Famous as Barry Davis
Love Object as Radley
Jargo as Jargos Vater
Evil Eyes as George
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
Celluloid Horror as Himself

2003

Dogville as The Man in the Coat
Betty - Schön wie der Tod as Georg Wassenberg
Gate to Heaven as Joachim Nowak
Pigs Will Fly as Onkel Max

2002

Through the Night with... as Self
FearDotCom as Polidori
The Last Minute as Nazi Fashion Shooter
He Sees You When You're Sleeping as Hans Kramer
Korn: Deuce as Commander
Mrs. Meitlemeihr as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr

2001

Justice League as The Music Master (voice)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as The Guardian
Invincible as Count Helldorf
All the Queen's Men as General Landssdorf
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
Critical Mass as Samson
Auf Herz und Nieren as Doc
Revelation as The Grand Master
Doomsdayer as Max Gast
Suspiria 25th Anniversary as Self
The Praying Mantis as Julius Quellenreich

2000

Dancer in the Dark as Dr. Porkorny
Shadow of the Vampire as Albin Grau
Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
Red Letters as George Kessler
Just One Night as Walter Lert
Double Deception as Vincent

1999

Beckmann as Self
End of Days as Head Priest
Spy Games as Ivan Bliniak
The New Adventures of Pinocchio as Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini
The Debtors
Final Run as Reddick
Possessed as Vincent
Killer Deal as Dr. Roland Parker
Under the Palms as Ludwig
Miss Diamond as Bühler

1998

The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
V.I.P. as Viktor Balek
Blade as Dragonetti
Armageddon as Psychologist
Modern Vampires as Vincent
Ice as Dr. Norman Kistler
There's No Fish Food in Heaven as Rocky
The Kingdom II as Lillebror / Age Krüger
Stingers as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss

1997

Tietjen und Bommes as Self
Die Gang as Kapitän Schmidt
The End of Violence as Zoltan
Prince Valiant as Sligon
Talk 2000 as Self
The 120 Days of Bottrop as Self
Betty as Vincent Lord

1996

Nash Bridges as Wolfgang Herzog
Zimmer frei! as Self
The Sentinel as Klaus Zeller
Barb Wire as Curly
Breaking the Waves as Sadistic Sailor
The Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
United Trash as UNO-General Werner Brenner
Duke of Groove as Earl
Lea as Block

1995

Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
Johnny Mnemonic as Ralfi
Willemsens Woche as Self
Nur über meine Leiche as Killer
A Trick of the Light as Max Skladanowsky
Extinct as York Cortex
Unter Druck
Paradise Framed

1994

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
Viper as Erich Geiger
Brisant as Self
The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
Doppelter Einsatz as König
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Camp
Rosa Roth as Ommer
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Commercial Director
The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Lillebror
Rotwang Must Go! as Arthur Eigenrauch
Death of a World Star as Udo Kier

1993

seaQuest DSV as Dr. Guy Peche
For Love or Money as Mr. Himmelman
Josh & S.A.M. as Salon Manager
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Giles Marquette
Terror 2000 as Jablo
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven as Edouard Müllendorf
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue as Egon Hettemann

1992

Morgenmagazin as Self
Red Shoe Diaries as Fashion Designer
Sex as Self
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book as Self

1991

Boulevard Bio as Self
My Own Private Idaho as Hans
Europa as Lawrence Hartmann
The Making of Europa as Self / Lawrence Hartmann

1990

The German Chainsaw Massacre as Jonny

1989

Medea as Jason
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker as Adolf Hitler

1988

Die Männer vom K3 as Heini Wohlers
Mother's Mask as Herr Seiler
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho as Friedrich Hansman

1987

Epidemic as Udo Kier
Egomania: Island Without Hope as Baron Tante Teufel

1986

Seduction: The Cruel Woman as Gregor
Kir Royal as Holger
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück as Minister / Kali
Idiots' Battle

1985

The Beginner as Graf Frackstein
Gespenstergeschichten
Der Unbesiegbare as Argon

1984

Der Fahnder as Uli Weber
The Last Trip to Harrisburg as Man and Woman in Train
Hur und Heilig

1983

The Island of the Bloody Plantation as Hermano
The Roaring Fifties as Fromm
Pankow ’95 as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart

1982

Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten as Man
Siblings

1981

Lola as Waiter (uncredited)
Lili Marleen as Drewitz
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne as Dr. Henry Jekyll

1980

Berlin Alexanderplatz as Junger Mann an der Bar
Deutschland privat
Lulu as Jack the Ripper
Narcissus and Psyche as Nárcisz

1979

NDR Talk Show as Self
The Third Generation as Edgar Gast
Hungarian Rhapsody as Poór
Victor as Popstar

1978

És így s eképp tovább
The Fifth Commandment as Peter Dümmel

1977

Suspiria as Dr. Frank Mandel
The Stationmaster’s Wife as Schafftaler
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? as Poulailler

1976

Exposé as Paul Martin
Spermula as Werner
Gold Flakes as Franzl

1975

The Story of O as René
The Last Word as Raimund

1974

3 nach 9 as Self
Blood for Dracula as Count Dracula
Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen as Roberto Agostino

1973

Flesh for Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
Joseph Balsamo as Gilbert
Olifant as Olifant / Edwin
Pan as Pilgrim of Death

1972

Sonderdezernat K1 as Harry Gätjens
The Salzburg Connection as Anton

1971

Polizeiruf 110 as Zermahlen
Provocation as Angelos
Conflict of Emotions as Tonis Theodorou

1970

Scene of the Crime as Hans-Rudi Dreher
Mark of the Devil as Count Christian von Meruh

1969

Gestern gelesen as Ingo Rippel
Season of the Senses as Luca

1968

Shameless as Alexander Pohlmann

1966

Road to St. Tropez as Boy