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

Chompy & the Girls as Chompy (voice)
Swan Song as Pat Pitsenbarger
Haymaker as David
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
Bacurau as Michael
Iron Sky: The Coming Race as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
M - A City Hunts a Murderer as Fuchspelzmann
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)
American Animals as Mr. Van Der Hoek
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Hans
Daughter of Mine as Bruno
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Andre Toulon
Zero as The lord of the world
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Alcyde
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
Johnny Walker as Fyodor (voice)
The Material Boy as Self
Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
The Forbidden Room as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
Coconut Hero as Mr. Morrow
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
Lines of the Hand
Phantasmagoria of the Interior as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)

2014

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

2013

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

2012

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

2011

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

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

2008

Far Cry as Dr. Krieger
La deuxième femme as Udo Kier
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde as Luipold Trumpf
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")
The Mother of Tears as Father Johannes
Fall Down Dead as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
The Killing Grounds as P.
Pars: Operation Cherry as Klaus Kayman
Tell as Gessler

2006

Holly as Klaus
Crusade in Jeans as Dr. Lawerence
Pray for Morning as Edouard Leopold Edu
13 Graves as Debro
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
BloodRayne as Regal Monk
Cigarette Burns as Bellinger
Headspace as Rev. Karl Hartman
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' as Interviewee-Actor

2004

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

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

2000

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

1999

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

1998

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

1997

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

1996

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

1995

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

1994

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

1993

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

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

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

1985

The Beginner as Graf Frackstein
Gespenstergeschichten
Der Unbesiegbare as Argon

1984

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

1983

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

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
Lulu as Jack the Ripper
Deutschland privat
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

The Fifth Commandment as Peter Dümmel
És így s eképp tovább

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