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
2025
- The Secret Agent as Hans
- Bad Painter as Ö
2024
- Skeletons in the Closet as Luc
- Schindler Space Architect as R.M. Schindler (voice)
- Der wunderbare Udo Kier as Self
2022
- Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin as Klaus
- My Neighbor Adolf as Herman Herzog
- A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love as Michel
- Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus as Self / Big Brother
- Staging Death
- A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2021
- Haymaker as David
- Swan Song as Pat Pitsenbarger
- The Blazing World as Lained
- Chompy & the Girls as Chompy (voice)
2020
- Hunters as Adolf Hitler
- The Barefoot Emperor as Dr. Otto Kroll
- 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)
2019
- American Exit as Anton
- Bacurau as Michael
- The Mountain as Frederick
- Iron Sky: The Coming Race as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
- The Painted Bird as Miller
- Dragged Across Concrete as Friedrich
- Skin Walker as Claus
- M - A City Hunts a Murderer as Fuchspelzmann
- Holy Beasts as Henry
- Bacurau no Mapa as Self
2018
- The House That Jack Built ... (Thanks)
- Daughter of Mine as Bruno
- Zero as The lord of the world
- Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Hans
- Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Andre Toulon
- Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Alcyde
- American Animals as Mr. Van Der Hoek
- I Knew Andy Warhol as Self
2017
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 as The Placid Man
- Downsizing as Konrad
- Instant Dreams as The Docter (Cameo)
- Ballad of a Righteous Merchant as Self
2015
- Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
- Coconut Hero as Mr. Morrow
- Old Money as Rolf Rauchensteiner
- Major Lazer as Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
- Johnny Walker as Fyodor (voice)
- The Forbidden Room as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
- The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
- Lines of the Hand
- The Material Boy as Self
- 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
- My Own Private River as Hans (archive footage)
- Night of the Templar as Father Paul
- Ich - Udo as Himself
2011
- Melancholia as Wedding Planner
- Görünmeyen as Bartok
- The Theatre Bizarre as Peg Poett
- Keyhole as Dr. Lemke
- The Berlin Project as Guru
- The Sky Has Four Corners as Graf Karpatovicz
- UFO in Her Eyes as Steve Frost
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
- Lulu and Jimi as Schultz
- House of Boys as Madame
- Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
- Memories of a Young Pianist as Count Dracula (archive footage)
2008
- Far Cry as Dr. Krieger
- La deuxième femme as Udo Kier
- Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde as Luipold Trumpf
2007
- Chuck as Otto Van Vogel
- Halloween as Morgan Walker
- Grindhouse as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- Tell as Gessler
- The Killing Grounds as P.
- The Mother of Tears as Father Johannes
- Pars: Operation Cherry as Klaus Kayman
- Fall Down Dead as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
2006
- Unser Reigen
- 13 Graves as Debro
- Crusade in Jeans as Dr. Lawerence
- Pray for Morning as Edouard Leopold Edu
- Holly as Klaus
2005
- Masters of Horror as Bellinger
- Manderlay as Mr. Kirspe
- BloodRayne as Regal Monk
- Headspace as Rev. Karl Hartman
- G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten as Self
- Thadeusz as self
- 4 Against Z as Zanrelot
- Cigarette Burns as Bellinger
- Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' as Interviewee-Actor
2004
- The Batman as Bert (voice)
- Modigliani as Max Jacob
- Surviving Christmas as Heinrich
- Love Object as Radley
- Evil Eyes as George
- Dracula 3000 as Capt. Varna
- Jargo as Jargos Vater
- Celluloid Horror as Himself
- One Point O as Derrick
- 30 Days Until I'm Famous as Barry Davis
- Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
2003
- Dogville as The Man in the Coat
- Pigs Will Fly as Onkel Max
- Gate to Heaven as Joachim Nowak
2002
- Through the Night with... as Self
- FearDotCom as Polidori
- Mrs. Meitlemeihr as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
- Korn: Deuce as Commander
- The Last Minute as Nazi Fashion Shooter
- He Sees You When You're Sleeping as Hans Kramer
2001
- Justice League as The Music Master (voice)
- Invincible as Count Helldorf
- The Praying Mantis as Julius Quellenreich
- Revelation as The Grand Master
- Critical Mass as Samson
- All the Queen's Men as General Landssdorf
- Doomsdayer as Max Gast
- Suspiria 25th Anniversary as Self
- Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
- Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as The Guardian
- Auf Herz und Nieren as Doc
2000
- Dancer in the Dark as Dr. Porkorny
- Red Letters as George Kessler
- Shadow of the Vampire as Albin Grau
- Just One Night as Walter Lert
- Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
- Double Deception as Vincent
1999
- Beckmann as Self
- End of Days as Head Priest
- Final Run as Reddick
- Miss Diamond as Bühler
- The Debtors
- Spy Games as Ivan Bliniak
- Possessed as Vincent
- The New Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
- Under the Palms as Ludwig
- Killer Deal as Dr. Roland Parker
1998
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- V.I.P. as Viktor Balek
- Blade as Dragonetti
- Armageddon as Psychologist
- Stingers as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
- Ice as Dr. Norman Kistler
- Modern Vampires as Vincent
- There's No Fish Food in Heaven as Rocky
- The Kingdom II as Lillebror / Age Krüger
1997
- Tietjen und Bommes as Self
- Prince Valiant as Sligon
- Betty as Vincent Lord
- Die Gang as Kapitän Schmidt
- The End of Violence as Zoltan
- The 120 Days of Bottrop as Self
- Talk 2000 as Self
1996
- Nash Bridges as Wolfgang Herzog
- Zimmer frei! as Self
- The Sentinel as Klaus Zeller
- Lea as Block
- Breaking the Waves as Sadistic Sailor
- United Trash as UNO-General Werner Brenner
- The Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
- Barb Wire as Curly
- Duke of Groove as Earl
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- Johnny Mnemonic as Ralfi
- Paradise Framed
- A Trick of the Light as Max Skladanowsky
- Over My Dead Body as Killer
- Willemsens Woche as Self
- Extinct as York Cortex
- Unter Druck
1994
- Viper as Erich Geiger
- alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Ronald Camp
- The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
- Brisant as Self
- Rosa Roth as Ommer
- Doppelter Einsatz as König
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Commercial Director
- Death of a World Star as Udo Kier
- Rotwang Must Go! as Arthur Eigenrauch
- The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Lillebror
1993
- seaQuest DSV as Dr. Guy Peche
- For Love or Money as Mr. Himmelman
- Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Giles Marquette
- Josh & S.A.M. as Salon Manager
- 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
1987
- Epidemic as Self
- Egomania: Island Without Hope as Baron Tante Teufel
1986
- Seduction: The Cruel Woman as Gregor
- Kir Royal as Holger
- Idiots' Battle
- Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück as Minister / Kali
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
- Die wilden Fünfziger as Fromm
- The Island of the Bloody Plantation as Hermano
1982
1981
- Lili Marleen as Drewitz
- Lola as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne as Dr. Henry Jekyll
1980
- Lulu as Jack the Ripper
- Narcissus and Psyche as Nárcisz
- Deutschland privat
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
- Victor as Popstar
- Hungarian Rhapsody as Poór
- The Third Generation as Edgar Gast
1978
- The Fifth Commandment as Peter Dümmel
- És így s eképp tovább
1977
- The Stationmaster’s Wife as Schafftaler
- Suspiria as Dr. Frank Mandel
- Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? as Poulailler
1976
- Spermula as Werner
- Exposé as Paul Martin
- 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
- Olifant as Olifant / Edwin
- Pan as Pilgrim of Death
- Joseph Balsamo as Gilbert
1972
- Sonderdezernat K1 as Harry Gätjens
- The Salzburg Connection as Anton
1971
- Polizeiruf 110 as Zermahlen
- Conflict of Emotions as Tonis Theodorou
- Provocation as Angelos
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Hans-Rudi Dreher
- Mark of the Devil as Count Christian von Meruh
1969
- Season of the Senses as Luca
- Gestern gelesen as Ingo Rippel
1968
- Shameless as Alexander Pohlmann
1966
- Road to St. Tropez as Boy