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
Chompy & the Girls as Chompy (voice)
The Blazing World as Lained
Haymaker as David

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

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

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
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Alcyde
Daughter of Mine as Bruno
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Andre Toulon
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

Seances
Courier X as Nathan Vogel
Brother as Frank Solek

2015

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

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

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

2011

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

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
House of Boys as Madame
Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
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
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
La deuxième femme as Udo Kier

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
Pars: Operation Cherry as Klaus Kayman
The Killing Grounds as P.
Tell as Gessler

2006

Holly as Klaus
13 Graves as Debro
Crusade in Jeans as Dr. Lawerence
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
BloodRayne as Regal Monk
Manderlay as Mr. Kirspe
Cigarette Burns as Bellinger
4 Against Z as Zanrelot
Headspace as Rev. Karl Hartman
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' as Interviewee-Actor

2004

The Batman as Bert (voice)
Dracula 3000 as Capt. Varna
Surviving Christmas as Heinrich
One Point O as Derrick
Modigliani as Max Jacob
Love Object as Radley
30 Days Until I'm Famous as Barry Davis
Evil Eyes as George
Jargo as Jargos Vater
Celluloid Horror as Himself
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
Betty - Schön wie der Tod as Georg Wassenberg

2002

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

2001

Justice League as The Music Master (voice)
Invincible as Count Helldorf
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as The Guardian
All the Queen's Men as General Landssdorf
Revelation as The Grand Master
Critical Mass as Samson
Auf Herz und Nieren as Doc
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
The Praying Mantis as Julius Quellenreich
Doomsdayer as Max Gast
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
Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
Just One Night as Walter Lert
Double Deception as Vincent

1999

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

1998

V.I.P. as Viktor Balek
Blade as Dragonetti
Armageddon as Psychologist
The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
The Kingdom II as Lillebror / Age Krüger
Modern Vampires as Vincent
Ice as Dr. Norman Kistler
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
Die Gang as Kapitän Schmidt
The End of Violence as Zoltan
Talk 2000 as Self
The 120 Days of Bottrop as Self
Betty as Vincent Lord

1996

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

1995

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

1994

Viper as Erich Geiger
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
Brisant as Self
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Ronald Camp
Rosa Roth as Ommer
Doppelter Einsatz as König
The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Lillebror
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Commercial Director
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
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue as Egon Hettemann
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

1987

Epidemic as Self
Egomania: Island Without Hope as Baron Tante Teufel

1986

Kir Royal as Holger
Seduction: The Cruel Woman as Gregor
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
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

Siblings
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten as Man

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

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

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