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
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
- Dark Winds as Gunthar Vaggan
- Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin as Klaus
- A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love as Michel
- My Neighbor Adolf as Herman Herzog
- Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus as Self / Big Brother
- A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
- Staging Death
2021
- Chompy & the Girls as Chompy (voice)
- Swan Song as Pat Pitsenbarger
- 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
- The Barefoot Emperor as Dr. Otto Kroll
- Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Dragged Across Concrete as Friedrich
- Iron Sky: The Coming Race as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
- The Painted Bird as Miller
- Bacurau as Michael
- M - A City Hunts a Murderer as Fuchspelzmann
- The Mountain as Frederick
- Skin Walker as Claus
- American Exit as Anton
- 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
- Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Andre Toulon
- Daughter of Mine as Bruno
- Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Alcyde
- 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)
2015
- Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
- Major Lazer as Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
- Old Money as Rolf Rauchensteiner
- The Forbidden Room as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
- Coconut Hero as Mr. Morrow
- Johnny Walker as Fyodor (voice)
- The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
- The Material Boy as Self
- Phantasmagoria of the Interior as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
- Lines of the Hand
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
- Keyhole as Dr. Lemke
- The Theatre Bizarre as Peg Poett
- UFO in Her Eyes as Steve Frost
- 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
- Life Is Too Long as Tabatabai
- Dimension
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
- 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")
- Fall Down Dead as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
- The Mother of Tears as Father Johannes
- Tell as Gessler
- Pars: Operation Cherry as Klaus Kayman
- The Killing Grounds as P.
2006
- Crusade in Jeans as Dr. Lawerence
- 13 Graves as Debro
- Holly as Klaus
- Pray for Morning as Edouard Leopold Edu
- Unser Reigen
2005
- Masters of Horror as Bellinger
- G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten as Self
- BloodRayne as Regal Monk
- Thadeusz as self
- 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
- Modigliani as Max Jacob
- One Point O as Derrick
- Love Object as Radley
- 30 Days Until I'm Famous as Barry Davis
- Jargo as Jargos Vater
- Celluloid Horror as Himself
- Evil Eyes as George
- Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
2003
- Dogville as The Man in the Coat
- Gate to Heaven as Joachim Nowak
- Pigs Will Fly as Onkel Max
2002
- Through the Night with... as Self
- FearDotCom as Polidori
- He Sees You When You're Sleeping as Hans Kramer
- The Last Minute as Nazi Fashion Shooter
- Korn: Deuce as Commander
- Mrs. Meitlemeihr as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
2001
- Justice League as The Music Master (voice)
- Revelation as The Grand Master
- Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as The Guardian
- Invincible as Count Helldorf
- All the Queen's Men as General Landssdorf
- Critical Mass as Samson
- Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
- Doomsdayer as Max Gast
- Suspiria 25th Anniversary as Self
- The Praying Mantis as Julius Quellenreich
- Auf Herz und Nieren as Doc
2000
- Dancer in the Dark as Dr. Porkorny
- Shadow of the Vampire as Albin Grau
- Double Deception as Vincent
- Red Letters as George Kessler
- Just One Night as Walter Lert
- Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
1999
- Beckmann as Self
- End of Days as Head Priest
- Spy Games as Ivan Bliniak
- Final Run as Reddick
- The New Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
- Possessed as Vincent
- The Debtors
- Killer Deal as Dr. Roland Parker
- Under the Palms as Ludwig
- Miss Diamond as Bühler
1998
- V.I.P. as Viktor Balek
- Blade as Dragonetti
- Armageddon as Psychologist
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- Modern Vampires as Vincent
- The Kingdom II as Lillebror / Age Krüger
- 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
- Die Gang as Kapitän Schmidt
- Prince Valiant as Sligon
- The End of Violence as Zoltan
- Talk 2000 as Self
- Betty as Vincent Lord
- The 120 Days of Bottrop as Self
1996
- Nash Bridges as Wolfgang Herzog
- The Sentinel as Klaus Zeller
- Zimmer frei! as Self
- Barb Wire as Curly
- Breaking the Waves as Sadistic Sailor
- The Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
- Duke of Groove as Earl
- Lea as Block
- United Trash as UNO-General Werner Brenner
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- Johnny Mnemonic as Ralfi
- Willemsens Woche as Self
- A Trick of the Light as Max Skladanowsky
- Nur über meine Leiche as Killer
- Unter Druck
- Paradise Framed
- Extinct as York Cortex
1994
- Viper as Erich Geiger
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Ronald Camp
- The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
- alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
- Brisant as Self
- 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
- Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Giles Marquette
- Josh & S.A.M. as Salon Manager
- 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
- Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
- Mother's Mask as Herr Seiler
1987
- Epidemic as Self
- Egomania: Island Without Hope as Baron Tante Teufel
1986
- Kir Royal as Holger
- Seduction: The Cruel Woman as Gregor
- 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
- The Last Trip to Harrisburg as Man and Woman in Train
- Hur und Heilig
1983
- The Island of the Bloody Plantation as Hermano
- Die wilden Fünfziger as Fromm
- Pankow ’95 as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
1982
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
- Narcissus and Psyche as Nárcisz
- Deutschland privat
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