Udo Kier
October 14, 1944 (81 years old) in Cologne, Germany
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.
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- 2025 · The Secret Agent as Hans
- 2025 · Bad Painter as Ö
- 2022 · Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin as Klaus
- 2022 · My Neighbor Adolf as Herman Herzog
- 2021 · Swan Song as Pat Pitsenbarger
- 2021 · Haymaker as David
- 2020 · Last Moment of Clarity as Ivan Demisovski
- 2020 · Hunters as Adolf Hitler
- 2019 · Skin Walker as Claus
- 2019 · The Painted Bird as Miller
- 2019 · Bacurau as Michael
- 2019 · The Mountain as Frederick
- 2019 · Dragged Across Concrete as Friedrich
- 2019 · M - A City Hunts a Murderer as Fuchspelzmann
- 2019 · Iron Sky: The Coming Race as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
- 2018 · Daughter of Mine as Bruno
- 2017 · Downsizing as Konrad
- 2017 · Instant Dreams as The Docter (Cameo)
- 2017 · Brawl in Cell Block 99 as The Placid Man
- 2016 · Courier X as Nathan Vogel
- 2016 · Seances as
- 2016 · Brother as Frank Solek
- 2015 · Coconut Hero as Mr. Morrow
- 2015 · Major Lazer as Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
- 2015 · Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
- 2015 · Old Money as Rolf Rauchensteiner
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as The Waiter
- 2013 · Beware the Batman as Mister Toad (voice)
- 2012 · Evening Urgant as Self
- 2012 · Iron Sky as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
- 2011 · Keyhole as Dr. Lemke
- 2011 · Melancholia as Wedding Planner
- 2010 · Dimension as
- 2010 · Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Professor Pericles (voice)
- 2009 · Metropia as Ivan Bahn (voice)
- 2009 · Soul Kitchen as Herr Jung
- 2009 · Lulu and Jimi as Schultz
- 2008 · Far Cry as Dr. Krieger
- 2007 · Tell as Gessler
- 2007 · Chuck as Otto Van Vogel
- 2007 · Halloween as Morgan Walker
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2006 · Unser Reigen as
- 2006 · 13 Graves as Debro
- 2005 · Thadeusz as self
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Bellinger
- 2005 · BloodRayne as Regal Monk
- 2005 · Headspace as Rev. Karl Hartman
- 2005 · Manderlay as Mr. Kirspe
- 2005 · 4 Against Z as Zanrelot
- 2005 · G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten as Self
- 2004 · Surviving Christmas as Heinrich
- 2004 · The Batman as Bert (voice)
- 2004 · Dracula 3000 as Capt. Varna
- 2004 · Modigliani as Max Jacob
- 2004 · Love Object as Radley
- 2004 · Celluloid Horror as Himself
- 2004 · Jargo as Jargos Vater
- 2003 · Dogville as The Man in the Coat
- 2002 · Mrs. Meitlemeihr as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
- 2002 · FearDotCom as Polidori
- 2002 · Korn: Deuce as Commander
- 2002 · Through the Night with... as Self
- 2001 · Invincible as Count Helldorf
- 2001 · Justice League as The Music Master (voice)
- 2001 · Critical Mass as Samson
- 2001 · Revelation as The Grand Master
- 2001 · The Praying Mantis as Julius Quellenreich
- 2001 · Doomsdayer as Max Gast
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Dr. Porkorny
- 2000 · Shadow of the Vampire as Albin Grau
- 2000 · Red Letters as George Kessler
- 1999 · Miss Diamond as Bühler
- 1999 · End of Days as Head Priest
- 1999 · Final Run as Reddick
- 1999 · The Debtors as
- 1999 · Spy Games as Ivan Bliniak
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · Stingers as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
- 1998 · Modern Vampires as Vincent
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Viktor Balek
- 1998 · Blade as Dragonetti
- 1998 · Ice as Dr. Norman Kistler
- 1998 · Armageddon as Psychologist
- 1998 · The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1997 · Prince Valiant as Sligon
- 1997 · Tietjen und Bommes as Self
- 1997 · Die Gang as Kapitän Schmidt
- 1997 · Betty as Vincent Lord
- 1996 · Lea as Block
- 1996 · Zimmer frei! as Self
- 1996 · Breaking the Waves as Sadistic Sailor
- 1996 · Barb Wire as Curly
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Wolfgang Herzog
- 1996 · The Sentinel as Klaus Zeller
- 1996 · United Trash as UNO-General Werner Brenner
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- 1995 · Johnny Mnemonic as Ralfi
- 1994 · alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
- 1994 · The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
- 1994 · Rosa Roth as Ommer
- 1994 · Doppelter Einsatz as König
- 1994 · Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Ronald Camp
- 1994 · Brisant as Self
- 1994 · Viper as Erich Geiger
- 1993 · For Love or Money as Mr. Himmelman
- 1993 · seaQuest DSV as Dr. Guy Peche
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
- 1992 · Red Shoe Diaries as Fashion Designer
- 1991 · Boulevard Bio as Self
- 1991 · My Own Private Idaho as Hans
- 1990 · The German Chainsaw Massacre as Jonny
- 1988 · Mother's Mask as Herr Seiler
- 1988 · Die Männer vom K3 as Heini Wohlers
- 1987 · Epidemic as Self
- 1986 · Kir Royal as Holger
- 1985 · The Beginner as Graf Frackstein
- 1984 · Der Fahnder as Uli Weber
- 1983 · Pankow ’95 as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
- 1982 · Siblings as
- 1981 · Lola as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1981 · Lili Marleen as Drewitz
- 1980 · Lulu as Jack the Ripper
- 1979 · Hungarian Rhapsody as Poór
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1979 · Victor as Popstar
- 1977 · The Stationmaster’s Wife as Schafftaler
- 1977 · Suspiria as Dr. Frank Mandel
- 1976 · Spermula as Werner
- 1976 · Gold Flakes as Franzl
- 1976 · Exposé as Paul Martin
- 1975 · The Story of O as René
- 1974 · 3 nach 9 as Self
- 1974 · Blood for Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1973 · Flesh for Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
- 1973 · Olifant as Olifant / Edwin
- 1972 · Sonderdezernat K1 as Harry Gätjens
- 1971 · Polizeiruf 110 as Zermahlen
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Hans-Rudi Dreher
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Beethoven
- Future · Intangents as Bin bag Man
- Future · Theirs as
- 2026 · By Design as Aldo Fabbri
- 2022 · Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus as Self / Big Brother
- 2022 · A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love as Michel
- 2021 · The Blazing World as Lained
- 2021 · Chompy & the Girls as Chompy (voice)
- 2020 · 11 Colours of the Bird as Self
- 2018 · Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Andre Toulon
- 2018 · Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Alcyde
- 2018 · American Animals as Mr. Van Der Hoek
- 2018 · Zero as The lord of the world
- 2018 · Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Hans
- 2017 · Ballad of a Righteous Merchant as Self
- 2015 · The Forbidden Room as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
- 2015 · Johnny Walker as Fyodor (voice)
- 2015 · Phantasmagoria of the Interior as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
- 2015 · The Material Boy as Self
- 2014 · Arteholic as Self
- 2014 · Beethoven's Treasure Tail as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
- 2014 · The Editor as Dr Casini
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Witchhunter (uncredited)
- 2012 · Night of the Templar as Father Paul
- 2011 · Görünmeyen as Bartok
- 2011 · The Theatre Bizarre as Peg Poett
- 2010 · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Lee Meyers
- 2009 · House of Boys as Madame
- 2009 · Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
- 2008 · 1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde as Luipold Trumpf
- 2008 · La deuxième femme as Udo Kier
- 2007 · The Mother of Tears as Father Johannes
- 2007 · Fall Down Dead as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
- 2006 · Crusade in Jeans as Dr. Lawerence
- 2006 · Holly as Klaus
- 2005 · Cigarette Burns as Bellinger
- 2004 · Evil Eyes as George
- 2004 · 30 Days Until I'm Famous as Barry Davis
- 2004 · One Point O as Derrick
- 2003 · Gate to Heaven as Joachim Nowak
- 2001 · All the Queen's Men as General Landssdorf
- 2001 · Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as The Guardian
- 2000 · Just One Night as Walter Lert
- 1999 · Under the Palms as Ludwig
- 1999 · Possessed as Vincent
- 1998 · The Kingdom II as Lillebror / Age Krüger
- 1997 · Talk 2000 as Self
- 1997 · The End of Violence as Zoltan
- 1996 · The Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
- 1996 · Duke of Groove as Earl
- 1995 · Extinct as York Cortex
- 1992 · Sex as Self
- Future · The Ark: An Iron Sky Story as Grand Master
- 2024 · Der wunderbare Udo Kier as Self
- 2024 · Skeletons in the Closet as Luc
- 2022 · Staging Death as
- 2020 · The Barefoot Emperor as Dr. Otto Kroll
- 2019 · American Exit as Anton
- 2015 · Lines of the Hand as
- 2013 · Blood of 1000 Virgins as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Ich - Udo as Himself
- 2012 · My Own Private River as Hans (archive footage)
- 2010 · Life Is Too Long as Tabatabai
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2007 · The Killing Grounds as P.
- 2007 · Pars: Operation Cherry as Klaus Kayman
- 2006 · Pray for Morning as Edouard Leopold Edu
- 2002 · He Sees You When You're Sleeping as Hans Kramer
- 2002 · The Last Minute as Nazi Fashion Shooter
- 2001 · Auf Herz und Nieren as Doc
- 2001 · Suspiria 25th Anniversary as Self
- 2001 · Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
- 2000 · Double Deception as Vincent
- 1999 · The New Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
- 1999 · Killer Deal as Dr. Roland Parker
- 1998 · There's No Fish Food in Heaven as Rocky
- 1997 · The 120 Days of Bottrop as Self
- 1995 · A Trick of the Light as Max Skladanowsky
- 1995 · Unter Druck as
- 1994 · Rotwang Must Go! as Arthur Eigenrauch
- 1993 · Josh & S.A.M. as Salon Manager
- 1987 · Egomania: Island Without Hope as Baron Tante Teufel
- 1983 · The Island of the Bloody Plantation as Hermano
- 1980 · Narcissus and Psyche as Nárcisz
- 1978 · The Fifth Commandment as Peter Dümmel
- 1975 · The Last Word as Raimund
- 1972 · The Salzburg Connection as Anton
- 1971 · Provocation as Angelos
- Future · Mascots as
- 2024 · Schindler Space Architect as R.M. Schindler (voice)
- 2022 · A Kilo of Blue (The Music) as
- 2020 · Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Bacurau no Mapa as Self
- 2019 · Holy Beasts as Henry
- 2018 · I Knew Andy Warhol as Self
- 2015 · The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin as
- 2013 · The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence as The Shaman
- 2011 · The Berlin Project as Guru
- 2011 · UFO in Her Eyes as Steve Frost
- 2011 · The Sky Has Four Corners as Graf Karpatovicz
- 2009 · Memories of a Young Pianist as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 2005 · Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' as Interviewee-Actor
- 2004 · Fear and Loathing in Materndorf as
- 2003 · Pigs Will Fly as Onkel Max
- 2000 · Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
- 1995 · Over My Dead Body as Killer
- 1995 · Paradise Framed as
- 1995 · Willemsens Woche as Self
- 1994 · The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Lillebror
- 1994 · Death of a World Star as Udo Kier
- 1994 · Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Commercial Director
- 1993 · Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Giles Marquette
- 1993 · Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven as Edouard Müllendorf
- 1993 · Terror 2000 as Jablo
- 1993 · Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue as Egon Hettemann
- 1992 · Madonna: The Making of SEX Book as Self
- 1991 · The Making of Europa as Self / Lawrence Hartmann
- 1991 · Europa as Lawrence Hartmann
- 1989 · Medea as Jason
- 1989 · 100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker as Adolf Hitler
- 1988 · Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho as
- 1986 · Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück as Minister / Kali
- 1986 · Seduction: The Cruel Woman as Gregor
- 1986 · Idiots' Battle as
- 1985 · Der Unbesiegbare as Argon
- 1985 · Gespenstergeschichten as
- 1984 · The Last Trip to Harrisburg as Man and Woman in Train
- 1984 · Hur und Heilig as
- 1983 · Die wilden Fünfziger as Fromm
- 1982 · Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten as Man
- 1981 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne as Dr. Henry Jekyll
- 1980 · Deutschland privat as
- 1979 · The Third Generation as Edgar Gast
- 1978 · És így s eképp tovább as
- 1977 · Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? as Poulailler
- 1974 · Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen as Roberto Agostino
- 1973 · Pan as Pilgrim of Death
- 1973 · Joseph Balsamo as Gilbert
- 1971 · Conflict of Emotions as Tonis Theodorou
- 1970 · Mark of the Devil as Count Christian von Meruh
- 1969 · Season of the Senses as Luca
- 1969 · Gestern gelesen as Ingo Rippel
- 1968 · Shameless as Alexander Pohlmann
- 1966 · Road to St. Tropez as Boy



