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



