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