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