Actor
Udo Kier
Born 14 October 1944 · Cologne, Germany · Died 23 November 2025
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.
Films and shows
- 2026
Return from Tomorrow1h 57mTim Senior - 2026
By Design1h 31mAldo Fabbri - 2025
Bad Painter1h 20mÖ - 2025
The Secret Agent2h 41mHans - 2024
Schindler Space Architect1h 33mR.M. Schindler (voice) - 2024
Der wunderbare Udo Kier52mSelf - 2024
Skeletons in the Closet1h 38mLuc - 2022
My Neighbor Adolf1h 36mHerman Herzog - 2022
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love1h 44mMichel - 2022
Staging Death8m - 2022
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)2h 3m - 2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus34mSelf / Big Brother - 2021
Swan Song1h 45mPat Pitsenbarger - 2021
The Blazing World1h 39mLained - 2021
Haymaker1h 23mDavid - 2021
Chompy & the Girls1h 29mChompy (voice) - 2020
Hunters2 seasonsAdolf Hitler - 2020
11 Colours of the Bird2h 6mSelf - 2020
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence2h 4mSelf (archive footage) - 2020
The Barefoot Emperor1h 38mDr. Otto Kroll - 2020
Last Moment of Clarity1h 30mIvan Demisovski - 2019
Skin Walker1h 29mClaus - 2019
Holy Beasts1h 30mHenry - 2019
American Exit1h 26mAnton - 2019
Bacurau no Mapa1h 2mSelf - 2019
The Painted Bird2h 49mMiller - 2019
Bacurau2h 11mMichael - 2019
The Mountain1h 46mFrederick - 2019
M - A City Hunts a Murderer1 seasonFuchspelzmann - 2019
Iron Sky: The Coming Race1h 33mWolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler - 2019
Dragged Across Concrete2h 39mFriedrich - 2018
Zero1h 23mThe lord of the world - 2018
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey1h 50mAlcyde - 2018
I Knew Andy Warhol19mSelf - 2018
Daughter of Mine1h 40mBruno - 2018
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich1h 30mAndre Toulon - 2018
American Animals1h 57mMr. Van Der Hoek - 2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot1h 55mHans - 2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant1h 2mSelf - 2017
Brawl in Cell Block 992h 12mThe Placid Man - 2017
Instant Dreams1h 31mThe Docter (Cameo) - 2017
Downsizing2h 15mKonrad - 2016
Courier X2h 18mNathan Vogel - 2016
Seances13m - 2016
Seances - 2016
Brother1h 55mFrank Solek - 2015
Johnny Walker1h 25mFyodor (voice) - 2015
Old Money1 seasonRolf Rauchensteiner - 2015
Phantasmagoria of the Interior14mDr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage) - 2015
The Material Boy1h 13mSelf - 2015
The Forbidden Room1h 59mCount Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist - 2015
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin1h 5m - 2015
Lines of the Hand3m - 2015
Coconut Hero1h 41mMr. Morrow - 2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica1h 59m(archive footage) - 2014
Arteholic1h 26mSelf - 2014
The Editor1h 35mDr Casini - 2014
Beethoven's Treasure Tail1h 38mThe Real Fritz Bruchschnauser - 2013
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence1hThe Shaman - 2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II2h 4mThe Waiter - 2013
Blood of 1000 Virgins1h 13mSelf (archive footage) - 2012
Night of the Templar1h 38mFather Paul - 2012
Iron Sky1h 33mWolfgang Kortzfleisch - 2012
Ich - Udo43mHimself - 2012
My Own Private River1h 41mHans (archive footage) - 2011
The Theatre Bizarre1h 54mPeg Poett - 2011
UFO in Her Eyes1h 50mSteve Frost - 2011
Keyhole1h 33mDr. Lemke - 2011
The Berlin Project1h 30mGuru - 2011
Görünmeyen2hBartok - 2011
The Sky Has Four Corners1h 30mGraf Karpatovicz - 2011
Melancholia2h 16mWedding Planner - 2010
Dimension27m - 2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done1h 31mLee Meyers - 2010
Life Is Too Long1h 26mTabatabai - 2009
Metropia1h 26mIvan Bahn (voice) - 2009
House of Boys2hMadame - 2009Memories of a Young Pianist22mCount Dracula (archive footage)
- 2009
Tattoos: A Scarred History1h 37mSelf - 2009
Lulu and Jimi1h 34mSchultz - 2009
Soul Kitchen1h 39mHerr Jung - 2008
Far Cry1h 35mDr. Krieger - 2008
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween4h 18mSelf - 2008
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde1h 56mLuipold Trumpf - 2008
La deuxième femme48mUdo Kier - 2007
The Killing Grounds1h 42mP. - 2007
Fall Down Dead1h 34mPicasso Killer / Aaron Garvey - 2007
Tell1h 36mGessler - 2007
The Mother of Tears1h 42mFather Johannes - 2007
Pars: Operation Cherry2h 25mKlaus Kayman - 2007
Halloween1h 50mMorgan Walker - 2006
Pray for Morning1h 31mEdouard Leopold Edu - 2006Unser Reigen
- 2006
Holly1h 54mKlaus - 2006
BloodRayne1h 34mRegal Monk - 2006
Crusade in Jeans2h 5mDr. Lawerence - 2006
13 Graves39mDebro - 2005
4 Against Z3 seasonsZanrelot - 2005
Cigarette Burns59mBellinger - 2005Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'18mInterviewee-Actor
- 2005
Headspace1h 29mRev. Karl Hartman - 2005
Manderlay2h 18mMr. Kirspe - 2004
One Point O1h 35mDerrick - 2004
Jargo1h 30mJargos Vater - 2004
Love Object1h 28mRadley - 2004
Evil Eyes1h 20mGeorge - 2004Fear and Loathing in Materndorf10m
- 2004
30 Days Until I'm Famous1h 30mBarry Davis - 2004
Celluloid Horror1h 28mHimself - 2004
Modigliani2h 8mMax Jacob - 2004
Dracula 30001h 26mCapt. Varna - 2004
Surviving Christmas1h 31mHeinrich - 2003
Pigs Will Fly1h 42mOnkel Max - 2003
Betty - Schön wie der Tod1h 35mGeorg Wassenberg - 2003
Gate to Heaven1h 30mJoachim Nowak - 2003
Dogville2h 58mThe Man in the Coat - 2002
Mrs. Meitlemeihr30mHitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr - 2002
FearDotCom1h 41mPolidori - 2002
He Sees You When You're Sleeping1h 35mHans Kramer - 2002
The Last Minute1h 44mNazi Fashion Shooter - 2002
Korn: Deuce2h 30mCommander - 2001
Auf Herz und Nieren1h 35mDoc - 2001
The Praying Mantis1h 33mJulius Quellenreich - 2001
Doomsdayer1h 33mMax Gast - 2001
Invincible2h 13mCount Helldorf - 2001
Critical Mass1h 35mSamson - 2001Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture1h 44mSelf
- 2001
Suspiria 25th Anniversary52mSelf - 2001
Revelation1h 51mThe Grand Master - 2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 21h 44mThe Guardian - 2001
All the Queen's Men1h 39mGeneral Landssdorf - 2000
Double Deception1h 27mVincent - 2000
Just One NightWalter Lert - 2000
Shadow of the Vampire1h 35mAlbin Grau - 2000
Von Trier's 100 Eyes56mSelf - 2000
Red Letters1h 43mGeorge Kessler - 2000
Dancer in the Dark2h 20mDr. Porkorny - 1999
Possessed1h 36mVincent - 1999
The New Adventures of Pinocchio1h 35mMadame Flambeau/Lorenzini - 1999
Under the PalmsLudwig - 1999
Spy Games1h 35mIvan Bliniak - 1999
The Debtors1h 30m - 1999
Miss Diamond1h 33mBühler - 1999
Final Run1h 29mReddick - 1999
End of Days2h 2mHead Priest - 1999
Killer Deal1h 30mDr. Roland Parker - 1998
Modern Vampires1h 31mVincent - 1998
Stingers1h 28mMr. Scholnick / The Boss - 1998
Blade2h 1mDragonetti - 1998
Ice1h 33mDr. Norman Kistler - 1998
There's No Fish Food in Heaven1h 32mRocky - 1998
The Kingdom II4h 40mLillebror / Age Krüger - 1997
Betty1h 27mVincent Lord - 1997
The 120 Days of Bottrop1hSelf - 1997
Prince Valiant1h 31mSligon - 1997
The End of Violence2h 1mZoltan - 1996
United Trash1h 15mUNO-General Werner Brenner - 1996
The Adventures of Pinocchio1h 35mLorenzini - 1996
Lea1h 40mBlock - 1996
Barb Wire1h 38mCurly - 1996
Duke of Groove32mEarl - 1996
Breaking the Waves2h 39mSadistic Sailor - 1995
A Trick of the Light1h 19mMax Skladanowsky - 1995
Extinct15mYork Cortex - 1995
Unter Druck - 1995
Paradise Framed58m - 1995
Nur über meine Leiche1h 44mKiller - 1995
Johnny Mnemonic1h 37mRalfi - 1994Rotwang Must Go!1h 22mArthur Eigenrauch
- 1994
Death of a World Star44mUdo Kier - 1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective1h 26mRonald Camp - 1994
The Kingdom3 seasonsAge Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror - 1994
The Kingdom4h 35mAge Krüger / Lillebror - 1993
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven1h 30mEdouard Müllendorf - 1993
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue27mEgon Hettemann - 1993
Terror 20001h 19mJablo - 1993
Josh & S.A.M.1h 36mSalon Manager - 1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor1h 36mGiles Marquette - 1993
For Love or Money1h 34mMr. Himmelman - 1992
Sex1hSelf - 1992
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book1hSelf - 1991The Making of Europa39mSelf / Lawrence Hartmann
- 1991
Europa1h 53mLawrence Hartmann - 1991
My Own Private Idaho1h 44mHans - 1990
The German Chainsaw Massacre1h 3mJonny - 1989
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker54mAdolf Hitler - 1989
Medea1h 16mJason - 1988
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho1h 54mFriedrich Hansman - 1988
Mother's Mask1h 25mHerr Seiler - 1987
Egomania: Island Without Hope1h 27mBaron Tante Teufel - 1987
Epidemic1h 46mUdo Kier - 1986
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück1h 10mMinister / Kali - 1986
Seduction: The Cruel Woman1h 24mGregor - 1986
Idiots' Battle21m - 1985Der Unbesiegbare1h 27mArgon
- 1985
Gespenstergeschichten1 season - 1985
The Beginner1h 40mGraf Frackstein - 1984
The Last Trip to Harrisburg9mMan and Woman in Train - 1984
Hur und Heilig1h 21m - 1983
Pankow ’951h 28mJohann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart - 1983
The Island of the Bloody Plantation1h 28mHermano - 1982
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in KrisenzeitenMan - 1982Siblings27m
- 1981
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne1h 32mDr. Henry Jekyll - 1981
Lili Marleen2hDrewitz - 1980
Narcissus and Psyche4h 21mNárcisz - 1980
Deutschland privat1h 25m - 1980
Lulu1h 23mJack the Ripper - 1979VictorPopstar
- 1979
Hungarian Rhapsody1h 43mPoór - 1979
The Third Generation1h 50mEdgar Gast - 1978
És így s eképp tovább22m - 1978
The Fifth Commandment1h 55mPeter Dümmel - 1977
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?1h 34mPoulailler - 1977
The Stationmaster’s Wife1h 52mSchafftaler - 1977
Suspiria1h 39mDr. Frank Mandel - 1976
Exposé1h 24mPaul Martin - 1976
Spermula1h 43mWerner - 1976
Gold Flakes2h 43mFranzl - 1975
The Story of O1h 37mRené - 1975
The Last Word1h 36mRaimund - 1974
Blood for Dracula1h 43mCount Dracula - 1973OlifantOlifant / Edwin
- 1973
Joseph Balsamo1 seasonGilbert - 1973
Flesh for Frankenstein1h 35mBaron Frankenstein - 1973PanPilgrim of Death
- 1972
The Salzburg Connection1h 33mAnton - 1971
Provocation1h 31mAngelos - 1971
Conflict of Emotions1h 42mTonis Theodorou - 1970
Mark of the Devil1h 36mCount Christian von Meruh - 1969
Season of the Senses1h 34mLuca - 1968
Shameless1h 14mAlexander Pohlmann - 1966
Road to St. Tropez31mBoy
IntangentsBin bag Man
OD: Knock
Theirs
The Ark: An Iron Sky StoryGrand Master- CitizensHans
