Udo Kier
Born October 14, 1944 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Halloween
Blade
Armageddon
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
The Secret Agent
Downsizing
Suspiria
End of Days
Dogville
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Dancer in the Dark
Grindhouse
Melancholia
Iron Sky
Barb Wire
The Story of O
Dragged Across Concrete
My Own Private Idaho
Lola
Johnny Mnemonic
Breaking the Waves
Ice
Shadow of the Vampire
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Possessed
For Love or Money
The Lords of Salem
Surviving Christmas
FearDotCom
Invincible
The Painted Bird
The Adventures of Pinocchio
BloodRayne
Headspace
Manderlay
Last Moment of Clarity
TV Shows
Polizeiruf 110
Zimmer frei!
Chuck
Beckmann
Nash Bridges
V.I.P.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Der Fahnder
Brisant
The Batman
The Sentinel
seaQuest DSV
Dark Winds
Red Shoe Diaries
Hunters
Boulevard Bio
Viper
Through the Night with...
Masters of Horror
Justice League
The Kingdom
Beware the Batman
Die Männer vom K3
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Doppelter Einsatz
Rosa Roth
Evening Urgant
Old Money
Kir Royal
4 Against Z
Major Lazer
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
Joseph Balsamo
Talk 2000
Gespenstergeschichten
More Movies
Terror 2000
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
American Animals
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
United Trash
Far Cry
Bacurau
The Last Word
The End of Violence
Haymaker
Mother's Mask
Jargo
Metropia
The Material Boy
Europa
Soul Kitchen
Flesh for Frankenstein
Prince Valiant
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Blood for Dracula
Gold Flakes
The Forbidden Room
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Dracula 3000
Death of a World Star
House of Boys
Bad Painter
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Spy Games
Keyhole
Daughter of Mine
Modigliani
Zero
Medea
Conflict of Emotions
Courier X
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Ich - Udo
Return from Tomorrow
Mark of the Devil
Swan Song
By Design
All the Queen's Men
Sex
The Roaring Fifties
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Görünmeyen
Johnny Walker
Unreleased
Intangents
Chompy & the Girls
Night of the Templar
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
Lili Marleen
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
Love Object
Unreleased
Monty and the Movies
Betty - Schön wie der Tod
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Holly
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
The Kingdom
Modern Vampires
Crusade in Jeans
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Cigarette Burns
Skeletons in the Closet
Josh & S.A.M.
One Point O
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
The Mountain
American Exit
Arteholic
Pars: Operation Cherry
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Dimension
Provocation
Spermula
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
The Beginner
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
Tattoos: A Scarred History
My Neighbor Adolf
Stingers
Epidemic
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
La deuxième femme
Korn: Deuce
Blood of 1000 Virgins
Fall Down Dead
Exposé
UFO in Her Eyes
Road to St. Tropez
Hur und Heilig
30 Days Until I'm Famous
My Own Private River
The Mother of Tears
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Final Run
A Trick of the Light
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
The Salzburg Connection
Doomsdayer
Schindler Space Architect
Season of the Senses
The 120 Days of Bottrop
Egomania: Island Without Hope
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
Critical Mass
Lulu
Life Is Too Long
Revelation
Unreleased
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
11 Colours of the Bird
Red Letters
The Killing Grounds
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
The Kingdom II
The Blazing World
Pankow ’95
The Berlin Project
Evil Eyes
The Third Generation
Betty
The Editor
Pray for Morning
Staging Death
The Debtors
Skin Walker
Unreleased
Theirs
The Theatre Bizarre
The Last Minute
The Sky Has Four Corners
Duke of Groove
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
Killer Deal
Holy Beasts
13 Graves
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
Coconut Hero
Under the Palms
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
Lines of the Hand
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
Gate to Heaven
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
I Knew Andy Warhol
Just One Night
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
Lea
Extinct
Idiots' Battle
Nur über meine Leiche
Double Deception
Shameless
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
Pigs Will Fly
Auf Herz und Nieren
Deutschland privat
The Praying Mantis
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Hungarian Rhapsody
Celluloid Horror
Lulu and Jimi
Bacurau no Mapa
És így s eképp tovább
Brother
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Tell
Unter Druck
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Miss Diamond
Instant Dreams
The Barefoot Emperor
Narcissus and Psyche
The Fifth Commandment
