Udo Kier
214 movies · 34 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 14, 1944
- Died
- Nov 23, 2025 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Cologne, Germany
- Also known as
- Udo Kierspe · 乌多·基尔 · ウド・キア · У́до Кир
Biography
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
Udo Kier: movies and TV shows
Acting (247)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
as Grand Master
- Upcoming Intangents
as Bin bag Man
- Upcoming Citizens
as Hans
- 2026 Return from Tomorrow
as Tim Senior
- 2026 By Design
as Aldo Fabbri
- 2025 The Secret Agent
as Hans
- 2025 Bad Painter
as Ö
- 2024 Schindler Space Architect
as R.M. Schindler (voice)
- 2024 Skeletons in the Closet
as Luc
- 2022
- 2022 My Neighbor Adolf
as Herman Herzog
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022 A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
as Michel
- 2021 The Blazing World
as Lained
- 2021 Chompy & the Girls
as Chompy (voice)
- 2021 Swan Song
as Pat Pitsenbarger
- 2021 Haymaker
as David
- 2020 Last Moment of Clarity
as Ivan Demisovski
- 2020 The Barefoot Emperor
as Dr. Otto Kroll
- 2020
- 2019 Skin Walker
as Claus
- 2019 The Painted Bird
as Miller
- 2019 Bacurau
as Michael
- 2019 Holy Beasts
as Henry
- 2019 The Mountain
as Frederick
- 2019 American Exit
as Anton
- 2019 Dragged Across Concrete
as Friedrich
- 2019
- 2019 Iron Sky: The Coming Race
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
- 2018 Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
as Andre Toulon
- 2018 Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Alcyde
- 2018 American Animals
as Mr. Van Der Hoek
- 2018 Zero
as The lord of the world
- 2018
- 2018 Daughter of Mine
as Bruno
- 2017 Downsizing
as Konrad
- 2017 Instant Dreams
as The Docter (Cameo)
- 2017 Brawl in Cell Block 99
as The Placid Man
- 2016 Courier X
as Nathan Vogel
- 2016 Brother
as Frank Solek
- 2015 The Forbidden Room
as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
- 2015
- 2015 Coconut Hero
as Mr. Morrow
- 2015 Johnny Walker
as Fyodor (voice)
- 2015 Phantasmagoria of the Interior
as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
- 2015
- 2015 Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014 Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
- 2014 The Editor
as Dr Casini
- 2013 Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as The Waiter
- 2013 The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
as The Magic Doctor / The Shaman
- 2013
- 2013 The Lords of Salem
as Witchhunter (uncredited)
- 2012 Night of the Templar
as Father Paul
- 2012 Iron Sky
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
- 2012 My Own Private River
as Hans (archive footage)
- 2011 Görünmeyen
as Bartok
- 2011 The Berlin Project
as Guru
- 2011 UFO in Her Eyes
as Steve Frost
- 2011 Keyhole
as Dr. Lemke
- 2011 The Theatre Bizarre
as Peg Poett
- 2011 The Sky Has Four Corners
as Graf Karpatovicz
- 2011 Melancholia
as Wedding Planner
- 2010 Life Is Too Long
as Tabatabai
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Lee Meyers
- 2009 House of Boys
as Madame
- 2009 Memories of a Young Pianist
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 2009 Metropia
as Ivan Bahn (voice)
- 2009 Soul Kitchen
as Herr Jung
- 2009 Lulu and Jimi
as Schultz
- 2008 1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
as Luipold Trumpf
- 2008 La deuxième femme
as Udo Kier
- 2008 Far Cry
as Dr. Krieger
- 2007 Tell
as Gessler
- 2007 The Mother of Tears
as Father Johannes
- 2007
- 2007 Halloween
as Morgan Walker
- 2007 Fall Down Dead
as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
- 2007 The Killing Grounds
as P.
- 2007 Pars: Operation Cherry
as Klaus Kayman
- 2007 Grindhouse
as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2006
- 2006 13 Graves
as Debro
- 2006 Crusade in Jeans
as Dr. Lawerence
- 2006 Holly
as Klaus
- 2006 Pray for Morning
as Edouard Leopold Edu
- 2006 BloodRayne
as Regal Monk
- 2005 Cigarette Burns
as Bellinger
- 2005
- 2005 Headspace
as Rev. Karl Hartman
- 2005 Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
as Interviewee-Actor
- 2005 Manderlay
as Mr. Kirspe
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Surviving Christmas
as Heinrich
- 2004
- 2004 Dracula 3000
as Capt. Varna
- 2004 Evil Eyes
as George
- 2004 Modigliani
as Max Jacob
- 2004 30 Days Until I'm Famous
as Barry Davis
- 2004 One Point O
as Derrick
- 2004 Love Object
as Radley
- 2004 Jargo
as Jargos Vater
- 2003 Gate to Heaven
as Joachim Nowak
- 2003 Dogville
as The Man in the Coat
- 2003 Betty - Schön wie der Tod
as Georg Wassenberg
- 2003 Pigs Will Fly
as Onkel Max
- 2002 He Sees You When You're Sleeping
as Hans Kramer
- 2002 Mrs. Meitlemeihr
as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
- 2002 The Last Minute
as Nazi Fashion Shooter
- 2002 FearDotCom
as Polidori
- 2002 Korn: Deuce
as Commander
- 2001 Invincible
as Count Helldorf
- 2001 Auf Herz und Nieren
as Doc
- 2001
- 2001 All the Queen's Men
as General Landssdorf
- 2001 Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as The Guardian
- 2001 Critical Mass
as Samson
- 2001 Revelation
as The Grand Master
- 2001 The Praying Mantis
as Julius Quellenreich
- 2001 Doomsdayer
as Max Gast
- 2000 Just One Night
as Walter Lert
- 2000 Dancer in the Dark
as Dr. Porkorny
- 2000 Shadow of the Vampire
as Albin Grau
- 2000 Red Letters
as George Kessler
- 2000 Double Deception
as Vincent
- 1999 Miss Diamond
as Bühler
- 1999 End of Days
as Head Priest
- 1999 The New Adventures of Pinocchio
as Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini
- 1999 Final Run
as Reddick
- 1999 Under the Palms
as Ludwig
- 1999
- 1999 Spy Games
as Ivan Bliniak
- 1999 Possessed
as Vincent
- 1999 Killer Deal
as Dr. Roland Parker
- 1998 Stingers
as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
- 1998 Modern Vampires
as Vincent
- 1998 There's No Fish Food in Heaven
as Rocky
- 1998
- 1998 Blade
as Dragonetti
- 1998 Ice
as Dr. Norman Kistler
- 1998 The Kingdom II
as Lillebror / Age Krüger
- 1998 Armageddon
as Psychologist
- 1997 The End of Violence
as Zoltan
- 1997 Prince Valiant
as Sligon
- 1997
- 1997 Betty
as Vincent Lord
- 1996 Lea
as Block
- 1996 The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Lorenzini
- 1996 Breaking the Waves
as Sadistic Sailor
- 1996 Duke of Groove
as Earl
- 1996 Barb Wire
as Curly
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996 United Trash
as UNO-General Werner Brenner
- 1995 A Trick of the Light
as Max Skladanowsky
- 1995
- 1995 Extinct
as York Cortex
- 1995 Nur über meine Leiche
as Killer
- 1995 Johnny Mnemonic
as Ralfi
- 1995
- 1994 The Kingdom
as Age Krüger / Lillebror
- 1994 The Kingdom · TV
as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror / Åge Krüger / Little Brother / Frederik / Big Brothe · 26 episodes
- 1994
- 1994 Rotwang Must Go!
as Arthur Eigenrauch
- 1994
- 1994 Death of a World Star
as Udo Kier
- 1994 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Commercial Director
- 1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
as Camp
- 1994
- 1993 Josh & S.A.M.
as Salon Manager
- 1993 Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Giles Marquette
- 1993 For Love or Money
as Mr. Himmelman
- 1993
- 1993 Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
as Edouard Müllendorf
- 1993 Terror 2000
as Jablo
- 1993 Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
as Egon Hettemann
- 1992
- 1991 Europa
as Lawrence Hartmann
- 1991 My Own Private Idaho
as Hans
- 1990 The German Chainsaw Massacre
as Jonny
- 1989 Medea
as Jason
- 1989 100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
as Adolf Hitler
- 1988 Mother's Mask
as Herr Seiler
- 1988
- 1988 Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
as Friedrich Hansman
- 1987 Epidemic
as Udo Kier
- 1987 Egomania: Island Without Hope
as Baron Tante Teufel
- 1986
- 1986 Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
as Minister / Kali
- 1986 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
as Gregor
- 1986
- 1985 The Beginner
as Graf Frackstein
+ 47 more credits
Behind the camera (6)
- 2022
- 2018 The House That Jack Built
Thanks
- 2007 Fall Down Dead
Associate Producer
- 1990 The German Chainsaw Massacre
Assistant Director
- 1984 The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1981 Lola
Production Design
Talk shows and appearances (39)
- Upcoming
- 2024
- 2022
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012 Evening Urgant
1 episode
- 2012
- 2009
- 2008
- 2005 Thadeusz
1 episode
- 2005 G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten
1 episode
- 2004
- 2002 Through the Night with...
1 episode
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999 Beckmann
2 episodes
- 1998 The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1 episode
- 1997
- 1997 Talk 2000
1 episode
- 1997 Tietjen und Bommes
1 episode
- 1996 Zimmer frei!
1 episode
- 1995 Die Harald Schmidt Show
2 episodes
- 1995 Willemsens Woche
1 episode
- 1994 alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1 episode
- 1994 Brisant
1 episode
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992 Morgenmagazin
1 episode
- 1991
- 1991 Boulevard Bio
1 episode
- 1979 NDR Talk Show
1 episode
- 1974 3 nach 9
1 episode