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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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 14, 1944
Day of Death
November 23, 2025
Age at Death
81 years old
Place of Birth
Cologne, Germany
Popularity Score
2.1
Filmography
By Design
Aldo Fabbri
2026Movie
Return from Tomorrow
Tim Senior
2026Movie
Bad Painter
Ö
2025Movie
The Secret Agent
Hans
2025Movie
Skeletons in the Closet
Luc
2024Movie
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Self
2024Movie
Schindler Space Architect
R.M. Schindler (voice)
2024Movie
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
Michel
2022Movie
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022Movie
Staging Death
2022Movie
My Neighbor Adolf
Herman Herzog
2022Movie
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Big Brother
2022Movie
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
Klaus
2022TV
Dark Winds
Gunthar Vaggan
2022TV
Dark Winds
In Memory Of
2022TV
Chompy & the Girls
Chompy (voice)
2021Movie
Haymaker
David
2021Movie
The Blazing World
Lained
2021Movie
Swan Song
Pat Pitsenbarger
2021Movie
The Barefoot Emperor
Dr. Otto Kroll
2020Movie
Last Moment of Clarity
Ivan Demisovski
2020Movie
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
2020Movie
11 Colours of the Bird
Self
2020Movie
Hunters
Adolf Hitler
2020TV
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
2019Movie
The Painted Bird
Miller
2019Movie
Dragged Across Concrete
Friedrich
2019Movie
The Mountain
Frederick
2019Movie
Bacurau
Michael
2019Movie
American Exit
Anton
2019Movie
Holy Beasts
Henry
2019Movie
Skin Walker
Claus
2019Movie
Bacurau no Mapa
Self
2019Movie
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
Fuchspelzmann
2019TV
I Knew Andy Warhol
Self
2018Movie
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Hans
2018Movie
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Andre Toulon
2018Movie
American Animals
Mr. Van Der Hoek
2018Movie
Zero
The lord of the world
2018Movie
Daughter of Mine
Bruno
2018Movie
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Alcyde
2018Movie
The House That Jack Built
Thanks
2018Movie
Downsizing
Konrad
2017Movie
Brawl in Cell Block 99
The Placid Man
2017Movie
Instant Dreams
The Docter (Cameo)
2017Movie
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
2017Movie
Brother
Frank Solek
2016Movie
Courier X
Nathan Vogel
2016Movie
The Forbidden Room
Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
2015Movie
Coconut Hero
Mr. Morrow
2015Movie
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015Movie
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
2015Movie
Johnny Walker
Fyodor (voice)
2015Movie
Lines of the Hand
2015Movie
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
2015Movie
The Material Boy
Self
2015Movie
Old Money
Rolf Rauchensteiner
2015TV
Major Lazer
Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
2015TV
The Editor
Dr Casini
2014Movie
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
2014Movie
Arteholic
Self
2014Movie
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
The Waiter
2013Movie
Blood of 1000 Virgins
Self (archive footage)
2013Movie
The Lords of Salem
Witchhunter (uncredited)
2013Movie
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
The Shaman
2013Movie
Beware the Batman
Mister Toad (voice)
2013TV
Iron Sky
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
2012Movie
Night of the Templar
Father Paul
2012Movie
Ich - Udo
Himself
2012Movie
My Own Private River
Hans (archive footage)
2012Movie
Evening Urgant
Self
2012TV
Melancholia
Wedding Planner
2011Movie
Görünmeyen
Bartok
2011Movie
The Theatre Bizarre
Peg Poett
2011Movie
Keyhole
Dr. Lemke
2011Movie
UFO in Her Eyes
Steve Frost
2011Movie
The Sky Has Four Corners
Graf Karpatovicz
2011Movie
The Berlin Project
Guru
2011Movie
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Lee Meyers
2010Movie
Life Is Too Long
Tabatabai
2010Movie
Dimension
2010Movie
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Professor Pericles (voice)
2010TV
Lulu and Jimi
Schultz
2009Movie
Metropia
Ivan Bahn (voice)
2009Movie
House of Boys
Madame
2009Movie
Soul Kitchen
Herr Jung
2009Movie
Memories of a Young Pianist
Count Dracula (archive footage)
2009Movie
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Self
2009Movie
Far Cry
Dr. Krieger
2008Movie
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
Luipold Trumpf
2008Movie
La deuxième femme
Udo Kier
2008Movie
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Self
2008Movie
Halloween
Morgan Walker
2007Movie
The Mother of Tears
Father Johannes
2007Movie
Pars: Operation Cherry
Klaus Kayman
2007Movie
The Killing Grounds
P.
2007Movie
Tell
Gessler
2007Movie
Fall Down Dead
Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
2007Movie
Grindhouse
Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
2007Movie
Chuck
Otto Van Vogel
2007TV
Fall Down Dead
Associate Producer
2007Movie
Crusade in Jeans
Dr. Lawerence
2006Movie
Holly
Klaus
2006Movie
Pray for Morning
Edouard Leopold Edu
2006Movie
13 Graves
Debro
2006Movie
Unser Reigen
2006Movie
Manderlay
Mr. Kirspe
2005Movie
Headspace
Rev. Karl Hartman
2005Movie
BloodRayne
Regal Monk
2005Movie
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
Interviewee-Actor
2005Movie
Cigarette Burns
Bellinger
2005Movie
Masters of Horror
Bellinger
2005TV
4 Against Z
Zanrelot
2005TV
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
Self
2005TV
Thadeusz
self
2005TV
Dracula 3000
Capt. Varna
2004Movie
Evil Eyes
George
2004Movie
Surviving Christmas
Heinrich
2004Movie
Love Object
Radley
2004Movie
One Point O
Derrick
2004Movie
30 Days Until I'm Famous
Barry Davis
2004Movie
Jargo
Jargos Vater
2004Movie
Modigliani
Max Jacob
2004Movie
Celluloid Horror
Himself
2004Movie
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
2004Movie
The Batman
Bert (voice)
2004TV
Dogville
The Man in the Coat
2003Movie
Gate to Heaven
Joachim Nowak
2003Movie
Pigs Will Fly
Onkel Max
2003Movie
Betty - Schön wie der Tod
Georg Wassenberg
2003Movie
FearDotCom
Polidori
2002Movie
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Hans Kramer
2002Movie
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
2002Movie
The Last Minute
Nazi Fashion Shooter
2002Movie
Korn: Deuce
Commander
2002Movie
Through the Night with...
Self
2002TV
All the Queen's Men
General Landssdorf
2001Movie
Doomsdayer
Max Gast
2001Movie
Invincible
Count Helldorf
2001Movie
Revelation
The Grand Master
2001Movie
Critical Mass
Samson
2001Movie
The Praying Mantis
Julius Quellenreich
2001Movie
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
The Guardian
2001Movie
Auf Herz und Nieren
Doc
2001Movie
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Self
2001Movie
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Self
2001Movie
Justice League
The Music Master (voice)
2001TV
Dancer in the Dark
Dr. Porkorny
2000Movie
Shadow of the Vampire
Albin Grau
2000Movie
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Self
2000Movie
Just One Night
Walter Lert
2000Movie
Double Deception
Vincent
2000Movie
Red Letters
George Kessler
2000Movie
Possessed
Vincent
1999Movie
End of Days
Head Priest
1999Movie
Under the Palms
Ludwig
1999Movie
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini
1999Movie
Spy Games
Ivan Bliniak
1999Movie
Final Run
Reddick
1999Movie
Miss Diamond
Bühler
1999Movie
The Debtors
1999Movie
Killer Deal
Dr. Roland Parker
1999Movie
Beckmann
Self
1999TV
Modern Vampires
Vincent
1998Movie
The Kingdom II
Lillebror / Age Krüger
1998Movie
Blade
Dragonetti
1998Movie
Ice
Dr. Norman Kistler
1998Movie
Armageddon
Psychologist
1998Movie
Stingers
Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
1998Movie
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
Rocky
1998Movie
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998TV
V.I.P.
Viktor Balek
1998TV
Prince Valiant
Sligon
1997Movie
The 120 Days of Bottrop
Self
1997Movie
The End of Violence
Zoltan
1997Movie
Betty
Vincent Lord
1997Movie
Die Gang
Kapitän Schmidt
1997TV
Talk 2000
Self
1997TV
Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997TV
Breaking the Waves
Sadistic Sailor
1996Movie
Barb Wire
Curly
1996Movie
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Lorenzini
1996Movie
United Trash
UNO-General Werner Brenner
1996Movie
Duke of Groove
Earl
1996Movie
Lea
Block
1996Movie
Nash Bridges
Wolfgang Herzog
1996TV
Zimmer frei!
Self
1996TV
The Sentinel
Klaus Zeller
1996TV
Johnny Mnemonic
Ralfi
1995Movie
A Trick of the Light
Max Skladanowsky
1995Movie
Nur über meine Leiche
Killer
1995Movie
Extinct
York Cortex
1995Movie
Unter Druck
1995Movie
Paradise Framed
1995Movie
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995TV
Willemsens Woche
Self
1995TV
The Kingdom
Age Krüger / Lillebror
1994Movie
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Commercial Director
1994Movie
Death of a World Star
Udo Kier
1994Movie
Rotwang Must Go!
Arthur Eigenrauch
1994Movie
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Camp
1994Movie
Doppelter Einsatz
König
1994TV
Rosa Roth
Ommer
1994TV
Viper
Erich Geiger
1994TV
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
1994TV
The Kingdom
Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
1994TV
Brisant
Self
1994TV
Terror 2000
Jablo
1993Movie
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Giles Marquette
1993Movie
Josh & S.A.M.
Salon Manager
1993Movie
For Love or Money
Mr. Himmelman
1993Movie
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
Egon Hettemann
1993Movie
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
Edouard Müllendorf
1993Movie
seaQuest DSV
Dr. Guy Peche
1993TV
Sex
Self
1992Movie
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
Self
1992Movie
Red Shoe Diaries
Fashion Designer
1992TV
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992TV
My Own Private Idaho
Hans
1991Movie
Europa
Lawrence Hartmann
1991Movie
The Making of Europa
Self / Lawrence Hartmann
1991Movie
Boulevard Bio
Self
1991TV
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Jonny
1990Movie
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Assistant Director
1990Movie
Medea
Jason
1989Movie
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
Adolf Hitler
1989Movie
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Friedrich Hansman
1988Movie
Mother's Mask
Herr Seiler
1988Movie
Die Männer vom K3
Heini Wohlers
1988TV
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Baron Tante Teufel
1987Movie
Epidemic
Udo Kier
1987Movie
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
Minister / Kali
1986Movie
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Gregor
1986Movie
Idiots' Battle
1986Movie
Kir Royal
Holger
1986TV
The Beginner
Graf Frackstein
1985Movie
Der Unbesiegbare
Argon
1985Movie
Gespenstergeschichten
1985TV
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Man and Woman in Train
1984Movie
Hur und Heilig
1984Movie
Der Fahnder
Uli Weber
1984TV
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Director
1984Movie
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Writer
1984Movie
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Producer
1984Movie
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
Hermano
1983Movie
The Roaring Fifties
Fromm
1983Movie
Pankow ’95
Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
1983Movie
Siblings
1982Movie
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
Man
1982Movie
Lili Marleen
Drewitz
1981Movie
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Dr. Henry Jekyll
1981Movie
Lola
Waiter (uncredited)
1981Movie
Lola
Production Design
1981Movie
Narcissus and Psyche
Nárcisz
1980Movie
Lulu
Jack the Ripper
1980Movie
Deutschland privat
1980Movie
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Junger Mann an der Bar
1980TV
The Third Generation
Edgar Gast
1979Movie
Hungarian Rhapsody
Poór
1979Movie
Victor
Popstar
1979Movie
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979TV
The Fifth Commandment
Peter Dümmel
1978Movie
És így s eképp tovább
1978Movie
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Schafftaler
1977Movie
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
Poulailler
1977Movie
Suspiria
Dr. Frank Mandel
1977Movie
Exposé
Paul Martin
1976Movie
Gold Flakes
Franzl
1976Movie
Spermula
Werner
1976Movie
The Story of O
René
1975Movie
The Last Word
Raimund
1975Movie
Blood for Dracula
Count Dracula
1974Movie
Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen
Roberto Agostino
1974TV
3 nach 9
Self
1974TV
Flesh for Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein
1973Movie
Olifant
Olifant / Edwin
1973Movie
Pan
Pilgrim of Death
1973Movie
Joseph Balsamo
Gilbert
1973TV
The Salzburg Connection
Anton
1972Movie
Sonderdezernat K1
Harry Gätjens
1972TV
Provocation
Angelos
1971Movie
Conflict of Emotions
Tonis Theodorou
1971Movie
Polizeiruf 110
Zermahlen
1971TV
Mark of the Devil
Count Christian von Meruh
1970Movie
Scene of the Crime
Hans-Rudi Dreher
1970TV
Season of the Senses
Luca
1969Movie
Gestern gelesen
Ingo Rippel
1969TV
Shameless
Alexander Pohlmann
1968Movie
Road to St. Tropez
Boy
1966Movie
Theirs
—Movie
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
Grand Master
—Movie
Intangents
Bin bag Man
—Movie