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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 14, 1944
Died
November 23, 2025
Place of Birth
Cologne, Germany
Udo Kier
3.1 Popularity
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
0.0
Aldo Fabbri
By Design
2026
8.0
Hans
The Secret Agent
2025
7.0
Ö
Bad Painter
2025
10.0
R.M. Schindler (voice)
Schindler Space Architect
2024
0.0
Self
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
2024
4.3
Luc
Skeletons in the Closet
2024
6.8
Klaus
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
2022
0.0
Self / Big Brother
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
6.6
Herman Herzog
My Neighbor Adolf
2022
6.0
Staging Death
2022
Credits
By Design
as Aldo Fabbri
2026
0.0
The Secret Agent
as Hans
2025
8.0
Bad Painter
as Ö
2025
7.0
Schindler Space Architect
as R.M. Schindler (voice)
2024
10.0
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
as Self
2024
0.0
Skeletons in the Closet
as Luc
2024
4.3
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
as Klaus
2022
6.8
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Big Brother
2022
0.0
My Neighbor Adolf
as Herman Herzog
2022
6.6
Staging Death
2022
6.0
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022
0.0
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
as Michel
2022
4.9
The Blazing World
as Lained
2021
4.4
Chompy & the Girls
as Chompy (voice)
2021
5.7
Swan Song
as Pat Pitsenbarger
2021
6.9
Haymaker
as David
2021
3.2
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.0
Last Moment of Clarity
as Ivan Demisovski
2020
5.2
11 Colours of the Bird
as Self
2020
7.2
The Barefoot Emperor
as Dr. Otto Kroll
2020
5.5
Hunters
as Adolf Hitler
2020
7.2
Bacurau no Mapa
as Self
2019
8.0
Skin Walker
as Claus
2019
4.8
The Painted Bird
as Miller
2019
7.1
Bacurau
as Michael
2019
7.7
Holy Beasts
as Henry
2019
4.4
The Mountain
as Frederick
2019
5.1
American Exit
as Anton
2019
5.7
Dragged Across Concrete
as Friedrich
2019
6.6
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
as Fuchspelzmann
2019
6.3
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
2019
5.2
I Knew Andy Warhol
as Self
2018
0.0
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
as Andre Toulon
2018
5.7
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Alcyde
2018
4.8
American Animals
as Mr. Van Der Hoek
2018
6.7
Zero
as The lord of the world
2018
4.8
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Hans
2018
6.7
Daughter of Mine
as Bruno
2018
6.2
Downsizing
as Konrad
2017
5.4
Instant Dreams
as The Docter (Cameo)
2017
6.7
Brawl in Cell Block 99
as The Placid Man
2017
7.0
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
2017
2.0
Courier X
as Nathan Vogel
2016
5.5
Seances
2016
6.7
Brother
as Frank Solek
2016
6.6
The Forbidden Room
as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
2015
5.6
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
6.0
Coconut Hero
as Mr. Morrow
2015
5.9
Johnny Walker
as Fyodor (voice)
2015
0.0
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
2015
5.0
Major Lazer
as Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
2015
6.6
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
2015
7.0
Old Money
as Rolf Rauchensteiner
2015
6.1
The Material Boy
as Self
2015
0.0
Lines of the Hand
2015
7.0
Arteholic
as Self
2014
5.0
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
2014
5.7
The Editor
as Dr Casini
2014
5.6
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as The Waiter
2013
6.7
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
as The Shaman
2013
0.0
Beware the Batman
as Mister Toad (voice)
2013
7.2
Blood of 1000 Virgins
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.3
The Lords of Salem
as Witchhunter (uncredited)
2013
5.4
Night of the Templar
as Father Paul
2012
3.9
Evening Urgant
as Self
2012
7.1
Iron Sky
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
2012
5.7
Ich - Udo
as Himself
2012
6.0
My Own Private River
as Hans (archive footage)
2012
7.5
Görünmeyen
as Bartok
2011
0.0
The Berlin Project
as Guru
2011
0.0
UFO in Her Eyes
as Steve Frost
2011
6.4
Keyhole
as Dr. Lemke
2011
5.2
The Theatre Bizarre
as Peg Poett
2011
5.3
Melancholia
as Wedding Planner
2011
7.2
The Sky Has Four Corners
as Graf Karpatovicz
2011
0.0
Life Is Too Long
as Tabatabai
2010
5.0
Dimension
2010
5.3
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
as Professor Pericles (voice)
2010
8.2
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Lee Meyers
2010
6.1
House of Boys
as Madame
2009
6.1
🎬
Memories of a Young Pianist
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
2009
5.0
Metropia
as Ivan Bahn (voice)
2009
6.1
Soul Kitchen
as Herr Jung
2009
6.9
Tattoos: A Scarred History
as Self
2009
0.0
Lulu and Jimi
as Schultz
2009
5.7
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
as Luipold Trumpf
2008
4.3
La deuxième femme
as Udo Kier
2008
6.0
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
as Self
2008
6.7
Far Cry
as Dr. Krieger
2008
3.7
Tell
as Gessler
2007
5.7
The Mother of Tears
as Father Johannes
2007
4.5
Chuck
as Otto Van Vogel
2007
7.7
Halloween
as Morgan Walker
2007
6.2
Fall Down Dead
as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
2007
4.0
The Killing Grounds
as P.
2007
3.4
Pars: Operation Cherry
as Klaus Kayman
2007
5.0
Grindhouse
as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
2007
7.0
🎬
Unser Reigen
2006
0.0
13 Graves
as Debro
2006
4.4
Crusade in Jeans
as Dr. Lawerence
2006
5.8
Holly
as Klaus
2006
6.3
Pray for Morning
as Edouard Leopold Edu
2006
4.7
Cigarette Burns
as Bellinger
2005
7.3
🎬
Thadeusz
as self
2005
6.0
Masters of Horror
as Bellinger
2005
7.1
BloodRayne
as Regal Monk
2005
4.2
Headspace
as Rev. Karl Hartman
2005
5.1
🎬
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
as Interviewee-Actor
2005
0.0
Manderlay
as Mr. Kirspe
2005
6.9
4 Against Z
as Zanrelot
2005
9.0
🎬
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
as Self
2005
4.0
🎬
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
2004
0.0
Surviving Christmas
as Heinrich
2004
5.7
The Batman
as Bert (voice)
2004
8.0
Dracula 3000
as Capt. Varna
2004
2.7
Evil Eyes
as George
2004
3.2
Modigliani
as Max Jacob
2004
7.0
30 Days Until I'm Famous
as Barry Davis
2004
4.2
One Point O
as Derrick
2004
5.6
Love Object
as Radley
2004
5.9
Celluloid Horror
as Himself
2004
7.0
Jargo
as Jargos Vater
2004
5.6
Gate to Heaven
as Joachim Nowak
2003
0.0
Dogville
as The Man in the Coat
2003
7.8
Pigs Will Fly
as Onkel Max
2003
8.0
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
as Hans Kramer
2002
5.9
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
2002
5.7
The Last Minute
as Nazi Fashion Shooter
2002
4.9
FearDotCom
as Polidori
2002
3.8
Korn: Deuce
as Commander
2002
7.4
Through the Night with...
as Self
2002
8.0
Invincible
as Count Helldorf
2001
6.2
Justice League
as The Music Master (voice)
2001
8.2
Auf Herz und Nieren
as Doc
2001
3.0
All the Queen's Men
as General Landssdorf
2001
4.8
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
as Self
2001
6.4
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as The Guardian
2001
4.5
Critical Mass
as Samson
2001
4.3
Revelation
as The Grand Master
2001
4.9
The Praying Mantis
as Julius Quellenreich
2001
6.5
🎬
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
as Self
2001
0.0
Doomsdayer
as Max Gast
2001
4.0
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
as Self
2000
7.2
Just One Night
as Walter Lert
2000
5.0
Dancer in the Dark
as Dr. Porkorny
2000
7.9
Shadow of the Vampire
as Albin Grau
2000
6.7
Red Letters
as George Kessler
2000
4.4
Double Deception
as Vincent
2000
4.0
Miss Diamond
as Bühler
1999
4.5
End of Days
as Head Priest
1999
6.1
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
as Lorenzini
1999
5.5
Final Run
as Reddick
1999
5.5
Under the Palms
as Ludwig
1999
0.0
The Debtors
1999
3.0
Spy Games
as Ivan Bliniak
1999
4.2
Possessed
as Vincent
1999
4.8
Killer Deal
as Dr. Roland Parker
1999
0.0
Beckmann
as Self
1999
2.0
Stingers
as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
1998
0.0
Modern Vampires
as Vincent
1998
4.9
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
as Rocky
1998
3.7
V.I.P.
as Viktor Balek
1998
5.3
Blade
as Dragonetti
1998
6.8
Ice
as Dr. Norman Kistler
1998
5.1
The Kingdom II
as Lillebror / Age Krüger
1998
7.7
Armageddon
as Psychologist
1998
6.8
🎬
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self
1998
4.0
The 120 Days of Bottrop
as Self
1997
5.1
Talk 2000
as Self
1997
0.0
The End of Violence
as Zoltan
1997
5.3
Prince Valiant
as Sligon
1997
5.1
🎬
Tietjen und Bommes
as Self
1997
0.0
🎬
Die Gang
as Kapitän Schmidt
1997
0.0
Betty
as Vincent Lord
1997
2.0
Lea
as Block
1996
5.1
The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Lorenzini
1996
5.3
Zimmer frei!
as Self
1996
6.3
Breaking the Waves
as Sadistic Sailor
1996
7.5
Duke of Groove
as Earl
1996
5.0
Barb Wire
as Curly
1996
4.1
Nash Bridges
as Wolfgang Herzog
1996
6.7
The Sentinel
as Klaus Zeller
1996
7.1
United Trash
as UNO-General Werner Brenner
1996
4.1
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
7.1
A Trick of the Light
as Max Skladanowsky
1995
5.8
Unter Druck
1995
5.0
Extinct
as York Cortex
1995
6.5
Over My Dead Body
as Killer
1995
6.3
Johnny Mnemonic
as Ralfi
1995
5.8
Paradise Framed
1995
0.0
🎬
Willemsens Woche
as Self
1995
0.0
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
as Self
1994
5.0
The Kingdom
as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
1994
7.5
The Kingdom
as Age Krüger / Lillebror
1994
7.8
Rosa Roth
as Ommer
1994
4.8
🎬
Rotwang Must Go!
as Arthur Eigenrauch
1994
3.3
Doppelter Einsatz
as König
1994
2.0
Death of a World Star
as Udo Kier
1994
10.0
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Commercial Director
1994
4.4
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
as Ronald Camp
1994
6.6
Brisant
as Self
1994
5.5
Viper
as Erich Geiger
1994
6.1
Josh & S.A.M.
as Salon Manager
1993
4.7
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Giles Marquette
1993
5.3
For Love or Money
as Mr. Himmelman
1993
6.2
seaQuest DSV
as Dr. Guy Peche
1993
7.0
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
as Edouard Müllendorf
1993
0.0
Terror 2000
as Jablo
1993
4.7
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
as Egon Hettemann
1993
0.0
Sex
as Self
1992
7.5
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
as Self
1992
0.0
Morgenmagazin
as Self
1992
3.5
Red Shoe Diaries
as Fashion Designer
1992
5.8
🎬
The Making of Europa
as Self / Lawrence Hartmann
1991
6.0
Boulevard Bio
as Self
1991
6.0
Europa
as Lawrence Hartmann
1991
7.4
My Own Private Idaho
as Hans
1991
7.1
The German Chainsaw Massacre
as Jonny
1990
3.8
Medea
as Jason
1989
6.5
100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker
as Adolf Hitler
1989
6.8
Mother's Mask
as Herr Seiler
1988
4.4
Die Männer vom K3
as Heini Wohlers
1988
0.0
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
1.0
Epidemic
as Self
1987
5.7
Egomania: Island Without Hope
as Baron Tante Teufel
1987
5.0
Kir Royal
as Holger
1986
6.5
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
as Minister / Kali
1986
0.0
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
as Gregor
1986
5.2
Idiots' Battle
1986
0.0
The Beginner
as Graf Frackstein
1985
5.5
🎬
Der Unbesiegbare
as Argon
1985
0.0
Gespenstergeschichten
1985
0.0
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
as Man and Woman in Train
1984
6.0
Der Fahnder
as Uli Weber
1984
6.9
🎬
Hur und Heilig
1984
0.0
Pankow ’95
as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
1983
0.0
Die wilden Fünfziger
as Fromm
1983
2.0
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
as Hermano
1983
3.7
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
as Man
1982
0.0
🎬
Siblings
1982
0.0
Lola
as Waiter (uncredited)
1981
6.9
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
as Dr. Henry Jekyll
1981
5.6
Lili Marleen
as Drewitz
1981
6.4
Narcissus and Psyche
as Nárcisz
1980
6.1
Deutschland privat
1980
4.2
Lulu
as Jack the Ripper
1980
4.1
Hungarian Rhapsody
as Poór
1979
6.0
The Third Generation
as Edgar Gast
1979
5.9
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
6.5
🎬
Victor
as Popstar
1979
0.0
The Fifth Commandment
as Peter Dümmel
1978
0.0
És így s eképp tovább
1978
0.0
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
as Poulailler
1977
0.0
The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Schafftaler
1977
5.0
Suspiria
as Dr. Frank Mandel
1977
7.5
Spermula
as Werner
1976
4.1
Gold Flakes
as Franzl
1976
9.0
Exposé
as Paul Martin
1976
4.9
The Story of O
as René
1975
5.5
The Last Word
as Raimund
1975
2.0
🎬
3 nach 9
as Self
1974
6.5
🎬
Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen
as Roberto Agostino
1974
0.0
Blood for Dracula
as Count Dracula
1974
5.8
Flesh for Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
1973
5.8
🎬
Pan
as Pilgrim of Death
1973
0.0
Joseph Balsamo
as Gilbert
1973
7.8
🎬
Olifant
as Olifant / Edwin
1973
0.0
🎬
Sonderdezernat K1
as Harry Gätjens
1972
0.0
The Salzburg Connection
as Anton
1972
5.7
Conflict of Emotions
as Tonis Theodorou
1971
2.0
Polizeiruf 110
as Zermahlen
1971
6.2
Provocation
as Angelos
1971
4.1
Scene of the Crime
as Hans-Rudi Dreher
1970
6.1
Scene of the Crime
as Beethoven
1970
6.1
Mark of the Devil
as Count Christian von Meruh
1970
6.1
Season of the Senses
as Luca
1969
5.0
🎬
Gestern gelesen
as Ingo Rippel
1969
0.0
Shameless
as Alexander Pohlmann
1968
5.6
Road to St. Tropez
as Boy
1966
3.2
Theirs
N/A
0.0
Intangents
as Bin bag Man
N/A
0.0
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
as Grand Master
N/A
0.0
🎬
Mascots
N/A
0.0