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