KMDB

Udo Kier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

14/10/1944

Day of Death

23/11/2025
(81) years old

Place of Birth

Cologne, Germany

Udo Kier

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.... Read More

Known For

Dancer in the Dark

Breaking the Waves

Lili Marleen

My Own Private Idaho

Dogville

Halloween

Flesh for Frankenstein

Crusade in Jeans

Manderlay

Iron Sky

Filmography

Cast

2025

The Secret Agent

as Hans

2024

Skeletons in the Closet

as Luc

2022

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

as Self / Big Brother

2019

The Painted Bird

as Miller

2019

Dragged Across Concrete

as Friedrich

2018

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

as Andre Toulon

2018

American Animals

as Mr. Van Der Hoek

2018

Zero

as The lord of the world

2018

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

as Hans

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

Seances

2016

Brother

as Frank Solek

2015

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

2015

Coconut Hero

as Mr. Morrow

2015

Johnny Walker

as Fyodor (voice)

2015

Phantasmagoria of the Interior

as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)

2015

Lines of the Hand

2014

Arteholic

as Self

2014

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser

2013

Blood of 1000 Virgins

as Self (archive footage)

2013

The Lords of Salem

as Witchhunter (uncredited)

2012

Ich - Udo

as Himself

2012

My Own Private River

as Hans (archive footage)

2011

The Berlin Project

as Guru

2011

The Sky Has Four Corners

as Graf Karpatovicz

2007

Grindhouse

as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of t...

2006

Unser Reigen

2006

13 Graves

as Debro

2005

Cigarette Burns

as Bellinger

2004

Modigliani

as Max Jacob

2004

Jargo

as Jargos Vater

2004

Celluloid Horror

as Himself

2003

Gate to Heaven

as Joachim Nowak

2002

The Last Minute

as Nazi Fashion Shooter

2002

Korn: Deuce

as Commander

1999

Miss Diamond

as Bühler

1999

Final Run

as Reddick

1999

The Debtors

1999

Spy Games

as Ivan Bliniak

1995

Unter Druck

1993

Josh & S.A.M.

as Salon Manager

1992

Sex

as Self

2003

Pigs Will Fly

as Onkel Max

1996

Lea

as Block

1994

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

as Ronald Camp

1991

The Making of Europa

as Self / Lawrence Hartmann

1988

Mother's Mask

as Herr Seiler

1982

Siblings

1981

Lola

as Waiter (uncredited)

1979

Hungarian Rhapsody

as Poór

1976

Gold Flakes

as Franzl

1975

The Last Word

as Raimund

1973

Olifant

as Olifant / Edwin

2026

By Design

as Aldo Fabbri

2025

Bad Painter

as Ö

2024

Schindler Space Architect

as R.M. Schindler (voice)

2024

Der wunderbare Udo Kier

as Self

2022

My Neighbor Adolf

as Herman Herzog

2022

Staging Death

2022

A Kilo of Blue (The Music)

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

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the S...

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Last Moment of Clarity

as Ivan Demisovski

2020

11 Colours of the Bird

as Self

2020

The Barefoot Emperor

as Dr. Otto Kroll

2019

Bacurau no Mapa

as Self

2019

Skin Walker

as Claus

2019

Holy Beasts

as Henry

2019

The Mountain

as Frederick

2018

Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey

as Alcyde

2008

La deuxième femme

as Udo Kier

1998

Stingers

as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss

1972

The Salzburg Connection

as Anton

2019

Bacurau

as Michael

2019

American Exit

as Anton

2019

Iron Sky: The Coming Race

as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler

2018

I Knew Andy Warhol

as Self

2017

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

as Self

2015

The Forbidden Room

as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guar...

2015

Fifty Shades of Erotica

as (archive footage)

2015

The Material Boy

as Self

2014

The Editor

as Dr Casini

2013

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

as The Waiter

2013

The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence

as The Shaman

2012

Night of the Templar

as Father Paul

2012

Iron Sky

as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch

2011

Görünmeyen

as Bartok

2011

UFO in Her Eyes

as Steve Frost

2011

Keyhole

as Dr. Lemke

2011

The Theatre Bizarre

as Peg Poett

2011

Melancholia

as Wedding Planner

2010

Life Is Too Long

as Tabatabai

2010

Dimension

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

Tattoos: A Scarred History

as Self

2009

Lulu and Jimi

as Schultz

2008

1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinre...

as Luipold Trumpf

2008

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

as Self

2008

Far Cry

as Dr. Krieger

2007

Tell

as Gessler

2007

The Mother of Tears

as Father Johannes

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

2006

Crusade in Jeans

as Dr. Lawerence

2006

Holly

as Klaus

2006

Pray for Morning

as Edouard Leopold Edu

2005

BloodRayne

as Regal Monk

2005

Headspace

as Rev. Karl Hartman

2005

Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'

as Interviewee-Actor

2005

Manderlay

as Mr. Kirspe

2004

Fear and Loathing in Materndorf

2004

Surviving Christmas

as Heinrich

2004

Dracula 3000

as Capt. Varna

2004

Evil Eyes

as George

2004

30 Days Until I'm Famous

as Barry Davis

2004

One Point O

as Derrick

2004

Love Object

as Radley

2003

Dogville

as The Man in the Coat

2002

He Sees You When You're Sleeping

as Hans Kramer

2002

Mrs. Meitlemeihr

as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr

2002

FearDotCom

as Polidori

2001

Invincible

as Count Helldorf

2001

Auf Herz und Nieren

as Doc

2001

All the Queen's Men

as General Landssdorf

2001

Suspiria 25th Anniversary

as Self

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

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

as Self

2001

Doomsdayer

as Max Gast

2000

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

as Self

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

End of Days

as Head Priest

1999

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

as Lorenzini

1999

Under the Palms

as Ludwig

1999

Possessed

as Vincent

1999

Killer Deal

as Dr. Roland Parker

1998

Modern Vampires

as Vincent

1998

There's No Fish Food in Heaven

as Rocky

1998

Blade

as Dragonetti

1998

Ice

as Dr. Norman Kistler

1998

The Kingdom II

as Lillebror / Age Krüger

1998

Armageddon

as Psychologist

1997

The 120 Days of Bottrop

as Self

1997

The End of Violence

as Zoltan

1997

Prince Valiant

as Sligon

1997

Betty

as Vincent Lord

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

United Trash

as UNO-General Werner Brenner

1995

A Trick of the Light

as Max Skladanowsky

1995

Extinct

as York Cortex

1995

Over My Dead Body

as Killer

1995

Johnny Mnemonic

as Ralfi

1995

Paradise Framed

1994

The Kingdom

as Age Krüger / Lillebror

1994

Rotwang Must Go!

as Arthur Eigenrauch

1994

Death of a World Star

as Udo Kier

1994

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

as Commercial Director

1993

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

as Giles Marquette

1993

For Love or Money

as Mr. Himmelman

1993

Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven

as Edouard Müllendorf

1993

Terror 2000

as Jablo

1993

Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Rev...

as Egon Hettemann

1992

Madonna: The Making of SEX Book

as Self

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...

as Adolf Hitler

1988

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho

1987

Epidemic

as Self

1987

Egomania: Island Without Hope

as Baron Tante Teufel

1986

Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister n...

as Minister / Kali

1986

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

as Gregor

1986

Idiots' Battle

1985

The Beginner

as Graf Frackstein

1985

Der Unbesiegbare

as Argon

1984

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

as Man and Woman in Train

1984

Hur und Heilig

1983

Pankow ’95

as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart

1983

Die wilden Fünfziger

as Fromm

1983

The Island of the Bloody Plantation

as Hermano

1982

Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzei...

as Man

1981

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss ...

as Dr. Henry Jekyll

1981

Lili Marleen

as Drewitz

1980

Narcissus and Psyche

as Nárcisz

1980

Deutschland privat

1980

Lulu

as Jack the Ripper

1979

The Third Generation

as Edgar Gast

1979

Victor

as Popstar

1978

The Fifth Commandment

as Peter Dümmel

1978

És így s eképp tovább

1977

Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?

as Poulailler

1977

The Stationmaster’s Wife

as Schafftaler

1977

Suspiria

as Dr. Frank Mandel

1976

Spermula

as Werner

1976

Exposé

as Paul Martin

1975

The Story of O

as René

1974

Blood for Dracula

as Count Dracula

1973

Flesh for Frankenstein

as Baron Frankenstein

1973

Pan

as Pilgrim of Death

1971

Conflict of Emotions

as Tonis Theodorou

1971

Provocation

as Angelos

1970

Mark of the Devil

as Count Christian von Meruh

1969

Season of the Senses

as Luca

1968

Shameless

as Alexander Pohlmann

1966

Road to St. Tropez

as Boy

Crew

2018

The House That Jack Built

as Thanks

2007

Fall Down Dead

as Associate Producer

1990

The German Chainsaw Massacre

as Assistant Director

1984

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

as Director

1984

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

as Writer

1984

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

as Producer

1981

Lola

as Production Design