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