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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 14, 1944
Place of Birth:
Cologne, Germany
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Udo Kier
Biography
Udo Kierspe (born October 14, 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, Kier has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe, Canada and the Americas. He has collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Gus van Sant, Werner Herzog, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Charles Matton, Guy Maddin, Alexander Payne, and Paul Morrissey.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bad Painter | Ö |
| 2025 | The Secret Agent | Hans |
| 2025 | By Design | Aldo Fabbri |
| 2024 | Skeletons in the Closet | Luc |
| 2024 | Der wunderbare Udo Kier | Himself |
| 2022 | A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love | Michel |
| 2022 | A Kilo of Blue (The Music) | |
| 2022 | Staging Death | |
| 2022 | My Neighbor Adolf | Herman Herzog |
| 2022 | Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus | Self / Big Brother |
| 2021 | Chompy & the Girls | Chompy (voice) |
| 2021 | Haymaker | David |
| 2021 | The Blazing World | Lained |
| 2021 | Swan Song | Pat Pitsenbarger |
| 2020 | The Barefoot Emperor | Dr. Otto Kroll |
| 2020 | Last Moment of Clarity | Ivan Demisovski |
| 2020 | Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | 11 Colours of the Bird | Self |
| 2019 | Iron Sky: The Coming Race | Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler |
| 2019 | The Painted Bird | Miller |
| 2019 | Dragged Across Concrete | Friedrich |
| 2019 | The Mountain | Frederick |
| 2019 | Bacurau | Michael |
| 2019 | American Exit | Anton |
| 2019 | Holy Beasts | Henry |
| 2019 | Skin Walker | Claus |
| 2019 | Bacurau no Mapa | Self |
| 2018 | I Knew Andy Warhol | Self |
| 2018 | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Hans |
| 2018 | Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich | Andre Toulon |
| 2018 | American Animals | Mr. Van Der Hoek |
| 2018 | Zero | The lord of the world |
| 2018 | Daughter of Mine | Bruno |
| 2018 | Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey | Alcyde |
| 2017 | Downsizing | Konrad |
| 2017 | Brawl in Cell Block 99 | The Placid Man |
| 2017 | Instant Dreams | The Docter (Cameo) |
| 2017 | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self |
| 2016 | Brother | Frank Solek |
| 2016 | Seances | |
| 2016 | Courier X | Nathan Vogel |
| 2015 | The Forbidden Room | Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist |
| 2015 | Coconut Hero | Mr. Morrow |
| 2015 | The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin | |
| 2015 | Phantasmagoria of the Interior | Dr. Henry Jekyll |
| 2015 | Johnny Walker | Fyodor (voice) |
| 2015 | Lines of the Hand | |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Erotica | |
| 2015 | The Material Boy | Self |
| 2014 | The Editor | Dr Casini |
| 2014 | Beethoven's Treasure Tail | The real Fritz Bruchschnauser |
| 2014 | Arteholic | Self |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | The Waiter |
| 2013 | Blood of 1000 Virgins | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | The Lords of Salem | Witchhunter (uncredited) |
| 2013 | The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence | The Shaman |
| 2012 | Iron Sky | Wolfgang Kortzfleisch |
| 2012 | Night of the Templar | Father Paul |
| 2012 | Ich - Udo | Himself |
| 2012 | My Own Private River | Hans (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Melancholia | Wedding Planner |
| 2011 | Görünmeyen | Bartok |
| 2011 | The Theatre Bizarre | Peg Poett |
| 2011 | Keyhole | Dr. Lemke |
| 2011 | UFO in Her Eyes | Steve Frost |
| 2011 | The Sky Has Four Corners | Graf Karpatovicz |
| 2011 | The Berlin Project | Guru |
| 2010 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Lee Meyers |
| 2010 | Life Is Too Long | Tabatabai |
| 2010 | Dimension | |
| 2009 | Lulu and Jimi | Schultz |
| 2009 | Metropia | Ivan Bahn (voice) |
| 2009 | House of Boys | Madame |
| 2009 | Soul Kitchen | Herr Jung |
| 2009 | Memories of a Young Pianist | Count Dracula (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Tattoos: A Scarred History | Self |
| 2008 | Far Cry | Dr. Krieger |
| 2008 | 1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde | Luipold Trumpf |
| 2008 | La deuxième femme | Udo Kier |
| 2008 | Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween | Self |
| 2007 | Halloween | Morgan Walker |
| 2007 | The Mother of Tears | Father Johannes |
| 2007 | Pars: Operation Cherry | Klaus Kayman |
| 2007 | The Killing Grounds | P. |
| 2007 | Tell | Gessler |
| 2007 | Fall Down Dead | Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") |
| 2006 | Crusade in Jeans | Dr. Lawerence |
| 2006 | Holly | Klaus |
| 2006 | Pray for Morning | Edouard Leopold Edu |
| 2006 | 13 Graves | Debro |
| 2006 | Unser Reigen | |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Mr. Kirspe |
| 2005 | Headspace | Rev. Karl Hartman |
| 2005 | BloodRayne | Regal Monk |
| 2005 | Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' | Interviewee-Actor |
| 2005 | Cigarette Burns | Bellinger |
| 2004 | Dracula 3000 | Capt. Varna |
| 2004 | Evil Eyes | George |
| 2004 | Surviving Christmas | Heinrich |
| 2004 | Love Object | Radley |
| 2004 | One Point O | Derrick |
| 2004 | 30 Days Until I'm Famous | Barry Davis |
| 2004 | Jargo | Jargos Vater |
| 2004 | Modigliani | Max Jacob |
| 2004 | Celluloid Horror | Himself |
| 2004 | Fear and Loathing in Materndorf | |
| 2003 | Dogville | The Man in the Coat |
| 2003 | Gate to Heaven | Joachim Nowak |
| 2003 | Pigs Will Fly | Onkel Max |
| 2002 | FearDotCom | Polidori |
| 2002 | He Sees You When You're Sleeping | Hans Kramer |
| 2002 | Mrs. Meitlemeihr | Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr |
| 2002 | The Last Minute | Nazi Fashion Shooter |
| 2002 | Korn: Deuce | Commander |
| 2001 | All the Queen's Men | General Landssdorf |
| 2001 | Doomsdayer | Max Gast |
| 2001 | Invincible | Count Helldorf |
| 2001 | Revelation | The Grand Master |
| 2001 | Critical Mass | Samson |
| 2001 | The Praying Mantis | Julius Quellenreich |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | The Guardian |
| 2001 | Auf Herz und Nieren | Doc |
| 2001 | Suspiria 25th Anniversary | Self |
| 2001 | Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture | Self |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Dr. Porkorny |
| 2000 | Shadow of the Vampire | Albin Grau |
| 2000 | Von Trier's 100 Eyes | Self |
| 2000 | Just One Night | Walter Lert |
| 2000 | Double Deception | Vincent |
| 2000 | Red Letters | George Kessler |
| 1999 | Possessed | Vincent |
| 1999 | End of Days | Head Priest |
| 1999 | Under the Palms | Ludwig |
| 1999 | The New Adventures of Pinocchio | Lorenzini |
| 1999 | Spy Games | Ivan Bliniak |
| 1999 | Final Run | Reddick |
| 1999 | Miss Diamond | Bühler |
| 1999 | The Debtors | |
| 1999 | Killer Deal | Dr. Roland Parker |
| 1998 | Modern Vampires | Vincent |
| 1998 | Blade | Dragonetti |
| 1998 | Ice | Dr. Norman Kistler |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Psychologist |
| 1998 | Stingers | Mr. Scholnick / The Boss |
| 1998 | There's No Fish Food in Heaven | Rocky |
| 1997 | The Kingdom II | Lillebror / Age Krüger |
| 1997 | Prince Valiant | Sligon |
| 1997 | The 120 Days of Bottrop | Self |
| 1997 | The End of Violence | Zoltan |
| 1997 | Betty | Vincent Lord |
| 1996 | Breaking the Waves | Sadistic Sailor |
| 1996 | Barb Wire | Curly |
| 1996 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Lorenzini |
| 1996 | United Trash | UNO-General Werner Brenner |
| 1996 | Duke of Groove | Earl |
| 1996 | Lea | Block |
| 1995 | Johnny Mnemonic | Ralfi |
| 1995 | A Trick of the Light | Max Skladanowsky |
| 1995 | Over My Dead Body | Killer |
| 1995 | Extinct | York Cortex |
| 1995 | Unter Druck | |
| 1995 | Paradise Framed | |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | Age Krüger / Lillebror |
| 1994 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Commercial Director |
| 1994 | Death of a World Star | Udo Kier |
| 1994 | Rotwang Must Go! | Arthur Eigenrauch |
| 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Camp |
| 1993 | Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Giles Marquette |
| 1993 | Josh and S.A.M. | Salon Manager |
| 1993 | For Love or Money | Mr. Himmelman |
| 1993 | Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue | Egon Hettemann |
| 1992 | Terror 2000 | Jablo |
| 1992 | Sex | Self |
| 1991 | My Own Private Idaho | Hans |
| 1991 | Europa | Lawrence Hartmann |
| 1991 | The Making of Europa | Self / Lawrence Hartmann |
| 1990 | The German Chainsaw Massacre | Jonny |
| 1989 | Medea | Jason |
| 1989 | 100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker | Adolf Hitler |
| 1988 | Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho | |
| 1988 | Mother's Mask | Herr Seiler |
| 1987 | Egomania: Island Without Hope | Baron Tante Teufel |
| 1987 | Epidemic | Self |
| 1986 | Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück | Minister / Kali |
| 1986 | Seduction: The Cruel Woman | Gregor |
| 1986 | Idiots' Battle | |
| 1985 | The Beginner | Graf Frackstein |
| 1985 | Der Unbesiegbare | Argon |
| 1984 | The Last Trip to Harrisburg | Man and Woman in Train |
| 1984 | Hur und Heilig | |
| 1983 | The Island of the Bloody Plantation | Hermano |
| 1983 | Die wilden Fünfziger | Fromm |
| 1983 | Pankow ’95 | Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart |
| 1982 | Siblings | |
| 1982 | Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten | Man |
| 1981 | Lili Marleen | Drewitz |
| 1981 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne | Dr. Henry Jekyll |
| 1981 | Lola | Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1980 | Narcissus and Psyche | Nárcisz |
| 1980 | Lulu | Jack the Ripper |
| 1980 | Deutschland privat | |
| 1979 | The Third Generation | Edgar Gast |
| 1979 | Hungarian Rhapsody | Poór |
| 1979 | Victor | Popstar |
| 1978 | The Fifth Commandment | Peter Dümmel |
| 1978 | És így s eképp tovább | |
| 1977 | The Stationmaster’s Wife | Schafftaler |
| 1977 | Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? | Poulailler |
| 1977 | Suspiria | Dr. Frank Mandel |
| 1976 | Exposé | Paul Martin |
| 1976 | Gold Flakes | Franzl |
| 1976 | Spermula | Werner |
| 1975 | The Story of O | René |
| 1975 | The Last Word | Raimund |
| 1974 | Blood for Dracula | Count Dracula |
| 1973 | Flesh for Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein |
| 1973 | Olifant | Olifant / Edwin |
| 1973 | Pan | Pilgrim of Death |
| 1972 | The Salzburg Connection | Anton |
| 1971 | Provocation | Angelos |
| 1971 | Conflict of Emotions | Tonis Theodorou |
| 1970 | Mark of the Devil | Count Christian von Meruh |
| 1969 | Season of the Senses | Luca |
| 1968 | Shameless | Alexander Pohlmann |
| 1966 | Road to St. Tropez | Boy |
| Theirs | ||
| The Ark: An Iron Sky Story | Grand Master | |
| Intangents | Bin bag Man |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin | Klaus |
| 2020 | Hunters | Adolf Hitler |
| 2019 | M - A City Hunts a Murderer | Fuchspelzmann |
| 2015 | Old Money | Rolf Rauchensteiner |
| 2015 | Major Lazer | Head Vampire Vampire (voice) |
| 2013 | Beware the Batman | Mister Toad (voice) |
| 2012 | Evening Urgant | Self |
| 2010 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | Professor Pericles (voice) |
| 2007 | Chuck | Otto Van Vogel |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror | |
| 2005 | 4 Against Z | Zanrelot |
| 2005 | G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten | Self |
| 2005 | Thadeusz | self |
| 2004 | The Batman | Bert (voice) |
| 2002 | Through the Night with... | Self |
| 2001 | Justice League | The Music Master (voice) |
| 1999 | Beckmann | Self |
| 1998 | The Johannes B. Kerner Show | Self |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | Viktor Balek |
| 1997 | Die Gang | Kapitän Schmidt |
| 1997 | Talk 2000 | Self |
| 1997 | Tietjen und Bommes | Self |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | |
| 1996 | Zimmer frei! | Self |
| 1996 | The Sentinel | Klaus Zeller |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self |
| 1995 | Willemsens Woche | Self |
| 1994 | Doppelter Einsatz | König |
| 1994 | Rosa Roth | Ommer |
| 1994 | Viper | Erich Geiger |
| 1994 | alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio | Self |
| 1994 | The Kingdom | Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror |
| 1994 | Brisant | Self |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Dr. Guy Peche |
| 1992 | Red Shoe Diaries | Fashion Designer |
| 1992 | Morgenmagazin | Self |
| 1991 | Boulevard Bio | Self |
| 1988 | Die Männer vom K3 | Heini Wohlers |
| 1986 | Kir Royal | Holger |
| 1985 | Gespenstergeschichten | |
| 1984 | Der Fahnder | Uli Weber |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show | Self |
| 1974 | Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen | Roberto Agostino |
| 1974 | 3 nach 9 | Self |
| 1973 | Joseph Balsamo | Gilbert |
| 1972 | Sonderdezernat K1 | Harry Gätjens |
| 1971 | Polizeiruf 110 | Zermahlen |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Hans-Rudi Dreher |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Beethoven |
| 1969 | Gestern gelesen | Ingo Rippel |