Udo Kier

ActorCrewProductionDirectingDirector Oct 14 (died age 81) Cologne, Germany 1966–2026 (60 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Armageddon

Psychologist

Film

Dogville

The Man in the Coat

Film

Suspiria

Dr. Frank Mandel

Film

Blade

Dragonetti

Film

Melancholia

Wedding Planner

Film

Dancer in the Dark

Dr. Porkorny

Film

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ronald Camp

Film

The House That Jack Built

Thanks

Filmography

Acting (284)

Movies (234)

By Design

2026

as Aldo Fabbri

7.0

Return from Tomorrow

2026 Upcoming

as Jim's father

Apr 11

The Secret Agent

as Hans

Bad Painter

as Ö

Skeletons in the Closet

2024

as Luc

4.3

Schindler Space Architect

2024

as R.M. Schindler (voice)

10.0

Der wunderbare Udo Kier

2024

as Self

My Neighbor Adolf

2022

as Herman Herzog

6.6

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

2022

as Michel

4.9

A Kilo of Blue (The Music)

2022

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

2022

as Self / Big Brother

Staging Death

The Blazing World

as Lained

Haymaker

as David

Swan Song

as Pat Pitsenbarger

Chompy & the Girls

as Chompy (voice)

The Barefoot Emperor

as Dr. Otto Kroll

Last Moment of Clarity

2020

as Ivan Demisovski

5.2

11 Colours of the Bird

2020

as Self

7.2

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

2020

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Iron Sky: The Coming Race

2019

as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler

5.2

Dragged Across Concrete

as Friedrich

Bacurau

as Michael

The Painted Bird

as Miller

The Mountain

as Frederick

Holy Beasts

as Henry

Skin Walker

as Claus

American Exit

as Anton

Bacurau no Mapa

as Self

Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey

as Alcyde

American Animals

as Mr. Van Der Hoek

Daughter of Mine

as Bruno

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

2018

as Hans

6.7

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

2018

as Andre Toulon

5.6

Zero

2018

as The lord of the world

4.8

I Knew Andy Warhol

2018

as Self

Downsizing

2017

as Konrad

5.4

Brawl in Cell Block 99

2017

as The Placid Man

7.0

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2017

as Self

2.0

Instant Dreams

2017

as The Docter (Cameo)

Seances

Brother

as Frank Solek

Courier X

as Nathan Vogel

Fifty Shades of Erotica

as (archive footage)

Coconut Hero

as Mr. Morrow

Johnny Walker

as Fyodor (voice)

Phantasmagoria of the Interior

2015

as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)

5.0

The Material Boy

2015

as Self

The Forbidden Room

2015

as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist

5.6

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

Lines of the Hand

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

2014

as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser

Arteholic

as Self

The Editor

as Dr Casini

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013

as The Waiter

6.7

The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence

2013

as The Shaman

The Lords of Salem

2013

as Witchhunter (uncredited)

5.4

Blood of 1000 Virgins

2013

as Self (archive footage)

5.3

Iron Sky

2012

as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch

5.7

My Own Private River

2012

as Hans (archive footage)

Night of the Templar

as Father Paul

Ich - Udo

as Himself

Melancholia

as Wedding Planner

Keyhole

as Dr. Lemke

The Sky Has Four Corners

2011

as Graf Karpatovicz

The Theatre Bizarre

2011

as Peg Poett

5.3

Görünmeyen

2011

as Bartok

UFO in Her Eyes

2011

as Steve Frost

6.4

The Berlin Project

2011

as Guru

Dimension

2010

5.3

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

as Lee Meyers

Life Is Too Long

as Tabatabai

Memories of a Young Pianist

2009

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

Lulu and Jimi

as Schultz

Metropia

as Ivan Bahn (voice)

Soul Kitchen

as Herr Jung

Tattoos: A Scarred History

2009

as Self

House of Boys

2009

as Madame

6.1

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

as Self

Far Cry

as Dr. Krieger

1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde

as Luipold Trumpf

La deuxième femme

as Udo Kier

The Killing Grounds

as P.

Halloween

as Morgan Walker

Grindhouse

as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")

Tell

as Gessler

The Mother of Tears

as Father Johannes

Pars: Operation Cherry

2007

as Klaus Kayman

5.0

Fall Down Dead

2007

as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey

4.0

Pray for Morning

2006

as Edouard Leopold Edu

Unser Reigen

Crusade in Jeans

as Dr. Lawerence

Holly

as Klaus

13 Graves

as Debro

Cigarette Burns

as Bellinger

Headspace

as Rev. Karl Hartman

Manderlay

as Mr. Kirspe

BloodRayne

as Regal Monk

Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'

2005

as Interviewee-Actor

Surviving Christmas

as Heinrich

Jargo

as Jargos Vater

Celluloid Horror

as Himself

Love Object

as Radley

Modigliani

as Max Jacob

Dracula 3000

as Capt. Varna

One Point O

as Derrick

Fear and Loathing in Materndorf

2004

30 Days Until I'm Famous

as Barry Davis

Evil Eyes

as George

Dogville

as The Man in the Coat

7.8

Gate to Heaven

2003

as Joachim Nowak

Pigs Will Fly

as Onkel Max

FearDotCom

as Polidori

Korn: Deuce

as Commander

He Sees You When You're Sleeping

2002

as Hans Kramer

5.9

The Last Minute

2002

as Nazi Fashion Shooter

4.9

Mrs. Meitlemeihr

2002

as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr

5.7

Suspiria 25th Anniversary

2001

as Self

6.4

The Praying Mantis

2001

as Julius Quellenreich

Invincible

as Count Helldorf

Revelation

as The Grand Master

Doomsdayer

as Max Gast

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

as The Guardian

Critical Mass

as Samson

All the Queen's Men

as General Landssdorf

4.8

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

2001

as Self

Auf Herz und Nieren

as Doc

Dancer in the Dark

as Dr. Porkorny

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

as Self

Shadow of the Vampire

as Albin Grau

Red Letters

as George Kessler

Just One Night

as Walter Lert

Double Deception

as Vincent

End of Days

as Head Priest

Final Run

as Reddick

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

as Lorenzini

Miss Diamond

as Bühler

The Debtors

Spy Games

as Ivan Bliniak

Possessed

as Vincent

Under the Palms

as Ludwig

Killer Deal

1999

as Dr. Roland Parker

Blade

as Dragonetti

Armageddon

as Psychologist

Stingers

as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss

Ice

1998

as Dr. Norman Kistler

Modern Vampires

as Vincent

The Kingdom II

as Lillebror / Age Krüger

7.8

There's No Fish Food in Heaven

as Rocky

The End of Violence

as Zoltan

Prince Valiant

as Sligon

Betty

as Vincent Lord

The 120 Days of Bottrop

as Self

Breaking the Waves

as Sadistic Sailor

Barb Wire

as Curly

The Adventures of Pinocchio

as Lorenzini

Lea

as Block

United Trash

as UNO-General Werner Brenner

Duke of Groove

as Earl

Johnny Mnemonic

as Ralfi

A Trick of the Light

as Max Skladanowsky

Extinct

as York Cortex

Nur über meine Leiche

as Killer

Unter Druck

Paradise Framed

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

as Ronald Camp

Rotwang Must Go!

as Arthur Eigenrauch

The Kingdom

as Age Krüger / Lillebror

7.8

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1994

as Commercial Director

4.4

Death of a World Star

as Udo Kier

For Love or Money

as Mr. Himmelman

Josh & S.A.M.

as Salon Manager

Terror 2000

as Jablo

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

1993

as Giles Marquette

5.3

Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue

1993

as Egon Hettemann

Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven

1993

as Edouard Müllendorf

Sex

1992

as Self

7.5

Madonna: The Making of SEX Book

1992

as Self

My Own Private Idaho

as Hans

Europa

as Lawrence Hartmann

The Making of Europa

as Self / Lawrence Hartmann

6.0

The German Chainsaw Massacre

as Jonny

Medea

as Jason

100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker

as Adolf Hitler

Mother's Mask

as Herr Seiler

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho

Epidemic

as Self

Egomania: Island Without Hope

1987

as Baron Tante Teufel

5.0

Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück

1986

as Minister / Kali

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

as Gregor

Idiots' Battle

The Beginner

as Graf Frackstein

Der Unbesiegbare

as Argon

Hur und Heilig

1984

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

1984

as Man and Woman in Train

6.0

Pankow ’95

1983

as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart

Die wilden Fünfziger

1983

as Fromm

2.0

The Island of the Bloody Plantation

1983

as Hermano

3.7

Siblings

1982

Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten

1982

as Man

Lola

1981

as Waiter (uncredited)

6.9

Lili Marleen

1981

as Drewitz

6.4

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

as Dr. Henry Jekyll

Lulu

as Jack the Ripper

Deutschland privat

Narcissus and Psyche

as Nárcisz

Hungarian Rhapsody

as Poór

Victor

as Popstar

The Third Generation

1979

as Edgar Gast

5.9

The Fifth Commandment

1978

as Peter Dümmel

És így s eképp tovább

1978

Suspiria

1977

as Dr. Frank Mandel

7.5

The Stationmaster’s Wife

1977

as Schafftaler

5.2

Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?

1977

as Poulailler

Gold Flakes

as Franzl

Spermula

as Werner

Exposé

as Paul Martin

The Story of O

as René

The Last Word

as Raimund

Blood for Dracula

as Count Dracula

Flesh for Frankenstein

1973

as Baron Frankenstein

5.8

Olifant

1973

as Olifant / Edwin

Pan

1973

as Pilgrim of Death

The Salzburg Connection

as Anton

Conflict of Emotions

as Tonis Theodorou

Provocation

as Angelos

Mark of the Devil

as Count Christian von Meruh

Season of the Senses

as Luca

Shameless

as Alexander Pohlmann

5.6

Road to St. Tropez

1966

as Boy

3.2

Intangents

as Bin bag Man

Theirs

The Ark: An Iron Sky Story

as Grand Master

Mascotland

Television (50)

Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin

as Klaus

Hunters

as Adolf Hitler

M - A City Hunts a Murderer

2019

as Fuchspelzmann

6.3

Old Money

2015

as Rolf Rauchensteiner

6.1

Major Lazer

2015

as Head Vampire Vampire (voice)

6.6

Beware the Batman

2013

as Mister Toad (voice)

7.2

Evening Urgant

2012

as Self

7.1

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

2010

as Professor Pericles (voice)

8.2

Chuck

2007

as Otto Van Vogel

7.7

G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

as Self

Masters of Horror

as Bellinger

Thadeusz

as self

4 Against Z

as Zanrelot

The Batman

as Bert (voice)

Through the Night with...

2002

as Self

8.0

Justice League

2001

as The Music Master (voice)

Beckmann

as Self

V.I.P.

as Viktor Balek

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

1998

as Self

4.0

Tietjen und Bommes

1997

as Self

Die Gang

1997

as Kapitän Schmidt

Talk 2000

1997

as Self

Nash Bridges

as Wolfgang Herzog

The Sentinel

as Klaus Zeller

Zimmer frei!

as Self

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

as Self

7.1

Willemsens Woche

1995

as Self

The Kingdom

1994

as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror

7.6

Viper

1994

as Erich Geiger

6.1

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

as Self

Brisant

as Self

Doppelter Einsatz

as König

Rosa Roth

as Ommer

seaQuest DSV

as Dr. Guy Peche

Morgenmagazin

as Self

Red Shoe Diaries

as Fashion Designer

Boulevard Bio

as Self

Die Männer vom K3

as Heini Wohlers

Kir Royal

1986

as Holger

6.5

Gespenstergeschichten

1985

Der Fahnder

1984

as Uli Weber

6.9

Berlin Alexanderplatz

1980

as Junger Mann an der Bar

NDR Talk Show

as Self

3 nach 9

as Self

Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen

1974

as Roberto Agostino

Joseph Balsamo

1973

as Gilbert

7.8

Sonderdezernat K1

1972

as Harry Gätjens

Polizeiruf 110

as Zermahlen

Scene of the Crime

as Hans-Rudi Dreher

Gestern gelesen

as Ingo Rippel

Crew (7)

Movies (7)

The House That Jack Built

Thanks

Fall Down Dead

Associate Producer

The German Chainsaw Massacre

1990

Assistant Director

3.8

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

1984

Director

6.0

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

1984

Producer

6.0

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

Writer

Lola

Production Design