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.
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Movies (236)
Return from Tomorrow
2026 · Tim Senior
By Design
2026 · Aldo Fabbri
The Secret Agent
2025 · Hans
Bad Painter
2025 · Ö
Schindler Space Architect
2024 · R.M. Schindler (voice)
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
2024 · Self
Skeletons in the Closet
2024 · Luc
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022 · Self / Big Brother
Mi Vecino Adolf
2022 · Herman Herzog
Staging Death
2022
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
2022 · Michel
The Blazing World
2021 · Lained
Chompy & the Girls
2021 · Chompy (voice)
Brillarás Para Siempre
2021 · Pat Pitsenbarger
Haymaker
2021 · David
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Bajo la misma piel
2020 · Ivan Demisovski
11 Colours of the Bird
2020 · Self
The Barefoot Emperor
2020 · Dr. Otto Kroll
Bacurau no Mapa
2019 · Self
Skin Walker
2019 · Claus
The Painted Bird
2019 · Miller
Bacurau
2019 · Michael
Holy Beasts
2019 · Henry
The Mountain
2019 · Frederick
American Exit
2019 · Anton
Arrastrados por el concreto
2019 · Friedrich
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
2019 · Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
La Casa De Jack
2018 · Thanks
I Knew Andy Warhol
2018 · Self
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
2018 · Andre Toulon
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018 · Alcyde
Animales Norteamericanos
2018 · Mr. Van Der Hoek
Zero
2018 · The lord of the world
No te preocupes, no irá lejos
2018 · Hans
Daughter of Mine
2018 · Bruno
Pequeña gran vida
2017 · Konrad
Instant Dreams
2017 · The Docter (Cameo)
Prisionero 99
2017 · The Placid Man
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017 · Self
Courier X
2016 · Nathan Vogel
Brother
2016 · Frank Solek
The Forbidden Room
2015 · Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
Coconut Hero
2015 · Mr. Morrow
Johnny Walker
2015 · Fyodor (voice)
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
2015 · Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015 · (archive footage)
The Material Boy
2015 · Self
Lines of the Hand
2015
Arteholic
2014 · Self
Beethoven y el tesoro del pirata
2014 · The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
The Editor
2014 · Dr Casini
Ninfomanía: segunda parte
2013 · The Waiter
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
2013 · The Magic Doctor / The Shaman
Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Los Señores de Salem
2013 · Witchhunter (uncredited)
Night of the Templar
2012 · Father Paul
Llegamos en son de paz
2012 · Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
Ich - Udo
2012 · Himself
My Own Private River
2012 · Hans (archive footage)
Görünmeyen
2011 · Bartok
The Berlin Project
2011 · Guru
UFO in Her Eyes
2011 · Steve Frost
La casa de los horrores
2011 · Dr. Lemke
The Theatre Bizarre
2011 · Peg Poett
The Sky Has Four Corners
2011 · Graf Karpatovicz
Melancolía
2011 · Wedding Planner
Life Is Too Long
2010 · Tabatabai
Dimension
2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 · Lee Meyers
House of Boys
2009 · Madame
Memories of a Young Pianist
2009 · Count Dracula (archive footage)
Metropia
2009 · Ivan Bahn (voice)
Soul Kitchen
2009 · Herr Jung
Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009 · Self
Lulu and Jimi
2009 · Schultz
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
2008 · Luipold Trumpf
La deuxième femme
2008 · Udo Kier
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008 · Self
Far Cry
2008 · Dr. Krieger
Tell
2007 · Gessler
The Mother of Tears
2007 · Father Johannes
Halloween: El inicio
2007 · Morgan Walker
Arte Macabro
2007 · Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey, Associate Producer
The Killing Grounds
2007 · P.
Pars: Operation Cherry
2007 · Klaus Kayman
Grindhouse
2007 · Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
Unser Reigen
2006
13 Graves
2006 · Debro
Crusade in Jeans
2006 · Dr. Lawerence
Holly
2006 · Klaus
Pray for Morning
2006 · Edouard Leopold Edu
BloodRayne Venganza de sangre
2006 · Regal Monk
Cigarette Burns
2005 · Bellinger
Headspace
2005 · Rev. Karl Hartman
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
2005 · Interviewee-Actor
Manderlay
2005 · Mr. Kirspe
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
2004
Sobreviviendo a la Navidad
2004 · Heinrich
Drácula 3000
2004 · Capt. Varna
Evil Eyes
2004 · George
Modigliani
2004 · Max Jacob
30 Days Until I'm Famous
2004 · Barry Davis
One Point O
2004 · Derrick
Love Object
2004 · Radley
Jargo
2004 · Jargos Vater
Celluloid Horror
2004 · Self
Gate to Heaven
2003 · Joachim Nowak
Dogville
2003 · The Man in the Coat
Betty - Schön wie der Tod
2003 · Georg Wassenberg
Pigs Will Fly
2003 · Onkel Max
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
2002 · Hans Kramer
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
2002 · Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
The Last Minute
2002 · Nazi Fashion Shooter
Miedo Punto Com
2002 · Polidori
Korn: Deuce
2002 · Commander
Invincible
2001 · Count Helldorf
Auf Herz und Nieren
2001 · Doc
All the Queen's Men
2001 · General Landssdorf
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001 · Self
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001 · The Guardian
Critical Mass
2001 · Samson
Revelation
2001 · The Grand Master
The Praying Mantis
2001 · Julius Quellenreich
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
2001 · Self
Doomsdayer
2001 · Max Gast
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
2000 · Self
Just One Night
2000 · Walter Lert
Bailando en la Oscuridad
2000 · Dr. Porkorny
La sombra del vampiro
2000 · Albin Grau
Red Letters
2000 · George Kessler
Double Deception
2000 · Vincent
Miss Diamond
1999 · Bühler
End of Days
1999 · Head Priest
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
1999 · Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini
Final Run
1999 · Reddick
Under the Palms
1999 · Ludwig
The Debtors
1999
Spy Games
1999 · Ivan Bliniak
Possessed
1999 · Vincent
Killer Deal
1999 · Dr. Roland Parker
Stingers
1998 · Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
Modern Vampires
1998 · Vincent
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
1998 · Rocky
Blade
1998 · Dragonetti
Ice
1998 · Dr. Norman Kistler
The Kingdom II
1998 · Lillebror / Age Krüger
Armageddon
1998 · Psychologist
The 120 Days of Bottrop
1997 · Self
The End of Violence
1997 · Zoltan
Prince Valiant
1997 · Sligon
Betty
1997 · Vincent Lord
Lea
1996 · Block
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 · Lorenzini
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Sadistic Sailor
Duke of Groove
1996 · Earl
Barb Wire
1996 · Curly
United Trash
1996 · UNO-General Werner Brenner
A Trick of the Light
1995 · Max Skladanowsky
Unter Druck
1995
Extinct
1995 · York Cortex
Nur über meine Leiche
1995 · Killer
Johnny Mnemonic
1995 · Ralfi
Paradise Framed
1995
The Kingdom
1994 · Age Krüger / Lillebror
Rotwang Must Go!
1994 · Arthur Eigenrauch
Death of a World Star
1994 · Udo Kier
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 · Commercial Director
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994 · Camp
Josh & S.A.M.
1993 · Salon Manager
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993 · Giles Marquette
For Love or Money
1993 · Mr. Himmelman
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
1993 · Edouard Müllendorf
Terror 2000
1993 · Jablo
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
1993 · Egon Hettemann
Sex
1992 · Self
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
1992 · Self
The Making of Europa
1991 · Self / Lawrence Hartmann
Europa
1991 · Lawrence Hartmann
My Own Private Idaho
1991 · Hans
The German Chainsaw Massacre
1990 · Jonny, Assistant Director
Medea
1989 · Jason
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
1989 · Adolf Hitler
Mother's Mask
1988 · Herr Seiler
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988 · Friedrich Hansman
Epidemic
1987 · Udo Kier
Egomania: Island Without Hope
1987 · Baron Tante Teufel
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
1986 · Minister / Kali
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
1986 · Gregor
Idiots' Battle
1986
The Beginner
1985 · Graf Frackstein
Der Unbesiegbare
1985 · Argon
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
1984 · Man and Woman in Train, Director, Writer, Producer
Hur und Heilig
1984
Pankow ’95
1983 · Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
The Roaring Fifties
1983 · Fromm
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
1983 · Hermano
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
1982 · Man
Siblings
1982
Lola
1981 · Waiter (uncredited), Production Design
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
1981 · Dr. Henry Jekyll
Lili Marleen
1981 · Drewitz
Narcissus and Psyche
1980 · Nárcisz
Deutschland privat
1980
Lulu
1980 · Jack the Ripper
Hungarian Rhapsody
1979 · Poór
The Third Generation
1979 · Edgar Gast
Victor
1979 · Popstar
The Fifth Commandment
1978 · Peter Dümmel
És így s eképp tovább
1978
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
1977 · Poulailler
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977 · Schafftaler
Suspiria
1977 · Dr. Frank Mandel
Spermula
1976 · Werner
Gold Flakes
1976 · Franzl
Exposé
1976 · Paul Martin
The Story of O
1975 · René
The Last Word
1975 · Raimund
Blood for Dracula
1974 · Count Dracula
Flesh for Frankenstein
1973 · Baron Frankenstein
Pan
1973 · Pilgrim of Death
Olifant
1973 · Olifant / Edwin
The Salzburg Connection
1972 · Anton
Conflict of Emotions
1971 · Tonis Theodorou
Provocation
1971 · Angelos
Mark of the Devil
1970 · Count Christian von Meruh
Season of the Senses
1969 · Luca
Shameless
1968 · Alexander Pohlmann
Road to St. Tropez
1966 · Boy
Theirs
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
· Grand Master
Intangents
· Bin bag Man
Monty and the Movies
· Self (archive footage)
Citizens
· Hans
TV shows (51)
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
2022 · Klaus
Dark Winds
2022 · Gunthar Vaggan, In Memory Of
Hunters
2020 · Adolf Hitler
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
2019 · Fuchspelzmann
Major Lazer
2015 · Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
Old Money
2015 · Rolf Rauchensteiner
Cuidado con Batman
2013 · Mister Toad (voice)
Evening Urgant
2012 · Self
¡Scooby-Doo! Misterios S.A.
2010 · Professor Pericles (voice)
La Doble Vida de Chuck
2007 · Otto Van Vogel
Thadeusz
2005 · self
Maestros del Terror
2005 · Bellinger
4 Against Z
2005 · Zanrelot
G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten
2005 · Self
The Batman
2004 · Bert (voice)
Through the Night with...
2002 · Self
Justice League
2001 · The Music Master (voice)
Beckmann
1999 · Self
V.I.P.
1998 · Viktor Balek
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998 · Self
Talk 2000
1997 · Self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997 · Self
Die Gang
1997 · Kapitän Schmidt
Zimmer frei!
1996 · Self
Nash Bridges
1996 · Wolfgang Herzog
The Sentinel
1996 · Klaus Zeller
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self
Willemsens Woche
1995 · Self
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994 · Self
The Kingdom
1994 · Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror, Åge Krüger / Little Brother / Frederik / Big Brothe
Rosa Roth
1994 · Ommer
Doppelter Einsatz
1994 · König
Brisant
1994 · Self
Viper
1994 · Erich Geiger
seaQuest DSV
1993 · Dr. Guy Peche
Morgenmagazin
1992 · Self
Red Shoe Diaries
1992 · Fashion Designer
Boulevard Bio
1991 · Self
Die Männer vom K3
1988 · Heini Wohlers
Kir Royal
1986 · Holger
Gespenstergeschichten
1985
Der Fahnder
1984 · Uli Weber
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980 · Junger Mann an der Bar
NDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
3 nach 9
1974 · Self
Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen
1974 · Roberto Agostino
Joseph Balsamo
1973 · Gilbert
Sonderdezernat K1
1972 · Harry Gätjens
Polizeiruf 110
1971 · Zermahlen
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Hans-Rudi Dreher, Beethoven
Gestern gelesen
1969 · Ingo Rippel