Udo Kier
Known for acting · Born 14 October 1944 · Died 23 November 2025 · aged 81 · Cologne, Germany
292 credits
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
Blade
1998
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
Iron Sky
2012
Europa
1991
Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017
Far Cry
2008
Bacurau
2019
The Secret Agent
2025
Metropia
2009
Blood for Dracula
1974
Acting (286)
2026By DesignAldo FabbriFilm
2026Return from TomorrowTim SeniorFilm
2025The Secret AgentHansFilm
2025Bad PainterÖFilm
2024Skeletons in the ClosetLucFilm
2024Der wunderbare Udo KierSelfFilm
2024Schindler Space ArchitectR.M. Schindler (voice)Film
2022Dark WindsGunthar VagganSeries
2022My Neighbor AdolfHerman HerzogFilm
2022Pitch Perfect: Bumper in BerlinKlaus · 2 episodesSeries
2022A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of LoveMichelFilm
2022Staging DeathFilm
2022A Kilo of Blue (The Music)Film
2022Creation of the Kingdom of ExodusSelf / Big BrotherFilm
2021Swan SongPat PitsenbargerFilm
2021Chompy & the GirlsChompy (voice)Film
2021The Blazing WorldLainedFilm
2021HaymakerDavidFilm
2020HuntersAdolf Hitler · 8 episodesSeries
2020Last Moment of ClarityIvan DemisovskiFilm
2020Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the SilenceSelf (archive footage)Film
2020The Barefoot EmperorDr. Otto KrollFilm
202011 Colours of the BirdSelfFilm
2019BacurauMichaelFilm
2019Dragged Across ConcreteFriedrichFilm
2019Iron Sky: The Coming RaceWolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf HitlerFilm
2019The Painted BirdMillerFilm
2019The MountainFrederickFilm
2019American ExitAntonFilm
2019Skin WalkerClausFilm
2019M - A City Hunts a MurdererFuchspelzmann · 6 episodesSeries
2019Holy BeastsHenryFilm
2019Bacurau no MapaSelfFilm
2018American AnimalsMr. Van Der HoekFilm
2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on FootHansFilm
2018Puppet Master: The Littlest ReichAndre ToulonFilm
2018Daughter of MineBrunoFilm
2018Ulysses: A Dark OdysseyAlcydeFilm
2018ZeroThe lord of the worldFilm
2018I Knew Andy WarholSelfFilm
2017DownsizingKonradFilm
2017Brawl in Cell Block 99The Placid ManFilm
2017Instant DreamsThe Docter (Cameo)Film
2017Ballad of a Righteous MerchantSelfFilm
2016BrotherFrank SolekFilm
2016Courier XNathan VogelFilm
2015The Forbidden RoomCount Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / PharmacistFilm
2015Coconut HeroMr. MorrowFilm
2015Old MoneyRolf Rauchensteiner · 8 episodesSeries
2015Major LazerHead Vampire Vampire (voice)Series
2015Phantasmagoria of the InteriorDr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)Film
2015Fifty Shades of Erotica(archive footage)Film
2015The 1000 Eyes of Dr MaddinFilm
2015Lines of the HandFilm
2015Johnny WalkerFyodor (voice)Film
2015The Material BoySelfFilm
2014The EditorDr CasiniFilm
2014Beethoven's Treasure TailThe Real Fritz BruchschnauserFilm
2014ArteholicSelfFilm
2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. IIThe WaiterFilm
2013The Lords of SalemWitchhunter (uncredited)Film
2013Beware the BatmanMister Toad (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
2013Blood of 1000 VirginsSelf (archive footage)Film
2013The Girl Behind the White Picket FenceThe Magic Doctor / The ShamanFilm
2012Iron SkyWolfgang KortzfleischFilm
2012Night of the TemplarFather PaulFilm
2012Evening UrgantSelfSeries
2012My Own Private RiverHans (archive footage)Film
2012Ich - UdoHimselfFilm
2011MelancholiaWedding PlannerFilm
2011The Theatre BizarrePeg PoettFilm
2011KeyholeDr. LemkeFilm
2011UFO in Her EyesSteve FrostFilm
2011GörünmeyenBartokFilm
2011The Sky Has Four CornersGraf KarpatoviczFilm
2011The Berlin ProjectGuruFilm
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery IncorporatedProfessor Pericles (voice) · 17 episodesSeries
2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneLee MeyersFilm
2010DimensionFilm
2010Life Is Too LongTabatabaiFilm
2009Soul KitchenHerr JungFilm
2009MetropiaIvan Bahn (voice)Film
2009House of BoysMadameFilm
2009Lulu and JimiSchultzFilm
2009Memories of a Young PianistCount Dracula (archive footage)Film
2009Tattoos: A Scarred HistorySelfFilm
2008Far CryDr. KriegerFilm
20081½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden HerzelindeLuipold TrumpfFilm
2008Michael Lives: The Making of HalloweenSelfFilm
2008La deuxième femmeUdo KierFilm
2007HalloweenMorgan WalkerFilm
2007GrindhouseFranz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")Film
2007ChuckOtto Van VogelSeries
2007The Mother of TearsFather JohannesFilm
2007Fall Down DeadPicasso Killer / Aaron GarveyFilm
2007The Killing GroundsP.Film
2007Pars: Operation CherryKlaus KaymanFilm
2007TellGesslerFilm
2006BloodRayneRegal MonkFilm
2006Crusade in JeansDr. LawerenceFilm
2006Pray for MorningEdouard Leopold EduFilm
2006HollyKlausFilm
200613 GravesDebroFilm
2006Unser ReigenFilm
2005ManderlayMr. KirspeFilm
2005Masters of HorrorBellingerSeries
2005Cigarette BurnsBellingerFilm
2005HeadspaceRev. Karl HartmanFilm
20054 Against ZZanrelot · 41 episodesSeries
2005Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'Interviewee-ActorFilm
2005G&G - Gesichter und GeschichtenSelfSeries
2005ThadeuszselfSeries
2004Surviving ChristmasHeinrichFilm
2004The BatmanBert (voice)Series
2004ModiglianiMax JacobFilm
2004Dracula 3000Capt. VarnaFilm
2004One Point ODerrickFilm
2004Love ObjectRadleyFilm
2004Evil EyesGeorgeFilm
2004JargoJargos VaterFilm
200430 Days Until I'm FamousBarry DavisFilm
2004Celluloid HorrorHimselfFilm
2004Fear and Loathing in MaterndorfFilm
2003DogvilleThe Man in the CoatFilm
2003Betty - Schön wie der TodGeorg WassenbergFilm
2003Gate to HeavenJoachim NowakFilm
2003Pigs Will FlyOnkel MaxFilm
2002FearDotComPolidoriFilm
2002The Last MinuteNazi Fashion ShooterFilm
2002He Sees You When You're SleepingHans KramerFilm
2002Korn: DeuceCommanderFilm
2002Through the Night with...SelfSeries
2002Mrs. MeitlemeihrHitler / Mrs. MeitlemeihrFilm
2001Justice LeagueThe Music Master (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2001InvincibleCount HelldorfFilm
2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 2The GuardianFilm
2001All the Queen's MenGeneral LandssdorfFilm
2001RevelationThe Grand MasterFilm
2001DoomsdayerMax GastFilm
2001Critical MassSamsonFilm
2001Suspiria 25th AnniversarySelfFilm
2001Auf Herz und NierenDocFilm
2001The Praying MantisJulius QuellenreichFilm
2001Andy Warhol: The Complete PictureSelfFilm
2000Dancer in the DarkDr. PorkornyFilm
2000Shadow of the VampireAlbin GrauFilm
2000Red LettersGeorge KesslerFilm
2000Von Trier's 100 EyesSelfFilm
2000Double DeceptionVincentFilm
2000Just One NightWalter LertFilm
1999End of DaysHead PriestFilm
1999The New Adventures of PinocchioMadame Flambeau/LorenziniFilm
1999Final RunReddickFilm
1999Spy GamesIvan BliniakFilm
1999PossessedVincentFilm
1999The DebtorsFilm
1999BeckmannSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1999Miss DiamondBühlerFilm
1999Under the PalmsLudwigFilm
1999Killer DealDr. Roland ParkerFilm
1998ArmageddonPsychologistFilm
1998BladeDragonettiFilm
1998V.I.P.Viktor BalekSeries
1998The Kingdom IILillebror / Age KrügerFilm
1998Modern VampiresVincentFilm
1998IceDr. Norman KistlerFilm
1998There's No Fish Food in HeavenRockyFilm
1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSelfSeries
1998StingersMr. Scholnick / The BossFilm
1997Prince ValiantSligonFilm
1997The End of ViolenceZoltanFilm
1997The 120 Days of BottropSelfFilm
1997BettyVincent LordFilm
1997Die GangKapitän SchmidtSeries
1997Tietjen und BommesSelfSeries
1997Talk 2000SelfSeries
1996Breaking the WavesSadistic SailorFilm
1996Barb WireCurlyFilm
1996The Adventures of PinocchioLorenziniFilm
1996Nash BridgesWolfgang HerzogSeries
1996The SentinelKlaus Zeller · 2 episodesSeries
1996United TrashUNO-General Werner BrennerFilm
1996Zimmer frei!SelfSeries
1996LeaBlockFilm
1996Duke of GrooveEarlFilm
1995Johnny MnemonicRalfiFilm
1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1995A Trick of the LightMax SkladanowskyFilm
1995Nur über meine LeicheKillerFilm
1995ExtinctYork CortexFilm
1995Unter DruckFilm
1995Paradise FramedFilm
1995Willemsens WocheSelfSeries
1994Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveCampFilm
1994The KingdomAge Krüger / LillebrorFilm
1994Even Cowgirls Get the BluesCommercial DirectorFilm
1994The KingdomAge Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror · 13 episodes, Åge Krüger / Little Brother / Frederik / Big Brothe · 13 episodesSeries
1994ViperErich GeigerSeries
1994Doppelter EinsatzKönigSeries
1994Rosa RothOmmerSeries
1994BrisantSelfSeries
1994Rotwang Must Go!Arthur EigenrauchFilm
1994Death of a World StarUdo KierFilm
1994alfredissimo! Kochen mit BioSelfSeries
1993For Love or MoneyMr. HimmelmanFilm
1993seaQuest DSVDr. Guy PecheSeries
1993Josh & S.A.M.Salon ManagerFilm
1993Terror 2000JabloFilm
1993Jack Reed: Badge of HonorGiles MarquetteFilm
1993Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-RevueEgon HettemannFilm
1993Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to HeavenEdouard MüllendorfFilm
1992Red Shoe DiariesFashion DesignerSeries
1992SexSelfFilm
1992MorgenmagazinSelfSeries
1992Madonna: The Making of SEX BookSelfFilm
1991My Own Private IdahoHansFilm
1991EuropaLawrence HartmannFilm
1991The Making of EuropaSelf / Lawrence HartmannFilm
1991Boulevard BioSelfSeries
1990The German Chainsaw MassacreJonnyFilm
1989MedeaJasonFilm
1989100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the FührerbunkerAdolf HitlerFilm
1988Mother's MaskHerr SeilerFilm
1988Another Way: D-Kikan-JohoFriedrich HansmanFilm
1988Die Männer vom K3Heini WohlersSeries
1987EpidemicUdo KierFilm
1987Egomania: Island Without HopeBaron Tante TeufelFilm
1986Seduction: The Cruel WomanGregorFilm
1986Kir RoyalHolgerSeries
1986Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurückMinister / KaliFilm
1986Idiots' BattleFilm
1985The BeginnerGraf FracksteinFilm
1985Der UnbesiegbareArgonFilm
1985Gespenstergeschichten · 6 episodesSeries
1984Der FahnderUli WeberSeries
1984The Last Trip to HarrisburgMan and Woman in TrainFilm
1984Hur und HeiligFilm
1983The Island of the Bloody PlantationHermanoFilm
1983The Roaring FiftiesFrommFilm
1983Pankow ’95Johann Wolfgang Amadeus ZartFilm
1982SiblingsFilm
1982Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in KrisenzeitenManFilm
1981LolaWaiter (uncredited)Film
1981Lili MarleenDrewitzFilm
1981The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss OsbourneDr. Henry JekyllFilm
1980Berlin AlexanderplatzJunger Mann an der Bar · 2 episodesSeries
1980Narcissus and PsycheNárciszFilm
1980LuluJack the RipperFilm
1980Deutschland privatFilm
1979The Third GenerationEdgar GastFilm
1979Hungarian RhapsodyPoórFilm
1979NDR Talk ShowSelfSeries
1979VictorPopstarFilm
1978The Fifth CommandmentPeter DümmelFilm
1978És így s eképp továbbFilm
1977SuspiriaDr. Frank MandelFilm
1977The Stationmaster’s WifeSchafftalerFilm
1977Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?PoulaillerFilm
1976ExposéPaul MartinFilm
1976SpermulaWernerFilm
1976Gold FlakesFranzlFilm
1975The Story of ORenéFilm
1975The Last WordRaimundFilm
1974Blood for DraculaCount DraculaFilm
19743 nach 9SelfSeries
1974Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffenRoberto AgostinoSeries
1973Flesh for FrankensteinBaron FrankensteinFilm
1973Joseph BalsamoGilbert · 7 episodesSeries
1973OlifantOlifant / EdwinFilm
1973PanPilgrim of DeathFilm
1972The Salzburg ConnectionAntonFilm
1972Sonderdezernat K1Harry GätjensSeries
1971Polizeiruf 110ZermahlenSeries
1971ProvocationAngelosFilm
1971Conflict of EmotionsTonis TheodorouFilm
1970Scene of the CrimeHans-Rudi Dreher, BeethovenSeries
1970Mark of the DevilCount Christian von MeruhFilm
1969Season of the SensesLucaFilm
1969Gestern gelesenIngo RippelSeries
1968ShamelessAlexander PohlmannFilm
1966Road to St. TropezBoyFilm
—TheirsFilm
—The Ark: An Iron Sky StoryGrand MasterFilm
—IntangentsBin bag ManFilm
—Monty and the MoviesSelf (archive footage)Film
—CitizensHansFilm
Art (1)
1981LolaProduction DesignFilm
Crew (2)
2022Dark WindsIn Memory OfSeries
2018The House That Jack BuiltThanksFilm
Directing (2)
1990The German Chainsaw MassacreAssistant DirectorFilm
1984The Last Trip to HarrisburgDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
Production (1)
2007Fall Down DeadAssociate ProducerFilm