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