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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Full Filmography
All Credits (262)
Theirs
as Unknown
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
as Grand Master
Intangents
as Bin bag Man
Monty and the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Return from Tomorrow
as Tim Senior
By Design
as Aldo Fabbri
The Secret Agent
as Hans
Bad Painter
as Ö
Schindler Space Architect
as R.M. Schindler (voice)
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
as Self
Skeletons in the Closet
as Luc
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
as Klaus
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Big Brother
My Neighbor Adolf
as Herman Herzog
Dark Winds
as Gunthar Vaggan
Staging Death
as Unknown
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
as Unknown
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
as Michel
The Blazing World
as Lained
Chompy & the Girls
as Chompy (voice)
Swan Song
as Pat Pitsenbarger
Haymaker
as David
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
as Self (archive footage)
Last Moment of Clarity
as Ivan Demisovski
11 Colours of the Bird
as Self
The Barefoot Emperor
as Dr. Otto Kroll
Hunters
as Adolf Hitler
Bacurau no Mapa
as Self
Skin Walker
as Claus
The Painted Bird
as Miller
Bacurau
as Michael
Holy Beasts
as Henry
The Mountain
as Frederick
American Exit
as Anton
Dragged Across Concrete
as Friedrich
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
as Fuchspelzmann
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
I Knew Andy Warhol
as Self
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
as Andre Toulon
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Alcyde
American Animals
as Mr. Van Der Hoek
Zero
as The lord of the world
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Hans
Daughter of Mine
as Bruno
Downsizing
as Konrad
Instant Dreams
as The Docter (Cameo)
Brawl in Cell Block 99
as The Placid Man
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
Courier X
as Nathan Vogel
Brother
as Frank Solek
The Forbidden Room
as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
as Unknown
Coconut Hero
as Mr. Morrow
Johnny Walker
as Fyodor (voice)
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
Major Lazer
as Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
Old Money
as Rolf Rauchensteiner
The Material Boy
as Self
Lines of the Hand
as Unknown
Arteholic
as Self
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
The Editor
as Dr Casini
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as The Waiter
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
as The Magic Doctor / The Shaman
Beware the Batman
as Mister Toad (voice)
Blood of 1000 Virgins
as Self (archive footage)
The Lords of Salem
as Witchhunter (uncredited)
Night of the Templar
as Father Paul
Evening Urgant
as Self
Iron Sky
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
Ich - Udo
as Himself
My Own Private River
as Hans (archive footage)
Görünmeyen
as Bartok
The Berlin Project
as Guru
UFO in Her Eyes
as Steve Frost
Keyhole
as Dr. Lemke
The Theatre Bizarre
as Peg Poett
The Sky Has Four Corners
as Graf Karpatovicz
Melancholia
as Wedding Planner
Life Is Too Long
as Tabatabai
Dimension
as Unknown
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
as Professor Pericles (voice)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Lee Meyers
House of Boys
as Madame
Metropia
as Ivan Bahn (voice)
Soul Kitchen
as Herr Jung
Tattoos: A Scarred History
as Self
Lulu and Jimi
as Schultz
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
as Luipold Trumpf
La deuxième femme
as Udo Kier
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
as Self
Far Cry
as Dr. Krieger
Tell
as Gessler
The Mother of Tears
as Father Johannes
Chuck
as Otto Van Vogel
Halloween
as Morgan Walker
Fall Down Dead
as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
The Killing Grounds
as P.
Pars: Operation Cherry
as Klaus Kayman
Grindhouse
as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
13 Graves
as Debro
Crusade in Jeans
as Dr. Lawerence
Holly
as Klaus
Pray for Morning
as Edouard Leopold Edu
BloodRayne
as Regal Monk
Cigarette Burns
as Bellinger
Masters of Horror
as Bellinger
Headspace
as Rev. Karl Hartman
Manderlay
as Mr. Kirspe
4 Against Z
as Zanrelot
Surviving Christmas
as Heinrich
The Batman
as Bert (voice)
Dracula 3000
as Capt. Varna
Evil Eyes
as George
Modigliani
as Max Jacob
30 Days Until I'm Famous
as Barry Davis
One Point O
as Derrick
Love Object
as Radley
Jargo
as Jargos Vater
Celluloid Horror
as Self
Gate to Heaven
as Joachim Nowak
Dogville
as The Man in the Coat
Pigs Will Fly
as Onkel Max
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
as Hans Kramer
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
The Last Minute
as Nazi Fashion Shooter
FearDotCom
as Polidori
Korn: Deuce
as Commander
Through the Night with...
as Self
Invincible
as Count Helldorf
Auf Herz und Nieren
as Doc
All the Queen's Men
as General Landssdorf
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
as Self
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as The Guardian
Critical Mass
as Samson
Revelation
as The Grand Master
The Praying Mantis
as Julius Quellenreich
Doomsdayer
as Max Gast
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
as Self
Just One Night
as Walter Lert
Dancer in the Dark
as Dr. Porkorny
Shadow of the Vampire
as Albin Grau
Red Letters
as George Kessler
Double Deception
as Vincent
Miss Diamond
as Bühler
End of Days
as Head Priest
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
as Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini
Final Run
as Reddick
Under the Palms
as Ludwig
The Debtors
as Unknown
Spy Games
as Ivan Bliniak
Possessed
as Vincent
Killer Deal
as Dr. Roland Parker
Beckmann
as Self
Stingers
as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
Modern Vampires
as Vincent
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
as Rocky
V.I.P.
as Viktor Balek
Ice
as Dr. Norman Kistler
The Kingdom II
as Lillebror / Age Krüger
Armageddon
as Psychologist
The 120 Days of Bottrop
as Self
Talk 2000
as Self
The End of Violence
as Zoltan
Prince Valiant
as Sligon
Betty
as Vincent Lord
Lea
as Block
The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Lorenzini
Zimmer frei!
as Self
Breaking the Waves
as Sadistic Sailor
Duke of Groove
as Earl
Barb Wire
as Curly
Nash Bridges
as Wolfgang Herzog
The Sentinel
as Klaus Zeller
United Trash
as UNO-General Werner Brenner
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
A Trick of the Light
as Max Skladanowsky
Unter Druck
as Unknown
Extinct
as York Cortex
Nur über meine Leiche
as Killer
Johnny Mnemonic
as Ralfi
Paradise Framed
as Unknown
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
as Self
The Kingdom
as Age Krüger / Lillebror
The Kingdom
as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
The Kingdom
as Åge Krüger / Little Brother / Frederik / Big Brothe
Rosa Roth
as Ommer
Doppelter Einsatz
as König
Death of a World Star
as Udo Kier
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Commercial Director
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
as Camp
Brisant
as Self
Viper
as Erich Geiger
Josh & S.A.M.
as Salon Manager
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Giles Marquette
For Love or Money
as Mr. Himmelman
seaQuest DSV
as Dr. Guy Peche
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
as Edouard Müllendorf
Terror 2000
as Jablo
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
as Egon Hettemann
Sex
as Self
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
as Self
Morgenmagazin
as Self
Red Shoe Diaries
as Fashion Designer
Boulevard Bio
as Self
Europa
as Lawrence Hartmann
My Own Private Idaho
as Hans
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
Die Männer vom K3
as Heini Wohlers
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
as Friedrich Hansman
Epidemic
as Udo Kier
Egomania: Island Without Hope
as Baron Tante Teufel
Kir Royal
as Holger
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
as Minister / Kali
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
as Gregor
Idiots' Battle
as Unknown
The Beginner
as Graf Frackstein
Gespenstergeschichten
as Unknown
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
as Man and Woman in Train
Der Fahnder
as Uli Weber
Hur und Heilig
as Unknown
Pankow ’95
as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
The Roaring Fifties
as Fromm
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
as Hermano
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
as Man
Lola
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
as Dr. Henry Jekyll
Lili Marleen
as Drewitz
Narcissus and Psyche
as Nárcisz
Deutschland privat
as Unknown
Berlin Alexanderplatz
as Junger Mann an der Bar
Lulu
as Jack the Ripper
Hungarian Rhapsody
as Poór
The Third Generation
as Edgar Gast
NDR Talk Show
as Self
The Fifth Commandment
as Peter Dümmel
És így s eképp tovább
as Unknown
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
as Poulailler
The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Schafftaler
Suspiria
as Dr. Frank Mandel
Spermula
as Werner
Gold Flakes
as Franzl
Exposé
as Paul Martin
The Story of O
as René
The Last Word
as Raimund
Blood for Dracula
as Count Dracula
Flesh for Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
Joseph Balsamo
as Gilbert
The Salzburg Connection
as Anton
Conflict of Emotions
as Tonis Theodorou
Polizeiruf 110
as Zermahlen
Provocation
as Angelos
Scene of the Crime
as Hans-Rudi Dreher
Scene of the Crime
as Beethoven
Mark of the Devil
as Count Christian von Meruh
Season of the Senses
as Luca
Shameless
as Alexander Pohlmann
Road to St. Tropez
as Boy