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