Udo Kier

October 14, 1944(81 at death)|Died November 23, 2025
Cologne, Germany|Acting

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.

Movies (220)

Return from Tomorrow

Return from Tomorrow

2026

By Design
5.8

By Design

2026

The Secret Agent
7.3

The Secret Agent

2025

Bad Painter
7.0

Bad Painter

2025

Schindler Space Architect
10.0

Schindler Space Architect

2024

Der wunderbare Udo Kier

Der wunderbare Udo Kier

2024

Skeletons in the Closet
4.3

Skeletons in the Closet

2024

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

2022

My Neighbor Adolf
6.5

My Neighbor Adolf

2022

Staging Death
6.0

Staging Death

2022

A Kilo of Blue (The Music)

A Kilo of Blue (The Music)

2022

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
4.9

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

2022

The Blazing World
4.4

The Blazing World

2021

Chompy & the Girls
5.7

Chompy & the Girls

2021

Swan Song
6.8

Swan Song

2021

Haymaker
3.2

Haymaker

2021

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
6.0

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

2020

Last Moment of Clarity
5.2

Last Moment of Clarity

2020

11 Colours of the Bird
7.2

11 Colours of the Bird

2020

The Barefoot Emperor
5.5

The Barefoot Emperor

2020

Bacurau no Mapa
8.0

Bacurau no Mapa

2019

Skin Walker
4.8

Skin Walker

2019

The Painted Bird
7.1

The Painted Bird

2019

Bacurau
7.6

Bacurau

2019

Holy Beasts
4.4

Holy Beasts

2019

The Mountain
5.0

The Mountain

2019

American Exit
5.7

American Exit

2019

Dragged Across Concrete
6.6

Dragged Across Concrete

2019

Iron Sky: The Coming Race
5.2

Iron Sky: The Coming Race

2019

I Knew Andy Warhol

I Knew Andy Warhol

2018

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
5.6

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

2018

Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
4.9

Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey

2018

American Animals
6.7

American Animals

2018

Zero
4.8

Zero

2018

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
6.7

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

2018

Daughter of Mine
6.2

Daughter of Mine

2018

Downsizing
5.4

Downsizing

2017

Instant Dreams
6.7

Instant Dreams

2017

Brawl in Cell Block 99
7.0

Brawl in Cell Block 99

2017

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2.0

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2017

Courier X
5.5

Courier X

2016

Seances
6.7

Seances

2016

Brother
6.4

Brother

2016

The Forbidden Room
5.6

The Forbidden Room

2015

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
6.0

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

2015

Coconut Hero
5.9

Coconut Hero

2015

Johnny Walker

Johnny Walker

2015

Phantasmagoria of the Interior
5.0

Phantasmagoria of the Interior

2015

Fifty Shades of Erotica
7.0

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2015

The Material Boy

The Material Boy

2015

Lines of the Hand
7.0

Lines of the Hand

2015

Arteholic
5.0

Arteholic

2014

Beethoven's Treasure Tail
5.7

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

2014

The Editor
5.6

The Editor

2014

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
6.7

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013

The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence

The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence

2013

Blood of 1000 Virgins
5.4

Blood of 1000 Virgins

2013

The Lords of Salem
5.4

The Lords of Salem

2013

Night of the Templar
3.9

Night of the Templar

2012

Iron Sky
5.8

Iron Sky

2012

Ich - Udo
6.0

Ich - Udo

2012

My Own Private River
7.5

My Own Private River

2012

Görünmeyen

Görünmeyen

2011

The Berlin Project

The Berlin Project

2011

UFO in Her Eyes
6.4

UFO in Her Eyes

2011

Keyhole
5.3

Keyhole

2011

The Theatre Bizarre
5.3

The Theatre Bizarre

2011

Melancholia
7.2

Melancholia

2011

The Sky Has Four Corners

The Sky Has Four Corners

2011

Life Is Too Long
5.0

Life Is Too Long

2010

Dimension
5.5

Dimension

2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
6.1

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010

House of Boys
6.1

House of Boys

2009

Metropia
6.1

Metropia

2009

Soul Kitchen
6.9

Soul Kitchen

2009

Tattoos: A Scarred History

Tattoos: A Scarred History

2009

Lulu and Jimi
5.7

Lulu and Jimi

2009

1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
4.3

1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde

2008

La deuxième femme
6.0

La deuxième femme

2008

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
7.0

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

2008

Far Cry
3.7

Far Cry

2008

Tell
5.7

Tell

2007

The Mother of Tears
4.5

The Mother of Tears

2007

Halloween
6.2

Halloween

2007

Fall Down Dead
4.0

Fall Down Dead

2007

The Killing Grounds
3.6

The Killing Grounds

2007

Pars: Operation Cherry
4.7

Pars: Operation Cherry

2007

Grindhouse
7.0

Grindhouse

2007

13 Graves
4.4

13 Graves

2006

Crusade in Jeans
5.9

Crusade in Jeans

2006

Holly
6.3

Holly

2006

Pray for Morning
4.9

Pray for Morning

2006

Cigarette Burns
7.3

Cigarette Burns

2005

BloodRayne
4.1

BloodRayne

2005

Headspace
5.1

Headspace

2005

Manderlay
6.9

Manderlay

2005

Surviving Christmas
5.7

Surviving Christmas

2004

Dracula 3000
2.8

Dracula 3000

2004

Evil Eyes
3.4

Evil Eyes

2004

Modigliani
7.0

Modigliani

2004

30 Days Until I'm Famous
4.7

30 Days Until I'm Famous

2004

One Point O
5.7

One Point O

2004

Love Object
5.9

Love Object

2004

Jargo
6.0

Jargo

2004

Celluloid Horror
7.4

Celluloid Horror

2004

Gate to Heaven
9.0

Gate to Heaven

2003

Dogville
7.8

Dogville

2003

Pigs Will Fly
8.0

Pigs Will Fly

2003

He Sees You When You're Sleeping
6.2

He Sees You When You're Sleeping

2002

Mrs. Meitlemeihr
6.0

Mrs. Meitlemeihr

2002

The Last Minute
5.3

The Last Minute

2002

FearDotCom
3.8

FearDotCom

2002

Korn: Deuce
7.5

Korn: Deuce

2002

Invincible
6.2

Invincible

2001

Auf Herz und Nieren
4.5

Auf Herz und Nieren

2001

All the Queen's Men
5.0

All the Queen's Men

2001

Suspiria 25th Anniversary
7.0

Suspiria 25th Anniversary

2001

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
4.6

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

2001

Critical Mass
4.5

Critical Mass

2001

Revelation
5.1

Revelation

2001

The Praying Mantis
7.3

The Praying Mantis

2001

Doomsdayer
4.7

Doomsdayer

2001

Von Trier's 100 Eyes
7.4

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

2000

Just One Night
5.0

Just One Night

2000

Dancer in the Dark
7.8

Dancer in the Dark

2000

Shadow of the Vampire
6.7

Shadow of the Vampire

2000

Red Letters
4.7

Red Letters

2000

Double Deception
5.3

Double Deception

2000

Miss Diamond
5.8

Miss Diamond

1999

End of Days
6.1

End of Days

1999

The New Adventures of Pinocchio
5.6

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

1999

Final Run
5.6

Final Run

1999

Under the Palms
8.0

Under the Palms

1999

The Debtors
4.3

The Debtors

1999

Spy Games
4.6

Spy Games

1999

Possessed
4.9

Possessed

1999

Killer Deal
7.0

Killer Deal

1999

Stingers
7.0

Stingers

1998

Modern Vampires
4.9

Modern Vampires

1998

There's No Fish Food in Heaven
4.5

There's No Fish Food in Heaven

1998

Blade
6.8

Blade

1998

Ice
5.2

Ice

1998

The Kingdom II
7.7

The Kingdom II

1998

Armageddon
6.8

Armageddon

1998

The 120 Days of Bottrop
5.3

The 120 Days of Bottrop

1997

The End of Violence
5.4

The End of Violence

1997

Prince Valiant
5.2

Prince Valiant

1997

Betty
5.0

Betty

1997

Lea
5.5

Lea

1996

The Adventures of Pinocchio
5.3

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996

Breaking the Waves
7.5

Breaking the Waves

1996

Duke of Groove
5.5

Duke of Groove

1996

Barb Wire
4.1

Barb Wire

1996

United Trash
4.3

United Trash

1996

A Trick of the Light
6.1

A Trick of the Light

1995

Unter Druck
6.0

Unter Druck

1995

Extinct
7.1

Extinct

1995

Nur über meine Leiche
6.4

Nur über meine Leiche

1995

Johnny Mnemonic
5.8

Johnny Mnemonic

1995

Paradise Framed
10.0

Paradise Framed

1995

The Kingdom
7.8

The Kingdom

1994

Death of a World Star
9.0

Death of a World Star

1994

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
4.4

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1994

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
6.6

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994

Josh & S.A.M.
4.9

Josh & S.A.M.

1993

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
5.9

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

1993

For Love or Money
6.2

For Love or Money

1993

Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
8.0

Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven

1993

Terror 2000
4.9

Terror 2000

1993

Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
7.0

Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue

1993

Sex
7.5

Sex

1992

Madonna: The Making of SEX Book

Madonna: The Making of SEX Book

1992

Europa
7.4

Europa

1991

My Own Private Idaho
7.1

My Own Private Idaho

1991

The German Chainsaw Massacre
4.0

The German Chainsaw Massacre

1990

Medea
6.5

Medea

1989

100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker
6.9

100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker

1989

Mother's Mask
5.0

Mother's Mask

1988

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1.0

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho

1988

Epidemic
5.7

Epidemic

1987

Egomania: Island Without Hope
5.2

Egomania: Island Without Hope

1987

Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
9.0

Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück

1986

Seduction: The Cruel Woman
5.5

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

1986

Idiots' Battle
8.0

Idiots' Battle

1986

The Beginner
5.6

The Beginner

1985

The Last Trip to Harrisburg
8.0

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

1984

Pankow ’95
10.0

Pankow ’95

1983

Die wilden Fünfziger
3.7

Die wilden Fünfziger

1983

The Island of the Bloody Plantation
4.3

The Island of the Bloody Plantation

1983

Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten

Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten

1982

Lola
6.9

Lola

1981

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
5.5

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

1981

Lili Marleen
6.4

Lili Marleen

1981

Narcissus and Psyche
6.4

Narcissus and Psyche

1980

Deutschland privat
4.9

Deutschland privat

1980

Lulu
4.6

Lulu

1980

Hungarian Rhapsody
6.2

Hungarian Rhapsody

1979

The Third Generation
6.0

The Third Generation

1979

The Fifth Commandment
10.0

The Fifth Commandment

1978

És így s eképp tovább

És így s eképp tovább

1978

Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
7.0

Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?

1977

The Stationmaster’s Wife
5.5

The Stationmaster’s Wife

1977

Suspiria
7.5

Suspiria

1977

Spermula
4.2

Spermula

1976

Gold Flakes
8.4

Gold Flakes

1976

Exposé
5.0

Exposé

1976

The Story of O
5.5

The Story of O

1975

The Last Word
4.7

The Last Word

1975

Blood for Dracula
5.7

Blood for Dracula

1974

Flesh for Frankenstein
5.8

Flesh for Frankenstein

1973

The Salzburg Connection
5.8

The Salzburg Connection

1972

Conflict of Emotions
3.2

Conflict of Emotions

1971

Provocation
4.6

Provocation

1971

Mark of the Devil
6.2

Mark of the Devil

1970

Season of the Senses
7.5

Season of the Senses

1969

Shameless
5.9

Shameless

1968

Road to St. Tropez
4.6

Road to St. Tropez

1966

Theirs

Theirs

The Ark: An Iron Sky Story

The Ark: An Iron Sky Story

Intangents

Intangents

TV Shows (43)

Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
6.8

Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin

2022

Dark Winds
7.5

Dark Winds

2022

Hunters
7.2

Hunters

2020

M - A City Hunts a Murderer
6.3

M - A City Hunts a Murderer

2019

Major Lazer
6.8

Major Lazer

2015

Old Money
6.1

Old Money

2015

Beware the Batman
7.2

Beware the Batman

2013

Evening Urgant
7.1

Evening Urgant

2012

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
8.2

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

2010

Chuck
7.7

Chuck

2007

Masters of Horror
7.1

Masters of Horror

2005

4 Against Z
8.0

4 Against Z

2005

The Batman
8.0

The Batman

2004

Through the Night with...
8.5

Through the Night with...

2002

Justice League
8.2

Justice League

2001

Beckmann
4.3

Beckmann

1999

V.I.P.
5.3

V.I.P.

1998

Talk 2000

Talk 2000

1997

Zimmer frei!
6.8

Zimmer frei!

1996

Nash Bridges
6.7

Nash Bridges

1996

The Sentinel
7.2

The Sentinel

1996

Die Harald Schmidt Show
7.2

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
6.0

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

1994

The Kingdom
7.6

The Kingdom

1994

The Kingdom
7.6

The Kingdom

1994

Rosa Roth
4.8

Rosa Roth

1994

Doppelter Einsatz
3.4

Doppelter Einsatz

1994

Brisant
6.2

Brisant

1994

Viper
6.2

Viper

1994

seaQuest DSV
7.1

seaQuest DSV

1993

Morgenmagazin
5.3

Morgenmagazin

1992

Red Shoe Diaries
5.9

Red Shoe Diaries

1992

Boulevard Bio
7.0

Boulevard Bio

1991

Die Männer vom K3

Die Männer vom K3

1988

Kir Royal
6.7

Kir Royal

1986

Gespenstergeschichten
7.0

Gespenstergeschichten

1985

Der Fahnder
7.3

Der Fahnder

1984

Berlin Alexanderplatz
7.3

Berlin Alexanderplatz

1980

NDR Talk Show
6.6

NDR Talk Show

1979

Joseph Balsamo
8.0

Joseph Balsamo

1973

Polizeiruf 110
6.2

Polizeiruf 110

1971

Scene of the Crime
6.2

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime
6.2

Scene of the Crime

1970