Udo Kier

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Known For
Acting
Born
October 14, 1944 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Cologne, Germany
Popular Genres
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Career Span
– Present

Udo Kier

337 nominations
229 credits

Udo Kierspe (born October 14, 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, Kier has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe, Canada and the Americas. He has collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Gus van Sant, Werner Herzog, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Charles Matton, Guy Maddin, Alexander Payne, and Paul Morrissey.

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Born
Oct 14, 1944
From
Cologne, Germany
Known For
Acting
Career
– Present

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337
Nominations

Complete Filmography

2025

Bad Painter as Ö
By Design as Aldo Fabbri

2024

Skeletons in the Closet as Luc
Der wunderbare Udo Kier as Himself

2022

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love as Michel
My Neighbor Adolf as Herman Herzog
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus as Self / Big Brother
Staging Death
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)

2021

Swan Song as Pat Pitsenbarger
The Blazing World as Lained
Chompy & the Girls as Chompy (voice)
Haymaker as David

2020

Last Moment of Clarity as Ivan Demisovski
11 Colours of the Bird as Self
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
The Barefoot Emperor as Dr. Otto Kroll

2019

Dragged Across Concrete as Friedrich Award
The Painted Bird as Miller Award
Iron Sky: The Coming Race as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
Bacurau as Michael
American Exit as Anton
The Mountain as Frederick
Skin Walker as Claus
Bacurau no Mapa as Self
Holy Beasts as Henry

2018

American Animals as Mr. Van Der Hoek Award
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Hans Award
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Andre Toulon
Daughter of Mine as Bruno
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Alcyde
Zero as The lord of the world
I Knew Andy Warhol as Self

2017

Downsizing as Konrad Award
Brawl in Cell Block 99 as The Placid Man Award
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant as Self
Instant Dreams as The Docter (Cameo)

2016

Seances
Courier X as Nathan Vogel
Brother as Frank Solek

2015

Fifty Shades of Erotica
The Forbidden Room as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
Coconut Hero as Mr. Morrow
The Material Boy as Self
Johnny Walker as Fyodor (voice)
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
Phantasmagoria of the Interior as Dr. Henry Jekyll
Lines of the Hand

2014

Beethoven's Treasure Tail as The real Fritz Bruchschnauser
The Editor as Dr Casini
Arteholic as Self

2013

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as The Waiter Award
Blood of 1000 Virgins as Self (archive footage)
The Lords of Salem as Witchhunter (uncredited)
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence as The Shaman

2012

Iron Sky as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
Night of the Templar as Father Paul
My Own Private River as Hans (archive footage)
Ich - Udo as Himself

2011

Melancholia as Wedding Planner Award
Keyhole as Dr. Lemke
The Theatre Bizarre as Peg Poett
Görünmeyen as Bartok
UFO in Her Eyes as Steve Frost
The Sky Has Four Corners as Graf Karpatovicz
The Berlin Project as Guru

2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Lee Meyers
Life Is Too Long as Tabatabai
Dimension

2009

Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
Soul Kitchen as Herr Jung
House of Boys as Madame
Metropia as Ivan Bahn (voice)
Lulu and Jimi as Schultz
Memories of a Young Pianist as Count Dracula (archive footage)

2008

Far Cry as Dr. Krieger
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde as Luipold Trumpf
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
La deuxième femme as Udo Kier

2007

Grindhouse as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") Award
Halloween as Morgan Walker
Fall Down Dead as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
The Killing Grounds as P.
The Mother of Tears as Father Johannes
Tell as Gessler
Pars: Operation Cherry as Klaus Kayman

2006

13 Graves as Debro
Crusade in Jeans as Dr. Lawerence
Holly as Klaus
Pray for Morning as Edouard Leopold Edu
Unser Reigen

2005

Cigarette Burns as Bellinger
Headspace as Rev. Karl Hartman
Manderlay as Mr. Kirspe
BloodRayne as Regal Monk
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' as Interviewee-Actor

2004

Surviving Christmas as Heinrich Award
Modigliani as Max Jacob
30 Days Until I'm Famous as Barry Davis
Dracula 3000 as Capt. Varna
Evil Eyes as George
Love Object as Radley
One Point O as Derrick
Celluloid Horror as Himself
Jargo as Jargos Vater
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf

2003

Dogville as The Man in the Coat Award
Gate to Heaven as Joachim Nowak
Pigs Will Fly as Onkel Max

2002

He Sees You When You're Sleeping as Hans Kramer
FearDotCom as Polidori
The Last Minute as Nazi Fashion Shooter
Korn: Deuce as Commander
Mrs. Meitlemeihr as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr

2001

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as The Guardian
Revelation as The Grand Master
Invincible as Count Helldorf
All the Queen's Men as General Landssdorf
Critical Mass as Samson
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
Doomsdayer as Max Gast
Suspiria 25th Anniversary as Self
Auf Herz und Nieren as Doc
The Praying Mantis as Julius Quellenreich

2000

Dancer in the Dark as Dr. Porkorny
Shadow of the Vampire as Albin Grau
Red Letters as George Kessler
Double Deception as Vincent
Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
Just One Night as Walter Lert

1999

End of Days as Head Priest Award
Killer Deal as Dr. Roland Parker
Final Run as Reddick
Spy Games as Ivan Bliniak
The Debtors
The New Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
Possessed as Vincent
Under the Palms as Ludwig
Miss Diamond as Bühler

1998

Blade as Dragonetti Award
Armageddon as Psychologist Award
Modern Vampires as Vincent
Ice as Dr. Norman Kistler
There's No Fish Food in Heaven as Rocky
Stingers as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss

1997

Prince Valiant as Sligon
The End of Violence as Zoltan
The Kingdom II as Lillebror / Age Krüger
Betty as Vincent Lord
The 120 Days of Bottrop as Self

1996

The Adventures of Pinocchio as Lorenzini
Breaking the Waves as Sadistic Sailor
Barb Wire as Curly
Duke of Groove as Earl
Lea as Block
United Trash as UNO-General Werner Brenner

1995

Johnny Mnemonic as Ralfi Award
Over My Dead Body as Killer
A Trick of the Light as Max Skladanowsky
Paradise Framed
Unter Druck
Extinct as York Cortex

1994

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Camp Award
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Commercial Director
The Kingdom as Age Krüger / Lillebror
Death of a World Star as Udo Kier
Rotwang Must Go! as Arthur Eigenrauch

1993

For Love or Money as Mr. Himmelman Award
Josh and S.A.M. as Salon Manager
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Giles Marquette
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue as Egon Hettemann

1992

Sex as Self
Terror 2000 as Jablo

1991

My Own Private Idaho as Hans Award
Europa as Lawrence Hartmann
The Making of Europa as Self / Lawrence Hartmann

1990

The German Chainsaw Massacre as Jonny

1989

100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker as Adolf Hitler
Medea as Jason

1988

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Mother's Mask as Herr Seiler

1987

Epidemic as Self
Egomania: Island Without Hope as Baron Tante Teufel

1986

Seduction: The Cruel Woman as Gregor
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück as Minister / Kali
Idiots' Battle

1985

The Beginner as Graf Frackstein
Der Unbesiegbare as Argon

1984

The Last Trip to Harrisburg as Man and Woman in Train
Hur und Heilig

1983

Die wilden Fünfziger as Fromm
The Island of the Bloody Plantation as Hermano
Pankow ’95 as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart

1982

Siblings
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten as Man

1981

Lili Marleen as Drewitz
Lola as Waiter (uncredited)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne as Dr. Henry Jekyll

1980

Lulu as Jack the Ripper
Narcissus and Psyche as Nárcisz
Deutschland privat

1979

The Third Generation as Edgar Gast
Hungarian Rhapsody as Poór
Victor as Popstar

1978

The Fifth Commandment as Peter Dümmel
És így s eképp tovább

1977

Suspiria as Dr. Frank Mandel Award
The Stationmaster’s Wife as Schafftaler
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? as Poulailler

1976

Exposé as Paul Martin
Spermula as Werner
Gold Flakes as Franzl

1975

The Story of O as René Award
The Last Word as Raimund

1974

Blood for Dracula as Count Dracula

1973

Flesh for Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
Olifant as Olifant / Edwin
Pan as Pilgrim of Death

1972

The Salzburg Connection as Anton

1971

Conflict of Emotions as Tonis Theodorou
Provocation as Angelos

1970

Mark of the Devil as Count Christian von Meruh

1969

Season of the Senses as Luca

1968

Shameless as Alexander Pohlmann

1966

Road to St. Tropez as Boy

The Secret Agent as Hans
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story as Grand Master
Theirs
Intangents as Bin bag Man

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Blade
Armageddon
Dragged Across Concrete
End of Days
Dogville
Downsizing
Melancholia
The Story of O
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