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.
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77035
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Filmography (Movies)
By Design
Character:Aldo Fabbri
Release Date:13/02/2026
The Secret Agent
Character:Hans
Release Date:23/07/2025
Bad Painter
Character:Ö
Release Date:03/02/2025
Schindler Space Architect
Character:R.M. Schindler (voice)
Release Date:20/10/2024
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Character:Self
Release Date:04/10/2024
Skeletons in the Closet
Character:Luc
Release Date:24/01/2024
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Character:Self / Big Brother
Release Date:20/11/2022
My Neighbor Adolf
Character:Herman Herzog
Release Date:03/11/2022
Staging Death
Character:
Release Date:25/05/2022
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
Character:
Release Date:13/05/2022
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
Character:Michel
Release Date:05/05/2022
The Blazing World
Character:Lained
Release Date:15/10/2021
Chompy & the Girls
Character:Chompy (voice)
Release Date:14/09/2021
Swan Song
Character:Pat Pitsenbarger
Release Date:06/08/2021
Haymaker
Character:David
Release Date:29/01/2021
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/08/2020
Last Moment of Clarity
Character:Ivan Demisovski
Release Date:19/05/2020
11 Colours of the Bird
Character:Self
Release Date:11/03/2020
The Barefoot Emperor
Character:Dr. Otto Kroll
Release Date:04/03/2020
Bacurau no Mapa
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/2019
Skin Walker
Character:Claus
Release Date:11/11/2019
The Painted Bird
Character:Miller
Release Date:12/09/2019
Bacurau
Character:Michael
Release Date:29/08/2019
Holy Beasts
Character:Henry
Release Date:11/07/2019
The Mountain
Character:Frederick
Release Date:26/06/2019
American Exit
Character:Anton
Release Date:14/05/2019
Dragged Across Concrete
Character:Friedrich
Release Date:21/02/2019
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Character:Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
Release Date:25/01/2019
I Knew Andy Warhol
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/2018
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Character:Andre Toulon
Release Date:17/08/2018
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Character:Alcyde
Release Date:14/06/2018
American Animals
Character:Mr. Van Der Hoek
Release Date:01/06/2018
Zero
Character:The lord of the world
Release Date:31/05/2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Character:Hans
Release Date:04/04/2018
Daughter of Mine
Character:Bruno
Release Date:22/02/2018
Downsizing
Character:Konrad
Release Date:22/12/2017
Instant Dreams
Character:The Docter (Cameo)
Release Date:14/12/2017
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Character:The Placid Man
Release Date:23/09/2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2017
Courier X
Character:Nathan Vogel
Release Date:22/10/2016
Seances
Character:
Release Date:28/04/2016
Brother
Character:Frank Solek
Release Date:20/01/2016
The Forbidden Room
Character:Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
Release Date:07/10/2015
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
Character:
Release Date:08/09/2015
Coconut Hero
Character:Mr. Morrow
Release Date:13/08/2015
Johnny Walker
Character:Fyodor (voice)
Release Date:13/05/2015
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
Character:Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
Release Date:20/04/2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:13/04/2015
The Material Boy
Character:Self
Release Date:06/03/2015
Lines of the Hand
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2015
Arteholic
Character:Self
Release Date:16/10/2014
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
Character:The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
Release Date:02/10/2014
The Editor
Character:Dr Casini
Release Date:11/09/2014
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Character:The Waiter
Release Date:25/12/2013
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
Character:The Shaman
Release Date:09/12/2013
Blood of 1000 Virgins
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/05/2013
The Lords of Salem
Character:Witchhunter (uncredited)
Release Date:18/04/2013
Night of the Templar
Character:Father Paul
Release Date:13/05/2012
Iron Sky
Character:Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
Release Date:04/04/2012
Ich - Udo
Character:Himself
Release Date:31/03/2012
My Own Private River
Character:Hans (archive footage)
Release Date:19/02/2012
Görünmeyen
Character:Bartok
Release Date:11/11/2011
The Berlin Project
Character:Guru
Release Date:09/11/2011
UFO in Her Eyes
Character:Steve Frost
Release Date:06/10/2011
Keyhole
Character:Dr. Lemke
Release Date:09/09/2011
The Theatre Bizarre
Character:Peg Poett
Release Date:15/07/2011
Melancholia
Character:Wedding Planner
Release Date:26/05/2011
The Sky Has Four Corners
Character:Graf Karpatovicz
Release Date:03/04/2011
Life Is Too Long
Character:Tabatabai
Release Date:26/08/2010
Dimension
Character:
Release Date:24/08/2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Character:Lee Meyers
Release Date:08/07/2010
House of Boys
Character:Madame
Release Date:20/11/2009
Memories of a Young Pianist
Character:Count Dracula (archive footage)
Release Date:03/11/2009
Metropia
Character:Ivan Bahn (voice)
Release Date:21/10/2009
Soul Kitchen
Character:Herr Jung
Release Date:09/09/2009
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Character:Self
Release Date:21/06/2009
Lulu and Jimi
Character:Schultz
Release Date:22/01/2009
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
Character:Luipold Trumpf
Release Date:17/12/2008
La deuxième femme
Character:Udo Kier
Release Date:30/11/2008
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2008
Far Cry
Character:Dr. Krieger
Release Date:02/10/2008
Tell
Character:Gessler
Release Date:22/11/2007
The Mother of Tears
Character:Father Johannes
Release Date:31/10/2007
Halloween
Character:Morgan Walker
Release Date:31/08/2007
Fall Down Dead
Character:Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
Release Date:20/07/2007
The Killing Grounds
Character:P.
Release Date:17/07/2007
Pars: Operation Cherry
Character:Klaus Kayman
Release Date:20/04/2007
Grindhouse
Character:Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
Release Date:06/04/2007
Unser Reigen
Character:
Release Date:10/12/2006
13 Graves
Character:Debro
Release Date:18/11/2006
Crusade in Jeans
Character:Dr. Lawerence
Release Date:15/11/2006
Holly
Character:Klaus
Release Date:16/08/2006
Pray for Morning
Character:Edouard Leopold Edu
Release Date:02/05/2006
Cigarette Burns
Character:Bellinger
Release Date:16/12/2005
BloodRayne
Character:Regal Monk
Release Date:22/10/2005
Headspace
Character:Rev. Karl Hartman
Release Date:18/09/2005
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
Character:Interviewee-Actor
Release Date:13/06/2005
Manderlay
Character:Mr. Kirspe
Release Date:03/06/2005
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
Character:
Release Date:26/10/2004
Surviving Christmas
Character:Heinrich
Release Date:21/09/2004
Dracula 3000
Character:Capt. Varna
Release Date:09/08/2004
Evil Eyes
Character:George
Release Date:04/08/2004
Modigliani
Character:Max Jacob
Release Date:18/05/2004
30 Days Until I'm Famous
Character:Barry Davis
Release Date:07/05/2004
One Point O
Character:Derrick
Release Date:16/03/2004
Love Object
Character:Radley
Release Date:13/02/2004
Jargo
Character:Jargos Vater
Release Date:01/01/2004
Celluloid Horror
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/2004
Gate to Heaven
Character:Joachim Nowak
Release Date:18/12/2003
Dogville
Character:The Man in the Coat
Release Date:21/05/2003
Pigs Will Fly
Character:Onkel Max
Release Date:09/01/2003
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Character:Hans Kramer
Release Date:22/12/2002
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Character:Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Release Date:26/11/2002
The Last Minute
Character:Nazi Fashion Shooter
Release Date:09/11/2002
FearDotCom
Character:Polidori
Release Date:09/08/2002
Korn: Deuce
Character:Commander
Release Date:11/06/2002
Invincible
Character:Count Helldorf
Release Date:02/12/2001
Auf Herz und Nieren
Character:Doc
Release Date:17/11/2001
All the Queen's Men
Character:General Landssdorf
Release Date:14/10/2001
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Character:The Guardian
Release Date:07/09/2001
Critical Mass
Character:Samson
Release Date:04/07/2001
Revelation
Character:The Grand Master
Release Date:12/04/2001
The Praying Mantis
Character:Julius Quellenreich
Release Date:08/03/2001
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Character:Self
Release Date:27/01/2001
Doomsdayer
Character:Max Gast
Release Date:01/01/2001
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Character:Self
Release Date:02/12/2000
Just One Night
Character:Walter Lert
Release Date:26/09/2000
Dancer in the Dark
Character:Dr. Porkorny
Release Date:01/09/2000
Shadow of the Vampire
Character:Albin Grau
Release Date:30/08/2000
Red Letters
Character:George Kessler
Release Date:09/06/2000
Double Deception
Character:Vincent
Release Date:31/03/2000
Miss Diamond
Character:Bühler
Release Date:30/12/1999
End of Days
Character:Head Priest
Release Date:24/11/1999
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Character:Lorenzini
Release Date:15/11/1999
Final Run
Character:Reddick
Release Date:10/10/1999
Under the Palms
Character:Ludwig
Release Date:22/09/1999
The Debtors
Character:
Release Date:20/09/1999
Spy Games
Character:Ivan Bliniak
Release Date:10/09/1999
Possessed
Character:Vincent
Release Date:25/06/1999
Killer Deal
Character:Dr. Roland Parker
Release Date:25/03/1999
Stingers
Character:Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
Release Date:31/10/1998
Modern Vampires
Character:Vincent
Release Date:19/10/1998
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
Character:Rocky
Release Date:19/10/1998
Blade
Character:Dragonetti
Release Date:21/08/1998
Ice
Character:Dr. Norman Kistler
Release Date:21/07/1998
The Kingdom II
Character:Lillebror / Age Krüger
Release Date:17/07/1998
Armageddon
Character:Psychologist
Release Date:01/07/1998
The 120 Days of Bottrop
Character:Self
Release Date:25/10/1997
The End of Violence
Character:Zoltan
Release Date:12/09/1997
Prince Valiant
Character:Sligon
Release Date:24/07/1997
Betty
Character:Vincent Lord
Release Date:01/01/1997
Lea
Character:Block
Release Date:12/12/1996
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Character:Lorenzini
Release Date:26/07/1996
Breaking the Waves
Character:Sadistic Sailor
Release Date:05/07/1996
Duke of Groove
Character:Earl
Release Date:07/05/1996
Barb Wire
Character:Curly
Release Date:02/05/1996
United Trash
Character:UNO-General Werner Brenner
Release Date:22/02/1996
A Trick of the Light
Character:Max Skladanowsky
Release Date:28/11/1995
Unter Druck
Character:
Release Date:26/10/1995
Extinct
Character:York Cortex
Release Date:19/09/1995
Over My Dead Body
Character:Killer
Release Date:31/08/1995
Johnny Mnemonic
Character:Ralfi
Release Date:26/05/1995
Paradise Framed
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1995
The Kingdom
Character:Age Krüger / Lillebror
Release Date:24/11/1994
Rotwang Must Go!
Character:Arthur Eigenrauch
Release Date:28/10/1994
Death of a World Star
Character:Udo Kier
Release Date:01/06/1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Character:Commercial Director
Release Date:13/05/1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Character:Ronald Camp
Release Date:04/02/1994
Josh & S.A.M.
Character:Salon Manager
Release Date:24/11/1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Character:Giles Marquette
Release Date:12/11/1993
For Love or Money
Character:Mr. Himmelman
Release Date:01/10/1993
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
Character:Edouard Müllendorf
Release Date:10/03/1993
Terror 2000
Character:Jablo
Release Date:28/01/1993
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
Character:Egon Hettemann
Release Date:01/01/1993
Sex
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/1992
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
Character:Self
Release Date:21/10/1992
The Making of Europa
Character:Self / Lawrence Hartmann
Release Date:31/12/1991
Europa
Character:Lawrence Hartmann
Release Date:27/06/1991
My Own Private Idaho
Character:Hans
Release Date:01/02/1991
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Character:Jonny
Release Date:29/11/1990
Medea
Character:Jason
Release Date:08/08/1989
100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker
Character:Adolf Hitler
Release Date:18/02/1989
Mother's Mask
Character:Herr Seiler
Release Date:28/10/1988
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Character:
Release Date:17/09/1988
Epidemic
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/1987
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Character:Baron Tante Teufel
Release Date:20/05/1987
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
Character:Minister / Kali
Release Date:23/04/1986
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Character:Gregor
Release Date:30/01/1986
Idiots' Battle
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1986
The Beginner
Character:Graf Frackstein
Release Date:03/10/1985
Der Unbesiegbare
Character:Argon
Release Date:27/06/1985
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Character:Man and Woman in Train
Release Date:08/10/1984
Hur und Heilig
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1984
Pankow ’95
Character:Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
Release Date:27/10/1983
Die wilden Fünfziger
Character:Fromm
Release Date:23/09/1983
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
Character:Hermano
Release Date:27/01/1983
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
Character:Man
Release Date:12/12/1982
Siblings
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1982
Lola
Character:Waiter (uncredited)
Release Date:20/08/1981
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Character:Dr. Henry Jekyll
Release Date:17/06/1981
Lili Marleen
Character:Drewitz
Release Date:14/01/1981
Narcissus and Psyche
Character:Nárcisz
Release Date:22/12/1980
Deutschland privat
Character:
Release Date:21/11/1980
Lulu
Character:Jack the Ripper
Release Date:01/03/1980
Hungarian Rhapsody
Character:Poór
Release Date:04/10/1979
The Third Generation
Character:Edgar Gast
Release Date:30/05/1979
Victor
Character:Popstar
Release Date:04/01/1979
The Fifth Commandment
Character:Peter Dümmel
Release Date:24/08/1978
És így s eképp tovább
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1978
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
Character:Poulailler
Release Date:03/11/1977
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Character:Schafftaler
Release Date:31/07/1977
Suspiria
Character:Dr. Frank Mandel
Release Date:01/02/1977
Spermula
Character:Werner
Release Date:07/07/1976
Gold Flakes
Character:Franzl
Release Date:20/05/1976
Exposé
Character:Paul Martin
Release Date:01/03/1976
The Story of O
Character:René
Release Date:27/08/1975
The Last Word
Character:Raimund
Release Date:01/01/1975
Blood for Dracula
Character:Count Dracula
Release Date:13/08/1974
Flesh for Frankenstein
Character:Baron Frankenstein
Release Date:30/11/1973
Pan
Character:Pilgrim of Death
Release Date:02/11/1973
Olifant
Character:Olifant / Edwin
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Salzburg Connection
Character:Anton
Release Date:30/08/1972
Conflict of Emotions
Character:Tonis Theodorou
Release Date:13/09/1971
Provocation
Character:Angelos
Release Date:08/02/1971
Mark of the Devil
Character:Count Christian von Meruh
Release Date:19/02/1970
Season of the Senses
Character:Luca
Release Date:22/10/1969
Shameless
Character:Alexander Pohlmann
Release Date:08/02/1968
Road to St. Tropez
Character:Boy
Release Date:01/03/1966
Television Appearances
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
Character:Klaus
Hunters
Character:Adolf Hitler
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
Character:Fuchspelzmann
Major Lazer
Character:Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
Old Money
Character:Rolf Rauchensteiner
Beware the Batman
Character:Mister Toad (voice)
Evening Urgant
Character:Self
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Character:Professor Pericles (voice)
Chuck
Character:Otto Van Vogel
Thadeusz
Character:self
Masters of Horror
Character:Bellinger
4 Against Z
Character:Zanrelot
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
Character:Self
The Batman
Character:Bert (voice)
Through the Night with...
Character:Self
Justice League
Character:The Music Master (voice)
Beckmann
Character:Self
V.I.P.
Character:Viktor Balek
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character:Self
Talk 2000
Character:Self
Tietjen und Bommes
Character:Self
Die Gang
Character:Kapitän Schmidt
Zimmer frei!
Character:Self
Nash Bridges
Character:Wolfgang Herzog
The Sentinel
Character:Klaus Zeller
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character:Self
Willemsens Woche
Character:Self
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Character:Self
The Kingdom
Character:Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
Rosa Roth
Character:Ommer
Doppelter Einsatz
Character:König
Brisant
Character:Self
Viper
Character:Erich Geiger
seaQuest DSV
Character:Dr. Guy Peche
Morgenmagazin
Character:Self
Red Shoe Diaries
Character:Fashion Designer
Boulevard Bio
Character:Self
Die Männer vom K3
Character:Heini Wohlers
Kir Royal
Character:Holger
Gespenstergeschichten
Character:
Der Fahnder
Character:Uli Weber
NDR Talk Show
Character:Self
3 nach 9
Character:Self
Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen
Character:Roberto Agostino
Joseph Balsamo
Character:Gilbert
Sonderdezernat K1
Character:Harry Gätjens
Polizeiruf 110
Character:Zermahlen
Scene of the Crime
Character:Hans-Rudi Dreher
Scene of the Crime
Character:Beethoven
Gestern gelesen
Character:Ingo Rippel
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