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Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Acting·October 14, 1944·† November 23, 2025 — 81 years old·Cologne, Germany

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
Armageddon

Armageddon

1998·6.8
Blade

Blade

1998·6.8
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994·6.6
Downsizing

Downsizing

2017·5.4
Melancholia

Melancholia

2011·7.2
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013·6.7
Suspiria

Suspiria

1977·7.5
The House That Jack Built

The House That Jack Built

2018·7.1
Dogville

Dogville

2003·7.8
Halloween

Halloween

2007·6.2
End of Days

End of Days

1999·6.1
Dancer in the Dark

Dancer in the Dark

2000·7.8
Filmography · 286
—Theirs—The Ark: An Iron Sky Story—Intangents2026Return from Tomorrow2026By Design2025The Secret Agent2025Bad Painter2024Schindler Space Architect2024Der wunderbare Udo Kier2024Skeletons in the Closet2022Pitch Perfect: Bumper in BerlinTV2022Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus2022My Neighbor Adolf2022Dark WindsTV2022Staging Death2022A Kilo of Blue (The Music)2022A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love2021The Blazing World2021Chompy & the Girls2021Swan Song2021Haymaker2020Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence2020Last Moment of Clarity202011 Colours of the Bird2020The Barefoot Emperor2020HuntersTV2019Bacurau no Mapa2019Skin Walker2019The Painted Bird2019Bacurau2019Holy Beasts2019The Mountain2019American Exit2019Dragged Across Concrete2019M - A City Hunts a MurdererTV2019Iron Sky: The Coming Race2018The House That Jack Built2018I Knew Andy Warhol2018Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich2018Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey2018American Animals2018Zero2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot2018Daughter of Mine2017Downsizing2017Instant Dreams2017Brawl in Cell Block 992017Ballad of a Righteous Merchant2016Courier X2016Seances2016Brother2015The Forbidden Room2015The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin2015Coconut Hero2015Johnny Walker2015Phantasmagoria of the Interior2015Major LazerTV2015Fifty Shades of Erotica2015Old MoneyTV2015The Material Boy2015Lines of the Hand2014Arteholic2014Beethoven's Treasure Tail2014The Editor2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. II2013The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence2013Beware the BatmanTV2013Blood of 1000 Virgins2013The Lords of Salem2012Night of the Templar2012Evening UrgantTV2012Iron Sky2012Ich - Udo2012My Own Private River2011Görünmeyen2011The Berlin Project2011UFO in Her Eyes2011Keyhole2011The Theatre Bizarre2011Melancholia2011The Sky Has Four Corners2010Life Is Too Long2010Dimension2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery IncorporatedTV2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done2009House of Boys2009Memories of a Young Pianist2009Metropia2009Soul Kitchen2009Tattoos: A Scarred History2009Lulu and Jimi20081½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde2008La deuxième femme2008Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween2008Far Cry2007Tell2007The Mother of Tears2007ChuckTV2007Halloween2007Fall Down Dead2007The Killing Grounds2007Pars: Operation Cherry2007Grindhouse2006Unser Reigen200613 Graves2006Crusade in Jeans2006Holly2006Pray for Morning2005Cigarette Burns2005ThadeuszTV2005Masters of HorrorTV2005BloodRayne2005Headspace2005Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'2005Manderlay20054 Against ZTV2005G&G – Gesichter und GeschichtenTV2004Fear and Loathing in Materndorf2004Surviving Christmas2004The BatmanTV2004Dracula 30002004Evil Eyes2004Modigliani200430 Days Until I'm Famous2004One Point O2004Love Object2004Jargo2004Celluloid Horror2003Gate to Heaven2003Dogville2003Betty - Schön wie der Tod2003Pigs Will Fly2002He Sees You When You're Sleeping2002Mrs. Meitlemeihr2002The Last Minute2002FearDotCom2002Korn: Deuce2002Through the Night with...TV2001Invincible2001Auf Herz und Nieren2001Justice LeagueTV2001All the Queen's Men2001Suspiria 25th Anniversary2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 22001Critical Mass2001Revelation2001The Praying Mantis2001Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture2001Doomsdayer2000Von Trier's 100 Eyes2000Just One Night2000Dancer in the Dark2000Shadow of the Vampire2000Red Letters2000Double Deception1999Miss Diamond1999End of Days1999The New Adventures of Pinocchio1999Final Run1999Under the Palms1999The Debtors1999Spy Games1999Possessed1999Killer Deal1999BeckmannTV1998Stingers1998Modern Vampires1998There's No Fish Food in Heaven1998V.I.P.TV1998Blade1998Ice1998The Kingdom II1998Armageddon1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowTV1997The 120 Days of Bottrop1997Talk 2000TV1997The End of Violence1997Prince Valiant1997Tietjen und BommesTV1997Die GangTV1997Betty1996Lea1996The Adventures of Pinocchio1996Zimmer frei!TV1996Breaking the Waves1996Duke of Groove1996Barb Wire1996Nash BridgesTV1996The SentinelTV1996United Trash1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowTV1995A Trick of the Light1995Unter Druck1995Extinct1995Nur über meine Leiche1995Johnny Mnemonic1995Paradise Framed1995Willemsens WocheTV1994alfredissimo! Kochen mit BioTV1994The Kingdom1994The KingdomTV1994Rosa RothTV1994Rotwang Must Go!1994Doppelter EinsatzTV1994Death of a World Star1994Even Cowgirls Get the Blues1994Ace Ventura: Pet Detective1994BrisantTV1994ViperTV1993Josh & S.A.M.1993Jack Reed: Badge of Honor1993For Love or Money1993seaQuest DSVTV1993Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven1993Terror 20001993Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue1992Sex1992Madonna: The Making of SEX Book1992MorgenmagazinTV1992Red Shoe DiariesTV1991The Making of Europa1991Boulevard BioTV1991Europa1991My Own Private Idaho1990The German Chainsaw Massacre1989Medea1989100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker1988Mother's Mask1988Die Männer vom K3TV1988Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho1987Epidemic1987Egomania: Island Without Hope1986Kir RoyalTV1986Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück1986Seduction: The Cruel Woman1986Idiots' Battle1985The Beginner1985Der Unbesiegbare1985GespenstergeschichtenTV1984The Last Trip to Harrisburg1984Der FahnderTV1984Hur und Heilig1983Pankow ’951983The Roaring Fifties1983The Island of the Bloody Plantation1982Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten1982Siblings1981Lola1981The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne1981Lili Marleen1980Narcissus and Psyche1980Deutschland privat1980Berlin AlexanderplatzTV1980Lulu1979Hungarian Rhapsody1979The Third Generation1979NDR Talk ShowTV1979Victor1978The Fifth Commandment1978És így s eképp tovább1977Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?1977The Stationmaster’s Wife1977Suspiria1976Spermula1976Gold Flakes1976Exposé1975The Story of O1975The Last Word19743 nach 9TV1974Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffenTV1974Blood for Dracula1973Flesh for Frankenstein1973Pan1973Joseph BalsamoTV1973Olifant1972Sonderdezernat K1TV1972The Salzburg Connection1971Conflict of Emotions1971Polizeiruf 110TV1971Provocation1970Scene of the CrimeTV1970Mark of the Devil1969Season of the Senses1969Gestern gelesenTV1968Shameless1966Road to St. Tropez
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