Acting

Udo Kier

Born 1944-10-14 · Cologne, Germany

Died 2025-11-23

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.

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Return from Tomorrow
as Tim Senior
2026
By Design
as Aldo Fabbri
2026
The Secret Agent
as Hans
2025
Bad Painter
as Ö
2025
Schindler Space Architect
as R.M. Schindler (voice)
2024
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
as Self
2024
Skeletons in the Closet
as Luc
2024
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
as Klaus
2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Big Brother
2022
My Neighbor Adolf
as Herman Herzog
2022
Dark Winds
as Gunthar Vaggan
2022
Dark Winds
In Memory Of
2022
Staging Death
2022
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
as Michel
2022
The Blazing World
as Lained
2021
Chompy & the Girls
as Chompy (voice)
2021
Swan Song
as Pat Pitsenbarger
2021
Haymaker
as David
2021
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Last Moment of Clarity
as Ivan Demisovski
2020
11 Colours of the Bird
as Self
2020
The Barefoot Emperor
as Dr. Otto Kroll
2020
Hunters
as Adolf Hitler
2020
Bacurau no Mapa
as Self
2019
Skin Walker
as Claus
2019
The Painted Bird
as Miller
2019
Bacurau
as Michael
2019
Holy Beasts
as Henry
2019
The Mountain
as Frederick
2019
American Exit
as Anton
2019
Dragged Across Concrete
as Friedrich
2019
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
as Fuchspelzmann
2019
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
2019
The House That Jack Built
Thanks
2018
I Knew Andy Warhol
as Self
2018
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
as Andre Toulon
2018
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Alcyde
2018
American Animals
as Mr. Van Der Hoek
2018
Zero
as The lord of the world
2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Hans
2018
Daughter of Mine
as Bruno
2018
Downsizing
as Konrad
2017
Instant Dreams
as The Docter (Cameo)
2017
Brawl in Cell Block 99
as The Placid Man
2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
2017
Courier X
as Nathan Vogel
2016
Brother
as Frank Solek
2016
The Forbidden Room
as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
2015
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
Coconut Hero
as Mr. Morrow
2015
Johnny Walker
as Fyodor (voice)
2015
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
as Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
2015
Major Lazer
as Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
2015
Old Money
as Rolf Rauchensteiner
2015
The Material Boy
as Self
2015
Lines of the Hand
2015
Arteholic
as Self
2014
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
2014
The Editor
as Dr Casini
2014
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as The Waiter
2013
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
as The Magic Doctor / The Shaman
2013
Beware the Batman
as Mister Toad (voice)
2013
Blood of 1000 Virgins
as Self (archive footage)
2013
The Lords of Salem
as Witchhunter (uncredited)
2013
Night of the Templar
as Father Paul
2012
Evening Urgant
as Self
2012
Iron Sky
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
2012
Ich - Udo
as Himself
2012
My Own Private River
as Hans (archive footage)
2012
Görünmeyen
as Bartok
2011
The Berlin Project
as Guru
2011
UFO in Her Eyes
as Steve Frost
2011
Keyhole
as Dr. Lemke
2011
The Theatre Bizarre
as Peg Poett
2011
The Sky Has Four Corners
as Graf Karpatovicz
2011
Melancholia
as Wedding Planner
2011
Life Is Too Long
as Tabatabai
2010
Dimension
2010