Udo Kier

Born

10/14/1944

Cologne, Germany

Udo Kier

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.

Known For203 Movies

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
★6.7
Blade
1998
★6.8
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994
★6.6
Armageddon
1998
★6.8
The Story of O
1975
★5.5
The Secret Agent
2025
★7.2
Dragged Across Concrete
2019
★6.6
End of Days
1999
★6.1
Halloween
2007
★6.2
Dogville
2003
★7.7
Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017
★7.0
Downsizing
2017
★5.4
My Own Private Idaho
1991
★7.0
Suspiria
1977
★7.5
Johnny Mnemonic
1995
★5.8
Melancholia
2011
★7.1
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
★6.7
Dancer in the Dark
2000
★7.8
Barb Wire
1996
★4.1
Grindhouse
2007
★7.5
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
2019
★5.2
The Lords of Salem
2013
★5.4
For Love or Money
1993
★6.2
Iron Sky
2012
★5.7
American Animals
2018
★6.7
Surviving Christmas
2004
★5.7
Breaking the Waves
1996
★7.5
FearDotCom
2002
★3.8
BloodRayne
2005
★4.1
Last Moment of Clarity
2020
★5.2
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
★6.1
Metropia
2009
★6.1
Manderlay
2005
★6.9
Europa
1991
★7.3
The Painted Bird
2019
★7.1
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
★6.7
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
2022
★4.9
Far Cry
2008
★3.7
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
★5.3
Provocation
1971
★4.6
Bacurau
2019
★7.6
The End of Violence
1997
★5.4
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
1986
★9.0
Invincible
2001
★6.2
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
2014
★5.6
Chompy & the Girls
2021
★5.8
Holly
2006
★6.3
The Mountain
2019
★5.1
Soul Kitchen
2009
★6.9
Prince Valiant
1997
★5.2
Spy Games
1999
★4.6
Lola
1981
★6.9
Flesh for Frankenstein
1973
★5.8
Conflict of Emotions
1971
★3.2
Blood for Dracula
1974
★5.7
Modigliani
2004
★7.0
My Neighbor Adolf
2022
★6.5
Medea
1989
★6.5
By Design
2026
★5.9
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
1986
★5.5
Daughter of Mine
2018
★6.2
Dracula 3000
2004
★2.8
Exposé
1976
★4.9
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
★7.0
One Point O
2004
★5.7
Lulu
1980
★4.3
House of Boys
2009
★6.2
Crusade in Jeans
2006
★5.9
Swan Song
2021
★6.8
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
★4.3
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
1993
★7.0
The Kingdom
1994
★7.8
Cigarette Burns
2005
★7.3
Haymaker
2021
★3.2
Lili Marleen
1981
★6.5
Korn: Deuce
2002
★7.5
La deuxième femme
2008
★6.0
Mark of the Devil
1970
★6.1
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
★2.0
Bad Painter
2025
★7.0
The Forbidden Room
2015
★5.6
Ice
1998
★5.2
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
1999
★5.6
Dimension
2010
★5.5
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
2018
★5.6
Critical Mass
2001
★4.5
The Third Generation
1979
★6.0
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018
★4.9
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
★4.6
Headspace
2005
★5.1
The Blazing World
2021
★4.3
Modern Vampires
1998
★4.9
Zero
2018
★4.3
Arteholic
2014
★5.0
Ich - Udo
2012
★6.0
The Theatre Bizarre
2011
★5.3
Epidemic
1987
★5.7
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
2008
★4.3
The Killing Grounds
2007
★3.6
A Trick of the Light
1995
★6.2
Mother's Mask
1988
★5.0
Courier X
2016
★5.5
Keyhole
2011
★5.4
Skeletons in the Closet
2024
★4.4
Spermula
1976
★4.2
Love Object
2004
★5.9
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993
★5.9
Night of the Templar
2012
★3.9
The Debtors
1999
★4.3
Josh & S.A.M.
1993
★4.9
Duke of Groove
1996
★5.3
Fall Down Dead
2007
★4.0
The Last Minute
2002
★5.5
Skin Walker
2019
★4.8
Revelation
2001
★5.1
The Kingdom II
1998
★7.6
11 Colours of the Bird
2020
★7.2
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
2002
★6.2
Final Run
1999
★5.6
Gold Flakes
1976
★8.4
All the Queen's Men
2001
★5.0
Possessed
1999
★4.9
United Trash
1996
★4.3
The 120 Days of Bottrop
1997
★5.3
Pankow ’95
1983
★10.0
Jargo
2004
★6.0
Road to St. Tropez
1966
★4.5
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977
★5.6
The Beginner
1985
★5.6
Terror 2000
1993
★4.9
Hur und Heilig
1984
★7.0
Pars: Operation Cherry
2007
★4.7
The Salzburg Connection
1972
★5.8
Killer Deal
1999
★7.0
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020
★6.0
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
★6.5
13 Graves
2006
★4.4
The Last Word
1975
★4.7
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
2024
★6.0
American Exit
2019
★5.7
Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013
★5.4
Schindler Space Architect
2024
★10.0
The Editor
2014
★5.6
Red Letters
2000
★4.7
My Own Private River
2012
★7.4
30 Days Until I'm Famous
2004
★4.7
Evil Eyes
2004
★3.4
Stingers
1998
★7.0
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
1983
★4.3
Egomania: Island Without Hope
1987
★5.3
Deutschland privat
1980
★4.9
Holy Beasts
2019
★4.4
Betty
1997
★4.0
The Mother of Tears
2007
★4.5
The Roaring Fifties
1983
★3.7
Death of a World Star
1994
★9.0
Sex
1992
★7.5
Staging Death
2022
★6.0
Coconut Hero
2015
★5.9
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
2000
★7.4
Life Is Too Long
2010
★5.0
Doomsdayer
2001
★4.7
Gate to Heaven
2003
★8.0
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
★1.0
Just One Night
2000
★5.0
Lulu and Jimi
2009
★5.7
Lea
1996
★5.4
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
1998
★4.5
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
2015
★5.0
The Fifth Commandment
1978
★10.0
The German Chainsaw Massacre
1990
★4.0
Celluloid Horror
2004
★7.4
Hungarian Rhapsody
1979
★6.2
The Barefoot Emperor
2020
★5.5
Instant Dreams
2017
★6.7
Under the Palms
1999
★8.0
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
1993
★8.0
Pray for Morning
2006
★5.0
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
1977
★7.0
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
1981
★5.5
Paradise Framed
1995
★10.0
Season of the Senses
1969
★7.5
UFO in Her Eyes
2011
★6.4
Miss Diamond
1999
★5.8
Double Deception
2000
★4.9
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
1989
★6.9
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
★6.0
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
2002
★6.0
Narcissus and Psyche
1980
★6.4
Bacurau no Mapa
2019
★8.0
Tell
2007
★5.7
Pigs Will Fly
2003
★8.0
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001
★7.0
The Praying Mantis
2001
★7.3
Nur über meine Leiche
1995
★6.4
Unter Druck
1995
★6.0
Auf Herz und Nieren
2001
★4.5
Lines of the Hand
2015
★7.0
Extinct
1995
★7.1
Idiots' Battle
1986
★8.0
Brother
2016
★6.4
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
1984
★6.7
Shameless
1968
★5.9