Udo Kier

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-10-14 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Cologne, Germany

Udo Kier

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Udo Kier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2000

Dancer in the Dark

as Dr. Porkorny

1996

Breaking the Waves

as Sadistic Sailor

1981

Lili Marleen

as Drewitz

2003

Dogville

as The Man in the Coat

2007

Halloween

as Morgan Walker

1973

Flesh for Frankenstein

as Baron Frankenstein

2006

Crusade in Jeans

as Dr. Lawerence

2005

Manderlay

as Mr. Kirspe

2012

Iron Sky

as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch

1975

2004

Dracula 3000

as Capt. Varna

2000

1998

Modern Vampires

as Vincent

1994

The Kingdom

as Age Krüger / Lillebror

1997

The Kingdom II

as Lillebror / Age Krüger

1999

Possessed

as Vincent

2008

Far Cry

as Dr. Krieger

1997

2001

All the Queen's Men

as General Landssdorf

1996

Barb Wire

as Curly

1980

2009

Lulu and Jimi

as Schultz

1991

Europa

as Lawrence Hartmann

2002

FearDotCom

as Polidori

1974

Blood for Dracula

as Count Dracula

1999

End of Days

as Head Priest

2005

Headspace

as Rev. Karl Hartman

2004

Evil Eyes

as George

1995

1994

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

as Commercial Director

1984

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

as Man and Woman in Train

1989

Medea

as Jason

1998

Blade

as Dragonetti

2009

Metropia

as Ivan Bahn (voice)

1998

Ice

as Dr. Norman Kistler

2007

The Mother of Tears

as Father Johannes

2006

Holly

as Klaus

2004

2011

Melancholia

as Wedding Planner

2006

Pray for Morning

as Edouard Leopold Edu

2004

Love Object

as Radley

1997

2004

One Point O

as Derrick

2001

Doomsdayer

as Max Gast

1976

Exposé

as Paul Martin

1970

Mark of the Devil

as Count Christian von Meruh

2025

2001

Invincible

as Count Helldorf

1995

A Trick of the Light

as Max Skladanowsky

2011

Görünmeyen

as Bartok

2009

House of Boys

as Madame

2004

2007

Pars: Operation Cherry

as Klaus Kayman

2010

Life Is Too Long

as Tabatabai

2000

Just One Night

as Walter Lert

2011

2000

2011

Keyhole

as Dr. Lemke

1996

United Trash

as UNO-General Werner Brenner

2001

Revelation

as The Grand Master

2011

UFO in Her Eyes

as Steve Frost

1999

2012

Night of the Templar

as Father Paul

1979

1993

Terror 2000

as Jablo

2001

Critical Mass

as Samson

1980

Lulu

as Jack the Ripper

1968

Shameless

as Alexander Pohlmann

2001

The Praying Mantis

as Julius Quellenreich

2005

BloodRayne

as Regal Monk

1996

2002

Mrs. Meitlemeihr

as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr

1994

1987

Egomania: Island Without Hope

as Baron Tante Teufel

1993

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

as Giles Marquette

2013

1977

1994

Rotwang Must Go!

as Arthur Eigenrauch

1985

The Beginner

as Graf Frackstein

2005

Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'

as Interviewee-Actor

2009

Soul Kitchen

as Herr Jung

2007

Tell

as Gessler

2001

2022

My Neighbor Adolf

as Herman Herzog

1995

2000

Red Letters

as George Kessler

1995

Extinct

as York Cortex

2014

The Editor

as Dr Casini

2019

Iron Sky: The Coming Race

as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler

1971

Provocation

as Angelos

1998

Armageddon

as Psychologist

2015

The Forbidden Room

as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist

2007

Fall Down Dead

as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey

2004

Jargo

as Jargos Vater

2014

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

as The real Fritz Bruchschnauser

1992

Sex

as Self

2005

Cigarette Burns

as Bellinger

2006

13 Graves

as Debro

2014

Arteholic

as Self

2015

Coconut Hero

as Mr. Morrow

2022

2011

The Sky Has Four Corners

as Graf Karpatovicz

1996

Lea

as Block

2004

Modigliani

as Max Jacob

2004

2003

Gate to Heaven

as Joachim Nowak

2016

Brother

as Frank Solek

2003

Pigs Will Fly

as Onkel Max

1999

Spy Games

as Ivan Bliniak

2012

Ich - Udo

as Himself

1975

The Last Word

as Raimund

2017

Downsizing

as Konrad

2013

Blood of 1000 Virgins

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Brawl in Cell Block 99

as The Placid Man

1979

2025

2016

Courier X

as Nathan Vogel

2013

The Lords of Salem

as Witchhunter (uncredited)

2007

Grindhouse

as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")

1999

Final Run

as Reddick

1988

Mother's Mask

as Herr Seiler

1999

Miss Diamond

as Bühler

2002

The Last Minute

as Nazi Fashion Shooter

1976

Gold Flakes

as Franzl

2002

Korn: Deuce

as Commander

1993

Josh and S.A.M.

as Salon Manager

2015

1981

Lola

as Waiter (uncredited)

2012

My Own Private River

as Hans (archive footage)

2019

1991

The Making of Europa

as Self / Lawrence Hartmann

2019

1973

Olifant

as Olifant / Edwin

2015

Johnny Walker

as Fyodor (voice)

2018

American Animals

as Mr. Van Der Hoek

2018

Zero

as The lord of the world

2017

Instant Dreams

as The Docter (Cameo)

2018

2008

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Intangents

as Bin bag Man

1997

Betty

as Vincent Lord

1979

Victor

as Popstar

1998

Stingers

as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss

1971

Conflict of Emotions

as Tonis Theodorou

2019

The Mountain

as Frederick

2019

Bacurau

as Michael

2020

The Barefoot Emperor

as Dr. Otto Kroll

2020

Last Moment of Clarity

as Ivan Demisovski

1987

Epidemic

as Self

2019

2019

Holy Beasts

as Henry

1985

2015

2019

Skin Walker

as Claus

1978

The Fifth Commandment

as Peter Dümmel

1983

Pankow ’95

as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart

2021

Chompy & the Girls

as Chompy (voice)

2009

Memories of a Young Pianist

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1976

Spermula

as Werner

2019

1977

Suspiria

as Dr. Frank Mandel

1993

For Love or Money

as Mr. Himmelman

1999

Killer Deal

as Dr. Roland Parker

1973

Pan

as Pilgrim of Death

2021

Haymaker

as David

2021

2021

Swan Song

as Pat Pitsenbarger

2025

By Design

as Aldo Fabbri

1993

Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven

as Edouard Müllendorf

Production

2007

Fall Down Dead

as Associate Producer

1990

The German Chainsaw Massacre

as Assistant Director

1981

Lola

as Production Design

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