Udo Kier

Actor

Born: October 14, 1944
Died: November 23, 2025 (age 81)
From: 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,…

Filmography (234)

Return from Tomorrow (2026)
Tim Senior
By Design (2026)
Aldo Fabbri
The Secret Agent (2025)
Hans
Bad Painter (2025)
Ö
Schindler Space Architect (2024)
R.M. Schindler (voice)
Der wunderbare Udo Kier (2024)
Self
Skeletons in the Closet (2024)
Luc
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus (2022)
Self / Big Brother
My Neighbor Adolf (2022)
Herman Herzog
Staging Death (2022)
A Kilo of Blue (The Music) (2022)
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022)
Michel
The Blazing World (2021)
Lained
Chompy & the Girls (2021)
Chompy (voice)
Swan Song (2021)
Pat Pitsenbarger
Haymaker (2021)
David
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence (2020)
Self (archive footage)
Last Moment of Clarity (2020)
Ivan Demisovski
11 Colours of the Bird (2020)
Self
The Barefoot Emperor (2020)
Dr. Otto Kroll
Bacurau no Mapa (2019)
Self
Skin Walker (2019)
Claus
The Painted Bird (2019)
Miller
Bacurau (2019)
Michael
Holy Beasts (2019)
Henry
The Mountain (2019)
Frederick
American Exit (2019)
Anton
Dragged Across Concrete (2019)
Friedrich
Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
I Knew Andy Warhol (2018)
Self