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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
241
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-10-14
Place of Birth
Cologne, Germany
Also Known As
Udo Kierspe, 乌多·基尔, ウド・キア, У́до Кир, Ούντο Κιρ, Ούντο Κίερ, يودو كيير, 우도 키어
Known For
Dancer in the Dark 
Breaking the Waves 
Lili Marleen 
My Own Private Idaho 
Dogville 
Halloween 
Flesh for Frankenstein 
Crusade in Jeans 
Manderlay 
Iron Sky 
The Story of O 
Dracula 3000 
Shadow of the Vampire 
Modern Vampires 
The Kingdom 
The Kingdom II 
Possessed 
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück 
Far Cry 
Prince Valiant 
All the Queen's Men 
Barb Wire 
Narcissus and Psyche 
Lulu and Jimi 
Europa 
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde 
FearDotCom 
Blood for Dracula 
End of Days 
Headspace 
Evil Eyes 
Johnny Mnemonic 
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues 
The Last Trip to Harrisburg 
Medea 
Blade 
Metropia 
Ice 
The Mother of Tears 
The 120 Days of Bottrop 
Holly 
Surviving Christmas 
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done 
Melancholia 
Pray for Morning 
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne 
Love Object 
The End of Violence 
One Point O 
Doomsdayer 
Exposé 
Mark of the Devil 
Bad Painter 
Invincible 
The Adventures of Pinocchio 
A Trick of the Light 
Görünmeyen 
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love 
House of Boys 
30 Days Until I'm Famous 
The German Chainsaw Massacre 
Pars: Operation Cherry 
Life Is Too Long 
A Kilo of Blue (The Music) 
Von Trier's 100 Eyes 
Just One Night 
The Theatre Bizarre 
Double Deception 
Keyhole 
United Trash 
Revelation 
The Killing Grounds 
100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker 
UFO in Her Eyes 
Under the Palms 
Night of the Templar 
The Third Generation 
I Knew Andy Warhol 
Terror 2000 
He Sees You When You're Sleeping 
Critical Mass 
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho 
Lulu 
The Island of the Bloody Plantation 
Shameless 
The Praying Mantis 
BloodRayne 
Duke of Groove 
Deutschland privat 
Staging Death 
Mrs. Meitlemeihr 
Death of a World Star 
Egomania: Island Without Hope 
The New Adventures of Pinocchio 
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor 
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II 
Seduction: The Cruel Woman 
The Roaring Fifties 
The Stationmaster’s Wife 
Rotwang Must Go! 
The Beginner Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' 
Soul Kitchen 
Tell 
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 
Season of the Senses 
My Neighbor Adolf 
Nur über meine Leiche 
Red Letters 
Road to St. Tropez 
Extinct 
The Editor 
Iron Sky: The Coming Race 
Auf Herz und Nieren 
Provocation 
Armageddon 
The Forbidden Room 
Fall Down Dead 
Jargo 
Beethoven's Treasure Tail 
Sex 
Cigarette Burns 
Skeletons in the Closet 
13 Graves 
Arteholic 
Theirs 
Coconut Hero 
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus 
The Sky Has Four Corners 
Lea 
The Berlin Project 
Modigliani 
Celluloid Horror 
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin Unser Reigen 
Gate to Heaven 
Brother 
Pigs Will Fly 
Spy Games 
Ich - Udo 
Seances 
The Last Word Siblings 
Downsizing 
Blood of 1000 Virgins 
Brawl in Cell Block 99 
Hungarian Rhapsody 
The Secret Agent 
Courier X 
Unter Druck 
The Lords of Salem 
Grindhouse 
Final Run 
Mother's Mask 
Miss Diamond 
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot 
The Last Minute 
Gold Flakes 
Korn: Deuce 
Josh & S.A.M. 
Phantasmagoria of the Interior 
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich 
Lola 
My Own Private River 
The Painted Bird The Making of Europa 
Dragged Across Concrete 
The Debtors Olifant 
Johnny Walker 
American Animals 
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story 
Zero 
Instant Dreams 
Daughter of Mine 
Lines of the Hand 
La deuxième femme 
The Salzburg Connection 
Intangents 
Betty Victor 
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? 
Stingers 
Hur und Heilig 
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey 
Conflict of Emotions 
The Mountain 
Bacurau 
Fifty Shades of Erotica 
The Barefoot Emperor 
Last Moment of Clarity 
Suspiria 25th Anniversary 
Epidemic 
American Exit 
Holy Beasts Der Unbesiegbare 
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant 
The Material Boy Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture 
Dimension 
Skin Walker 
The Fifth Commandment 
Pankow ’95 
Chompy & the Girls 
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence Memories of a Young Pianist 
Spermula 
Bacurau no Mapa 
Suspiria 
Paradise Framed 
For Love or Money 
Killer Deal 
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten Pan 
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween Fear and Loathing in Materndorf 
11 Colours of the Bird 
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue 
Haymaker 
The Blazing World 
És így s eképp tovább 
Swan Song 
There's No Fish Food in Heaven 
Idiots' Battle 
By Design 
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence 
Der wunderbare Udo Kier 
Tattoos: A Scarred History 
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven 
Schindler Space Architect 
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book 
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