
Udo Kierspe (14 October 1944 – 23 November 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Udo Kier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Kariyer
- Dr. Porkorny(Dancer in the Dark)
- Sadistic Sailor(Breaking the Waves)
- Drewitz(Lili Marleen)
- Hans(My Own Private Idaho)
- The Man in the Coat(Dogville)
- Morgan Walker(Halloween)
- Baron Frankenstein(Flesh for Frankenstein)
- Dr. Lawerence(Crusade in Jeans)
- Mr. Kirspe(Manderlay)
- Wolfgang Kortzfleisch(Iron Sky)
- René(The Story of O)
- Capt. Varna(Dracula 3000)
- Albin Grau(Shadow of the Vampire)
- Vincent(Modern Vampires)
- Age Krüger / Lillebror(The Kingdom)
- Lillebror / Age Krüger(The Kingdom II)
- Vincent(Possessed)
- Minister / Kali(Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück)
- Dr. Krieger(Far Cry)
- Sligon(Prince Valiant)
- General Landssdorf(All the Queen's Men)
- Curly(Barb Wire)
- Nárcisz(Narcissus and Psyche)
- Schultz(Lulu and Jimi)
- Lawrence Hartmann(Europa)
- Luipold Trumpf(1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde)
- Polidori(FearDotCom)
- Count Dracula(Blood for Dracula)
- Head Priest(End of Days)
- Rev. Karl Hartman(Headspace)
- George(Evil Eyes)
- Ralfi(Johnny Mnemonic)
- Commercial Director(Even Cowgirls Get the Blues)
- Man and Woman in Train(The Last Trip to Harrisburg)
- Jason(Medea)
- Dragonetti(Blade)
- Ivan Bahn (voice)(Metropia)
- Dr. Norman Kistler(Ice)
- Father Johannes(The Mother of Tears)
- Self(The 120 Days of Bottrop)
- Klaus(Holly)
- Heinrich(Surviving Christmas)
- Lee Meyers(My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done)
- Wedding Planner(Melancholia)
- Edouard Leopold Edu(Pray for Morning)
- Dr. Henry Jekyll(The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne)
- Radley(Love Object)
- Zoltan(The End of Violence)
- Derrick(One Point O)
- Max Gast(Doomsdayer)
- Paul Martin(Exposé)
- Count Christian von Meruh(Mark of the Devil)
- Ö(Bad Painter)
- Count Helldorf(Invincible)
- Lorenzini(The Adventures of Pinocchio)
- Max Skladanowsky(A Trick of the Light)
- Bartok(Görünmeyen)
- Michel(A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love)
- Madame(House of Boys)
- Barry Davis(30 Days Until I'm Famous)
- Jonny(The German Chainsaw Massacre)
- Klaus Kayman(Pars: Operation Cherry)
- Tabatabai(Life Is Too Long)
- (A Kilo of Blue (The Music))
- Self(Von Trier's 100 Eyes)
- Walter Lert(Just One Night)
- Peg Poett(The Theatre Bizarre)
- Vincent(Double Deception)
- Dr. Lemke(Keyhole)
- UNO-General Werner Brenner(United Trash)
- The Grand Master(Revelation)
- P.(The Killing Grounds)
- Adolf Hitler(100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker)
- Steve Frost(UFO in Her Eyes)
- Ludwig(Under the Palms)
- Father Paul(Night of the Templar)
- Edgar Gast(The Third Generation)
- Self(I Knew Andy Warhol)
- Jablo(Terror 2000)
- Hans Kramer(He Sees You When You're Sleeping)
- Samson(Critical Mass)
- (Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho)
- Jack the Ripper(Lulu)
- Hermano(The Island of the Bloody Plantation)
- Alexander Pohlmann(Shameless)
- Julius Quellenreich(The Praying Mantis)
- Regal Monk(BloodRayne)
- Earl(Duke of Groove)
- (Deutschland privat)
- (Staging Death)
- Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr(Mrs. Meitlemeihr)
- Udo Kier(Death of a World Star)
- Baron Tante Teufel(Egomania: Island Without Hope)
- Lorenzini(The New Adventures of Pinocchio)
- Giles Marquette(Jack Reed: Badge of Honor)
- The Waiter(Nymphomaniac: Vol. II)
- Gregor(Seduction: The Cruel Woman)
- Fromm(Die wilden Fünfziger)
- Schafftaler(The Stationmaster’s Wife)
- Arthur Eigenrauch(Rotwang Must Go!)
- Graf Frackstein(The Beginner)
- Interviewee-Actor(Anecdotes from 'Epidemic')
- Herr Jung(Soul Kitchen)
- Gessler(Tell)
- The Guardian(Megiddo: The Omega Code 2)
- Luca(Season of the Senses)
- Herman Herzog(My Neighbor Adolf)
- Killer(Over My Dead Body)
- George Kessler(Red Letters)
- Boy(Road to St. Tropez)
- York Cortex(Extinct)
- Dr Casini(The Editor)
- Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler(Iron Sky: The Coming Race)
- Doc(Auf Herz und Nieren)
- Angelos(Provocation)
- Psychologist(Armageddon)
- Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist(The Forbidden Room)
- Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey(Fall Down Dead)
- Jargos Vater(Jargo)
- The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser(Beethoven's Treasure Tail)
- Self(Sex)
- Bellinger(Cigarette Burns)
- Luc(Skeletons in the Closet)
- Debro(13 Graves)
- Self(Arteholic)
- (Theirs)
- Mr. Morrow(Coconut Hero)
- Self / Big Brother(Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus)
- Graf Karpatovicz(The Sky Has Four Corners)
- Block(Lea)
- Guru(The Berlin Project)
- Max Jacob(Modigliani)
- Himself(Celluloid Horror)
- Ronald Camp(Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
- (The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin)
- (Unser Reigen)
- Joachim Nowak(Gate to Heaven)
- Frank Solek(Brother)
- Onkel Max(Pigs Will Fly)
- Ivan Bliniak(Spy Games)
- Himself(Ich - Udo)
- (Seances)
- Raimund(The Last Word)
- (Siblings)
- Konrad(Downsizing)
- Self (archive footage)(Blood of 1000 Virgins)
- The Placid Man(Brawl in Cell Block 99)
- Poór(Hungarian Rhapsody)
- Hans(The Secret Agent)
- Nathan Vogel(Courier X)
- (Unter Druck)
- Witchhunter (uncredited)(The Lords of Salem)
- Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")(Grindhouse)
- Reddick(Final Run)
- Herr Seiler(Mother's Mask)
- Bühler(Miss Diamond)
- Hans(Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot)
- Nazi Fashion Shooter(The Last Minute)
- Franzl(Gold Flakes)
- Commander(Korn: Deuce)
- Salon Manager(Josh & S.A.M.)
- Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)(Phantasmagoria of the Interior)
- Andre Toulon(Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich)
- Waiter (uncredited)(Lola)
- Hans (archive footage)(My Own Private River)
- Miller(The Painted Bird)
- Self / Lawrence Hartmann(The Making of Europa)
- Friedrich(Dragged Across Concrete)
- (The Debtors)
- Olifant / Edwin(Olifant)
- Fyodor (voice)(Johnny Walker)
- Mr. Van Der Hoek(American Animals)
- Grand Master(The Ark: An Iron Sky Story)
- The lord of the world(Zero)
- The Docter (Cameo)(Instant Dreams)
- Bruno(Daughter of Mine)
- (Lines of the Hand)
- Udo Kier(La deuxième femme)
- Anton(The Salzburg Connection)
- Bin bag Man(Intangents)
- Vincent Lord(Betty)
- Popstar(Victor)
- Poulailler(Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?)
- Mr. Scholnick / The Boss(Stingers)
- (Hur und Heilig)
- Alcyde(Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey)
- Tonis Theodorou(Conflict of Emotions)
- Frederick(The Mountain)
- Michael(Bacurau)
- (archive footage)(Fifty Shades of Erotica)
- Dr. Otto Kroll(The Barefoot Emperor)
- Ivan Demisovski(Last Moment of Clarity)
- Self(Suspiria 25th Anniversary)
- Self(Epidemic)
- Anton(American Exit)
- Henry(Holy Beasts)
- Argon(Der Unbesiegbare)
- Self(Ballad of a Righteous Merchant)
- Self(The Material Boy)
- Self(Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture)
- (Dimension)
- Claus(Skin Walker)
- Peter Dümmel(The Fifth Commandment)
- Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart(Pankow ’95)
- Chompy (voice)(Chompy & the Girls)
- Self (archive footage)(Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence)
- Count Dracula (archive footage)(Memories of a Young Pianist)
- Werner(Spermula)
- Self(Bacurau no Mapa)
- Dr. Frank Mandel(Suspiria)
- (Paradise Framed)
- Mr. Himmelman(For Love or Money)
- Dr. Roland Parker(Killer Deal)
- Man(Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten)
- Pilgrim of Death(Pan)
- Self(Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween)
- (Fear and Loathing in Materndorf)
- Self(11 Colours of the Bird)
- Egon Hettemann(Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue)
- David(Haymaker)
- Lained(The Blazing World)
- (És így s eképp tovább)
- Pat Pitsenbarger(Swan Song)
- Rocky(There's No Fish Food in Heaven)
- (Idiots' Battle)
- Aldo Fabbri(By Design)
- The Shaman(The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence)
- Himself(Der wunderbare Udo Kier)
- Self(Tattoos: A Scarred History)
- Edouard Müllendorf(Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven)
- (Mascots)
- R.M. Schindler (voice)(Schindler Space Architect)
- Ralfi(Johnny Mnemonic: In Black & White)
- Self(Madonna: The Making of SEX Book)
- Wolfgang Herzog(Nash Bridges)
- Dr. Guy Peche(seaQuest DSV)
- Bert (voice)(The Batman)
- Bellinger(Masters of Horror)
- Fashion Designer(Red Shoe Diaries)
- The Music Master (voice)(Justice League)
- Zanrelot(4 Against Z)
- Hans-Rudi Dreher(Scene of the Crime)
- Holger(Kir Royal)
- Zermahlen(Polizeiruf 110)
- Heini Wohlers(Die Männer vom K3)
- Otto Van Vogel(Chuck)
- König(Doppelter Einsatz)
- Ommer(Rosa Roth)
- Beethoven(Scene of the Crime)
- Rolf Rauchensteiner(Old Money)
- Harry Gätjens(Sonderdezernat K1)
- Uli Weber(Der Fahnder)
- Self(Die Harald Schmidt Show)
- Ingo Rippel(Gestern gelesen)
- Roberto Agostino(Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen)
- Erich Geiger(Viper)
- Self(Evening Urgant)
- Adolf Hitler(Hunters)
- Self(Through the Night with...)
- Mister Toad (voice)(Beware the Batman)
- Gilbert(Joseph Balsamo)
- Kapitän Schmidt(Die Gang)
- (Gespenstergeschichten)
- Self(Talk 2000)
- Fuchspelzmann(M - A City Hunts a Murderer)
- Head Vampire Vampire (voice)(Major Lazer)
- Klaus(Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin)
- Self(Zimmer frei!)
- Self(The Johannes B. Kerner Show)
- Self(alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio)
- Self(Tietjen und Bommes)
- Self(Boulevard Bio)
- Klaus Zeller(The Sentinel)
- Self(NDR Talk Show)
- Self(3 nach 9)
- Self(Beckmann)
- Self(G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten)
- Self(Willemsens Woche)
- Professor Pericles (voice)(Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)
- Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror(The Kingdom)
- Viktor Balek(V.I.P.)
- self(Thadeusz)
- Self(Brisant)
- Self(Morgenmagazin)