Actor
Udo Kier
82 years · Cologne, Germany · 222 films
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.
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Return from Tomorrow
2026 · Tim Senior
By Design
2026 · Aldo Fabbri
The Secret Agent
2025 · Hans
On Hulu
Bad Painter
2025 · Ö
Schindler Space Architect
2024 · R.M. Schindler (voice)
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
2024 · Self
Skeletons in the Closet
2024 · Luc
On AMC+
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022 · Self / Big Brother
My Neighbor Adolf
2022 · Herman Herzog
Staging Death
2022 · Actor
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022 · Actor
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
On Philo
Haymaker
2021 · David
On Hoopla
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Last Moment of Clarity
2020 · Ivan Demisovski
On Tubi TV
11 Colours of the Bird
2020 · Self
The Barefoot Emperor
2020 · Dr. Otto Kroll
Bacurau no Mapa
2019 · Self
Skin Walker
2019 · Claus
On Tubi TV
The Painted Bird
2019 · Miller
On AMC+
Bacurau
2019 · Michael
On Kanopy