Udo Kier

Personal Info

Birthday

October 14, 1944

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Cologne, Germany

Also Known As

Удо Кир

اودو کی‌یر

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.

Known For

Scene of the Crime

Chuck

Polizeiruf 110

seaQuest DSV

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

The Batman

V.I.P.

Viper

Filmography

2025
The Secret Agent
as Hans
Bad Painter
as Ö
By Design
as Aldo Fabbri
2024
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
as Himself
Skeletons in the Closet
as Luc
2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Big Brother
My Neighbor Adolf
as Herman Herzog
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
as Michel
2021
The Blazing World
as Lained
Chompy & the Girls
as Chompy (voice)
Swan Song
as Pat Pitsenbarger
Haymaker
as David
2020
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
as Self (archive footage)
Last Moment of Clarity
as Ivan Demisovski
11 Colours of the Bird
as Self
The Barefoot Emperor
as Dr. Otto Kroll
2019
Bacurau no Mapa
as Self
Skin Walker
as Claus
The Painted Bird
as Miller
Bacurau
as Michael
Holy Beasts
as Henry
The Mountain
as Frederick
American Exit
as Anton
Dragged Across Concrete
as Friedrich
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
2018
I Knew Andy Warhol
as Self
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
as Andre Toulon
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Alcyde
American Animals
as Mr. Van Der Hoek
Zero
as The lord of the world
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Hans
Daughter of Mine
as Bruno
2017
Downsizing
as Konrad
Instant Dreams
as The Docter (Cameo)
Brawl in Cell Block 99
as The Placid Man
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
2016
Courier X
as Nathan Vogel
Brother
as Frank Solek
2015
The Forbidden Room
as Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
Coconut Hero
as Mr. Morrow
Johnny Walker
as Fyodor (voice)
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
as Dr. Henry Jekyll
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
The Material Boy
as Self
2014
Arteholic
as Self
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as The real Fritz Bruchschnauser
The Editor
as Dr Casini
2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as The Waiter
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
as The Shaman
Blood of 1000 Virgins
as Self (archive footage)
The Lords of Salem
as Witchhunter (uncredited)
2012
Night of the Templar
as Father Paul
Iron Sky
as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
Ich - Udo
as Himself
My Own Private River
as Hans (archive footage)
2011
Görünmeyen
as Bartok
The Berlin Project
as Guru
UFO in Her Eyes
as Steve Frost
Keyhole
as Dr. Lemke
The Theatre Bizarre
as Peg Poett
Melancholia
as Wedding Planner
The Sky Has Four Corners
as Graf Karpatovicz
2010
Life Is Too Long
as Tabatabai
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Lee Meyers
2009
House of Boys
as Madame
Memories of a Young Pianist
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Metropia
as Ivan Bahn (voice)
Soul Kitchen
as Herr Jung
Tattoos: A Scarred History
as Self
Lulu and Jimi
as Schultz
2008
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
as Luipold Trumpf
La deuxième femme
as Udo Kier
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
as Self
Far Cry
as Dr. Krieger
2007
Tell
as Gessler
The Mother of Tears
as Father Johannes
Halloween
as Morgan Walker
Fall Down Dead
as Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
The Killing Grounds
as P.
Pars: Operation Cherry
as Klaus Kayman
Grindhouse
as Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
2006
13 Graves
as Debro
Crusade in Jeans
as Dr. Lawerence
Holly
as Klaus
Pray for Morning
as Edouard Leopold Edu
2005
Cigarette Burns
as Bellinger
BloodRayne
as Regal Monk
Headspace
as Rev. Karl Hartman
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
as Interviewee-Actor
Manderlay
as Mr. Kirspe
2004
Surviving Christmas
as Heinrich
Dracula 3000
as Capt. Varna
Evil Eyes
as George
Modigliani
as Max Jacob
30 Days Until I'm Famous
as Barry Davis
One Point O
as Derrick
Love Object
as Radley
Jargo
as Jargos Vater
Celluloid Horror
as Himself
2003
Gate to Heaven
as Joachim Nowak
Dogville
as The Man in the Coat
Pigs Will Fly
as Onkel Max
2002
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
as Hans Kramer
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
as Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
The Last Minute
as Nazi Fashion Shooter
FearDotCom
as Polidori
Korn: Deuce
as Commander
2001
Invincible
as Count Helldorf
Auf Herz und Nieren
as Doc
All the Queen's Men
as General Landssdorf
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
as Self
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as The Guardian
Critical Mass
as Samson
Revelation
as The Grand Master
The Praying Mantis
as Julius Quellenreich
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
as Self
Doomsdayer
as Max Gast
2000
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
as Self
Just One Night
as Walter Lert
Dancer in the Dark
as Dr. Porkorny
Shadow of the Vampire
as Albin Grau
Red Letters
as George Kessler
Double Deception
as Vincent
1999
Miss Diamond
as Bühler
End of Days
as Head Priest
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
as Lorenzini
Final Run
as Reddick
Under the Palms
as Ludwig
Spy Games
as Ivan Bliniak
Possessed
as Vincent
Killer Deal
as Dr. Roland Parker
1998
Stingers
as Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
Modern Vampires
as Vincent
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
as Rocky
Blade
as Dragonetti
Ice
as Dr. Norman Kistler
Armageddon
as Psychologist
1997
The Kingdom II
as Lillebror / Age Krüger
The 120 Days of Bottrop
as Self
The End of Violence
as Zoltan
Prince Valiant
as Sligon
Betty
as Vincent Lord
1996
Lea
as Block
The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Lorenzini
Breaking the Waves
as Sadistic Sailor
Duke of Groove
as Earl
Barb Wire
as Curly
United Trash
as UNO-General Werner Brenner
1995
A Trick of the Light
as Max Skladanowsky
Extinct
as York Cortex
Over My Dead Body
as Killer
Johnny Mnemonic
as Ralfi
1994
Rotwang Must Go!
as Arthur Eigenrauch
Death of a World Star
as Udo Kier
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Commercial Director
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
as Camp
1993
Josh and S.A.M.
as Salon Manager
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Giles Marquette
For Love or Money
as Mr. Himmelman
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
as Edouard Müllendorf
Terror 2000
as Jablo
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
as Egon Hettemann
1992
Sex
as Self
1991
The Making of Europa
as Self / Lawrence Hartmann
Europa
as Lawrence Hartmann
My Own Private Idaho
as Hans
1990
The German Chainsaw Massacre
as Jonny
1989
Medea
as Jason
100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker
as Adolf Hitler
1988
Mother's Mask
as Herr Seiler
1987
Epidemic
as Self
Egomania: Island Without Hope
as Baron Tante Teufel
1986
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
as Minister / Kali
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
as Gregor
1985
The Beginner
as Graf Frackstein
Der Unbesiegbare
as Argon
1984
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
as Man and Woman in Train
1983
Pankow ’95
as Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
Die wilden Fünfziger
as Fromm
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
as Hermano
1982
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
as Man
1981
Lola
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
as Dr. Henry Jekyll
Lili Marleen
as Drewitz
1980
Narcissus and Psyche
as Nárcisz
Lulu
as Jack the Ripper
1979
Hungarian Rhapsody
as Poór
The Third Generation
as Edgar Gast
Victor
as Popstar
1978
The Fifth Commandment
as Peter Dümmel
1977
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
as Poulailler
The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Schafftaler
Suspiria
as Dr. Frank Mandel
1976
Spermula
as Werner
Gold Flakes
as Franzl
Exposé
as Paul Martin
1975
The Story of O
as René
The Last Word
as Raimund
1974
Blood for Dracula
as Count Dracula
1973
Flesh for Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
Pan
as Pilgrim of Death
Olifant
as Olifant / Edwin
1972
The Salzburg Connection
as Anton
1971
Conflict of Emotions
as Tonis Theodorou
Provocation
as Angelos
1970
Mark of the Devil
as Count Christian von Meruh
1969
Season of the Senses
as Luca
1968
Shameless
as Alexander Pohlmann
1966
Road to St. Tropez
as Boy