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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2025
The Secret Agent
As: Hans
- 2025
Bad Painter
As: Ö
- 2025
By Design
As: Aldo Fabbri
- 2024
Skeletons in the Closet
As: Luc
- 2022
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
As: Klaus
- 2022
My Neighbor Adolf
As: Herman Herzog
- 2022
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
As: Michel
- 2021
The Blazing World
As: Lained
- 2021
Chompy & the Girls
As: Chompy (voice)
- 2021
Swan Song
As: Pat Pitsenbarger
- 2021
Haymaker
As: David
- 2020
Last Moment of Clarity
As: Ivan Demisovski
- 2020
The Barefoot Emperor
As: Dr. Otto Kroll
- 2020
Hunters
As: Adolf Hitler
- 2019
Skin Walker
As: Claus
- 2019
The Painted Bird
As: Miller
- 2019
Bacurau
As: Michael
- 2019
Holy Beasts
As: Henry
- 2019
The Mountain
As: Frederick
- 2019
American Exit
As: Anton
- 2019
Dragged Across Concrete
As: Friedrich
- 2019
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
As: Fuchspelzmann
- 2019
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
As: Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
- 2018
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
As: Andre Toulon
- 2018
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
As: Alcyde
- 2018
American Animals
As: Mr. Van Der Hoek
- 2018
Zero
As: The lord of the world
- 2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
As: Hans
- 2018
Daughter of Mine
As: Bruno
- 2017
Downsizing
As: Konrad
- 2017
Instant Dreams
As: The Docter (Cameo)
- 2017
Brawl in Cell Block 99
As: The Placid Man
- 2016
Courier X
As: Nathan Vogel
- 2016
Brother
As: Frank Solek
- 2015
The Forbidden Room
As: Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
- 2015
Coconut Hero
As: Mr. Morrow
- 2015
Johnny Walker
As: Fyodor (voice)
- 2015
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
As: Dr. Henry Jekyll
- 2015
Major Lazer
As: Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
- 2015
Old Money
As: Rolf Rauchensteiner
- 2014
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
As: The real Fritz Bruchschnauser
- 2014
The Editor
As: Dr Casini
- 2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
As: The Waiter
- 2013
Beware the Batman
As: Mister Toad (voice)
- 2013
The Lords of Salem
As: Witchhunter (uncredited)
- 2012
Night of the Templar
As: Father Paul
- 2012
Iron Sky
As: Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
- 2011
Görünmeyen
As: Bartok
- 2011
UFO in Her Eyes
As: Steve Frost
- 2011
Keyhole
As: Dr. Lemke
- 2011
The Theatre Bizarre
As: Peg Poett
- 2011
Melancholia
As: Wedding Planner
- 2011
The Sky Has Four Corners
As: Graf Karpatovicz
- 2010
Life Is Too Long
As: Tabatabai
- 2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
As: Professor Pericles (voice)
- 2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
As: Lee Meyers
- 2009
House of Boys
As: Madame
- 2009
Metropia
As: Ivan Bahn (voice)
- 2009
Soul Kitchen
As: Herr Jung
- 2009
Lulu and Jimi
As: Schultz
- 2008
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
As: Luipold Trumpf
- 2008
La deuxième femme
As: Udo Kier
- 2008
Far Cry
As: Dr. Krieger
- 2007
Tell
As: Gessler
- 2007
The Mother of Tears
As: Father Johannes
- 2007
Chuck
As: Otto Van Vogel
- 2007
Halloween
As: Morgan Walker
- 2007
Fall Down Dead
As: Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
- 2007
The Killing Grounds
As: P.
- 2007
Pars: Operation Cherry
As: Klaus Kayman
- 2007
Grindhouse
As: Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2006
13 Graves
As: Debro
- 2006
Crusade in Jeans
As: Dr. Lawerence
- 2006
Holly
As: Klaus
- 2006
Pray for Morning
As: Edouard Leopold Edu
- 2005
Cigarette Burns
As: Bellinger
- 2005
BloodRayne
As: Regal Monk
- 2005
Headspace
As: Rev. Karl Hartman
- 2005
Manderlay
As: Mr. Kirspe
- 2005
4 Against Z
As: Zanrelot
- 2004
Surviving Christmas
As: Heinrich
- 2004
The Batman
As: Bert (voice)
- 2004
Dracula 3000
As: Capt. Varna
- 2004
Evil Eyes
As: George
- 2004
Modigliani
As: Max Jacob
- 2004
30 Days Until I'm Famous
As: Barry Davis
- 2004
One Point O
As: Derrick
- 2004
Love Object
As: Radley
- 2004
Jargo
As: Jargos Vater
- 2003
Gate to Heaven
As: Joachim Nowak
- 2003
Dogville
As: The Man in the Coat
- 2003
Pigs Will Fly
As: Onkel Max
- 2002
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
As: Hans Kramer
- 2002
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
As: Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
- 2002
The Last Minute
As: Nazi Fashion Shooter
- 2002
FearDotCom
As: Polidori
- 2002
Korn: Deuce
As: Commander
- 2001
Invincible
As: Count Helldorf
- 2001
Auf Herz und Nieren
As: Doc
- 2001
Justice League
As: The Music Master (voice)
- 2001
All the Queen's Men
As: General Landssdorf
- 2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
As: The Guardian
- 2001
Critical Mass
As: Samson
- 2001
Revelation
As: The Grand Master
- 2001
The Praying Mantis
As: Julius Quellenreich
- 2001
Doomsdayer
As: Max Gast
- 2000
Just One Night
As: Walter Lert
- 2000
Dancer in the Dark
As: Dr. Porkorny
- 2000
Shadow of the Vampire
As: Albin Grau
- 2000
Red Letters
As: George Kessler
- 2000
Double Deception
As: Vincent
- 1999
Miss Diamond
As: Bühler
- 1999
End of Days
As: Head Priest
- 1999
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
As: Lorenzini
- 1999
Final Run
As: Reddick
- 1999
Under the Palms
As: Ludwig
- 1999
Spy Games
As: Ivan Bliniak
- 1999
Possessed
As: Vincent
- 1999
Killer Deal
As: Dr. Roland Parker
- 1998
Stingers
As: Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
- 1998
Modern Vampires
As: Vincent
- 1998
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
As: Rocky
- 1998
V.I.P.
As: Viktor Balek
- 1998
Blade
As: Dragonetti
- 1998
Ice
As: Dr. Norman Kistler
- 1998
Armageddon
As: Psychologist
- 1997
The Kingdom II
As: Lillebror / Age Krüger
- 1997
The End of Violence
As: Zoltan
- 1997
Prince Valiant
As: Sligon
- 1997
Betty
As: Vincent Lord
- 1996
Lea
As: Block
- 1996
The Adventures of Pinocchio
As: Lorenzini
- 1996
Breaking the Waves
As: Sadistic Sailor
- 1996
Duke of Groove
As: Earl
- 1996
Barb Wire
As: Curly
- 1996
The Sentinel
As: Klaus Zeller
- 1996
United Trash
As: UNO-General Werner Brenner
- 1995
A Trick of the Light
As: Max Skladanowsky
- 1995
Over My Dead Body
As: Killer
- 1995
Johnny Mnemonic
As: Ralfi
- 1994
The Kingdom
As: Age Krüger / Lillebror
- 1994
The Kingdom
As: Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
- 1994
Rosa Roth
As: Ommer
- 1994
Doppelter Einsatz
As: König
- 1994
Death of a World Star
As: Udo Kier
- 1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
As: Commercial Director
- 1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
As: Camp
- 1994
Viper
As: Erich Geiger
- 1993
Josh and S.A.M.
As: Salon Manager
- 1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
As: Giles Marquette
- 1993
For Love or Money
As: Mr. Himmelman
- 1993
seaQuest DSV
As: Dr. Guy Peche
- 1993
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
As: Edouard Müllendorf
- 1993
Terror 2000
As: Jablo
- 1993
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
As: Egon Hettemann
- 1992
Red Shoe Diaries
As: Fashion Designer
- 1991
Europa
As: Lawrence Hartmann
- 1991
My Own Private Idaho
As: Hans
- 1990
The German Chainsaw Massacre
As: Jonny
- 1989
Medea
As: Jason
- 1989
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
As: Adolf Hitler
- 1988
Mother's Mask
As: Herr Seiler
- 1988
Die Männer vom K3
As: Heini Wohlers
- 1987
Egomania: Island Without Hope
As: Baron Tante Teufel
- 1986
Kir Royal
As: Holger
- 1986
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
As: Minister / Kali
- 1986
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
As: Gregor
- 1985
The Beginner
As: Graf Frackstein
- 1985
Der Unbesiegbare
As: Argon
- 1984
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
As: Man and Woman in Train
- 1984
Der Fahnder
As: Uli Weber
- 1983
Pankow ’95
As: Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
- 1983
Die wilden Fünfziger
As: Fromm
- 1983
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
As: Hermano
- 1982
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
As: Man
- 1981
Lola
As: Waiter (uncredited)
- 1981
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
As: Dr. Henry Jekyll
- 1981
Lili Marleen
As: Drewitz
- 1980
Narcissus and Psyche
As: Nárcisz
- 1980
Lulu
As: Jack the Ripper
- 1979
Hungarian Rhapsody
As: Poór
- 1979
The Third Generation
As: Edgar Gast
- 1978
The Fifth Commandment
As: Peter Dümmel
- 1977
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
As: Poulailler
- 1977
The Stationmaster’s Wife
As: Schafftaler
- 1977
Suspiria
As: Dr. Frank Mandel
- 1976
Spermula
As: Werner
- 1976
Gold Flakes
As: Franzl
- 1976
Exposé
As: Paul Martin
- 1975
The Story of O
As: René
- 1975
The Last Word
As: Raimund
- 1974
Blood for Dracula
As: Count Dracula
- 1973
Flesh for Frankenstein
As: Baron Frankenstein
- 1973
Joseph Balsamo
As: Gilbert
- 1972
The Salzburg Connection
As: Anton
- 1971
Conflict of Emotions
As: Tonis Theodorou
- 1971
Polizeiruf 110
As: Zermahlen
- 1971
Provocation
As: Angelos
- 1970
Scene of the Crime
As: Hans-Rudi Dreher
- 1970
Scene of the Crime
As: Beethoven
- 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