Udo Kier
Acting
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.
Known for
2026By Design
Aldo Fabbri
2026Return from Tomorrow
Tim Senior
2025Bad Painter
Ö
2025The Secret Agent
Hans
2024Skeletons in the Closet
Luc
2024Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Self
2024Schindler Space Architect
R.M. Schindler (voice)
2022A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
Michel
2022A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022Staging Death
2022My Neighbor Adolf
Herman Herzog
2022Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Big Brother
2021Chompy & the Girls
Chompy (voice)
2021Haymaker
David
2021The Blazing World
Lained
2021Swan Song
Pat Pitsenbarger
2020The Barefoot Emperor
Dr. Otto Kroll
2020Last Moment of Clarity
Ivan Demisovski
2020Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
202011 Colours of the Bird
Self
2019Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
2019The Painted Bird
Miller
2019Dragged Across Concrete
Friedrich
2019The Mountain
Frederick
