Udo Kier

Biography

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, Rain... show more

Known For

Acting

Popularity

7.1

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Cologne, Germany

Birthday

October 14, 1944

Deathday

November 23, 2025

Known for

Dancer in the Dark

Dancer in the Dark

2000
7.9
Breaking the Waves

Breaking the Waves

1996
7.5
Lili Marleen

Lili Marleen

1981
6.4
My Own Private Idaho

My Own Private Idaho

1991
7.1
Dogville

Dogville

2003
7.8
Halloween

Halloween

2007
6.2
Flesh for Frankenstein

Flesh for Frankenstein

1973
5.8
Crusade in Jeans

Crusade in Jeans

2006
5.8
Manderlay

Manderlay

2005
6.9
Iron Sky

Iron Sky

2012
5.7
The Story of O

The Story of O

1975
5.5
Dracula 3000

Dracula 3000

2004
2.7
Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

2000
6.7
Modern Vampires

Modern Vampires

1998
4.9
The Kingdom

The Kingdom

1994
7.8
The Kingdom II

The Kingdom II

1998
7.7
Possessed

Possessed

1999
4.8
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück

Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück

1986
0.0
Far Cry

Far Cry

2008
3.7
Prince Valiant

Prince Valiant

1997
5.2
All the Queen's Men

All the Queen's Men

2001
4.8
Barb Wire

Barb Wire

1996
4.1
Narcissus and Psyche

Narcissus and Psyche

1980
6.1
Lulu and Jimi

Lulu and Jimi

2009
5.7
Europa

Europa

1991
7.4
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde

1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde

2008
4.3
FearDotCom

FearDotCom

2002
3.8
Blood for Dracula

Blood for Dracula

1974
5.7
End of Days

End of Days

1999
6.1
Headspace

Headspace

2005
5.1
Evil Eyes

Evil Eyes

2004
3.2
Johnny Mnemonic

Johnny Mnemonic

1995
5.8
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1994
4.4
The Last Trip to Harrisburg

The Last Trip to Harrisburg

1984
6.0
Medea

Medea

1989
6.5
Blade

Blade

1998
6.8
Metropia

Metropia

2009
6.1
Ice

Ice

1998
5.1
The Mother of Tears

The Mother of Tears

2007
4.5
The 120 Days of Bottrop

The 120 Days of Bottrop

1997
5.3
Holly

Holly

2006
6.3
Surviving Christmas

Surviving Christmas

2004
5.7
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010
6.1
Melancholia

Melancholia

2011
7.2
Pray for Morning

Pray for Morning

2006
4.7
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

1981
5.6
Love Object

Love Object

2004
5.9
The End of Violence

The End of Violence

1997
5.3
One Point O

One Point O

2004
5.6
Doomsdayer

Doomsdayer

2001
4.0
Exposé

Exposé

1976
4.9
Mark of the Devil

Mark of the Devil

1970
6.1
Bad Painter

Bad Painter

2025
7.0
Invincible

Invincible

2001
6.2
The Adventures of Pinocchio

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996
5.3
A Trick of the Light

A Trick of the Light

1995
5.8
Görünmeyen

Görünmeyen

2011
0.0
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

2022
4.9
House of Boys

House of Boys

2009
6.1
30 Days Until I'm Famous

30 Days Until I'm Famous

2004
4.2
The German Chainsaw Massacre

The German Chainsaw Massacre

1990
3.8
Pars: Operation Cherry

Pars: Operation Cherry

2007
5.0
Life Is Too Long

Life Is Too Long

2010
5.0
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)

A Kilo of Blue (The Music)

2022
0.0
Von Trier's 100 Eyes

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

2000
7.2
Just One Night

Just One Night

2000
5.0
The Theatre Bizarre

The Theatre Bizarre

2011
5.3
Double Deception

Double Deception

2000
4.0
Keyhole

Keyhole

2011
5.2
United Trash

United Trash

1996
4.1
Revelation

Revelation

2001
4.9
The Killing Grounds

The Killing Grounds

2007
3.4
100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker

100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker

1989
6.8
UFO in Her Eyes

UFO in Her Eyes

2011
6.4
Under the Palms

Under the Palms

1999
0.0
Night of the Templar

Night of the Templar

2012
3.9
The Third Generation

The Third Generation

1979
5.9
I Knew Andy Warhol

I Knew Andy Warhol

2018
0.0
Terror 2000

Terror 2000

1993
4.7
He Sees You When You're Sleeping

He Sees You When You're Sleeping

2002
5.9
Critical Mass

Critical Mass

2001
4.3
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho

1988
1.0
Lulu

Lulu

1980
4.1
The Island of the Bloody Plantation

The Island of the Bloody Plantation

1983
3.7
Shameless

Shameless

1968
5.6
The Praying Mantis

The Praying Mantis

2001
6.5
BloodRayne

BloodRayne

2005
4.2
Duke of Groove

Duke of Groove

1996
5.0
Deutschland privat

Deutschland privat

1980
4.2
Staging Death

Staging Death

2022
6.0
Mrs. Meitlemeihr

Mrs. Meitlemeihr

2002
5.7
Death of a World Star

Death of a World Star

1994
10.0
Egomania: Island Without Hope

Egomania: Island Without Hope

1987
4.9
The New Adventures of Pinocchio

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

1999
5.5
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

1993
5.3
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013
6.7
Seduction: The Cruel Woman

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

1986
5.2
Die wilden Fünfziger

Die wilden Fünfziger

1983
2.0
The Stationmaster’s Wife

The Stationmaster’s Wife

1977
5.0
Rotwang Must Go!

Rotwang Must Go!

1994
3.3
The Beginner

The Beginner

1985
5.5
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'

Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'

2005
0.0
Soul Kitchen

Soul Kitchen

2009
6.9
Tell

Tell

2007
5.7
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

2001
4.5
Season of the Senses

Season of the Senses

1969
5.0
My Neighbor Adolf

My Neighbor Adolf

2022
6.6
Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body

1995
6.3
Red Letters

Red Letters

2000
4.4
Road to St. Tropez

Road to St. Tropez

1966
3.2
Extinct

Extinct

1995
6.5
The Editor

The Editor

2014
5.6
Iron Sky: The Coming Race

Iron Sky: The Coming Race

2019
5.2
Auf Herz und Nieren

Auf Herz und Nieren

2001
3.0
Provocation

Provocation

1971
4.1
Armageddon

Armageddon

1998
6.8
The Forbidden Room

The Forbidden Room

2015
5.6
Fall Down Dead

Fall Down Dead

2007
4.0
Jargo

Jargo

2004
5.6
Beethoven's Treasure Tail

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

2014
5.7
Sex

Sex

1992
7.5
Cigarette Burns

Cigarette Burns

2005
7.3
Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons in the Closet

2024
4.3
13 Graves

13 Graves

2006
4.4
Arteholic

Arteholic

2014
5.0
Theirs

Theirs

...
0.0
Coconut Hero

Coconut Hero

2015
5.9
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

2022
0.0
The Sky Has Four Corners

The Sky Has Four Corners

2011
0.0
Lea

Lea

1996
5.1
The Berlin Project

The Berlin Project

2011
0.0
Modigliani

Modigliani

2004
7.0
Celluloid Horror

Celluloid Horror

2004
7.0
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994
6.6
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

2015
6.0
Unser Reigen

Unser Reigen

2006
0.0
Gate to Heaven

Gate to Heaven

2003
0.0
Brother

Brother

2016
6.6
Pigs Will Fly

Pigs Will Fly

2003
8.0
Spy Games

Spy Games

1999
4.2
Ich - Udo

Ich - Udo

2012
6.0
Seances

Seances

2016
6.7
The Last Word

The Last Word

1975
2.0
Siblings

Siblings

1982
0.0
Downsizing

Downsizing

2017
5.4
Blood of 1000 Virgins

Blood of 1000 Virgins

2013
5.3
Brawl in Cell Block 99

Brawl in Cell Block 99

2017
7.0
Hungarian Rhapsody

Hungarian Rhapsody

1979
6.0
The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

2025
8.2
Courier X

Courier X

2016
5.5
Unter Druck

Unter Druck

1995
5.0
The Lords of Salem

The Lords of Salem

2013
5.5
Grindhouse

Grindhouse

2007
7.0
Final Run

Final Run

1999
5.5
Mother's Mask

Mother's Mask

1988
4.4
Miss Diamond

Miss Diamond

1999
4.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

2018
6.7
The Last Minute

The Last Minute

2002
4.9
Gold Flakes

Gold Flakes

1976
9.0
Korn: Deuce

Korn: Deuce

2002
7.4
Josh & S.A.M.

Josh & S.A.M.

1993
4.7
Phantasmagoria of the Interior

Phantasmagoria of the Interior

2015
5.0
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

2018
5.7
Lola

Lola

1981
6.9
My Own Private River

My Own Private River

2012
7.5
The Painted Bird

The Painted Bird

2019
7.1
The Making of Europa

The Making of Europa

1991
6.0
Dragged Across Concrete

Dragged Across Concrete

2019
6.6
The Debtors

The Debtors

1999
3.0
Olifant

Olifant

1973
0.0
Johnny Walker

Johnny Walker

2015
0.0
American Animals

American Animals

2018
6.7
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story

The Ark: An Iron Sky Story

...
0.0
Zero

Zero

2018
4.8
Instant Dreams

Instant Dreams

2017
6.7
Daughter of Mine

Daughter of Mine

2018
6.2
Lines of the Hand

Lines of the Hand

2015
7.0
La deuxième femme

La deuxième femme

2008
6.0
The Salzburg Connection

The Salzburg Connection

1972
5.7
Intangents

Intangents

...
0.0
Betty

Betty

1997
2.0
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?

Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?

1977
0.0
Victor

Victor

1979
0.0
Stingers

Stingers

1998
0.0
Hur und Heilig

Hur und Heilig

1984
0.0
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey

Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey

2018
4.8
Conflict of Emotions

Conflict of Emotions

1971
2.0
The Mountain

The Mountain

2019
5.1
Bacurau

Bacurau

2019
7.7
Fifty Shades of Erotica

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2015
7.0
The Barefoot Emperor

The Barefoot Emperor

2020
5.5
Suspiria 25th Anniversary

Suspiria 25th Anniversary

2001
6.4
Last Moment of Clarity

Last Moment of Clarity

2020
5.2
Epidemic

Epidemic

1987
5.7
American Exit

American Exit

2019
5.7
Holy Beasts

Holy Beasts

2019
4.4
Der Unbesiegbare

Der Unbesiegbare

1985
0.0
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2017
2.0
The Material Boy

The Material Boy

2015
0.0
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

2001
0.0
Dimension

Dimension

2010
5.3
Skin Walker

Skin Walker

2019
4.8
The Fifth Commandment

The Fifth Commandment

1978
0.0
Pankow ’95

Pankow ’95

1983
0.0
Chompy & the Girls

Chompy & the Girls

2021
5.7
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

2020
6.0
Memories of a Young Pianist

Memories of a Young Pianist

2009
5.0
Bacurau no Mapa

Bacurau no Mapa

2019
8.0
Spermula

Spermula

1976
4.1
Suspiria

Suspiria

1977
7.5
Paradise Framed

Paradise Framed

1995
0.0
For Love or Money

For Love or Money

1993
6.2
Killer Deal

Killer Deal

1999
0.0
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten

Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten

1982
0.0
Pan

Pan

1973
0.0
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

2008
6.7
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf

Fear and Loathing in Materndorf

2004
0.0
11 Colours of the Bird

11 Colours of the Bird

2020
7.2
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue

Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue

1993
0.0
Haymaker

Haymaker

2021
3.2
The Blazing World

The Blazing World

2021
4.4
És így s eképp tovább

És így s eképp tovább

1978
0.0
Swan Song

Swan Song

2021
7.0
There's No Fish Food in Heaven

There's No Fish Food in Heaven

1998
3.7
Idiots' Battle

Idiots' Battle

1986
0.0
By Design

By Design

2026
0.0
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence

The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence

2013
0.0
Der wunderbare Udo Kier

Der wunderbare Udo Kier

2024
0.0
Tattoos: A Scarred History

Tattoos: A Scarred History

2009
0.0
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven

Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven

1993
0.0
Mascots

Mascots

...
0.0
Schindler Space Architect

Schindler Space Architect

2024
0.0
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book

Madonna: The Making of SEX Book

1992
0.0
Nash Bridges

Nash Bridges

1996
6.7
seaQuest DSV

seaQuest DSV

1993
7.0
The Batman

The Batman

2004
8.0
Masters of Horror

Masters of Horror

2005
7.1
Red Shoe Diaries

Red Shoe Diaries

1992
5.8
Justice League

Justice League

2001
8.2
4 Against Z

4 Against Z

2005
9.0
Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

1970
6.1
Kir Royal

Kir Royal

1986
6.5
Polizeiruf 110

Polizeiruf 110

1971
6.2
Die Männer vom K3

Die Männer vom K3

1988
0.0
Chuck

Chuck

2007
7.7
Doppelter Einsatz

Doppelter Einsatz

1994
2.0
Rosa Roth

Rosa Roth

1994
4.8
Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

1970
6.1
Old Money

Old Money

2015
6.1
Sonderdezernat K1

Sonderdezernat K1

1972
0.0
Der Fahnder

Der Fahnder

1984
6.9
Die Harald Schmidt Show

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995
7.1
Gestern gelesen

Gestern gelesen

1969
0.0
Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen

Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen

1974
0.0
Viper

Viper

1994
6.1
Evening Urgant

Evening Urgant

2012
7.1
Hunters

Hunters

2020
7.2
Through the Night with...

Through the Night with...

2002
8.0
Beware the Batman

Beware the Batman

2013
7.2
Joseph Balsamo

Joseph Balsamo

1973
7.8
Die Gang

Die Gang

1997
0.0
Gespenstergeschichten

Gespenstergeschichten

1985
0.0
Talk 2000

Talk 2000

1997
0.0
M - A City Hunts a Murderer

M - A City Hunts a Murderer

2019
6.3
Major Lazer

Major Lazer

2015
6.6
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin

Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin

2022
6.8
Zimmer frei!

Zimmer frei!

1996
6.3
The Johannes B. Kerner Show

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

1998
4.0
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

1994
5.0
Tietjen und Bommes

Tietjen und Bommes

1997
0.0
Boulevard Bio

Boulevard Bio

1991
6.0
The Sentinel

The Sentinel

1996
7.1
NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show

1979
6.5
3 nach 9

3 nach 9

1974
6.5
Beckmann

Beckmann

1999
2.0
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

2005
4.0
Willemsens Woche

Willemsens Woche

1995
0.0
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

2010
8.2
The Kingdom

The Kingdom

1994
7.5
V.I.P.

V.I.P.

1998
5.3
Thadeusz

Thadeusz

2005
6.0
Brisant

Brisant

1994
5.5
Morgenmagazin

Morgenmagazin

1992
3.5

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