Udo Kier
Acting
Born 1944-10-14 · Cologne, Germany
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
Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Movie
Dogville
2003 · Movie
Bacurau
2019 · Movie
The Kingdom
1994 · Movie
Suspiria
1977 · Movie
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Movie
Europa
1991 · Movie
Melancholia
2011 · Movie
The Secret Agent
2025 · Movie
My Own Private Idaho
1991 · Movie
Grindhouse
2007 · Movie
Cigarette Burns
2005 · Movie
Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017 · Movie
The Painted Bird
2019 · Movie
The Kingdom II
1998 · Movie
Blade
1998 · Movie
Armageddon
1998 · Movie
Soul Kitchen
2009 · Movie
Modigliani
2004 · Movie
Manderlay
2005 · Movie
American Animals
2018 · Movie
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013 · Movie
Shadow of the Vampire
2000 · Movie
Lola
1981 · Movie
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 · Movie
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994 · Movie
Dragged Across Concrete
2019 · Movie
Swan Song
2021 · Movie
Bacurau no Mapa
2019 · Movie
Sex
1992 · Movie
My Neighbor Adolf
2022 · Movie
Medea
1989 · Movie
Lili Marleen
1981 · Movie
My Own Private River
2012 · Movie
Halloween
2007 · Movie
Gold Flakes
1976 · Movie
Korn: Deuce
2002 · Movie
For Love or Money
1993 · Movie
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
2000 · Movie
End of Days
1999 · Movie
Daughter of Mine
2018 · Movie
Celluloid Horror
2004 · Movie
Mark of the Devil
1970 · Movie
Instant Dreams
2017 · Movie
Extinct
1995 · Movie
Invincible
2001 · Movie
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
1989 · Movie
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 · Movie
Metropia
2009 · Movie
House of Boys
2009 · Movie
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008 · Movie
Death of a World Star
1994 · Movie
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001 · Movie
Brother
2016 · Movie
Narcissus and Psyche
1980 · Movie
Holly
2006 · Movie
Nur über meine Leiche
1995 · Movie
Allegro Barbaro
1979 · Movie
Seances
2016 · Movie
The Praying Mantis
2001 · Movie