Udo Kier
Acting
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, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Tom Shadyac, Charles Matton, Guy Maddin, Alexander Payne, and Paul Morrissey.
Filmography 285
Movies (234)
Return from Tomorrow2026Tim Senior
By Design2026Aldo Fabbri
The Secret Agent2025Hans
Bad Painter2025Ö
Schindler Space Architect2024R.M. Schindler (voice)
Der wunderbare Udo Kier2024Self
Skeletons in the Closet2024Luc
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus2022Self / Big Brother
My Neighbor Adolf2022Herman Herzog
Staging Death2022
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)2022
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love2022Michel
The Blazing World2021Lained
Chompy & the Girls2021Chompy (voice)
Swan Song2021Pat Pitsenbarger
Haymaker2021David
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence2020Self (archive footage)
Last Moment of Clarity2020Ivan Demisovski
11 Colours of the Bird2020Self
The Barefoot Emperor2020Dr. Otto Kroll
Bacurau no Mapa2019Self
Skin Walker2019Claus
The Painted Bird2019Miller
Bacurau2019Michael
Holy Beasts2019Henry
The Mountain2019Frederick
American Exit2019Anton
Dragged Across Concrete2019Friedrich
Iron Sky: The Coming Race2019Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
I Knew Andy Warhol2018Self
Shows (51)
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin2022Klaus
Dark Winds2022Gunthar Vaggan
Hunters2020Adolf Hitler
M - A City Hunts a Murderer2019Fuchspelzmann
Major Lazer2015Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
Old Money2015Rolf Rauchensteiner
Beware the Batman2013Mister Toad (voice)
Evening Urgant2012Self
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated2010Professor Pericles (voice)
Chuck2007Otto Van Vogel- Thadeusz2005self
Masters of Horror2005Bellinger
4 Against Z2005Zanrelot- G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten2005Self
The Batman2004Bert (voice)
Through the Night with...2002Self
Justice League2001The Music Master (voice)
Beckmann1999Self
V.I.P.1998Viktor Balek- The Johannes B. Kerner Show1998Self
Talk 20001997Self- Tietjen und Bommes1997Self
- Die Gang1997Kapitän Schmidt
Zimmer frei!1996Self
Nash Bridges1996Wolfgang Herzog
The Sentinel1996Klaus Zeller
Die Harald Schmidt Show1995Self- Willemsens Woche1995Self
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio1994Self
The Kingdom1994Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror