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.
Filmography
By Design
Feb 13, 2026
The Secret Agent
Jul 23, 2025
Bad Painter
Feb 3, 2025
Schindler Space Architect
Oct 20, 2024
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Oct 4, 2024
Skeletons in the Closet
Jan 24, 2024
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Nov 20, 2022
My Neighbor Adolf
Nov 3, 2022
Staging Death
May 25, 2022
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
May 13, 2022
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
May 5, 2022
The Blazing World
Oct 15, 2021
Chompy & the Girls
Sep 14, 2021
Swan Song
Aug 6, 2021
Haymaker
Jan 29, 2021
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Aug 20, 2020
Last Moment of Clarity
May 19, 2020
11 Colours of the Bird
Mar 11, 2020
The Barefoot Emperor
Mar 4, 2020
Bacurau no Mapa
Dec 19, 2019
Skin Walker
Nov 11, 2019
The Painted Bird
Sep 12, 2019
Bacurau
Aug 29, 2019
Holy Beasts
Jul 11, 2019
The Mountain
Jun 26, 2019
American Exit
May 14, 2019
Dragged Across Concrete
Feb 21, 2019
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Jan 25, 2019
I Knew Andy Warhol
Sep 18, 2018
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Aug 17, 2018