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.

Фільмографія

• 2026By Design — Aldo Fabbri
• 2026Return from Tomorrow — Tim Senior
• 2025Bad Painter — Ö
• 2025Таємний агент — Hans
• 2024Schindler Space Architect — R.M. Schindler (voice)
• 2024Skeletons in the Closet — Luc
• 2022A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love — Michel
• 2022A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
• 2022My Neighbor Adolf — Herman Herzog
• Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin — Klaus
• 2022Staging Death
• Темні вітри — Gunthar Vaggan, In Memory Of
• 2021Haymaker — David
• 2021Swan Song — Pat Pitsenbarger
• 2021The Blazing World — Lained
• 2021Чомпі та дівчата — Chompy (voice)
• 2020The Barefoot Emperor — Dr. Otto Kroll
• Мисливці — Adolf Hitler
• 2020Момент істини — Ivan Demisovski
• 2019American Exit — Anton
• 2019Bacurau — Michael
• 2019Holy Beasts — Henry
• M - A City Hunts a Murderer — Fuchspelzmann
• 2019Skin Walker — Claus
• 2019The Mountain — Frederick
• 2019Закатати в асфальт — Friedrich
• 2019Залізне небо: Прийдешня раса — Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
• 2019Пофарбоване пташеня — Miller
• 2018Daughter of Mine — Bruno
• 2018Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich — Andre Toulon
• 2018Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey — Alcyde
• 2018Zero — The lord of the world
• 2018Американські тварини — Mr. Van Der Hoek
• 2018Дім, який побудував Джек — Thanks
• 2018Не хвилюйся, він далеко не піде — Hans
• 2017Instant Dreams — The Docter (Cameo)
• 2017Бійка в блоці 99 — The Placid Man
• 2017Зменшення — Konrad
• 2016Brother — Frank Solek
• 2016Courier X — Nathan Vogel
• 2015Coconut Hero — Mr. Morrow
• 2015Fifty Shades of Erotica — (archive footage)
• 2015Johnny Walker — Fyodor (voice)
• 2015Lines of the Hand
• Major Lazer — Head Vampire Vampire (voice)
• Old Money — Rolf Rauchensteiner
• 2015Phantasmagoria of the Interior — Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
• 2015The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
• 2015The Forbidden Room — Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
• 2014Beethoven's Treasure Tail — The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
• 2014The Editor — Dr Casini
• 2013The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence — The Magic Doctor / The Shaman
• 2013Володарі Салема — Witchhunter (uncredited)
• 2013Німфоманка: Частина 2 — The Waiter
• Стережіться Бетмена — Mister Toad (voice)
• 2012My Own Private River — Hans (archive footage)
• 2012Night of the Templar — Father Paul
• 2012Залiзне небо — Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
• 2011Görünmeyen — Bartok
• 2011Keyhole — Dr. Lemke
• 2011The Berlin Project — Guru
• 2011The Sky Has Four Corners — Graf Karpatovicz
• 2011The Theatre Bizarre — Peg Poett
• 2011UFO in Her Eyes — Steve Frost
• 2011Меланхолія — Wedding Planner
• 2010Dimension
• 2010Life Is Too Long — Tabatabai
• 2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done — Lee Meyers
• Скубі-Ду: Корпорація «Загадка» — Professor Pericles (voice)
• 2009House of Boys — Madame
• 2009Lulu and Jimi — Schultz
• 2009Memories of a Young Pianist — Count Dracula (archive footage)
• 2009Metropia — Ivan Bahn (voice)
• 2009Soul Kitchen — Herr Jung
• 20081½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde — Luipold Trumpf
• 2008Far Cry — Dr. Krieger
• 2008La deuxième femme — Udo Kier
• 2007Fall Down Dead — Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey, Associate Producer
• 2007Grindhouse — Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
• 2007Pars: Operation Cherry — Klaus Kayman
• 2007Tell — Gessler
• 2007The Killing Grounds — P.
• 2007The Mother of Tears — Father Johannes
• 2007Хеллоуїн 2007 — Morgan Walker
• Чак — Otto Van Vogel
• 200613 Graves — Debro
• 2006BloodRayne — Regal Monk
• 2006Crusade in Jeans — Dr. Lawerence
• 2006Holly — Klaus
• 2006Pray for Morning — Edouard Leopold Edu
• 2006Unser Reigen
• 4 Against Z — Zanrelot
• 2005Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' — Interviewee-Actor
• 2005Cigarette Burns — Bellinger
• 2005Headspace — Rev. Karl Hartman
• Майстри жахів — Bellinger
• 2005Мандерлей — Mr. Kirspe
• 200430 Days Until I'm Famous — Barry Davis
• 2004Evil Eyes — George
• 2004Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
• 2004Jargo — Jargos Vater
• 2004Love Object — Radley
• 2004Modigliani — Max Jacob
• 2004One Point O — Derrick
• Бетмен — Bert (voice)
• 2004Дракула 3000 — Capt. Varna
• 2004Пережити Різдво — Heinrich
• 2003Betty - Schön wie der Tod — Georg Wassenberg
• 2003Gate to Heaven — Joachim Nowak
• 2003Pigs Will Fly — Onkel Max
• 2003Доґвіль — The Man in the Coat
• 2002FearDotCom — Polidori
• 2002He Sees You When You're Sleeping — Hans Kramer
• 2002Korn: Deuce — Commander
• 2002Mrs. Meitlemeihr — Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
• 2002The Last Minute — Nazi Fashion Shooter
• 2001All the Queen's Men — General Landssdorf
• 2001Auf Herz und Nieren — Doc
• 2001Critical Mass — Samson
• 2001Doomsdayer — Max Gast
• 2001Invincible — Count Helldorf
• 2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 — The Guardian
• 2001Revelation — The Grand Master
• 2001The Praying Mantis — Julius Quellenreich
• Ліга Справедливості — The Music Master (voice)
• 2000Double Deception — Vincent
• 2000Just One Night — Walter Lert
• 2000Red Letters — George Kessler
• 2000Та, що танцює у темряві — Dr. Porkorny
• 2000Тінь вампіра — Albin Grau
• 1999Final Run — Reddick
• 1999Killer Deal — Dr. Roland Parker
• 1999Miss Diamond — Bühler
• 1999Possessed — Vincent
• 1999Spy Games — Ivan Bliniak
• 1999The Debtors
• 1999The New Adventures of Pinocchio — Madame Flambeau/Lorenzini
• 1999Under the Palms — Ludwig
• 1999Кiнець свiту — Head Priest
• 1998Ice — Dr. Norman Kistler
• 1998Modern Vampires — Vincent
• 1998Stingers — Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
• 1998The Kingdom II — Lillebror / Age Krüger
• 1998There's No Fish Food in Heaven — Rocky
• V.I.P. — Viktor Balek
• 1998Армагеддон — Psychologist
• 1998Блейд — Dragonetti
• 1997Betty — Vincent Lord
• Die Gang — Kapitän Schmidt
• 1997Prince Valiant — Sligon
• 1997The End of Violence — Zoltan
• 1996Duke of Groove — Earl
• 1996Lea — Block
• 1996The Adventures of Pinocchio — Lorenzini
• The Sentinel — Klaus Zeller
• 1996United Trash — UNO-General Werner Brenner
• Детектив Неш Бріджес — Wolfgang Herzog
• 1996Не називай мене маленькою — Curly
• 1996Розсікаючи хвилі — Sadistic Sailor
• 1995A Trick of the Light — Max Skladanowsky
• 1995Extinct — York Cortex
• 1995Nur über meine Leiche — Killer
• 1995Paradise Framed
• 1995Unter Druck
• 1995Джонні Мнемонік — Ralfi
• 1994Death of a World Star — Udo Kier
• Doppelter Einsatz — König
• 1994Even Cowgirls Get the Blues — Commercial Director
• Rosa Roth — Ommer
• 1994Rotwang Must Go! — Arthur Eigenrauch
• 1994The Kingdom — Age Krüger / Lillebror
• The Kingdom — Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror, Åge Krüger / Little Brother / Frederik / Big Brothe
• Viper — Erich Geiger
• 1994Ейс Вентура: Детектив з розшуку домашніх тварин — Camp
• 1993Jack Reed: Badge of Honor — Giles Marquette
• 1993Josh & S.A.M. — Salon Manager
• 1993Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue — Egon Hettemann
• 1993Terror 2000 — Jablo
• 1993Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven — Edouard Müllendorf
• 1993За любов або гроші — Mr. Himmelman
• Морські пригоди — Dr. Guy Peche
• Red Shoe Diaries — Fashion Designer
• 1991Europa — Lawrence Hartmann
• 1991Мій власний штат Айдахо — Hans
• 1990The German Chainsaw Massacre — Jonny, Assistant Director
• 1989100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker — Adolf Hitler
• 1989Medea — Jason
• 1988Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho — Friedrich Hansman
• Die Männer vom K3 — Heini Wohlers
• 1988Mother's Mask — Herr Seiler
• 1987Egomania: Island Without Hope — Baron Tante Teufel
• 1987Epidemic — Udo Kier
• 1986Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück — Minister / Kali
• 1986Idiots' Battle
• Kir Royal — Holger
• 1986Seduction: The Cruel Woman — Gregor
• 1985Der Unbesiegbare — Argon
• Gespenstergeschichten
• 1985The Beginner — Graf Frackstein
• Der Fahnder — Uli Weber
• 1984Hur und Heilig
• 1984The Last Trip to Harrisburg — Man and Woman in Train, Director, Writer, Producer
• 1983Pankow ’95 — Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
• 1983The Island of the Bloody Plantation — Hermano
• 1983The Roaring Fifties — Fromm
• 1982Siblings
• 1982Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten — Man
• 1981Lili Marleen — Drewitz
• 1981Lola — Waiter (uncredited), Production Design
• 1981The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne — Dr. Henry Jekyll
• 1980Deutschland privat
• 1980Lulu — Jack the Ripper
• 1980Narcissus and Psyche — Nárcisz
• Берлін Александерплац — Junger Mann an der Bar
• 1979Hungarian Rhapsody — Poór
• 1979The Third Generation — Edgar Gast
• 1979Victor — Popstar
• 1978The Fifth Commandment — Peter Dümmel
• 1978És így s eképp tovább
• 1977Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? — Poulailler
• 1977The Stationmaster’s Wife — Schafftaler
• 1977Суспірія — Dr. Frank Mandel
• 1976Exposé — Paul Martin
• 1976Gold Flakes — Franzl
• 1976Spermula — Werner
• 1975The Last Word — Raimund
• 1975Історія О — René
• 1974Blood for Dracula — Count Dracula
• Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen — Roberto Agostino
• 1973Flesh for Frankenstein — Baron Frankenstein
• Joseph Balsamo — Gilbert
• 1973Olifant — Olifant / Edwin
• 1973Pan — Pilgrim of Death
• Sonderdezernat K1 — Harry Gätjens
• 1972The Salzburg Connection — Anton
• 1971Conflict of Emotions — Tonis Theodorou
• Polizeiruf 110 — Zermahlen
• 1971Provocation — Angelos
• 1970Mark of the Devil — Count Christian von Meruh
• Scene of the Crime — Hans-Rudi Dreher, Beethoven
• Gestern gelesen — Ingo Rippel
• 1969Season of the Senses — Luca
• 1968Shameless — Alexander Pohlmann
• 1966Road to St. Tropez — Boy
• Citizens — Hans
• Intangents — Bin bag Man
• The Ark: An Iron Sky Story — Grand Master
• Theirs

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (39)

• 2024Der wunderbare Udo Kier — Self
• 2022Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus — Self / Big Brother
• 202011 Colours of the Bird — Self
• 2020Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Bacurau no Mapa — Self
• 2018I Knew Andy Warhol — Self
• 2017Ballad of a Righteous Merchant — Self
• 2015The Material Boy — Self
• 2014Arteholic — Self
• 2013Blood of 1000 Virgins — Self (archive footage)
• Evening Urgant — Self
• 2012Ich - Udo — Himself
• 2009Tattoos: A Scarred History — Self
• 2008Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween — Self
• G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten — Self
• Thadeusz — self
• 2004Celluloid Horror — Self
• Through the Night with... — Self
• 2001Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture — Self
• 2001Suspiria 25th Anniversary — Self
• 2000Von Trier's 100 Eyes — Self
• Бекманн — Self
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show — Self
• Talk 2000 — Self
• 1997The 120 Days of Bottrop — Self
• Tietjen und Bommes — Self
• Zimmer frei! — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• Willemsens Woche — Self
• Brisant — Self
• alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio — Self
• 1992Madonna: The Making of SEX Book — Self
• Morgenmagazin — Self
• 1992Sex — Self
• Boulevard Bio — Self
• 1991The Making of Europa — Self / Lawrence Hartmann
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• 3 nach 9 — Self
• Monty and the Movies — Self (archive footage)