Udo Kier
Acting
- Born:
- 1944-10-14
- Died:
- 2025-11-23
- Place of birth:
- Cologne, Germany
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.
Known For
Filmography
Return from Tomorrow
By Design
The Secret Agent
Bad Painter
Schindler Space Architect
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Skeletons in the Closet
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
My Neighbor Adolf
Dark Winds
Staging Death
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
The Blazing World
Chompy & the Girls
Swan Song
Haymaker
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Last Moment of Clarity
11 Colours of the Bird
The Barefoot Emperor
Hunters
Bacurau no Mapa
Skin Walker
The Painted Bird
Bacurau
Holy Beasts
The Mountain
American Exit
Dragged Across Concrete
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
The House That Jack Built
I Knew Andy Warhol
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
American Animals
Zero
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Daughter of Mine
Downsizing
Instant Dreams
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Courier X
Brother
The Forbidden Room
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
Coconut Hero
Johnny Walker
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
Major Lazer
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Old Money
The Material Boy
Lines of the Hand
Arteholic
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
The Editor