1944Born, Cologne
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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
DownsizingKonrad
MelancholiaWedding Planner
Nymphomaniac: Vol. IIThe Waiter
The House That Jack BuiltThanks2026Return from TomorrowTim SeniorMovie
2026By DesignAldo FabbriMovie
2025The Secret AgentHansMovie
2025Bad PainterÖMovie
2024Schindler Space ArchitectR.M. Schindler (voice)Movie
2024Skeletons in the ClosetLucMovie
2022My Neighbor AdolfHerman HerzogMovie
2022Staging DeathMovie
2022A Kilo of Blue (The Music)Movie
2022A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of LoveMichelMovie
2021The Blazing WorldLainedMovie
2021Chompy & the GirlsChompy (voice)Movie
2021Swan SongPat PitsenbargerMovie
2021HaymakerDavidMovie
2020Last Moment of ClarityIvan DemisovskiMovie
2020The Barefoot EmperorDr. Otto KrollMovie
2019Skin WalkerClausMovie
2019The Painted BirdMillerMovie
2019BacurauMichaelMovie
2019Holy BeastsHenryMovie
2019The MountainFrederickMovie
2019American ExitAntonMovie
2019Dragged Across ConcreteFriedrichMovie
2019Iron Sky: The Coming RaceWolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf HitlerMovie
2018The House That Jack BuiltThanksMovie
2018Puppet Master: The Littlest ReichAndre ToulonMovie
2018Ulysses: A Dark OdysseyAlcydeMovie
2018American AnimalsMr. Van Der HoekMovie
2018ZeroThe lord of the worldMovie
2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on FootHansMovie
2018Daughter of MineBrunoMovie
2017DownsizingKonradMovie
2017Instant DreamsThe Docter (Cameo)Movie
2017Brawl in Cell Block 99The Placid ManMovie
2016Courier XNathan VogelMovie
2016BrotherFrank SolekMovie
2015The Forbidden RoomCount Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / PharmacistMovie
2015The 1000 Eyes of Dr MaddinMovie
2015Coconut HeroMr. MorrowMovie
2015Johnny WalkerFyodor (voice)Movie
2015Phantasmagoria of the InteriorDr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)Movie
2015Fifty Shades of Erotica(archive footage)Movie
2015Lines of the HandMovie
2014Beethoven's Treasure TailThe Real Fritz BruchschnauserMovie
2014The EditorDr CasiniMovie
2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. IIThe WaiterMovie
2013The Girl Behind the White Picket FenceThe Magic Doctor / The ShamanMovie
2013The Lords of SalemWitchhunter (uncredited)Movie
2012Night of the TemplarFather PaulMovie
2012Iron SkyWolfgang KortzfleischMovie
2012My Own Private RiverHans (archive footage)Movie
2011GörünmeyenBartokMovie
2011The Berlin ProjectGuruMovie
2011UFO in Her EyesSteve FrostMovie
2011KeyholeDr. LemkeMovie
2011The Theatre BizarrePeg PoettMovie
2011The Sky Has Four CornersGraf KarpatoviczMovie
2011MelancholiaWedding PlannerMovie
2010Life Is Too LongTabatabaiMovie
2010DimensionMovie
2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneLee MeyersMovie
2009House of BoysMadameMovie
2009Memories of a Young PianistCount Dracula (archive footage)Movie
2009MetropiaIvan Bahn (voice)Movie
2009Soul KitchenHerr JungMovie
2009Lulu and JimiSchultzMovie
20081½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden HerzelindeLuipold TrumpfMovie
2008La deuxième femmeUdo KierMovie
2008Far CryDr. KriegerMovie
2007TellGesslerMovie
2007The Mother of TearsFather JohannesMovie
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