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.
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By Design 2026
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The Secret Agent 2025
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Bad Painter 2025
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Schindler Space Architect 2024
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Der wunderbare Udo Kier 2024
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Skeletons in the Closet 2024
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Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus 2022
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My Neighbor Adolf 2022
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Staging Death 2022
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A Kilo of Blue (The Music) 2022
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A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love 2022
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The Blazing World 2021
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Chompy & the Girls 2021
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Swan Song 2021
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Haymaker 2021
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Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence 2020
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Last Moment of Clarity 2020
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11 Colours of the Bird 2020
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The Barefoot Emperor 2020
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Bacurau no Mapa 2019
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Skin Walker 2019
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The Painted Bird 2019
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Bacurau 2019
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Holy Beasts 2019
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The Mountain 2019
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American Exit 2019
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Dragged Across Concrete 2019
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Iron Sky: The Coming Race 2019
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I Knew Andy Warhol 2018
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Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich 2018
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Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey 2018
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American Animals 2018
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Zero 2018
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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot 2018
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Daughter of Mine 2018
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Downsizing 2017
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Instant Dreams 2017
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Brawl in Cell Block 99 2017
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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant 2017
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Courier X 2016
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Seances 2016
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Brother 2016
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The Forbidden Room 2015
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The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin 2015
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Coconut Hero 2015
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Johnny Walker 2015
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Phantasmagoria of the Interior 2015
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Fifty Shades of Erotica 2015
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The Material Boy 2015
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Lines of the Hand 2015
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Arteholic 2014
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Beethoven's Treasure Tail 2014
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The Editor 2014
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Nymphomaniac: Vol. II 2013
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The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence 2013
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Blood of 1000 Virgins 2013
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The Lords of Salem 2013
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Night of the Templar 2012
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Iron Sky 2012
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Ich - Udo 2012
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My Own Private River 2012
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Görünmeyen 2011
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The Berlin Project 2011
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UFO in Her Eyes 2011
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Keyhole 2011
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The Theatre Bizarre 2011
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Melancholia 2011
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The Sky Has Four Corners 2011
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Life Is Too Long 2010
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Dimension 2010
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done 2010
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House of Boys 2009
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Memories of a Young Pianist 2009
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Metropia 2009
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Soul Kitchen 2009
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Tattoos: A Scarred History 2009
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Lulu and Jimi 2009
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1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde 2008
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La deuxième femme 2008
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Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween 2008
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