Udo Kier
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
Top 40 Movies
The Secret Agent
2025
Armageddon
1998
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
1983
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994
Skeletons in the Closet
2024
Dragged Across Concrete
2019
Season of the Senses
1969
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
1998
Suspiria
1977
Blade
1998
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
2019
Barb Wire
1996
Europa
1991
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020
Unter Druck
1995
American Animals
2018
Halloween
2007
Fall Down Dead
2007
The Salzburg Connection
1972
Dogville
2003
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
2022
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
Cigarette Burns
2005
Melancholia
2011
End of Days
1999
Last Moment of Clarity
2020
Downsizing
2017
Dancer in the Dark
2000
Grindhouse
2007
Mark of the Devil
1970
The Third Generation
1979
Dracula 3000
2004
The 120 Days of Bottrop
1997
Auf Herz und Nieren
2001
The Kingdom
1994
The End of Violence
1997
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
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Breaking the Waves
1996
The Kingdom II
1998