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.
Dancer in the Dark
Dr. Porkorny
Breaking the Waves
Sadistic Sailor
Lili Marleen
Drewitz
My Own Private Idaho
Hans
Dogville
The Man in the Coat
Halloween
Morgan Walker
Flesh for Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein
Crusade in Jeans
Dr. Lawerence
Manderlay
Mr. Kirspe
Iron Sky
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
The Story of O
René
Dracula 3000
Capt. Varna
Shadow of the Vampire
Albin Grau
Modern Vampires
Vincent
The Kingdom
Age Krüger / Lillebror
The Kingdom II
Lillebror / Age Krüger
Possessed
Vincent
Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück
Minister / Kali
Far Cry
Dr. Krieger
Prince Valiant
Sligon
All the Queen's Men
General Landssdorf
Barb Wire
Curly
Narcissus and Psyche
Nárcisz
Lulu and Jimi
Schultz
Europa
Lawrence Hartmann
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
Luipold Trumpf
FearDotCom
Polidori
Blood for Dracula
Count Dracula
End of Days
Head Priest
Headspace
Rev. Karl Hartman
Evil Eyes
George
Johnny Mnemonic
Ralfi
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Commercial Director
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
Man and Woman in Train
Medea
Jason
Blade
Dragonetti
Metropia
Ivan Bahn (voice)
Ice
Dr. Norman Kistler
The Mother of Tears
Father Johannes
The 120 Days of Bottrop
Self
Holly
Klaus
Surviving Christmas
Heinrich
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Lee Meyers
Melancholia
Wedding Planner
Pray for Morning
Edouard Leopold Edu
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Dr. Henry Jekyll
Love Object
Radley
The End of Violence
Zoltan
One Point O
Derrick
Doomsdayer
Max Gast
Exposé
Paul Martin
Mark of the Devil
Count Christian von Meruh
Bad Painter
Ö
Invincible
Count Helldorf
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Lorenzini
A Trick of the Light
Max Skladanowsky
Görünmeyen
Bartok
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
Michel
House of Boys
Madame
30 Days Until I'm Famous
Barry Davis
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Jonny
Pars: Operation Cherry
Klaus Kayman
Life Is Too Long
Tabatabai
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Self
Just One Night
Walter Lert
The Theatre Bizarre
Peg Poett
Double Deception
Vincent
Keyhole
Dr. Lemke
United Trash
UNO-General Werner Brenner
Revelation
The Grand Master
The Killing Grounds
P.
100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker
Adolf Hitler
UFO in Her Eyes
Steve Frost
Under the Palms
Ludwig
Night of the Templar
Father Paul
The Third Generation
Edgar Gast
I Knew Andy Warhol
Self
Terror 2000
Jablo
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Hans Kramer
Critical Mass
Samson
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Lulu
Jack the Ripper
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
Hermano
Shameless
Alexander Pohlmann
The Praying Mantis
Julius Quellenreich
BloodRayne
Regal Monk
Duke of Groove
Earl
Deutschland privat
Staging Death
Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr
Death of a World Star
Udo Kier
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Baron Tante Teufel
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
Lorenzini
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Giles Marquette
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
The Waiter
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Gregor
Die wilden Fünfziger
Fromm
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Schafftaler
The Beginner
Graf Frackstein
Soul Kitchen
Herr Jung
Tell
Gessler
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
The Guardian
Season of the Senses
Luca
My Neighbor Adolf
Herman Herzog
Over My Dead Body
Killer
Red Letters
George Kessler
Road to St. Tropez
Boy
Extinct
York Cortex
The Editor
Dr Casini
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
Auf Herz und Nieren
Doc
Provocation
Angelos
Armageddon
Psychologist
The Forbidden Room
Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
Fall Down Dead
Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey
Jargo
Jargos Vater
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser
Sex
Self
Cigarette Burns
Bellinger
Skeletons in the Closet
Luc
13 Graves
Debro
Arteholic
Self
Theirs
Coconut Hero
Mr. Morrow
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Big Brother
The Sky Has Four Corners
Graf Karpatovicz
Lea
Block
The Berlin Project
Guru
Modigliani
Max Jacob
Celluloid Horror
Himself
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ronald Camp
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
Gate to Heaven
Joachim Nowak
Brother
Frank Solek
Pigs Will Fly
Onkel Max
Spy Games
Ivan Bliniak
Ich - Udo
Himself
Seances
The Last Word
Raimund
Downsizing
Konrad
Blood of 1000 Virgins
Self (archive footage)
Brawl in Cell Block 99
The Placid Man
Hungarian Rhapsody
Poór
The Secret Agent
Hans
Courier X
Nathan Vogel
Unter Druck
The Lords of Salem
Witchhunter (uncredited)
Grindhouse
Franz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
Final Run
Reddick
Mother's Mask
Herr Seiler
Miss Diamond
Bühler
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Hans
The Last Minute
Nazi Fashion Shooter
Gold Flakes
Franzl
Korn: Deuce
Commander
Josh & S.A.M.
Salon Manager
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
Dr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Andre Toulon
Lola
Waiter (uncredited)
My Own Private River
Hans (archive footage)
The Painted Bird
Miller
Dragged Across Concrete
Friedrich
The Debtors
Johnny Walker
Fyodor (voice)
American Animals
Mr. Van Der Hoek
The Ark: An Iron Sky Story
Grand Master
Zero
The lord of the world
Instant Dreams
The Docter (Cameo)
Daughter of Mine
Bruno
Lines of the Hand
La deuxième femme
Udo Kier
The Salzburg Connection
Anton
Intangents
Bin bag Man
Betty
Vincent Lord
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
Poulailler
Stingers
Mr. Scholnick / The Boss
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Alcyde
Conflict of Emotions
Tonis Theodorou
The Mountain
Frederick
Bacurau
Michael
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
The Barefoot Emperor
Dr. Otto Kroll
Last Moment of Clarity
Ivan Demisovski
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Self
Epidemic
Self
American Exit
Anton
Holy Beasts
Henry
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
The Material Boy
Self
Dimension
Skin Walker
Claus
The Fifth Commandment
Peter Dümmel
Pankow ’95
Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart
Chompy & the Girls
Chompy (voice)
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Self (archive footage)
Spermula
Werner
Bacurau no Mapa
Self
Suspiria
Dr. Frank Mandel
Paradise Framed
For Love or Money
Mr. Himmelman
Killer Deal
Dr. Roland Parker
Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten
Man
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Self
11 Colours of the Bird
Self
Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue
Egon Hettemann
Haymaker
David
The Blazing World
Lained
És így s eképp tovább
Swan Song
Pat Pitsenbarger
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
Rocky
Idiots' Battle
By Design
Aldo Fabbri
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
The Shaman
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Self
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Self
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
Edouard Müllendorf
Schindler Space Architect
R.M. Schindler (voice)
Madonna: The Making of SEX Book
Self