Acting
Udo Kier
1944-2025
Known for Blade, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Downsizing.
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Born10/14/1944
Died11/23/2025
AgeDied at 81
BirthplaceCologne, Germany
DepartmentActing
Also known asUdo Kierspe, 乌多·基尔, ウド・キア, У́до Кир, Ούντο Κιρ, Ούντο Κίερ, يودو كيير, 우도 키어
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.
Movie Credits
Swan Song (2021)
Courier X (2016)
Arteholic (2014)
The Theatre Bizarre (2011)
Pray For Morning (2006)
Auf Herz und Nieren (2001)
A Trick of the Light (1995)
100 Years of Adolf Hitler (1989)
The Island of the Bloody Plantation (1983)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)
Exposé (1976)
Blood for Dracula (1974)
My Neighbor Adolf (2022)
The Blazing World (2021)
Skin Walker (2019)
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey (2018)
Night of the Templar (2012)
UFO in Her Eyes (2011)
Fall Down Dead (2007)
The Killing Grounds (2007)
Cigarette Burns (2005)
One Point O (2004)
Doomsdayer (2000)
Stingers (1998)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Spermula (1976)
The Story of O (1975)
Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
Mark of the Devil (1970)
Road to St. Tropez (1966)
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022)
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence (2020)
American Exit (2019)
Keyhole (2011)
House of Boys (2009)
Metropia (2009)
Far Cry (2008)
Evil Eyes (2004)
Love Object (2004)
Critical Mass (2001)
Invincible (2001)
Just One Night (2000)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Terror 2000 (1992)
Europa (1991)
Skeletons in the Closet (2024)
Haymaker (2021)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Daughter of Mine (2018)
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
The Forbidden Room (2015)
Iron Sky (2012)
The Sky Has Four Corners (2011)
Dimension (2010)
Lulu and Jimi (2009)
Tell (2007)
Gate to Heaven (2003)
FearDotCom (2002)
Double Deception (2001)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
Miss Diamond (1998)
The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
Epidemic (1987)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
Bacurau (2019)
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)
The Mountain (2018)
Instant Dreams (2017)
Coconut Hero (2015)
1½ Knights - In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde (2008)
Holly (2006)
30 Days Until I'm Famous (2004)
Revelation (2001)
Prince Valiant (1997)
Barb Wire (1996)
The Last Word (1975)
The Secret Agent (2025)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
