Udo Kier
Birthplace: Cologne
Born: 1944-10-14
Died: 2025-11-23
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; film director; musician; stage actor; television actor; voice actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Udo Kierspe (14 October 1944 – 23 November 2025), known professionally as Udo Kier, was a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor who often portrayed eccentric and deviant figures, he appeared in more than 200 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas.
Kier made his breakthrough playing the title characters in the cult films Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) and Blood for Dracula (1974), both directed by Paul Morrissey, which established him as an icon of the horror film genre. He became a staple figure in both mainstream genre film and art house circles, described by one obituary as a "cult icon". He collaborated with notable filmmakers, such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lars von Trier, Gus Van Sant, Werner Herzog, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Guy Maddin, Wim Wenders, and Rob Zombie.
He received several international accolades, including a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, for his elegiac performance in Swan Song (2021). Openly gay throughout his career, he received a Special Teddy Award at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival for his contribution to queer cinema.
Sources & attribution
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- The Blood Countess (2026)
- By Design (2025) — Aldo Fabbri
- Skeletons in the Closet (2024)
- A E I O U - A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022)
- My Neighbor Adolf (2022) — Mr. Hermann Herzog
- Swan Song (2021) — Pat Pitsenbarger
- The Blazing World (2021) — Lained
- Last Moment of Clarity (2020) — Ivan
- Bacurau (2019) — Michael
- Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019) — Vril Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Vril Adolf Hitler
- The Barefoot Emperor (2019)
- American Animals (2018) — Mr. Van Der Hoek
- Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) — Hans
- Dragged Across Concrete (2018) — Friedrich
- The Mountain (2018) — Frederick
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) — Placid Man
- Downsizing (2017) — Joris
- Coconut Hero (2015) — Therapeut Mr. Morrow
- The Forbidden Room (2015) — Count Yugh / The Butler / The Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
- The Editor (2014) — Dr. Alberto Casini
- Nymphomaniac (2013)
- Nymphomaniac: Volume I (2013)
- Iron Sky (2012) — Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
- Night of the Templar (2012) — Father Paul
- Keyhole (2011) — Dr. Lemke
- Melancholia (2011) — Hochzeitsplaner
- My Own Private River (2011) — Hans
- The Theatre Bizarre (2011) — Peg Poett
- UFO In Her Eyes (2011) — Steve Frost
- House of Boys (2009) — Madame
- Lulu and Jimi (2009)
- Metropia (2009) — Ivan Bahn
- My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009) — Lee Meyers
- Far Cry (2008) — Dr. Krieger
- Children of Wax (2007) — P.
- Fall Down Dead (2007)
- Halloween (2007) — Morgan Walker
- La terza madre (2007) — Padre Johannes
- BloodRayne (2006) — Regal Monk
- Holly (2006) — Klaus
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Lars von Trier · 9 films
- Stellan Skarsgård · 7 films
- Jean-Marc Barr · 6 films
- Willem Dafoe · 4 films
- Charlotte Gainsbourg · 3 films
- Chloë Sevigny · 3 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.