Biography
Udo Kier
Acting
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,…
Career works
284
Movies
233
Series
51
Career average
6.1/10
Birth date
10/14/1944
Place of birth
Cologne, Germany
Date of death
11/23/2025
Filmography highlights
Movies
Return from Tomorrow
2026
By Design
2026 · 5.9
The Secret Agent
2025 · 7.2
Bad Painter
2025 · 7.0
Schindler Space Architect
2024 · 10.0
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
2024
Skeletons in the Closet
2024 · 4.4
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022
My Neighbor Adolf
2022 · 6.5
Staging Death
2022 · 6.0
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
2022 · 4.9
The Blazing World
2021 · 4.3
Chompy & the Girls
2021 · 5.8
Swan Song
2021 · 6.8
Series
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
2022 · 6.6
Dark Winds
2022 · 7.5
Hunters
2020 · 7.1
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
2019 · 6.3
Major Lazer
2015 · 6.8
Old Money
2015 · 6.1
Beware the Batman
2013 · 7.2
Evening Urgant
2012 · 7.1
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010 · 8.2
Chuck
2007 · 7.7
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Thadeusz
2005 · 6.0
Masters of Horror
2005 · 7.1
4 Against Z
2005 · 8.0
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G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
2005 · 4.0
The Batman
2004 · 8.0