Acting credits
261
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Udo Kier
Acting
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TMDB popularity
3.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 222Series: 41Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 1646
IMDb ID: nm0001424
Known for: Acting
Born: October 14, 1944
Died: November 23, 2025
Age: 81
Place of birth: Cologne, Germany
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1966 - 2026
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 6.03
Wikidata: Q77035
Also known as
Udo Kierspe • 乌多·基尔 • ウド・キア • У́до Кир • Ούντο Κιρ • Ούντο Κίερ • يودو كيير • 우도 키어
Other jobs
Assistant Director (1)Associate Producer (1)Director (1)In Memory Of (1)Production Design (1)Thanks (1)
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.
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Movie credits linked with Udo Kier.
In 2 weeks
Return from Tomorrow
as Jim's father
2026 Movie
4.5
By Design
as Aldo Fabbri
2026 Movie
7.3
The Secret Agent
as Hans
2025 Movie
7.0
Bad Painter
as Ö
2025 Movie
10.0
Schindler Space Architect
as R.M. Schindler (voice)
2024 Movie
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
as Self
2024 Movie
4.3
Skeletons in the Closet
as Luc
2024 Movie
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Big Brother
2022 Movie
6.5
My Neighbor Adolf
as Herman Herzog
2022 Movie
6.0
Staging Death
2022 Movie
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022 Movie
4.9
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
as Michel
2022 Movie
4.4
The Blazing World
as Lained
2021 Movie
5.7
Chompy & the Girls
as Chompy (voice)
2021 Movie
6.9
Swan Song
as Pat Pitsenbarger
2021 Movie
3.2
Haymaker
as David
2021 Movie
6.0
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
5.2
Last Moment of Clarity
as Ivan Demisovski
2020 Movie
7.2
11 Colours of the Bird
as Self
2020 Movie
5.5
The Barefoot Emperor
as Dr. Otto Kroll
2020 Movie
8.0
Bacurau no Mapa
as Self
2019 Movie
4.8
Skin Walker
as Claus
2019 Movie
7.1
The Painted Bird
as Miller
2019 Movie
7.7
Bacurau
as Michael
2019 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Udo Kier.
6.8
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
as Klaus • 2 eps
2022 Series
7.5
Dark Winds
In Memory Of • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.2
Hunters
as Adolf Hitler • 8 eps
2020 Series
6.3
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
as Fuchspelzmann • 6 eps
2019 Series
6.8
Major Lazer
as Head Vampire Vampire (voice) • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.1
Old Money
as Rolf Rauchensteiner • 8 eps
2015 Series
7.2
Beware the Batman
as Mister Toad (voice) • 4 eps
2013 Series
7.1
Evening Urgant
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.2
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
as Professor Pericles (voice) • 17 eps
2010 Series
7.7
Chuck
as Otto Van Vogel • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.1
Masters of Horror
as Bellinger • 1 eps
2005 Series
9.0
4 Against Z
as Zanrelot • 41 eps
2005 Series
8.0
The Batman
as Bert (voice) • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.0
Through the Night with...
as Self • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.2
Justice League
as The Music Master (voice) • 2 eps
2001 Series
2.0
Beckmann
as Self • 2 eps
1999 Series
5.3
V.I.P.
as Viktor Balek • 1 eps
1998 Series
Talk 2000
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.3
Zimmer frei!
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.7
Nash Bridges
as Wolfgang Herzog • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.1
The Sentinel
as Klaus Zeller • 2 eps
1996 Series
7.1
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self • 2 eps
1995 Series
5.0
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.6
The Kingdom
as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror • 13 eps
1994 Series