Acting credits
264
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Udo Kier
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
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Movies: 223Series: 42Crew 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: 6.05
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Udo Kier.
as Tim Senior
Return from Tomorrow
2026 • Movie
as Aldo Fabbri
By Design
2026 • Movie
as Hans
The Secret Agent
2025 • Movie
as Ö
Bad Painter
2025 • Movie
as R.M. Schindler (voice)
Schindler Space Architect
2024 • Movie
as Self
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
2024 • Movie
as Luc
Skeletons in the Closet
2024 • Movie
as Self / Big Brother
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
2022 • Movie
as Herman Herzog
My Neighbor Adolf
2022 • Movie
Staging Death
2022 • Movie
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
2022 • Movie
as Michel
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
2022 • Movie
as Lained
The Blazing World
2021 • Movie
as Chompy (voice)
Chompy & the Girls
2021 • Movie
as Pat Pitsenbarger
Swan Song
2021 • Movie
as David
Haymaker
2021 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020 • Movie
as Ivan Demisovski
Last Moment of Clarity
2020 • Movie
as Self
11 Colours of the Bird
2020 • Movie
as Dr. Otto Kroll
The Barefoot Emperor
2020 • Movie
as Self
Bacurau no Mapa
2019 • Movie
as Claus
Skin Walker
2019 • Movie
as Miller
The Painted Bird
2019 • Movie
as Michael
Bacurau
2019 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Udo Kier.
as Klaus • 2 eps
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
2022 • Series
as Gunthar Vaggan • 1 eps
Dark Winds
2022 • Series
as Adolf Hitler • 8 eps
Hunters
2020 • Series
as Fuchspelzmann • 6 eps
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
2019 • Series
as Head Vampire Vampire (voice) • 1 eps
Major Lazer
2015 • Series
as Rolf Rauchensteiner • 8 eps
Old Money
2015 • Series
as Mister Toad (voice) • 4 eps
Beware the Batman
2013 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Evening Urgant
2012 • Series
as Professor Pericles (voice) • 17 eps
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010 • Series
as Otto Van Vogel • 1 eps
Chuck
2007 • Series
as Bellinger • 1 eps
Masters of Horror
2005 • Series
as Zanrelot • 41 eps
4 Against Z
2005 • Series
as Bert (voice) • 1 eps
The Batman
2004 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Through the Night with...
2002 • Series
as The Music Master (voice) • 2 eps
Justice League
2001 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Beckmann
1999 • Series
as Viktor Balek • 1 eps
V.I.P.
1998 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Talk 2000
1997 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Zimmer frei!
1996 • Series
as Wolfgang Herzog • 1 eps
Nash Bridges
1996 • Series
as Klaus Zeller • 2 eps
The Sentinel
1996 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994 • Series
as Age Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror • 13 eps
The Kingdom
1994 • Series