Udo Kierspe (born 14 October 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, he has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas. He has 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.
He has also worked extensively as a voice actor, starring as the psychic Yuri (as well as the voice of the PsiCorps) in and its expansion, Yuri's Revenge. He also voiced the Music Master in Justice League, Herbert Ziegler in The Batman, Ivan Bahn in Metropia, Professor Pericles in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Mister Toad in Beware the Batman, Warden in Axe Cop, Head Vampire Vampire in Major Lazer, Dylan Beekler's Backpack in Golan the Insatiable and Dr. Peter Straub in .
A documentary on his life and career entitled ICH-UDO...der Schauspieler Udo Kier ( ME –UDO...the actor Udo Kier) was filmed for Arte, the European Franco-German culture channel, and released in 2012. In 2013, the documentary won the New York Festival "Finalist Certificate". Another documentary entitled Udo Kier - Dracula trash et dandy magnétique was released by Jobst Knigge (Germany, 2024, 52 min.) and broadcast by Arte France in early November 2024 celebrating his 80th birthday.
He moved to Palm Springs, California, in 1991.
Provocation | Angelos | |
Anilikes amartoles | ||
Pan | Pilgrim of Death | |
Story of O | René | |
Franzl | ||
Spermula | Werner | |
Belcanto oder Darf eine Nutte schluchzen? | Poulailler | |
Hungarian Rhapsody | Poór | |
Lulu | Jack the Ripper | |
Lola | Waiter | Uncredited; also production designer |
Lili Marleen | Drewitz | |
The Roaring Fifties | Fromm | |
Pankow '95 | Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart | |
Gregor | ||
Graf Frackstein | ||
Mother's Mask | Herr Seidler | |
Europa | Lawrence Hartmann | |
For Love or Money | Mr. Himmelman | |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Commercial Director | |
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven | Edouard Müllendorf | |
Arthur Eigenrauch | ||
A Trick of Light | Max Skladanowsky | |
Johnny Mnemonic | Ralfi | |
Ausgestorben | York Cortex | Short film |
Over My Dead Body | Killer | |
Paradise Framed | Himself | |
Extinct | York Cortex | Short film |
Dog Daze | Erich von Stroheim | Short film |
Barb Wire | Curly | |
Breaking the Waves | Sadistic Sailor | |
Lea | Block | |
The Adventures of Pinocchio | Lorenzini | |
Betty | Vincent Lord | |
Prince Valiant | Sligon | |
There's No Fish Food in Heaven | Rocky | |
Blade | Gitano Dragonetti | |
Life in the Fast Lane | Rocky | |
Stingers | ||
Schuldig | ||
Immaculate Springs | Hans | |
History Is Made at Night | Ivan Bliniak | |
Besat | Vincent | |
The Debtors | ||
Unter den Palmen | Ludwig | |
The New Adventures of Pinocchio | Madame Flambeau / Lorenzini | |
Shadow of the Vampire | Albin Grau | |
Dancer in the Dark | Dr. Porkorny | |
Red Letters | George Kessler | |
Just One Night | Walter Lert | |
Doomsdayer | Max Gast | |
Simon Says | Stuart Moss | |
Invincible | Count Helldorf | |
Double Deception | Vincent | |
Die Gottesanbeterin | ||
The Guardian | ||
All the Queen's Men | General Landssdorf | |
Revelation | Grand Master | |
Broken Cookies | Director | |
FeardotCom | Polidori | |
Mrs Meitlemeihr | Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr | Short film |
Pigs Will Fly | Onkel Max | |
Dogville | The Man in the Coat | |
Love Object | Radley | |
Gate to Heaven | Joachim Nowak | |
Paranoia 1.0 | Derrick | |
Jargo | Jargos Vater | |
Sawtooth | Reverend Cain | |
Modigliani | Max Jacob | |
Evil Eyes | George | |
Dracula 3000 | Captain Varna | |
Surviving Christmas | Heinrich | |
Headspace | Rev. Karl Hartman | |
One More Round | Lance Wallace | |
Wit's End | The Stranger | |
Manderlay | Mr. Kirspe | |
BloodRayne | Regal Monk | |
Holly | Klaus | |
Crusade in Jeans | Dr. Lawerence | |
Grindhouse | Franz Hess | Segment: "Werewolf Women of the SS" |
Halloween | Morgan Walker | |
Tell | Hermann Gessler | |
The Mother of Tears | Father Johannes | |
Klaus Kayman | ||
1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde | Luipold Trumpf | |
House of Boys | Madame | |
Soul Kitchen | Herr Jung | |
Metropia | Ivan Bahn | Voice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. |
Tattoos: A Scarred History | Himself | Documentary |
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? | Lee Meyers | |
Keyhole | Dr. Lemke | |
Graf Karpatovicz and the Blonde Bite | Graf Karpatovicz | Short film |
The Sky Has Four Corners | Graf Karpatovicz | |
Gorunmeyen | Bartok | |
Melancholia | Wedding Planner | |
The Theatre Bizarre | Peg Poett | |
UFO in Her Eyes | Steve Frost | |
The Berlin Project | Guru | |
Unlocking Passages | The Actor | Short film |
Heather's Dream | Doctor | Short film |
The Girl behind the White Picket Fence | The Shaman / The Doctor | |
Nymphomaniac | The Waiter | |
Beethoven's Treasure Tail | The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser | |
The Editor | Dr. Casini | |
Get Well Soon: It's Love | Man | Short film |
Johnny Walker | Fyodor | Voice |
Shanzo (Teaser) | Jago | Short film |
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin | Himself | Documentary |
The Forbidden Room | Count Yugh / The Butler / The Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist | |
Zero | The Lord of the World | |
Seances | Actor | Short film |
Brother | Frank Solek | |
Hitler's Hollywood | Narrator (USA version) | Voice Documentary |
Brawl in Cell Block 99 | Placid Man | |
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | George | |
Daughter of Mine | Bruno | |
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey | Alcyde | |
André Toulon | ||
Dragged Across Concrete | Friedrich | |
The Mountain | Frederick | |
Wolfgang Kortzfleisch | ||
Holy Beasts | Henry | |
Bacurau | Michael | |
The Painted Bird | Miller | |
The Barefoot Emperor | Dr. Otto Kroll | |
Skin Walker | Claus | |
The Blazing World | Lained | |
Swan Song | Pat Pitsenbarger | |
Chompy & The Girls | Chompy | Voice |
13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black | Opening Narration | Voice |
Bad Painter | O | |
My Neighbor Adolf | Mr. Herzog | |
The Secret Agent | Hans | |
Gilbert | 3 episodes | |
Kir Royal | Holger | Episode: "Adieu Clairef" |
Seaquest DSV | Dr. Guy Peche | Episode: "Give me Liberté" |
Udo Kier - From A to A | Himself | Television film documentary |
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Giles Marquette | Television film |
Nash Bridges | Wolfgang Herzog | Episode: "Aloha Nash" |
V.I.P. | Viktor Balek | Episode: "What to Do with Vallery When You're Deam" |
Modern Vampires | Vincent | Television film |
Miss Diamond | Buhler | Television film |
Nina - Vom Kinderzimmer ins Bordell | Bongo | Television film |
Ice | Dr. Norman Kistler | Television film |
He Sees You When You're Sleeping | Hans Kramer | Television film |
30 Days Until I'm Famous | Barry Davis | Television film |
Masters of Horror | Bellinger | Episode: "Cigarette Burns" |
Polizeiruf 110 | Heinrich Zermahlen | Episode: "Mit anderen Augen" |
13 Graves | Debro | Television film |
Axe Cop | Warden | Voice, episode: "Heads Will Roll" |
Major Lazer | Head Vampire Vampire | Voice, episode: "Vampire Weekend" |
Golan the Insatiable | Dylan Beekler's Backpack | Voice, episode: "Pilot" |
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