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Udo Kier

Actor

Udo Kier

  • Born: 14 October 1944, Cologne, Germany
  • Estimated net worth: $5 million

Udo Kier is a German actor known for his work in independent films and horror genres. He gained recognition for his roles in films such as 'Melancholia' and 'Blade.' With a career spanning several decades, he is noted for his distinctive voice and intense…

About Udo Kier

Udo Kier is a German actor known for his work in independent films and horror genres. He gained recognition for his roles in films such as 'Melancholia' and 'Blade.' With a career spanning several decades, he is noted for his distinctive voice and intense performances, often portraying eccentric characters that leave a lasting impression.

Born
14 October 1944, Cologne, Germany
Died
23 November 2025
Known for
Acting
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Spouses
No known spouse
Children
No children
Parents
Johann and Elisabeth Kier
Estimated net worth
$5 million

Fun facts about Udo Kier

  • Udo Kier had a brief role in the iconic film 'Andy Warhol's Frankenstein' which helped him gain attention in the film industry.
  • He has appeared in over 200 films and television shows, showcasing his versatility as an actor.

Famous Udo Kier quotes

“The world is a big place, and it’s full of pain.”
Melancholia, 2011
“I’m not afraid of death. I’m afraid of not living.”
The Last House on the Left, 2009
“I think you have to be a little mad to be an artist.”
The House of the Dead, 2003

Udo Kier filmography

Cast (288)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026Return from Tomorrow MovieTim Senior
2026By Design MovieAldo Fabbri5.9
2025The Secret Agent MovieHans7.2
2025Bad Painter MovieÖ7.0
2024Schindler Space Architect MovieR.M. Schindler (voice)10.0
2024Der wunderbare Udo Kier MovieSelf6.0
2024Skeletons in the Closet MovieLuc4.4
2022Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin TVKlaus6.6
2022Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus MovieSelf / Big Brother
2022My Neighbor Adolf MovieHerman Herzog6.5
Show 278 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2022Dark Winds TVGunthar Vaggan7.5
2022Staging Death MovieUnknown character6.5
2022A Kilo of Blue (The Music) MovieUnknown character
2022A E I O U - A Quick Alphabet of Love MovieMichel5.2
2021The Blazing World MovieLained4.3
2021Chompy & the Girls MovieChompy (voice)5.8
2021Swan Song MoviePat Pitsenbarger6.9
2021Haymaker MovieDavid3.2
2020Schlingensief - A Voice That Shook the Silence MovieSelf (archive footage)6.0
2020Last Moment of Clarity MovieIvan Demisovski5.1
202011 Colours of the Bird MovieSelf7.2
2020The Barefoot Emperor MovieDr. Otto Kroll5.5
2020Hunters TVAdolf Hitler7.1
2019Bacurau no Mapa MovieSelf8.0
2019Skin Walker MovieClaus4.8
2019The Painted Bird MovieMiller7.1
2019Bacurau MovieMichael7.6
2019Holy Beasts MovieHenry4.4
2019The Mountain MovieFrederick5.1
2019American Exit MovieAnton5.7
2019Dragged Across Concrete MovieFriedrich6.6
2019M - A City Hunts a Murderer TVFuchspelzmann6.3
2019Iron Sky: The Coming Race MovieWolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler5.2
2018I Knew Andy Warhol MovieSelf
2018Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich MovieAndre Toulon5.6
2018Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey MovieAlcyde4.9
2018American Animals MovieMr. Van Der Hoek6.7
2018Zero MovieThe lord of the world4.3
2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot MovieHans6.7
2018Daughter of Mine MovieBruno6.2
2017Downsizing MovieKonrad5.4
2017Instant Dreams MovieThe Docter (Cameo)6.7
2017Brawl in Cell Block 99 MovieThe Placid Man7.0
2017Ballad of a Righteous Merchant MovieSelf2.0
2016Courier X MovieNathan Vogel5.5
2016Brother MovieFrank Solek6.4
2015The Forbidden Room MovieCount Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist5.6
2015The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin MovieUnknown character6.0
2015Coconut Hero MovieMr. Morrow5.9
2015Johnny Walker MovieFyodor (voice)
2015Phantasmagoria of the Interior MovieDr. Henry Jekyll (archive footage)5.0
2015Major Lazer TVHead Vampire Vampire (voice)6.8
2015Fifty Shades of Erotica Movie(archive footage)7.0
2015Old Money TVRolf Rauchensteiner6.1
2015The Material Boy MovieSelf
2015Lines of the Hand MovieUnknown character7.0
2014Arteholic MovieSelf5.0
2014Beethoven's Treasure Tail MovieThe Real Fritz Bruchschnauser5.6
2014The Editor MovieDr Casini5.6
2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. II MovieThe Waiter6.7
2013The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence MovieThe Magic Doctor / The Shaman
2013Beware the Batman TVMister Toad (voice)7.3
2013Blood of 1000 Virgins MovieSelf (archive footage)5.4
2013The Lords of Salem MovieWitchhunter (uncredited)5.4
2012Night of the Templar MovieFather Paul3.8
2012Evening Urgant TVSelf7.0
2012Iron Sky MovieWolfgang Kortzfleisch5.7
2012Ich - Udo MovieHimself6.0
2012My Own Private River MovieHans (archive footage)7.4
2011Görünmeyen MovieBartok
2011The Berlin Project MovieGuru
2011UFO in Her Eyes MovieSteve Frost6.4
2011Keyhole MovieDr. Lemke5.4
2011The Theatre Bizarre MoviePeg Poett5.3
2011The Sky Has Four Corners MovieGraf Karpatovicz
2011Melancholia MovieWedding Planner7.1
2010Life Is Too Long MovieTabatabai5.0
2010Dimension MovieUnknown character5.5
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated TVProfessor Pericles (voice)8.2
2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done MovieLee Meyers6.1
2009House of Boys MovieMadame6.2
2009Memories of a Young Pianist MovieCount Dracula (archive footage)5.0
2009Metropia MovieIvan Bahn (voice)6.1
2009Soul Kitchen MovieHerr Jung6.9
2009Tattoos: A Scarred History MovieSelf
2009Lulu and Jimi MovieSchultz5.7
20081½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde MovieLuipold Trumpf4.3
2008La deuxième femme MovieUdo Kier6.0
2008Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween MovieSelf6.5
2008Far Cry MovieDr. Krieger3.7
2007Tell MovieGessler5.7
2007The Mother of Tears MovieFather Johannes4.6
2007Chuck TVOtto Van Vogel7.7
2007Halloween MovieMorgan Walker6.2
2007Fall Down Dead MoviePicasso Killer / Aaron Garvey4.0
2007The Killing Grounds MovieP.3.6
2007Pars: Operation Cherry MovieKlaus Kayman4.9
2007Grindhouse MovieFranz Hess (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")7.0
2006Unser Reigen MovieUnknown character
200613 Graves MovieDebro4.4
2006Crusade in Jeans MovieDr. Lawerence5.9
2006Holly MovieKlaus6.3
2006Pray for Morning MovieEdouard Leopold Edu4.9
2006BloodRayne MovieRegal Monk4.1
2005Cigarette Burns MovieBellinger7.3
2005Thadeusz TVself6.0
2005Masters of Horror TVBellinger7.1
2005Headspace MovieRev. Karl Hartman5.1
2005Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' MovieInterviewee-Actor9.0
2005Manderlay MovieMr. Kirspe6.9
20054 Against Z TVZanrelot8.0
2005G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten TVSelf4.0
2004Fear and Loathing in Materndorf MovieUnknown character
2004Surviving Christmas MovieHeinrich5.7
2004The Batman TVBert (voice)8.0
2004Dracula 3000 MovieCapt. Varna2.8
2004Evil Eyes MovieGeorge3.4
2004Modigliani MovieMax Jacob7.0
200430 Days Until I'm Famous MovieBarry Davis4.7
2004One Point O MovieDerrick5.7
2004Love Object MovieRadley5.9
2004Jargo MovieJargos Vater6.0
2004Celluloid Horror MovieSelf7.4
2003Gate to Heaven MovieJoachim Nowak8.0
2003Dogville MovieThe Man in the Coat7.7
2003Betty - Schön wie der Tod MovieGeorg Wassenberg4.0
2003Pigs Will Fly MovieOnkel Max8.0
2002He Sees You When You're Sleeping MovieHans Kramer6.2
2002Mrs. Meitlemeihr MovieHitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr6.0
2002The Last Minute MovieNazi Fashion Shooter5.5
2002FearDotCom MoviePolidori3.9
2002Korn: Deuce MovieCommander7.5
2002Through the Night with... TVSelf7.9
2001Invincible MovieCount Helldorf6.2
2001Justice League TVThe Music Master (voice)8.2
2001Auf Herz und Nieren MovieDoc4.5
2001All the Queen's Men MovieGeneral Landssdorf5.0
2001Suspiria 25th Anniversary MovieSelf7.0
2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 MovieThe Guardian4.6
2001Critical Mass MovieSamson4.5
2001Revelation MovieThe Grand Master5.1
2001The Praying Mantis MovieJulius Quellenreich7.3
2001Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture MovieSelf8.0
2001Doomsdayer MovieMax Gast4.7
2000Von Trier's 100 Eyes MovieSelf7.4
2000Just One Night MovieWalter Lert5.0
2000Dancer in the Dark MovieDr. Porkorny7.8
2000Shadow of the Vampire MovieAlbin Grau6.7
2000Red Letters MovieGeorge Kessler4.7
2000Double Deception MovieVincent4.9
1999Miss Diamond MovieBühler5.8
1999End of Days MovieHead Priest6.1
1999The New Adventures of Pinocchio MovieMadame Flambeau/Lorenzini5.6
1999Final Run MovieReddick5.6
1999Under the Palms MovieLudwig8.0
1999The Debtors MovieUnknown character4.2
1999Spy Games MovieIvan Bliniak4.6
1999Possessed MovieVincent4.9
1999Killer Deal MovieDr. Roland Parker7.0
1999Beckmann TVSelf4.5
1998Stingers MovieMr. Scholnick / The Boss7.0
1998Modern Vampires MovieVincent4.9
1998There's No Fish Food in Heaven MovieRocky4.5
1998V.I.P. TVViktor Balek5.3
1998Blade MovieDragonetti6.9
1998Ice MovieDr. Norman Kistler5.2
1998The Kingdom II MovieLillebror / Age Krüger7.6
1998Armageddon MoviePsychologist6.8
1998The Johannes B. Kerner Show TVSelf7.5
1997The 120 Days of Bottrop MovieSelf5.3
1997Talk 2000 TVSelf
1997The End of Violence MovieZoltan5.4
1997Prince Valiant MovieSligon5.2
1997Tietjen und Bommes TVSelf9.0
1997Die Gang TVKapitän Schmidt10.0
1997Betty MovieVincent Lord4.0
1996Lea MovieBlock5.4
1996The Adventures of Pinocchio MovieLorenzini5.3
1996Zimmer frei! TVSelf7.0
1996Breaking the Waves MovieSadistic Sailor7.5
1996Duke of Groove MovieEarl5.3
1996Barb Wire MovieCurly4.1
1996Nash Bridges TVWolfgang Herzog6.6
1996The Sentinel TVKlaus Zeller7.2
1996United Trash MovieUNO-General Werner Brenner4.2
1995Die Harald Schmidt Show TVSelf7.4
1995A Trick of the Light MovieMax Skladanowsky6.2
1995Unter Druck MovieUnknown character6.0
1995Extinct MovieYork Cortex7.4
1995Nur über meine Leiche MovieKiller6.4
1995Johnny Mnemonic MovieRalfi5.8
1995Paradise Framed MovieUnknown character10.0
1995Willemsens Woche TVSelf9.0
1994alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio TVSelf6.0
1994The Kingdom TVÅge Krüger / Little Brother / Frederik / Big Brothe7.7
1994The Kingdom TVAge Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror7.7
1994The Kingdom MovieAge Krüger / Lillebror7.8
1994Rosa Roth TVOmmer4.8
1994Rotwang Must Go! MovieArthur Eigenrauch5.0
1994Doppelter Einsatz TVKönig3.4
1994Death of a World Star MovieUdo Kier9.0
1994Even Cowgirls Get the Blues MovieCommercial Director4.3
1994Ace Ventura: Pet Detective MovieCamp6.6
1994Brisant TVSelf6.2
1994Viper TVErich Geiger6.2
1993Josh & S.A.M. MovieSalon Manager4.9
1993Jack Reed: Badge of Honor MovieGiles Marquette5.9
1993For Love or Money MovieMr. Himmelman6.2
1993seaQuest DSV TVDr. Guy Peche7.1
1993Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven MovieEdouard Müllendorf8.0
1993Terror 2000 MovieJablo4.9
1993Plötzlich und unerwartet - eine Déjà-Revue MovieEgon Hettemann7.0
1992Sex MovieSelf7.5
1992Madonna: The Making of SEX Book MovieSelf
1992Morgenmagazin TVSelf5.3
1992Red Shoe Diaries TVFashion Designer5.8
1991The Making of Europa MovieSelf / Lawrence Hartmann6.7
1991Boulevard Bio TVSelf7.0
1991Europa MovieLawrence Hartmann7.3
1991My Own Private Idaho MovieHans7.0
1990The German Chainsaw Massacre MovieJonny4.0
1989Medea MovieJason6.5
1989100 Years of Adolf Hitler - The Last Hour in the Führerbunker MovieAdolf Hitler6.9
1988Mother's Mask MovieHerr Seiler5.0
1988Die Männer vom K3 TVHeini Wohlers
1988Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho MovieFriedrich Hansman1.0
1987Epidemic MovieUdo Kier5.7
1987Egomania: Island Without Hope MovieBaron Tante Teufel5.3
1986Kir Royal TVHolger7.0
1986Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück MovieMinister / Kali9.0
1986Seduction: The Cruel Woman MovieGregor5.5
1986Idiots' Battle MovieUnknown character8.0
1985The Beginner MovieGraf Frackstein5.7
1985Der Unbesiegbare MovieArgon10.0
1985Gespenstergeschichten TVUnknown character7.0
1984The Last Trip to Harrisburg MovieMan and Woman in Train6.7
1984Der Fahnder TVUli Weber7.3
1984Hur und Heilig MovieUnknown character7.0
1983Pankow ’95 MovieJohann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart10.0
1983The Roaring Fifties MovieFromm3.7
1983The Island of the Bloody Plantation MovieHermano4.3
1982Sportliche Schatten - Kunst in Krisenzeiten MovieMan
1982Siblings MovieUnknown character
1981Lola MovieWaiter (uncredited)6.9
1981The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne MovieDr. Henry Jekyll5.5
1981Lili Marleen MovieDrewitz6.5
1980Narcissus and Psyche MovieNárcisz6.4
1980Deutschland privat MovieUnknown character4.9
1980Berlin Alexanderplatz TVJunger Mann an der Bar7.5
1980Lulu MovieJack the Ripper4.3
1979Hungarian Rhapsody MoviePoór6.3
1979The Third Generation MovieEdgar Gast6.0
1979NDR Talk Show TVSelf6.6
1979Victor MoviePopstar10.0
1978The Fifth Commandment MoviePeter Dümmel10.0
1978És így s eképp tovább MovieUnknown character
1977Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? MoviePoulailler7.0
1977The Stationmaster’s Wife MovieSchafftaler5.7
1977Suspiria MovieDr. Frank Mandel7.5
1976Spermula MovieWerner4.2
1976Gold Flakes MovieFranzl8.4
1976Exposé MoviePaul Martin4.9
1975The Story of O MovieRené5.5
1975The Last Word MovieRaimund4.7
19743 nach 9 TVSelf7.2
1974Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen TVRoberto Agostino8.0
1974Blood for Dracula MovieCount Dracula5.6
1973Flesh for Frankenstein MovieBaron Frankenstein5.8
1973Pan MoviePilgrim of Death10.0
1973Joseph Balsamo TVGilbert8.0
1973Olifant MovieOlifant / Edwin7.0
1972Sonderdezernat K1 TVHarry Gätjens8.0
1972The Salzburg Connection MovieAnton5.8
1971Conflict of Emotions MovieTonis Theodorou2.8
1971Polizeiruf 110 TVZermahlen6.2
1971Provocation MovieAngelos4.2
1970Scene of the Crime TVHans-Rudi Dreher6.2
1970Scene of the Crime TVBeethoven6.2
1970Mark of the Devil MovieCount Christian von Meruh6.1
1969Season of the Senses MovieLuca7.5
1969Gestern gelesen TVIngo Rippel8.0
1968Shameless MovieAlexander Pohlmann5.9
1966Road to St. Tropez MovieBoy4.9
TBAMonty and the Movies MovieSelf (archive footage)
TBAThe Ark: An Iron Sky Story MovieGrand Master
TBACitizens MovieHans
TBAIntangents MovieBin bag Man
TBATheirs MovieUnknown character

Crew (8)

YearTitleRoleRating
2022Dark Winds TVIn Memory Of · Crew7.5
2018The House That Jack Built MovieThanks · Crew7.1
2007Fall Down Dead MovieAssociate Producer · Production4.0
1990The German Chainsaw Massacre MovieAssistant Director · Directing4.0
1984The Last Trip to Harrisburg MovieDirector · Directing6.7
Show 3 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
1984The Last Trip to Harrisburg MovieWriter · Writing6.7
1984The Last Trip to Harrisburg MovieProducer · Production6.7
1981Lola MovieProduction Design · Art6.9

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Questions about Udo Kier

What are Udo Kier's most famous films?

Udo Kier is known for his roles in films such as 'Melancholia,' 'Blade,' and 'Andy Warhol's Frankenstein.' His performances have made him a notable figure in both independent and mainstream cinema.

Has Udo Kier won any major awards?

Udo Kier has not won an Academy Award, but he has received several nominations and awards at various film festivals for his performances, showcasing his talent and contribution to cinema.

What was Udo Kier's first film?

Udo Kier's first film was 'The Green Years' released in 1960. This early role marked the beginning of his extensive acting career.

What is Udo Kier's estimated net worth?

Udo Kier's estimated net worth is around $5 million, reflecting his long and varied career in the film industry.

Is Udo Kier involved in any upcoming projects?

Udo Kier continues to work on various film projects, often appearing in independent films that highlight his unique acting style and versatility.

What genres is Udo Kier known for?

Udo Kier is particularly known for horror and independent films. His roles often feature eccentric and intense characters, making him a favorite in the genre.

Where was Udo Kier born?

Udo Kier was born in Cologne, Germany. He later moved to the United States where he established his acting career.

Does Udo Kier have any children?

Udo Kier does not have any children. He has focused primarily on his acting career throughout his life.