
Udo Kier
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.
27 TV shows
TV Shows

Scene of the Crime
ORF 1

Chuck
NBC

Nash Bridges
CBS

Masters of Horror
Showtime

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Cartoon Network

seaQuest DSV
NBC

Polizeiruf 110
Das Erste

The Batman
The WB

Viper
NBC

Dark Winds
AMC

Die Harald Schmidt Show
SAT.1

NDR Talk Show
NDR Fernsehen

The Sentinel
UPN

Morgenmagazin
ZDF

Red Shoe Diaries
Showtime
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
ZDF

Justice League
Cartoon Network
3 nach 9
Network unknown

Beckmann
Das Erste

Der Fahnder
Das Erste

The Kingdom
DR1

Zimmer frei!
WDR Fernsehen

Evening Urgant
Channel One

Beware the Batman
Cartoon Network
Tietjen und Bommes
NDR Fernsehen

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Das Erste

Berlin Alexanderplatz
Das Erste
Other Credits
4 Against Z, Kir Royal, Die Männer vom K3, Doppelter Einsatz, Rosa Roth, Old Money, Sonderdezernat K1, Gestern gelesen, Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen, Hunters, Through the Night with..., Joseph Balsamo, Die Gang, Gespenstergeschichten, Talk 2000, M - A City Hunts a Murderer, Major Lazer, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, Boulevard Bio, G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten, Willemsens Woche, V.I.P., Thadeusz, Brisant