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Udo Kier
Actor · Crew· Cologne, Germany
Udo Kier, born October 14, 1944, carved a singular path through the cinematic landscape as a cult character actor, embodying eccentric and often deviant figures with uncanny precision in over 220 films. His collaborations spanned continents and eras, from Werner Herzog and Rainer Werner Fassbinder to Lars von Trier and Gus Van Sant, cementing his reputation as a chameleonic presence in both European and American cinema.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | By Design | Aldo Fabbri | Film |
| 2025 | Bad Painter | Ö | Film |
| 2025 | The Secret Agent | Hans | Film |
| 2022 | Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus | Self / Big Brother | Film |
| 2021 | The Blazing World | Lained | Film |
| 2020 | Hunters | Adolf Hitler | TV |
| 2020 | Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2019 | Bacurau | Michael | Film |
| 2019 | M - A City Hunts a Murderer | Fuchspelzmann | TV |
| 2019 | Iron Sky: The Coming Race | Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler | Film |
| 2019 | The Painted Bird | Miller | Film |
| 2019 | Dragged Across Concrete | Friedrich | Film |
| 2018 | American Animals | Mr. Van Der Hoek | Film |
| 2018 | Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich | Andre Toulon | Film |
| 2017 | Brawl in Cell Block 99 | The Placid Man | Film |
| 2017 | Downsizing | Konrad | Film |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Erotica | (archive footage) | Film |
| 2015 | Coconut Hero | Mr. Morrow | Film |
| 2015 | The Forbidden Room | Count Yugh / Butler / Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist | Film |
| 2014 | Beethoven's Treasure Tail | The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser | Film |
| 2014 | The Editor | Dr Casini | Film |
| 2013 | The Lords of Salem | Witchhunter (uncredited) | Film |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | The Waiter | Film |
| 2012 | My Own Private River | Hans (archive footage) | Film |
| 2012 | Iron Sky | Wolfgang Kortzfleisch | Film |
| 2012 | Night of the Templar | Father Paul | Film |
| 2011 | The Sky Has Four Corners | Graf Karpatovicz | Film |
| 2011 | Keyhole | Dr. Lemke | Film |
| 2011 | UFO in Her Eyes | Steve Frost | Film |
| 2011 | Melancholia | Wedding Planner | Film |
| 2011 | The Theatre Bizarre | Peg Poett | Film |
| 2010 | Life Is Too Long | Tabatabai | Film |
| 2010 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Lee Meyers | Film |
| 2010 | Dimension | Film | |
| 2009 | Lulu and Jimi | Schultz | Film |
| 2009 | Metropia | Ivan Bahn (voice) | Film |
| 2009 | House of Boys | Madame | Film |
| 2009 | Soul Kitchen | Herr Jung | Film |
| 2008 | 1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde | Luipold Trumpf | Film |
| 2008 | Far Cry | Dr. Krieger | Film |
| 2007 | The Killing Grounds | P. | Film |
| 2007 | Fall Down Dead | Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey | Film |
| 2007 | Pars: Operation Cherry | Klaus Kayman | Film |
| 2007 | Tell | Gessler | Film |
| 2007 | Halloween | Morgan Walker | Film |
| 2007 | The Mother of Tears | Father Johannes | Film |
| 2006 | Holly | Klaus | Film |
| 2006 | Pray for Morning | Edouard Leopold Edu | Film |
| 2006 | Crusade in Jeans | Dr. Lawerence | Film |
| 2005 | Headspace | Rev. Karl Hartman | Film |
| 2005 | BloodRayne | Regal Monk | Film |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Mr. Kirspe | Film |
| 2005 | 4 Against Z | Zanrelot | TV |
| 2004 | 30 Days Until I'm Famous | Barry Davis | Film |
| 2004 | One Point O | Derrick | Film |
| 2004 | Surviving Christmas | Heinrich | Film |
| 2004 | Modigliani | Max Jacob | Film |
| 2004 | Jargo | Jargos Vater | Film |
| 2004 | Dracula 3000 | Capt. Varna | Film |
| 2004 | Evil Eyes | George | Film |
| 2004 | Love Object | Radley | Film |
| 2004 | Celluloid Horror | Himself | Film |
| 2003 | Pigs Will Fly | Onkel Max | Film |
| 2003 | Dogville | The Man in the Coat | Film |
| 2002 | Korn: Deuce | Commander | Film |
| 2002 | He Sees You When You're Sleeping | Hans Kramer | Film |
| 2002 | The Last Minute | Nazi Fashion Shooter | Film |
| 2002 | FearDotCom | Polidori | Film |
| 2001 | All the Queen's Men | General Landssdorf | Film |
| 2001 | The Praying Mantis | Julius Quellenreich | Film |
| 2001 | Revelation | The Grand Master | Film |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | The Guardian | Film |
| 2001 | Invincible | Count Helldorf | Film |
| 2001 | Doomsdayer | Max Gast | Film |
| 2001 | Auf Herz und Nieren | Doc | Film |
| 2001 | Critical Mass | Samson | Film |
| 2001 | Invincible | Count Helldorf | Film |
| 2000 | Red Letters | George Kessler | Film |
| 2000 | Von Trier's 100 Eyes | Self | Film |
| 2000 | Shadow of the Vampire | Albin Grau | Film |
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