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Udo Kier
Cologne, Germany
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 dev…
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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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2026
Return from Tomorrow
Movie Tim Senior
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2026
By Design
Movie Aldo Fabbri
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2025
The Secret Agent
Movie Hans
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2025
Bad Painter
Movie Ö
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2024
Schindler Space Architect
Movie R.M. Schindler (voice)
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2024
Der wunderbare Udo Kier
Movie Self
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2024
Skeletons in the Closet
Movie Luc
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2022
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
TV show Klaus
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2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Movie Self / Big Brother
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2022
My Neighbor Adolf
Movie Herman Herzog
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2022
Dark Winds
TV show Gunthar Vaggan
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2022
Staging Death
Movie
- 2022
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2022
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
Movie Michel
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2021
The Blazing World
Movie Lained
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2021
Chompy & the Girls
Movie Chompy (voice)
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2021
Swan Song
Movie Pat Pitsenbarger
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2021
Haymaker
Movie David
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2020
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Last Moment of Clarity
Movie Ivan Demisovski
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2020
11 Colours of the Bird
Movie Self
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2020
The Barefoot Emperor
Movie Dr. Otto Kroll
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2020
Hunters
TV show Adolf Hitler
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2019
Bacurau no Mapa
Movie Self
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2019
Skin Walker
Movie Claus
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2019
The Painted Bird
Movie Miller
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2019
Bacurau
Movie Michael
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2019
Holy Beasts
Movie Henry
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2019
The Mountain
Movie Frederick
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2019
American Exit
Movie Anton
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2019
Dragged Across Concrete
Movie Friedrich
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2019
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
TV show Fuchspelzmann
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2019
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Movie Wolfgang Kortzfleisch / Adolf Hitler
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2018
The House That Jack Built
Movie Thanks
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2018
I Knew Andy Warhol
Movie Self
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2018
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Movie Andre Toulon
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2018
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Movie Alcyde
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2018
American Animals
Movie Mr. Van Der Hoek
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2018
Zero
Movie The lord of the world
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2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Movie Hans
