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.
Known for
The Secret Agent 
Downsizing 
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 
Blade 
Bacurau 
Melancholia 
Brawl in Cell Block 99 
American Animals 
Halloween 
Dragged Across Concrete 
Dancer in the Dark 
End of Days 
Suspiria 
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II 
Iron Sky 
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot 
Johnny Mnemonic 
Breaking the Waves 
My Own Private Idaho 
Hunters 
Shadow of the Vampire 
Soul Kitchen 
BloodRayne 
Barb Wire 
Surviving Christmas 
Europa 
Feardotcom 
Iron Sky: The Coming Race 
The Painted Bird 
Far Cry 
Modigliani 
Mother of Tears 
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done 
Metropia 
The Story of O 
Flesh for Frankenstein 
Blood for Dracula 
The Adventures of Pinocchio 
Epidemic 
The End of Violence 
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich 
Invincible 
The Theatre Bizarre 
Mark of the Devil 
Crusade in Jeans 
Love Object 
Swan Song 
Last Moment of Clarity 
Skin Walker 
The Editor 
The Forbidden Room 
Night of the Templar 
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 
Prince Valiant 
My Neighbor Adolf 
Modern Vampires 
Headspace 
The Mountain 
Josh and S.A.M. 
Keyhole 
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne 
Chompy & the Girls 
House of Boys 
Ice 
Daughter of Mine 
Coconut Hero 
Beethoven's Treasure Tail 
Holly 
American Exit 
Skeletons in the Closet 
Critical Mass 
A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love 
The Barefoot Emperor 
Haymaker 
Hungarian Rhapsody 
Courier X 
Mutters Maske 
Provocation 
Road to Saint Tropez 
Arteholic 
Zero