Udo Kier

Profession: Acting

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.

Born on: Sat Oct 14 1944 at Cologne, Germany

Died on: Sun Nov 23 2025

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Scene of the Crime
19706.2/10
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
20136.7/10
Chuck
20077.7/10
Polizeiruf 110
19716.2/10
Nash Bridges
19966.6/10
V.I.P.
19985.3/10
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
20108.2/10
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20048/10
seaQuest DSV
19937.1/10
The Sentinel
19967.2/10
Viper
19946.2/10
Dark Winds
20227.5/10
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20207.1/10
Red Shoe Diaries
19925.9/10
Masters of Horror
20057.1/10
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20018.2/10
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19847.3/10
The Story of O
19755.5/10
Blade
19986.8/10
Armageddon
19986.8/10
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20137.2/10
The Secret Agent
20257.3/10
The Kingdom
19947.6/10
Fifty Shades of Erotica
20157/10
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19880/10
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
19946.6/10
Exposé
19764.9/10
Dogville
20037.8/10
Berlin Alexanderplatz
19807.4/10
Suspiria
19777.5/10
Halloween
20076.2/10
End of Days
19996.1/10
Rosa Roth
19944.8/10
Doppelter Einsatz
19943.4/10
Grindhouse
20077/10
Downsizing
20175.4/10
Melancholia
20117.2/10
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20177/10
The Painted Bird
20197.1/10
Iron Sky
20125.8/10
Dracula 3000
20042.8/10
Dancer in the Dark
20007.8/10
Major Lazer
20156.8/10
Barb Wire
19964.1/10
My Own Private Idaho
19917.1/10
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19955.8/10
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19728/10
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20196.6/10
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20195.2/10
Breaking the Waves
19967.5/10
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20006.7/10
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19866.7/10
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199710/10
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19698/10
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20186.7/10
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19975.2/10
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20226.7/10
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20045.7/10
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20054.1/10
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19816.9/10
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20186.7/10
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19936.2/10
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20205.2/10
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19965.3/10
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20083.7/10
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20058/10
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20056.9/10
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19917.4/10
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19735.8/10
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20197.6/10
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20045.9/10
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20265.8/10
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19865.5/10
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20135.4/10
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20216.8/10
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20023.8/10
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19934.9/10
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20014.6/10
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19745.7/10
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19947.8/10
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19975.4/10
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19816.4/10
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20096.9/10
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19987.7/10
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19764.2/10
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20045.7/10
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20215.7/10
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20073.6/10
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19855.6/10
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19994.6/10
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20004.7/10
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20257/10
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19985.2/10
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20064.4/10
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20185.6/10
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20155.6/10
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20123.9/10
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20096.1/10
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20084.3/10
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20065.9/10
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19984.9/10
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20074/10
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20055.1/10
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20095.7/10
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19994.3/10
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19995.6/10
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20195.1/10
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20186.2/10
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20015/10
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20184.9/10
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20015.1/10
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20044.7/10
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20016.2/10
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19965.3/10
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20014.5/10
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19857/10
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20074.5/10
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20066.3/10
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20039/10
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19896.5/10
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20025.5/10
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20150/10
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198310/10
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19713.2/10
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20005.3/10
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20244.3/10
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19984.5/10
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20027.5/10
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19975/10
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20064.9/10
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20026.2/10
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19815.5/10
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19997/10
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20115.3/10
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19956.1/10
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19834.3/10
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19881/10
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19995.8/10
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20127.5/10
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20194.8/10
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20165.5/10
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19994.9/10
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20043.4/10
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20005/10
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19775.5/10
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19725.8/10
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19964.2/10
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20176.7/10
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19796.2/10
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19833.7/10
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20260/10
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197810/10
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0/10
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19995.6/10
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19965.5/10
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19748/10
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19697.5/10
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20213.2/10
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20105/10
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20074.7/10
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20194.4/10
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20014.7/10
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20166.4/10
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20046/10
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20156/10
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19754.7/10
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20110/10
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20205.5/10
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19956.4/10
Narcissus and Psyche
19806.4/10
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20184.8/10
Paradise Framed
199510/10
Egomania: Island Without Hope
19875.2/10
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19987/10
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19998/10
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19804.9/10
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20110/10
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20026/10
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20116.4/10
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20017.3/10
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19949/10
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20075.7/10
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19957.1/10
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0/10
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19685.9/10
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20105.5/10
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19934.9/10
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19945/10
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20038/10
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19664.6/10
A Kilo of Blue (The Music)
20220/10
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20060/10
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19904/10
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19777/10
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
19848/10
Lines of the Hand
20157/10
Auf Herz und Nieren
20014.5/10
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19869/10
Görünmeyen
20110/10
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19768.4/10
Staging Death
20226/10
La deuxième femme
20086/10
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19885/10
Victor
197910/10
Idiots' Battle
19868/10
Memories of a Young Pianist
20095/10
Hur und Heilig
19847/10
Unter Druck
19956/10
Der Unbesiegbare
198510/10
Betty - Schön wie der Tod
20034/10
Siblings
19820/10
Olifant
19737/10
Pan
197310/10
Phantasmagoria of the Interior
20155/10
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19937/10
The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
20130/10
Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
19938/10
Anecdotes from 'Epidemic'
20059/10
És így s eképp tovább
19780/10
Fear and Loathing in Materndorf
20040/10
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19820/10