Udo Kier
| Udo Kier | |
|---|---|
 Kier at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born |
Udo Kierspe 14 October 1944 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Residence | Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1966–present |
Udo Kier (born Udo Kierspe; 14 October 1944) is a German-English actor who has appeared in over 200 films.[1][2]
Early life
Kier was born in Cologne, near the end of World War II. The hospital where he was born was bombed moments after his birth.[3] In his youth he worked as an altar boy[4] and cantor. He moved to the United Kingdom to learn the English language.[1]
Career
Udo Kier at the press conference of Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot at Berlinale 2018
In 1966, Kier was cast in the lead role for the film Road to St. Tropez.[5][6] An early starring role in Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (1973) led to a string of art-house, low-budget, and mainstream horror films, including a number of vampire-themed pictures Die Einsteiger (1985), Blade (1998), Modern Vampires (1998), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Dracula 3000 and Bloodrayne (2005). He has also become notorious for his work with cult directors, including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Walerian Borowczyk, Gus Van Sant, Christoph Schlingensief, and Dario Argento (whose classic Suspiria (1977) he was featured in). He has appeared in all of Lars von Trier's movies since 1987's Epidemic (with the exceptions of The Idiots, The Boss of it All and Antichrist).
His most famous Hollywood roles include his appearance as Ron Camp in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994),[7] Curly in Barb Wire, as a NASA flight psychologist in Armageddon,[8][9] and as Ralfi in the film Johnny Mnemonic. His music video work includes Madonna's "Deeper and Deeper" from the album Erotica,[10] Korn's "Make Me Bad", Eve's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind", and "Die Schöne und das Biest" by defunct German band Rauhfaser.
He has also worked extensively as a voice actor, starring as the psychic Yuri in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and its expansion, Yuri's Revenge, playing the villainous Lorenzini in the 1996 film The Adventures of Pinocchio, and later reprising his role in the 1999 sequel The New Adventures of Pinocchio. He also voiced Professor Pericles in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
A documentary on his life and career entitled ICH-UDO...der Schauspieler Udo Kier (ME-Udo...the actor Udo Kier) was filmed for ARTE, the French-German culture channel in Europe, and released in 2012.[11] In 2013, the documentary won the New York Festival "Finalist Certificate".[12]
Personal life
Kier moved to Palm Springs, California in 1991.[5][13][14]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Road to Saint Tropez | Boy | Short film |
| 1968 | Shameless | Alexander Pohlmann | |
| 1969 | La stagione dei sensi | Luca | |
| 1970 | Mark of the Devil | Count Christian von Meruh | |
| 1971 | Oi Erotomaneis | Tonis Theodorou | |
| 1972 | Proklisis | Angelos | |
| 1972 | Anilikes amartoles | ||
| 1972 | The Salzburg Connection | Anton | |
| 1973 | Flesh for Frankenstein | Baron von Frankenstein | |
| 1973 | Pan | Pilgrim of Death | |
| 1974 | Blood for Dracula | Count Dracula | |
| 1975 | The Last Word | Raimund | |
| 1975 | Story of O | René | |
| 1976 | Exposé | Paul Martin | |
| 1976 | Goldflocken | Franzl | |
| 1976 | Spermula | Werner | |
| 1977 | Suspiria | Dr. Frank Mandel | |
| 1977 | Belcanto oder Darf eine Nutte schluchzen? | Poulailler | |
| 1978 | The Fifth Commandment | Peter Dümmel | |
| 1979 | The Third Generation | Edgar Gast | |
| 1979 | Hungarian Rhapsody | Poór | |
| 1980 | Nárcisz és Psziché | Laci Tóth | |
| 1980 | Lulu | Jack the Ripper | |
| 1981 | Docteur Jekyll et les femmes | Dr. Henry Jekyll | |
| 1981 | Lola | Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1981 | Lili Marleen | Drewitz | |
| 1983 | The Island of the Bloody Plantation | Hermano | |
| 1983 | The Roaring Fifties | Fromm | |
| 1983 | Pankow '95 | Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Zart | |
| 1984 | Moscow on the Hudson | Gay Man on Street | Uncredited cameo |
| 1985 | Der Unbesiegbare | Argon | |
| 1985 | Seduction: The Cruel Woman | Gregor | |
| 1985 | Die Einsteiger | Graf Frackstein | |
| 1986 | Egomania – Insel ohne Hoffnung | Baron Tante Teufel | |
| 1987 | Epidemic | Himself | |
| 1988 | Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho | Hansman | |
| 1988 | Mother's Mask | Herr Seidler | |
| 1989 | 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler – Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker | Adolf Hitler | |
| 1990 | Blackest Heart | Jonny | |
| 1991 | My Own Private Idaho | Hans | |
| 1991 | Europa | Lawrence Hartmann | |
| 1992 | Terror 2000 – Intensivstation Deutschland | Jablo | |
| 1993 | Josh and S.A.M. | Salon Manager | |
| 1993 | For Love or Money | Mr. Himmelman | |
| 1993 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Commercial Director | |
| 1993 | Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven | Edouard Müllendorf | |
| 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Ron Camp | |
| 1994 | Rotwang muß weg! | Arthur Eigenrauch | |
| 1995 | A Trick of Light | Max Skladanowsky | |
| 1995 | Johnny Mnemonic | Ralfi | |
| 1995 | Ausgestorben | York Cortex | Short film |
| 1995 | Over My Dead Body | Killer | |
| 1996 | United Trash | UNO-General Werner Brenner | |
| 1996 | Barb Wire | Curly | |
| 1996 | Breaking the Waves | Sadistic Sailor | |
| 1996 | Lea | Block | |
| 1996 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Lorenzini | |
| 1997 | The End of Violence | Zoltan Kovacs | |
| 1997 | Betty | Vincent Lord | |
| 1997 | Prince Valiant | Sligon | |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Psychologist | |
| 1998 | Life in the Fast Lane | Rocky | |
| 1998 | Blade | Dragonetti | |
| 1998 | Modern Vampires | Vincent | |
| 1999 | End of Days | Head Priest | |
| 1999 | History Is Made at Night | Ivan Bliniak | |
| 1999 | Besat | Vincent | |
| 1999 | The Debtors | Unknown character | |
| 1999 | Unter den Palmen | Ludwig | |
| 1999 | The New Adventures of Pinocchio | Madame Flambeau / Lorenzini | |
| 2000 | Citizens of Perpetual Indulgence | ||
| 2000 | Shadow of the Vampire | Albin Grau | |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Dr. Porkorny | |
| 2000 | Red Letters | George Kessler | |
| 2000 | Just One Night | Walter Lert | |
| 2000 | Doomsdayer | Max Gast | |
| 2001 | Critical Mass | Samson | |
| 2001 | Invincible | Count Helldorf | |
| 2001 | Double Deception | Vincent | |
| 2001 | Die Gottesanbeterin | ||
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | The Guardian | |
| 2001 | All the Queen's Men | General Landssdorf | |
| 2001 | Revelation | Grand Master | |
| 2002 | Auf Herz und Nieren | Doc | |
| 2002 | Broken Cookies | Director | |
| 2002 | FeardotCom | Polidori | |
| 2002 | Mrs Meitlemeihr | Hitler / Mrs. Meitlemeihr | Short film |
| 2002 | Pigs Will Fly | Onkel Max | |
| 2003 | Dogville | The Man in the Coat | |
| 2003 | Montewood Hollyverità | Erich Mühsam | |
| 2003 | Love Object | Radley | |
| 2003 | Gate to Heaven | Joachim Nowak | |
| 2004 | Paranoia 1.0 | Derrick | |
| 2004 | Jargo | Jargos Vater | |
| 2004 | Sawtooth | Reverend Cain | |
| 2004 | Modigliani | Max Jacob | |
| 2004 | Evil Eyes | George | |
| 2004 | Dracula 3000 | Captain Varna | |
| 2004 | Surviving Christmas | Heinrich | |
| 2005 | Children of Wax | P. | |
| 2005 | Headspace | Rev. Karl Hartman | |
| 2005 | One More Round | Lance Wallace | |
| 2005 | Wit's End | The Stranger | |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Mr. Kirspe | |
| 2005 | BloodRayne | Regal Monk | |
| 2006 | Pray for Morning | Edouard Leopold Edu | |
| 2006 | Holly | Klaus | |
| 2006 | Crusade in Jeans | Dr. Lawerence | |
| 2007 | Fall Down Dead | Picasso Killer / Aaron Garvey | |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Franz Hess | Segment: "Werewolf Women of the SS" |
| 2007 | Halloween | Morgan Walker | |
| 2007 | Tell | Hermann Gessler | |
| 2007 | The Mother of Tears | Father Johannes | |
| 2007 | Pars: Operation Cherry | Klaus Kayman | |
| 2008 | Far Cry | Dr. Lucas Krieger | |
| 2008 | 1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde | Luipold Trumpf | |
| 2009 | Lulu and Jimi | Schultz | |
| 2009 | House of Boys | Madame | |
| 2009 | Soul Kitchen | Herr Jung | |
| 2009 | Metropia | Ivan Bahn (voice) | |
| 2009 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? | Lee Meyers | |
| 2010 | Das Leben ist zu lang | Tabatabai | |
| 2011 | Die Blutgräfin | ||
| 2011 | Keyhole | Dr. Lemke | |
| 2011 | Melancholia | Wedding Planner | |
| 2011 | The Theatre Bizarre | Peg Poett | |
| 2011 | UFO in Her Eyes | Steve Frost | |
| 2012 | Iron Sky | Wolfgang Kortzfleisch | |
| 2012 | The Lords of Salem | Witchhunter | |
| 2012 | Night of the Templar | Father Paul | |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac | The Waiter | |
| 2014 | Beethoven's Treasure Tail | The Real Fritz Bruchschnauser | |
| 2014 | The Editor | Dr. Casini | |
| 2015 | Coconut Hero | Mr. Morrow | |
| 2015 | The Forbidden Room | Count Yugh / The Butler / The Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist | |
| 2015 | Zero | The Lord of the World | |
| 2016 | Courier X | Nathan Vogel | |
| 2017 | Downsizing | Joris Konrad | |
| 2017 | Brawl in Cell Block 99 | Placid Man | |
| 2017 | Storm: A Star Wars Story | Admiral Codi | Short film |
| 2018 | American Animals | Mr. Van Der Hoek | |
| 2018 | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | George | |
| 2018 | Iron Sky: The Coming Race | Wolfgang Kortzfleisch | |
| 2018 | Daughter of Mine | Bruno | |
| 2018 | Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich | André Toulon | |
| 2018 | Dragged Across Concrete | Friedrich | |
| 2018 | Haymaker | David | In post-production |
| TBA | The Painted Bird | The Miller | In post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Sonderdezernat K1 | Harry Gätjens | Episode: "Kassensturz um Mitternacht" |
| 1973 | Joseph Balsamo | Gilbert | Miniseries |
| 1977 | The Stationmaster's Wife | Schafftaler | Television film |
| 1980 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Young Man in the Bar | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | Der Fahnder | Uli Weber | Episode: "Ein König ohne Reich" |
| 1986 | Kir Royal | Holger | Episode: "Adieu Clairef" |
| 1988 | Medea | Jason | Television film |
| 1993 | Red Shoe Diaries | Fashion Designer | Episode: "Runaway" |
| 1993 | Seaquest DSV | Dr. Guy Peche | Episode "Give me Liberté" |
| 1993 | Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Giles Marquette | Television film |
| 1994 | Doppelter Einsatz | König | Episode "Feuerzauber" |
| 1994–1997 | The Kingdom | Åge Krüger / Little Brother | Miniseries |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... | Chauffeur | Episode "Death" |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Wolfgang Herzog | Episode "Aloha Nash" |
| 1996, 1999 | The Sentinel | Klaus Zeller | 2 episodes |
| 1996, 2009 | Tatort | Beethoven / Hans-Rudi Dreher | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Viper | Erich Geiger | Episode "Double Team" |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | Viktor Balek | Episode "What to Do with Vallery When You're Deam" |
| 1998 | Ice | Dr. Norman Kistler | Television film |
| 1999 | Final Run | Reddick, Train Control Supervisor | Television film |
| 2002 | Justice League | The Music Master (voice) | Episode: "Legends" parts I and II |
| 2002 | He Sees You When You're Sleeping | Hans Kramer | Television film |
| 2004 | The Batman | Herbert Ziegler (voice) | Episode: "Q & A" |
| 2004 | 30 Days Until I'm Famous | Barry Davis | Television film |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror | Bellinger | Episode: "John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns" |
| 2006 | Polizeiruf 110 | Heinrich Zermahlen | Episode: "Mit anderen Augen" |
| 2006 | 13 Graves | Debro | Television film |
| 2010 | Chuck | Otto Van Vogel | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Role Models" |
| 2010–2013 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | Professor Pericles / Shadowy Figure (voice) | 17 episodes |
| 2011 | Borgia | Pope Innocent VIII | 3 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Beware the Batman | Mister Toad (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | Altes Geld | Rauchensteiner | 9 episodes |
| 2015 | Major Lazer | Head Vampire Vampire (voice) | Episode: "Vampire Weekend" |
| 2015 | Golan the Insatiable | Dylan Beekler's Backpack (voice) | Episode: "Pilot" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | Yuri | |
| 2001 | Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge | Yuri | |
| 2017 | Call of Duty: WWII | Doctor Peter Glucksbringer Straub (voice) | |
References
- 1 2 "Interview With An Icon: Udo Kier Discusses His Career And Latest Projects!". Iconvsicon.com. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ↑ "Iron Sky: Interview with Udo Kier | Electric Sheep – Features, essays & interviews from the mavericks of the film world". Electricsheepmagazine.co.uk. 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ↑ Role in "Epidemic" and DVD commentary from Lars von Trier
- ↑ http://www.moviepilot.de/news/udo-kier-von-andy-warhol-zu-den-space-nazis-115142
- 1 2 ahillis at July 30, 2011 5:00 AM (30 July 2011). "GreenCine Daily: INTERVIEW: Udo Kier". Daily.greencine.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ Vatnsdal, Caelum (2011-01-04). "Udo Kier | Film | Random Roles". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ↑ Mark Wyatt, Bert LaMarche. "Udo Kier – Movies". Filmsandtv.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ "Armageddon Times, Movie Tickets, and Theaters – Zap2it". Movies.zap2it.com. 1998-07-01. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ↑ "Movies We Love: Armageddon". Film School Rejects. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ Guilbert, Georges-Claude (2002). Madonna as Postmodern Myth. Jefferson: McFarland & Co. p. 69. ISBN 0-7864-1408-1.
- ↑ "Network for European Documentary Professionals". reelisor. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ "Piece #1 – ME – UDO / starring Udo Kier / a Western Road Movie". New York Festivals. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ↑ Seibold, Witney (2012-10-02). "I Die With Open Eyes: Udo Kier on Iron Sky". CraveOnline. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ↑ "Udo Kier | Actor | Hollywood". Palm Springs Life. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
Further reading
- Tons May. "The Other Face of Love: Udo Kier's Career in the Erotic Genre" in Jack Stevenson (ed), Fleshpot: Cinema's Sexual Myth Makers and Taboo Breakers. Manchester: Critical Vision/Headpress, 2002, pp. 141–58 and "Udo Speaks: An Interview with Udo Kier" in same volume, pp. 159–62.
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