Udo Kier

Udo Kier is the kind of actor whose face you recognize even when his name slips your mind. Born in Cologne in 1944, he appeared in more than 200 films, drifting effortlessly between European arthouse and American genre cinema. He rarely carried the lead, yet he could shift the entire mood of a scene with a single uncanny glance, specializing in eccentrics and villains nobody else could play quite like him. His passing in 2025 closed a remarkable chapter. I have always loved this kind of craftsman-actor, the one who values presence over stardom and leaves an indelible mark.

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Name (English)

Udo Kier

Name (Japanese)

ウド・キア

Reading

うど・きあ

Born

October 14, 1944 – November 23, 2025

Origin

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Occupation

film actor / stage actor / voice actor / television actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

• Official sitehttp://www.udokier.de
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo%20Kier
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77035

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• film actor
• stage actor
• voice actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.