Udo Kier
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Udo Kierspe, known professionally as Udo Kier, was a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor who often portrayed eccentric and deviant figures, he appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas.
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Udo Kier, born Udo Kierspe in Cologne, was a German male actor who worked in film, stage, voice, and television. He began his professional career in 1966 and continued working until his death in 2025. Kier was a citizen of Germany and spoke German.
He passed away on November 23, 2025, in Rancho Mirage. His birth date was October 14, 1944. Kier identified as homosexual. He is listed as an author with one work, *The Travel Almanac #3 Spring/Summer 2012*, and has five associated works in academic databases.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Travel Almanac #3 Spring/Summer 2012
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1944
- Active to
- 2025
Discography
- Der Adler1985
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease
· 2003 · cited 9,051x
- Knowledge of the Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and the Replication of Technology
· 1992 · cited 8,451x
- 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes
· 2019 · cited 5,843x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,391x
- ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation
· 2012 · cited 3,868x
via Crossref · CC0
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Key facts
- Born
- Udo Kierspe , ( 1944-10-14 ) 14 October 1944, Cologne , Nazi Germany
- Died
- 23 November 2025 (2025-11-23) (aged 81), Rancho Mirage, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1966–2025
- Partner
- Delbert McBride
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Udo Kierspe (14 October 1944 – 23 November 2025), known professionally as Udo Kier, was a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor who often portrayed eccentric and deviant figures, he appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas.
Kier made his breakthrough playing the title characters in the cult films Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) and Blood for Dracula (1974), both directed by Paul Morrissey, which established him as an icon of the horror film genre. He became a staple figure in both mainstream genre film and art house circles, described by one obituary as a "cult icon". He collaborated with notable filmmakers, such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lars von Trier, Gus Van Sant, Werner Herzog, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Guy Maddin, Wim Wenders, and Rob Zombie.
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