Udo Kier (born Udo Kierspe on October 14, 1944) is a German actor, known primarily for his work in horror and exploitation movies.
Udo Kier was born in Cologne. The hospital where he was born was bombed moments after his birth.(cf. role in "Epidemic" and DVD commentary from Lars von Trier) His father was absent during most of his childhood. Kier moved to Britain at the age of eighteen, in 1962.
Udo Kier began his acting career as a protégé of fil...
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Udo Kier (born Udo Kierspe on October 14, 1944) is a German actor, known primarily for his work in horror and exploitation movies.
Udo Kier was born in Cologne. The hospital where he was born was bombed moments after his birth.(cf. role in "Epidemic" and DVD commentary from Lars von Trier) His father was absent during most of his childhood. Kier moved to Britain at the age of eighteen, in 1962.
Udo Kier began his acting career as a protégé of film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He has starred in many vampire movies, such as Blood for Dracula, produced by Andy Warhol and directed by Paul Morrissey (1974), Blade (1998), Modern Vampire and Shadow of the Vampire (2000), both as vampire and human. He has also been in all of Lars von Trier's movies since 1987's Epidemic (with the exceptions of The Idiots and Antichrist), and is the godfather of von Trier's daughter Agnes.
Well known mainstream film appearances were in the Pamela Anderson movie, Barb Wire, and as an extremely cynical...
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