
1944β2025
GCologne, Germany
Udo Kier is a German actor with one of the most distinctive careers in cinema β known for Blood for Dracula (1974), Flesh for Frankenstein (1973), Flash Gordon (1980), Barb Wire (1996), and for collaborations with directors including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lars von Trier, Gus Van Sant, Dario Argento, and Paul Morrissey. He has been openly gay throughout his career and is associated with the queer underground cinema of the European and American art film world of the 1970s and 1980s. His face has appeared in more than 200 films, making him one of the most prolific character actors in world cinema.