"With his angular features and ice-blue eyes, German actor Udo Kier's face was unmistakable. In over 200 films, he played everything from Adolf Hitler to monsters and vampires. With a repertoire ranging from high-end pulp to art house films and blockbusters, he frequently starred alongside Hollywood greats. Kier enjoyed widespread acclaim for his leading role in the 2021 film "Swan Song," in which he played Pat, a gay hairdresser living in a nursing home who gives his all for one last important job."
"They worked together for the first time in 1988 on the iron age epic "Medea," and Kier was later involved in von Trier's hit productions "Melancholia" (2011) and "Nymphomaniac" (2013). 'Swan Song' starred Udo Kier as Pat, an aging gay hairdresser who returns to his home country to prepare a former star client for her graveImage: Magnolia Pictures/Everett Collection/picture alliance The Dane so trusted Kier that the actor was allegedly able to choose any role from a script."
"A lucky man Kier once said that luck was to thank for his acting career and the fact that he even survived his infancy. Kier and his mother were buried under rubble in a World War II bombing raid shortly after he was born in Cologne in 1944. Miraculously, his mother was able to free them both from the wreckage. After leaving school, Kier trained as a wholesale clerk and then worked on the assembly line at car manufacturer Ford."
Udo Kier was a German actor with angular features and ice-blue eyes who appeared in over 200 films, portraying figures from Adolf Hitler to monsters and vampires. His repertoire spanned high-end pulp, art house films, and blockbusters, and he often worked alongside notable Hollywood performers. Kier earned acclaim for his lead role as Pat, a gay hairdresser in a nursing home, in the 2021 film Swan Song, and maintained a close creative partnership with director Lars von Trier, collaborating on Medea, Melancholia, and Nymphomaniac. Born in Cologne in 1944, Kier and his mother survived being buried under World War II rubble; he later trained as a clerk, worked at Ford, and debuted onscreen in 1966's Road to St. Tropez.
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