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Udo Kier — the unmistakable character actor who racked up greater than 250 movie and tv credit over the course of his profession — has handed away.
Kier’s profession took him from the unbiased arthouse cinema scene in his native Germany to the world of Hollywood blockbusters like Blade and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
German actor Udo Kier poses throughout a photocall for the movie “Bacurau” on the 72nd version of the Cannes Movie Competition in Cannes, southern France, on Could 16, 2019. (Picture by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
Pals and followers mourn the lack of a Hollywood legend
Extra data was offered by Kier’s good friend Michael Childers, who wrote on Fb that the 81-year-old died at Eisenhower Hospital in Palm Springs, California.
“Breaking my heart, a sad goodbye to my great friend Udo Keir… RIP,” Childers wrote.
No reason behind demise has been revealed presently.
Actor Udo Kier attends the “Melancholia” photocall on the Palais des Festivals in the course of the sixty fourth Cannes Movie Competition on Could 18, 2011 in Cannes, France. (Picture by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Photos)
The conclusion of a really epic profession
Only a few actors accumulate a whole bunch of credit throughout their careers.
And even fewer achieve this with such all kinds of tasks.
Although he’s finest recognized to American audiences for his work in mainstream blockbusters, Kier additionally labored with a few of the indie world’s most acclaimed administrators, together with Gus Van Sant, Lars Von Trier, and Werner Herzog.
Udo Kier attends Selection presents The Artistic Affect Awards and 10 Administrators To Watch Brunch at Parker Palm Springs on January 04, 2025 in Palm Springs, California. (Picture by Kevin Winter/Getty Photos)
Kier acquired his begin with a pair of campy Nineteen Seventies horror movies — Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula — each produced by Andy Warhol.
He additionally collaborated with Madonna on a number of events, showing in two of her music movies and posing for her notorious 1992 guide, Intercourse.
A number of tasks through which Kier was concerned in current months — together with a Jordan Peele-produced horror movie titled OD — have but to be launched.
Our ideas exit to Udo Kier’s family members throughout this enormously tough time.
