German actor Udo Kier He died at the age of 81, his wife, Delbert McBride, confirmed to Variety on Sunday. Translator He appeared in more than 250 films, He collaborated with figures such as Madonna, Andy Warhol and Lars … Von Trier became one of the few German artists who had a regular role in Hollywood.
Since learning English in London at the age of 18, Udo Kier has not stopped his efforts to become an actor, and he enrolled in drama school, where he discovered his talent and got his first character. Although years later, in 1973, he achieved fame for his performance Baron Frankenstein In “Flesh for Frankenstein” which was followed by “Blood for Dracula”.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Kerr worked on several occasions with the famous German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and participated in films such as ‘“Lola” and “Third Generation”. Starting in the late 1980s, he established a particularly fruitful collaboration with the Danish director Lars von Trier, with whom he participated in such productions as “Medea,” “Europe,” “Dancing in the Dark,” “Dogville” and “Melancolía.”
In the early 1990s, he decided to move to the United States to participate in the film “My own Idaho.”Directed by Gus Van Sant, the role was followed by others in film and television as well as appearances in advertisements.