ACTOR

Udo Kier

1944 - Today

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Udo Kierspe (born 14 October 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, he has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Udo Kier has received more than 2,621,510 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Udo Kier is the 503rd most popular actor (up from 611th in 2019), the 784th most popular biography from Germany (up from 925th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Actor.

Udo Kier is most famous for his role in the movie "Blade" as the vampire Deacon Frost.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Udo Kier ranks 503 out of 13,578. Before him are Tilda Swinton, Jennifer Connelly, Lee Strasberg, Hugh Jackman, Richard Crenna, and Javier Bardem. After him are Rod Steiger, Charles Laughton, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Baxter, Edward Norton, and Faten Hamama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Udo Kier ranks 66. Before him are Peter Weir, John Holmes, Askar Akayev, Bora Milutinović, Leila Khaled, and Makoto Kobayashi. After him are Serge Haroche, Abdul Hamid, Klaus Nomi, Claudia Mori, Bernhard Schlink, and Jonathan Demme.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Udo Kier ranks 784 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Theodor W. Hänsch (1941), Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707), Theodor Fontane (1819), and Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793). After him are Matthias Erzberger (1875), Bernd Schuster (1959), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Ludwig Quidde (1858), and Gisela of Hungary (980).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Udo Kier ranks 6. Before him are Marlene Dietrich (1901), Bruce Willis (1955), Simone Signoret (1921), Curd Jürgens (1915), and Magda Schneider (1909). After him are Jürgen Prochnow (1941), Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Hildegard Knef (1925), Luise Rainer (1910), and Horst Buchholz (1933).

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Television and Movie Roles

Blade
Dragonetti
The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.
Aug 21st 19986.807 / 10
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Camp
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
Feb 4th 19946.568 / 10
Downsizing
Konrad
A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.
Dec 22nd 20175.365 / 10