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Udo Kier - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Udo Kir was born in October 1944 in the city of Cologne, Germany, and the day after his appearance in the hospital, where he lay with his mother, a shell hit, and only a miracle saved them from death - the woman left the building just a few minutes before the explosion ... They lived poorly, as did most of the population of post-war Germany. When he turned 19, the actor went to London, where a year later the first film with Udo Kier was released - the short film Road to Saint-Tropez.
The further acting career of a man developed at a staggering speed. He plays leading roles in such German films of the late sixties: No Shame, A Season of Feelings and the horror film Seal of the Devil. Then he appears in episodes of the series Crime Scene and Police Phone, and in 1973, having played in a dozen films before, he meets Paul Morrissey, who turns Udo into Frankenstein, filming him in the horror of the same name, and a year later Blood for Dracula is released - another iconic starring role in a horror film. The actor had his own successes and failures, images that were remembered by the viewer, and dummies in low-budget tapes, the actor himself calls his best work - the Hungarian tape Narcissus and Psyche, which was released in 1980.
Other notable films with the participation of Udo Kira: Suspiria (a cult horror film about the struggle of a student of a ballet school with a whole coven of witches who chose her educational institution as the place for their bloody rituals), the crime comedy The Third Generation, the dramas Lily Marlene and Berlin, Alexanderplatz (the last 3 tapes were directed by Rainer Fasbinder - a close friend of the actor and one of the leaders of the "new German cinema"), My personal state of Idaho (a cult drama about travel, as such, and a journey to oneself, overcoming both social and psychological fears, exposing family problems , love and friendship), Europe, Breaking the waves, Dancing in the dark, Dogville (4 large robots of the actor in the dramas filmed by another famous friend of the actor - the master of shock and breaking the foundations, Lars von Trier).
Udo Kir has blue eyes, naturally dark hair, fair skin and medium lips. The shape of the face is oval, the forehead is high, the hair is curly, thick. Udo Kir does not change hair color, preferring natural hair. The actor has a small, straight nose and a rounded chin. Udo Kir sometimes drops his mustache and beard. The actor's height is 180 cm, no tattoos.
