Legendary German actor Udo Kier has died on the age of 81. The information was confirmed by Kier’s companion Delbert McBride via Variety.
With tons of of movie and TV credit spanning a long time, Kier rose to fame in horror movies like Mark of the Satan, Flesh for Frankenstein, and Blood for Dracula within the ’70s. His breakthrough Hollywood function got here in 1991’s My Personal Non-public Idaho, and he’d go on to look in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Johnny Mnemonic, Armageddon, and Madonna music movies.
In recent times, Kier was one of many actors set to look in Hideo Kojima’s upcoming horror recreation OD. Recreation director Hideo Kojima wrote on-line that new scenes that includes the actor had been scheduled to be filmed in 2026, and that he’d saved in contact with him usually.
“I am puzzled,” Kojima said in a social media post. “All of it occurred far too abruptly. Due to the strike, we weren’t in a position to shoot OD for a very long time, and we had been pressured to reschedule to subsequent yr. Even throughout that point, Udo and I exchanged emails continuously. We stayed in shut contact. After we met in Milan on the finish of September, he advised me how a lot he was wanting ahead to the shoot beginning up once more subsequent yr.”
I’m puzzled. All of it occurred far too abruptly.
Due to the strike, we weren’t in a position to shoot “OD” for a very long time, and we had been pressured to reschedule to subsequent yr. Even throughout that point, Udo and I exchanged emails continuously. We stayed in shut contact. After we met in… pic.twitter.com/aRpP1i38CE— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) November 24, 2025
Kier was well-known for enjoying the long-lasting Command & Conquer antagonist Yuri within the live-action cutscenes for Red Alert 2 and its enlargement, Yuri’s Revenge. He’d additionally lend his distinctive voice to characters within the video games Name of Responsibility: WWII and Martha is Lifeless.