Udo Kier, a German character actor who worked with huge names in the entertainment industry on many high-profile projects, including Blade and Melancholia, has died. He was 81.
Kier reportedly died on Sunday morning, with his partner, Delbert McBride, confirming the sad news to Variety. As of writing, there is no word on an official cause of death.
The late actor was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1944. He reportedly moved to London, England, at the age of 18, and he got his start in acting in the 1960s. In an interview with Icon Vs. Icon in 2012, Kier described how he got his first role in a short film called Road to Saint Tropez after being randomly invited to join the cast by a stranger.
Not long after that, Kier began what would become one of many iconic partnerships throughout his acting career, working with Andy Warhol on Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula in 1973.
Over the years, he worked with other well-known figures, including Gus Van Sant for My Own Private Idaho in the early 1990s, which also starred Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix, and Lars Von Trier on his film Melancholia and other projects. Kier also starred in Madonna's music video for "Deeper And Deeper."
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