Udo Kier Dies At 81, With Kojima Honoring The Red Alert Icon And OD Actor

Legendary German actor Udo Kier has died on the age of 81. The information was confirmed by Kier’s associate Delbert McBride through Selection.

With a whole lot 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 position got here in 1991’s My Personal Personal 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. Sport director Hideo Kojima wrote on-line that new scenes that includes the actor have been scheduled to be filmed in 2026, and that he’d stored in contact with him usually.

“I am puzzled,” Kojima mentioned in a social media submit. “All of it occurred far too immediately. Due to the strike, we weren’t capable of shoot OD for a very long time, and we have been pressured to reschedule to subsequent yr. Even throughout that point, Udo and I exchanged emails steadily. We stayed in shut contact. Once we met in Milan on the finish of September, he instructed me how a lot he was trying ahead to the shoot beginning up once more subsequent yr.”

Kier was well-known for taking part in the long-lasting Command & Conquer antagonist Yuri within the live-action cutscenes for Purple Alert 2 and its growth, Yuri’s Revenge. He’d additionally lend his distinctive voice to characters within the video games Name of Responsibility: WWII and Martha is Lifeless.