The veteran German actor Udo Kier , best known internationally for his striking performances in arthouse titles like Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves and My Own Private Idaho by Gus Van Sant, has died. He was 81.

News of Kier’s death was reported yesterday by multiple international outlets, citing an announcement by his partner, the artist Delbert McBride, who said the actor died in a hospital in Palm Springs, California, on Sunday morning. No cause of death was given.

Kier was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1944 and was discovered as a late teen by veteran British producer-director Michael Sarne in London, where he was a student. Kier would go on to star in Michael Armstrong’s Mark Of The Devil , which served as his big-screen breakout. Kier soon after landed roles in Paul Morr

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