At 80, Udo Kier — Who’s Starred in Everything From Andy Warhol’s Films to ‘Ace Ventura’ — Looks Back on a Lifetime of Cult Encounters

Hidden behind a strip of gay bars in downtown Palm Springs, an unmarked door opens into a modern-day speakeasy called The Evening Citizen. The walls are black, with dark velvet accents, and the lighting is low, except for a spotlight behind the bar that shines on the portrait of a man who could be the devil, or Dracula, or Hitler.

In fact, German actor Udo Kier — whose face glowers down from the wall — has played every one of those monsters, plus innumerable other villains, in a career that spans more than 200 film credits. Of his work, he estimates “100 movies are bad, 50 movies you can

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