Overview
- Partner Delbert McBride confirmed Kier died Sunday in the Palm Springs area, and friend Michael Childers said it was at Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage.
- No cause of death has been disclosed by his partner or reporting outlets.
- Kier amassed more than 200 credits, rising with Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol’s Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula and later working with Fassbinder, von Trier and Gus Van Sant.
- He also reached mainstream audiences with memorable turns in films such as My Own Private Idaho, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Blade and Armageddon.
- Recent coverage notes his role in the 2025 film The Secret Agent and that he was set to appear in Hideo Kojima’s upcoming game OD, as tributes from Kojima and longtime friends honor his legacy.