Ralf Moeller
Ralf Rudolf Moeller (German: [ˈmœlɐ]; born 12 January 1959) is a German actor and former competitive bodybuilder. He is known for his roles of Brick Bardo in Cyborg, Kjartan in The Viking Sagas, the title character in the television show Conan the Adventurer, Hagen in Gladiator, Thorak in The Scorpion King and Ulfar in Pathfinder.
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Ralf Moeller in 2016 | |
Born | |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Actor, bodybuilder |
Years active | Bodybuilding (1976–91) Acting (1988–Present) |
Height | 6 ft 5.5 in (197 cm) |
Website | https://www.ralfmoeller.com/ |
Career
He began bodybuilding at age 17 and was the German Champion by 1984. He is one of the tallest bodybuilding champions to date standing at 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in), weighing 131 kilos (288 lbs) in 1988.
Möller entered his movie career in 1989 with the film Cyborg. In 1992, he appeared in Universal Soldier with Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme. In 1993 he played the villain Brakus opposite Phillip Rhee and Eric Roberts in Best of the Best 2. Around this time he took a major neck injury in Las Vagas and had to undergo months of physiotherapy and was lucky to survive. The injury came as a result of engaging in martial arts competitions where he held his title for many years until his defeat and neck injury. After this the competitions ceased and Ralf moved from the area retiring from all martial arts as he felt lucky to have survived. His two biggest mainstream film roles to date are Ridley Scott's Gladiator,[1] and 2002's The Scorpion King.[2] Besides these two movies, he has played the leading character in The Viking Sagas, and Conan the Barbarian in the TV-series Conan. The show aired in 1997–1998 with the premise that Conan, and his three sidekicks, were chosen by the god Crom to fight and vanquish the evil Hissah Zul and become king.
In both The Bad Pack (1997) and Gladiator (2000), Möller appeared alongside fellow bodybuilder Sven-Ole Thorsen.[3][4]
In 2003 he had a cameo in the music video of Maria (I Like it Loud), by Scooter, a German techno music band.
He went on to appear in El padrino (2004), sequel to The Bad Pack, once again playing Special Agent Kurt Mayers. Möller played Hammacher in the 2006 film Beerfest.
Filmography
Films and televisions
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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1988 | Tatort | German | TV series: 1 episode | |
1989 | Cyborg | Brick Bardo | English | As Rolf Muller |
1990 | Occhio alla perestrojka | Serghjei | Italian | As Ralf Rudolf Möller |
1992 | Universal Soldier | GR76 | English | |
1993 | Best of the Best 2 | Brakus | English | |
1994 | Der unbekannte Deserteur | Soldier | German | Short |
1996 | The Viking Sagas | Kjartan | English | |
1997 | Batman & Robin | Arkham Asylum Guard #2 | English | |
1997 | The Bad Pack | Kurt Mayer | English | |
1997-1998 | Conan the Adventurer | Conan the Barbarian | English | TV series: 22 episodes |
1998 | Der Clown | Autobahnpolizist | German | TV |
2000 | Gladiator | Hagen | English | |
2000 | Der Superbulle und die Halbstarken | Mark Kerner | German | TV film |
2001 | Andromeda | Jeger | English | TV series: 1 episode |
2001 | Sommer und Bolten: Gute Ärzte, keine Engel | Martin Ranklebe | German | TV series: 1 episode |
2001 | Queen of Swords | Roman Petrov | English | TV series: 1 episode |
2001 | Relic Hunter | Frank Kafka | English | TV series: 1 episode |
2002 | Mutant X | Lieutenant Bo Longstreet | English | TV series: 1 episode |
2002 | The Scorpion King | Thorak | English | |
2003 | The Paradise Virus | Joseph | English | TV film |
2003 | Held der Gladiatoren | Ferox | German | TV film |
2004 | El padrino | Special Agent Kurt Meyers | English | |
2004 | Hai-Alarm auf Mallorca | Sven Hansen | German | TV film |
2004 | Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King | King Thorkilt | English | TV film |
2005 | My Suicidal Sweetheart | Bruno | English | |
2006 | Scooter: Excess All Areas | Disco Dancer - 'Maria' | English | Direct-to-Video Film |
2006 | Beerfest | Hammacher | English | |
2006 | Ozzie | Tank Emerson | English | |
2007 | Pathfinder | Ulfar | English | |
2007 | Seed | Warden Arnold Calgrove | English | |
2007 | Postal | Officer John | English | |
2008 | Alone in the Dark II | Boyle | English | Direct-to-Video Film |
2008 | Far Cry | Max Cardinal | English | |
2008 | Time of the Comet | Freiherr von Keittel | Albanian | |
2009 | Dejection | Superstitious Boss | English | Short Film |
2010 | Tales of an Ancient Empire | General Hafez | English | |
2010 | Küstenwache | William Forges | German | TV series: 1 episode |
2010 | The Tourist | Jail Bird Lunt | English | |
2012 | Slave | Frank | German | |
2012 | Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei | Andri Vladic | German | TV series: 1 episode |
2014 | Sabotage[5][6] | English | ||
2020 | Breach | Vyrl | English |
Music videos
{ ! | 2000 | ! | Say it isn't so |
| Bon Jovi
! Rock |- | 2003 | Maria (I Like It Loud) | Scooter | Techno music |}
References
- Cohen, David S. (13 October 2009). Screen Plays: How 25 Screenplays Made It to a Theater Near You--for Better or Worse. Harper Collins. p. 18. ISBN 9780061843167.
- Ebert, Roger (2 December 2002). Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 529. ISBN 9780740726910.
- Kane, Joe (2000). The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest, Greatest, and Weirdest Genre Videos. Three Rivers Press. p. 128. ISBN 9780812931495.
- Smith, Gary Allen (3 September 2015). Epic Films: Casts, Credits and Commentary on More Than 350 Historical Spectacle Movies (2nd ed.). McFarland Publishing. p. 94. ISBN 9781476604183.
- "New Trailer for 'Sabotage' Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger". Latino Review. Archived from the original on 2014-01-13.
- "Ralf Moeller 'Gladiator' 'We Just Finished 'Ten' With Arnold Schwarzenegger".