| Ralf Möller | |
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Möller in 2008 |
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| Born | January 12, 1959 Recklinghausen, Germany |
| Occupation | Actor, Bodybuilder, Musician |
| Years active | Bodybuilding (1976–91) Acting (1988–Present) Music (1999–07) |
Ralf Rudolf Möller (born January 12, 1959) is a German-American actor and former competitive bodybuilder. He is best 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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Möller was born in Recklinghausen, Germany in 1959. He was born to a German mother, and an American father, who was also of German descent. He used to work as a lifeguard in a public swimming pool in his hometown.
He began bodybuilding at age 17 and was the German Champion by 1984. He competed in the 1988 Mr. Olympia alongside Lee Haney, Shawn Ray and other notable champions. He is one of the tallest bodybuilding champions to date standing at 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in), weighing 288 pounds in 1988.
Möller began a film career in 1987 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.
His two biggest mainstream film roles to date are Ridley Scott's Gladiator, appearing alongside his friend Russell Crowe, and in 2002's The Scorpion King. Besides these two movies, he has played the leading character in The Viking Sagas, and also played Conan the Barbarian in the TV-series Conan. The show aired in 1997–1998, and the premise was that Conan, accompanied by his three sidekicks, was chosen by the god Crom to fight and vanquish the evil Hissah Zul and to become king.
Also in both The Bad Pack (1997) and Gladiator (2000), Möller appeared alongside fellow bodybuilder Sven-Ole Thorsen. He went on to appear in El padrino (2004), sequel to The Bad Pack, once again playing Special Agent Kurt Mayers.
He has also collaborated with the German trance/techno-band E Nomine on a number of their albums.
Ralf lives in Los Angeles with his wife Annette and two daughters. He leads an active, healthy lifestyle and is a strong proponent of fitness and good nutrition. When he's not on location, he enjoys motorcycle riding, scuba diving, tennis and horseback riding. He is a friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger and is often photographed with him.
In 2008, Möller was honored as Grand Marshal of the German-American Steuben Parade in New York City. This is the largest German-American event in the country, and tens of thousands of fans celebrated Möller as one of only a few German actors with success in Hollywood.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1988 | Tatort | TV | |
| 1989 | Cyborg | Brick Bardo | As Rolf Muller |
| 1990 | Occhio alla perestrojka | Serghjei | As Ralf Rudolf Möller |
| 1992 | Universal Soldier | GR76 | |
| 1993 | Best of the Best 2 | Brakus | |
| 1994 | Der unbekannte Deserteur | Soldier | Short |
| 1996 | The Viking Sagas | Kjartan | |
| 1997 | Batman & Robin | Arkham Asylum Guard | |
| 1997 | The Bad Pack | Kurt Mayer | |
| 1997 to 1998 | Conan the Adventurer | Conan the Barbarian | TV |
| 1998 | Der Clown | Autobahnpolizist | TV |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Hagen | |
| 2000 | Der Superbulle und die Halbstarken | Mark Kerner | TV Movie |
| 2001 | Andromeda | Jeger | TV |
| 2001 | Sommer und Bolten: Gute Ärzte, keine Engel | Martin Ranklebe | TV |
| 2001 | Queen of Swords | Roman Petrov | TV |
| 2001 | Relic Hunter | Frank Kafka | TV |
| 2002 | Mutant X | Lieutenant Bo Longstreet | TV |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | Thorak | |
| 2003 | The Paradise Virus | Joseph | TV Movie |
| 2003 | Held der Gladiatoren | Ferox | TV Movie |
| 2004 | El padrino | Special Agent Kurt Meyers | |
| 2004 | Shark Alarm | Sven Hansen | TV Movie |
| 2004 | Curse of the Ring | King Thorkilt | TV Movie |
| 2005 | My Suicidal Sweetheart | Bruno | |
| 2006 | Scooter: Excess All Areas | Disco Dancer - 'Maria' | Direct-to-Video Film |
| 2006 | Beerfest | Hammacher | |
| 2006 | Ozzie | Tank Emerson | |
| 2007 | Pathfinder | Ulfar | |
| 2007 | Seed | Warden Arnold Calgrove | |
| 2007 | Postal | Officer John | |
| 2008 | Alone in the Dark II | Boyle | Direct-to-Video Film |
| 2008 | Far Cry | Max Cardinal | |
| 2008 | Time of the Comet | Freiherr von Keittel | |
| 2009 | Dejection | Superstitious Boss | Short Film |
| 2010 | Tales of an Ancient Empire | General Hafez | |
| 2010 | Küstenwache | William Forges | TV |
| 2010 | The Tourist | Jail Bird Lunt |