Ralf Moeller

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Ralf Moeller (born January 12, 1959; Recklinghausen, Germany as Ralf Rudolf Möller) is an actor and former competitive bodybuilder.

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 the tallest bodybuilding champion to date standing at 6 FT 6 in 198 cm .

Moeller began a film career in 1989 with the film Cyborg. In 1992, he appeared in Universal Soldier with Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude van Damme.

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 alongside his bodybuilding-friend Sven-Ole Thorsen, and also played Conan the Barbarian in the tv-series Conan.

He has also collaborated with German techno/trance music group E Nomine on a number of their albums.

[edit] Filmography

• Pathfinder (2007)
• Beerfest (2006)
• Max and Grace (2003) – Bruno
• Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) (TV) – King Thorkilt
• El Padrino (2003) – Kurt Meyers
• The Paradise Virus (2003) – Joseph
• The Scorpion King (2002) – Thorak
• Ozzie (2001) – Tank Emerson
• Gladiator (2000) – Hagan
• The Bad Pack (1998) – Kurt Mayer
• Conan (1998) (TV-series) – Conan the Barbarian
• Batman & Robin (1997) – Asylum Guard
• The Viking Sagas (1995) – Kjartan
• Best of the Best 2 (1993) – Brakus
• Universal Soldier (1992) – GR76
• Cyborg (1989) – Brick Bardo

[edit] External links

• Home Page.
• Ralf Moeller at the Internet Movie Database