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Ralf Moeller Biography:

Ralf Moeller

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Birth Name: Ralf Rudolf M?ller
Date of Birth: 12 January 1959
Place Of Birth: Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height: 6? 5?? (1.97 m)
Occupation: Actor, Bodybuilder, Musician

Ralf Moeller young photo

Biography:
Ralf Rudolf M?ller 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.

Ralf Moeller photos

Early life:
M?ller 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.

Far Cry movie still

Career:
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.

The Tourist movie still

Acting (1987?Present):
M?ller 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.

Karolina Kurkova, Ralf Moeller, Archie Drury

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.

Hermann Maier, Ralf Moeller

Also in both The Bad Pack (1997) and Gladiator (2000), M?ller 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.

Music (1999?07):
He has also collaborated with the German trance/techno-band E Nomine on a number of their albums.

Ralf Moeller attends the Oktoberfest beer festival

Personal life:
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.

Ralf Moeller Photocall for the movie Far Cry event

Filmography:
Tales of an Ancient Empire 2011
The Tourist 2010
Alone in the Dark II 2009
Postal 2008
Far Cry 2008
Pathfinder 2007
Seed 2007
Beerfest 2006
Shark Attack in the Mediterranean 2004
Ozzie 2001

Ralf Moeller Awards

Awards and Honours:
In 2008, M?ller 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 M?ller as one of only a few German actors with success in Hollywood.

Source: http://worldstuff.net/ralf-moeller-biography.html

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