Ralf Rudolf Moeller (born Möller; ; 12 January 1959) is a German actor and former competitive

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. He is known for his roles of Brick Bardo in ''

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'', Kjartan in ''

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'', the title character in the television show '' Conan the Adventurer'', Hagen in ''

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'', Thorak in ''

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'', and Ulfar in ''

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Career

Moeller began bodybuilding at age 17 and was the German national champion by 1984. He is one of the tallest bodybuilding champions to date, standing at and weighing 131 kilos (288 lbs) in 1988. He entered his movie career in 1989 with the film ''

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''. In 1992, he appeared in '' Universal Soldier'' with

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and

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. In 1993, he played the villain Brakus opposite

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and

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in ''

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''. Around this time he took a major neck injury in Las Vegas 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 Moeller 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

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's ''

'', and 2002's ''

''. Besides these two movies, he has played the leading character in ''

'', and

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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 ''

'' (2000), Moeller appeared alongside fellow

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. In 2003, he had a cameo appearance in the music video of " Maria (I Like it Loud)", by Scooter, a

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band. Moeller went on to appear in ''El padrino'' (2004), sequel to ''The Bad Pack'', once again playing Special Agent Kurt Mayers. He played Hammacher in the 2006 film ''

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''.

Filmography

Films and televisions

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moeller, Ralf 1959 births Living people People from Recklinghausen German bodybuilders 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors German male film actors German male television actors German male voice actors Members of the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia