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My Take
Ralf Moeller is one of those guys whose physical presence does half the acting before he says a word. I think of him as the bodybuilder who actually carved out a real screen career, going from competitive lifting to playing Conan the Adventurer, then Hagen in Gladiator and Thorak in The Scorpion King. What I find appealing is that he leaned into the larger-than-life roles rather than fighting them, becoming a dependable heavy in sword-and-sandal and fantasy films. The 2010 Order of Merit from North Rhine-Westphalia, his home region, suggests he stayed proud of his German roots even while working in Hollywood. A solid, hard-earned career.
Overview
Ralf Rudolf Moeller (born Möller; German: [ˈmœlɐ]; 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ralf Moeller
- Name (Japanese)
- ラルフ・メラー
- Reading
- らるふ・めらー
- Born
- January 12, 1959 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
- Origin
- Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / swimmer / television actor / bodybuilder
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.ralfmoeller.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.