Ralf Moeller

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 {{height|m=1.98|precision=0}} and weighing 131 kilos (288 lbs) in 1988.{{cite news |url=https://www.gymtostage.com/blog/the-tallest-mr-olympia-competitor-of-all-time-ralf-moeller-from-bodybuilder-to-hollywood-actor |title=The Tallest Mr. Olympia Competitor of All-Time: Ralf Moeller - From Bodybuilder to Hollywood Actor |first=Howard |last=Adderly |date=3 April 2023 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=Gym to Stage}} He won the heavyweight class of the 1986 IFBB World Championships, and is still the tallest competitor ever in the Mr. Olympia (he finished last in 1988).{{Cite web |last=Merritt |first=Greg |date= 24 July 2022|title=Tallest Bodybuilders Ever |url=https://thebarbell.com/tallest-bodybuilders-ever/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=The Barbell |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= 5 November 2023|title=The Mr. Olympia Record Book |url=https://thebarbell.com/mr-olympia-records/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=The Barbell |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://thebarbell.com/ralf-moeller/ |title=The Ralf Moeller Story: Muscles, Movies & More |first=Greg |last=Merritt |date=15 July 2024 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=The Barbell}}

He entered his movie career in 1989 with the film Cyborg.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co5XDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT260 |title=Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write About |first=Clive |last=Davies |publisher=SCB Distributors |date=6 March 2015 |page=260 |isbn=9781909394063}} In 1992, he appeared in Universal Soldier with Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qW8rAUX6yvIC&pg=PA375 |title=The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies |first1=Bill |last1=Palmer |first2=Karen |last2=Palmer |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=1995 |page=375 |isbn=9780810830271}} In 1993, he played the villain Brakus opposite Phillip Rhee and Eric Roberts in Best of the Best 2.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlkbAQAAIAAJ&q=Ralf+Moeller |title=Action!: The Action Movie A-Z |first=Marshall |last=Julius |publisher=Batsford |year=1996 |page=21 |isbn=9780713478518}}

His two biggest mainstream film roles to date are Ridley Scott's Gladiator,{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/screenplayshow250000cohe |url-access=registration |title=Screen Plays: How 25 Screenplays Made It to a Theater Near You--for Better or Worse |first=David S. |last=Cohen |publisher=HarperCollins |date=13 October 2009 |page=[https://archive.org/details/screenplayshow250000cohe/page/18 18] |isbn=9780061843167}} and 2002's The Scorpion King.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rogerebertsmovie00roge_6 |url-access=registration |title=Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003 |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |date=2 December 2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rogerebertsmovie00roge_6/page/529 529] |isbn=9780740726910}} Besides these two movies, he has played the leading character in The Viking Sagas, and Conan the Barbarian 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 The Viking Sagas (1996), The Bad Pack (1997), and Gladiator (2000), Moeller appeared alongside fellow bodybuilder Sven-Ole Thorsen.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C78zAQAAIAAJ |title=The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest, Greatest, and Weirdest Genre Videos |first=Joe |last=Kane |publisher=Three Rivers Press |year=2000 |page=128 |isbn=9780812931495}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihaBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 |title=Epic Films: Casts, Credits and Commentary on More Than 350 Historical Spectacle Movies |edition=2nd |first=Gary Allen |last=Smith |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=3 September 2015 |page=94 |isbn=9781476604183}}

In 2003, he had a cameo appearance in the music video of "Maria (I Like it Loud)", by Scooter, a German techno music 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 Beerfest.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqpEDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA255 |title=Mustache Shenanigans: Making Super Troopers and Other Adventures in Comedy |first=Jay |last=Chandrasekhar |author-link=Jay Chandrasekhar |publisher=Penguin |date=28 March 2017 |page=255 |isbn=9781101985250}}

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• {{Official website|https://www.ralfmoeller.com/}}
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