ACTOR · FROM ESSEN, GERMANY
Ralf Richter
1957–2026128 credits since 1970
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ABOUT RALF
Ralf Richter (born August 17, 1957 in Essen) was a German actor. He debuted as the crude sailor "Frenssen" in the Academy Award nominated 1981 film Das Boot and frequently appeared in German TV series. He played main roles in German films such as Bang Boom Bang (1999), Fußball ist unser Leben (1999) or Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht (2002).
His younger brother Frank is known as musician FM Einheit (ex-Einstürzende Neubauten).
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born17 August 1957
Died15 September 2026
BirthplaceEssen, Germany
Known forActing
On Cineora35 of 128 titles
Known for
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 35
- Average IMDb
- 6.3
- Highest rated
- Das BootIMDb 8.8
- Working since
- 1970
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2020s
7 titles · IMDb 4.7 on average
Movieas Compagnon Sommerwind
as Barabbas
Movieas Joseph Langner
Movieas Blumenpeter
The 2010s
22 titles · IMDb 6.0 on average
Movieas Schore Siggi
as Hans Joachim (HaJo) Jendriczek
as Boris Strahlkowski · 1 episode
Movieas Onkel Josef
as Butcher
6 episodes
The 2000s
31 titles · IMDb 6.1 on average
as Hehler
as Kai Meerbusch · 1 episode
as Ron
as Herr Krupp
Movieas Chief Police Officer
as Sexshop-Besitzer
as Grandpa St. John
as Horst
The 1990s
43 titles · IMDb 6.4 on averageMovieas Karl-Heinz 'Kalle' Grabowski
The Cry of the Butterfly
Not on Cineoraas Tom
as Dario
Seriesas Polizist · 1 episode
as Herbie Raiko · 1 episode
Movieas Zivilpolizist
Liebe mich bis in den Tod
Not on Cineoraas Krause
Gomez: Heads or Tails
Not on CineoraThe 1980s
21 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average
as Jin McEachen · 1 episode
Movieas SA-Führer
as Harald Breitner · 1 episode
as Pfleger Detlef
Movieas Britz
as Isarhocker · 1 episode
as Sandrowski
as Richy
The 1970s
4 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average
as Stömmer · 1 episode
Seriesas Bernd · 1 episode
Series1 episode
Seriesas Wilfried Wilcke · 1 episode
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Ralf’s titles.
Peter ThorwarthBang, Boom, Bang, Not My Day and 4 more
Klaus WennemannDas Boot, Das Boot and 2 more
Martin SemmelroggeDas Boot, Das Boot and 2 more
Klaus DoldingerComposer · Das Boot, Scene of the Crime and 2 more
Martin TodsharowComposer · Scene of the Crime, Enfant Terrible and 2 more
Heinz HoenigDas Boot, The Cat and 1 more
Uwe OchsenknechtDas Boot, Das Boot and 1 more
Dominik Graf