Ralf Richter (born 17 August 1957 in Essen) is 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 If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer (2002).

Richter in 2014

His younger brother Frank is known as musician FM Einheit (ex-Einstürzende Neubauten).

Selected filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1981 Tour de Ruhr Wölfchen Reinhard Schwabenitzky TV miniseries
Das Boot Frenssen Wolfgang Petersen
1983 Rote Erde Otto Schablowski Klaus Emmerich TV miniseries
1984 Decoder Muscha
Abwärts Otto Carl Schenkel
Pogo 1104 Rick Wigbert Wicker TV miniseries
Moving Targets Strotzki Volker Vogeler
1987 Losers [de] Richie Bernd Schadewald [de] TV film
The Crack Connection [de] Sandrowski Hajo Gies [de] Schimanski-film
1988 The Cat Britz Dominik Graf
1991 Superstau [de] Hermann Pacholke Manfred Stelzer [de]
1992 Cosimas Lexikon [de] Klaus Borgmann Peter Kahane [de]
1996 Peanuts – The Bank Pays Everything [de] Mario Carlo Rola [de]
1999 The Cry of the Butterfly Tom Frank Strecker [de]
Bang Boom Bang Kalle Grabowski Peter Thorwarth [de]
2000 Fußball ist unser Leben Mike Tomy Wigand [de]
2001 Suck My Dick [de] Hyde Oskar Roehler
2002 If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer Kalle Peter Thorwarth [de]
2004 Cowgirl Peter Blessing Mark Schlichter [de]
2006 Goldene Zeiten Bullet Harry Grabowski Peter Thorwarth [de]
2009 Kopf oder Zahl [de] Ron Benjamin Eicher,
Timo Joh. Mayer [de]
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