Personal Info
Birth date
1960-10-13 (64 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Heidelberg, Germany
Also known as
-Richard Sammel
Biography
Born in Heidelberg; a curious and shy boy; found the key for his world through passion for music, dance and theater; Richard studied music and drama in Germany, acting and direction in France and method acting with Susan Strasberg and Francesca de Sapio in Italy. He first went on stage in 1981 at the local theater Hildesheim, then, from 1983 in France on independent stages, at national theaters and in the streets. In 1989 he moved to Italy and met Susan Strasberg: His cinema debut was in 1990 starring in "Il Piacere delle Carni" by Barbara Barni. In 1993, he moved to Paris and got the leading role in the film version of Brechts/Eislers" The Lindbergh's Flight". Since then he has worked on film, television, theater and dance productions all over Europe, in Canada, South Africa, USA, Macedonia, Morocco which brought him happiness and a lot of richly diversified creative and thrilling experiences Richard lives in Berlin and Paris since 2007. He speaks 5 languages fluently, travels a lot and loves to be challenged. - IMDb Mini Biography By: r sammel
Filmography
Scene of the Crime
6.092
Overview:
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.Andor
8.263
Overview:
In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.Inspector Rex
7.168
Overview:
After his handler is killed, police dog Rex teams up with recently-divorced inspector Richard Moser to investigate crimes and solve mysteries on the streets of Vienna. And they sometimes get help from their two-legged friend, Inspector Stockinger.The Strain
7.479
Overview:
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.Der Kriminalist
5.2
Overview:
Der Kriminalist is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film. Directors during the first season were Sherry Hormann and Torsten C. Fischer, during the second: Thomas Jahn, Jobst Oetzmann and Torsten C. Fischer.All the Light We Cannot See
7.532
Overview:
A blind French girl and a young German soldier's paths collide during WWII.A French Village
7.685
Overview:
The stories of the people of Villeneuve, a fictional subprefecture, in the Jura, in German–occupied France during the Second World War.Shades of Guilt
7
Overview:
In the final analysis, it all comes down to guilt, different shades of guilt that one assumes in a single moment of thoughtlessness or in months of premeditated planning. Defence Attorney Friedrich Kronberg knows he must tip legal scales of justice in favour of his client for crimes that are never black and white and what they may seem. In German with subtitles.The Head
7
Overview:
In an isolated and inaccessible Antarctic research station in which winter has fallen on the South Pole and the sun will soon disappear for the next six months, a small team, known as the Winterers, remain at the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station to continue their innovative research. Renowned biologist Arthur Wilde is determined to find a solution to climate change, but his quest turns into a nightmare when several of his esteemed scientists suddenly begin to die.Inglourious Basterds
8.214
Overview:
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.The Wagner Method
6.5
Overview:
Police Captain César Wagner is a compulsive hypochondriac, obsessed with his work. His singular, distinctive style unsettles not only his suspects but also the members of his squad.The Name of the Rose
7.005
Overview:
Northern Italy, 1327. The Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young apprentice Adso of Melk reach an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to aid in a dispute between the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival at the abbey, the two find themselves involved in a chain of mysterious deaths.Faking Hitler
7.1
Overview:
Journalist Gerd Heidemann always gets his story. When he hears of a diary written by Hitler, he can’t resist the scoop of the century. Except the diary is the creation of charismatic art dealer, petty criminal and prolific forger.13 Hours: Race Against Time
6.7
Overview:
A bunch of terrorists take over a school to get to an instructor who has access to an advanced scientific device. A core group of youngsters fight back to try and stop the bad guys.Life Is Beautiful
8.446
Overview:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.Casino Royale
7.56
Overview:
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.Peacemaker
4.8
Overview:
Finnish peace negotiator Ann-Mari Sundell has recently retired from her post as a crisis response adviser in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Suddenly, she is invited by the UN mandate to lead an international conflict resolution process in Turkey. As the peace talks proceed, Ann-Mari has to reconcile with her past before her personal life comes in the way of the whole peace process.Attempted Murder
7
Overview:
In 1990 the head of the Treuhand, Hans-Georg Dahlmann, was targeted by the RAF. When he made Sandra Wellmann, mother of one son, his assistant, he had no idea what additional danger he was exposing himself to. Because Wellmann is doing common cause with RAF members Bettina Pohlmann and Klaus Gelfert and is supposed to provide them with information for the planned attack on Dahlmann.Inspector De Luca
7.1
Overview:
Between 1938 and 1948, from the height of Italy s Fascist regime to the end of the tumultuous post-war period, Chief Detective De Luca investigates and solves crimes in the City of Bologna and along the Adriatic coast. With little or no regard for those in power, whoever they happen to be, his solitary, uncompromising character often lands him in trouble, but his respect is reserved for the truth and justice alone. In the four TV movies of the series Unauthorized Investigation , Carte Blanche , The Damned Season and Via Della Oche each taken from a novel by best-selling mystery Carlo Lucarelli Chief Detective De Luca always ultimately gets to the bottom of his cases, though what he finds leaves a bitter aftertaste.Borderland
5.5
Overview:
Gritty police thriller about a German father-daughter team working with French colleagues to battle organized crime in the German border town of Kehl.Pale Mountains
6.5
Overview:
Pale Mountains Is the Monster - a serial killer - at work again in Bolzano? Discredited cop Paolo and inexperienced assistant prosecutor Eva must find out.Rich Flu
5.3
Overview:
A strange disease kills off some of the richest and most influential people on the planet. First it was the billionaires, then the multi-millionaires and so on progressively... Then it threatens to strike anyone with any sort of fortune. With the whole world panicking, people try to flood the market with assets the world no longer wants.The Rope
4.5
Overview:
A team of scientists face a test of faith and survival when they discover a mysterious rope in the middle of a forest, in this riveting French mini-series.Taxi
6.709
Overview:
In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.Beauty and the Beast
6.2
Overview:
Forced to face the cruel side of life, a devastated, bankrupt merchant chances upon the enchanted castle of a hideous creature, the mere sight of it chills the bone to the marrow. There, a fate worse than death awaits the poor father-of-six, who, after plucking a sweet-scented rose from the repulsive master's verdant garden, must do the impossible: permit his compassionate daughter, Belle, to take his place and pay for the sins of her parent. Now, an impenetrable mystery shrouds the haunted mansion, and, as repugnance gradually turns into affection, only true love could break the spell.Acting
TBAPiccolina bella as Giuseppe
TBAL'Automne as Richard
2025A Better Place (8 Episodes) as Klaus
2024Rich Flu as Von Willebrand
2024Pale Mountains (8 Episodes) as Gerhard Kofler
2024Lex Africana (6 Episodes) as Olaf Friedrich
2023All the Light We Cannot See (1 Episode) as Dr. Hauptmann
2023The Order of Time as Viktor
2023Neneh Superstar as Victor Max
2022Andor (5 Episodes) as Carro Rylanz
2022Je t'aime, filme-moi ! as Tramp
2022Gate to Heaven as Robert Sternvall
2022The Rope (3 Episodes) as Bernhardt Mueller
2021Faking Hitler (6 Episodes) as Rudolph Michaelis
2021Baden gegen Württemberg as Gebhard Müller
2021Spencer as Prince Philip
2021Margrete: Queen of the North as Raberlin
2021Avant-garde as Felix
2021Baumbacher Syndrome as Bruno Frik
2020Peacemaker (10 Episodes) as Theo Slobo
2020The Head (6 Episodes) as Erik Osterland
2020The Wagner Method (1 Episode) as Le juge
2019The Name of the Rose (8 Episodes) as Malachi of Hildesheim
2018Attempted Murder (2 Episodes) as Wegner
2018The Conductor as Karl Muck
2018The Delegation as Capo Delegazione
2017Borderland (1 Episode) as Nils Morten Piil
2017Adieu Bohème as Professeur Turrell
2016The Confessions as Ministro tedesco
2015Outside the Box as Sergeant Mallach
2015Shades of Guilt (1 Episode) as Staatsanwalt Wendland
2014French Dolls as Benoît
2014Covert Operation as Greenberg
2014Colt 45 as Major
2014Road 47 as SGT. Mayer
2014The Strain (46 Episodes) as Thomas Eichorst
20143 Days to Kill as The Wolf
2014Beauty and the Beast as Le tenancier
2013Der zweite Mann as Antoine de Crassie
2013Tour de Force as Müller
2013Roxana's Hands as Joachim Berger
2013Company of Heroes as Beimier
2013It Happened in Saint-Tropez as Monsieur Künze
2012Apartment in Athens as Captain Kalter
2012The Third Half as Spitz
2012Letzte Spur Berlin (1 Episode) as Daniel Urlach
2011The Berlin Project as Alexander
2011Werner - Eiskalt! as Hermann Seidel
2011Sniper: Reloaded as Colonel Ralf Jäger
2010Interpol (13 Episodes) as Schwartz
201013 Hours: Race Against Time (1 Episode) as Alexander Legard
2009My Words, My Lies - My Love as Riegler
2009This Is Love as Unknown
2009Inglourious Basterds as SGT. Rachtman
2009A French Village (42 Episodes) as Heinrich
2009Phantom Pain as Chief doctor
2008Dicke Liebe as Richard
2008Ett enklare liv as Schulman
2008Fallen from the Sky as Hans
2008Lady Blood as Henri Latour
2008L'Occupant as Unknown
2008Inspector De Luca (4 Episodes) as Silvestri
2008At a Glance as Svensson
2008Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo as Self
2007Email to Bill Gates as Dr. Wolfgang Gardner
2006Der Kriminalist (1 Episode) as Peter Klaaßen
2006Casino Royale as Gettler
2006OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies as Moeller
2004Le cinque giornate di Milano (2 Episodes) as Weber
2004Feuer in der Nacht as Mr. Kramer
2004Princesse Marie as Officier SS
2004Wolfpack as Colonel Steiner
2003MA 2412 - Die Staatsdiener as Unknown
2002Jean Moulin as Klaus Barbie
2002Le Puits as Jürgen
2002La victoire des vaincus as Le capitaine
2002The Nest as Winfred
2002Safe Conduct as Richard Pottier
2000The Man Who Cried as German Officer Pianist
1999First On The Rope (2 Episodes) as Alpiniste Allemand
1998Taxi as German Gangster #1
1997Life Is Beautiful as German Lieutenant at Station
1996Anna Oz as L'Inconnu
1996Dans un grand vent de fleurs (7 Episodes) as Unknown
1995The Horseman on the Roof as Franz
1995Les Miserables as Le caporal allemand du Jura
1994Inspector Rex (1 Episode) as Johann Sedlacek
1993Caccia alle mosche as Riccardo
1991The Sect as Truck Driver
1970Scene of the Crime (1 Episode) as Nikolaus Graf