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

• Dear England — Thomas Tuchel
• A Better Place — Klaus
• 2025Cherubs — Gottlieb
• Lex Africana — Olaf Friedrich
• Pale Mountains — Gerhard Kofler
• 2024Rich Flu — Von Willebrand
• All the Light We Cannot See — Dr. Hauptmann
• 2023Neneh Superstar — Victor Max
• 2023The Order of Time — Viktor
• Andor — Carro Rylanz
• 2022Gate to Heaven — Robert Sternvall
• 2022Je t'aime, filme-moi ! — Tramp
• The Rope — Bernhardt Mueller
• 2021Avant-garde — Felix
• 2021Baden gegen Württemberg — Gebhard Müller
• 2021Baumbacher Syndrome — Bruno Frik
• Faking Hitler — Rudolph Michaelis
• 2021Margrete: Queen of the North — Raberlin
• 2021Spencer — Prince Philip
• Peacemaker — Theo Slobo
• The Head — Erik Osterland
• The Wagner Method — Le juge
• The Name of the Rose — Malachi of Hildesheim
• Attempted Murder — Wegner
• 2018The Conductor — Karl Muck
• 2018The Delegation — Capo Delegazione
• 2017Adieu Bohème — Professeur Turrell
• Borderland — Nils Morten Piil
• 2016The Confessions — Ministro tedesco
• 2015Outside the Box — Sergeant Mallach
• Shades of Guilt — Staatsanwalt Wendland
• 20143 Days to Kill — The Wolf
• 2014Beauty and the Beast — Le tenancier
• 2014Colt 45 — Major
• 2014Covert Operation — Greenberg
• 2014French Dolls — Benoît
• 2014Road 47 — SGT. Mayer
• The Strain — Thomas Eichorst
• 2013Company of Heroes — Beimier
• 2013Der zweite Mann — Antoine de Crassie
• 2013It Happened in Saint-Tropez — Monsieur Künze
• 2013Roxana's Hands — Joachim Berger
• 2013Tour de Force — Müller
• 2012Apartment in Athens — Captain Kalter
• Letzte Spur Berlin — Daniel Urlach
• 2012The Third Half — Spitz
• 2011Sniper: Reloaded — Colonel Ralf Jäger
• 2011The Berlin Project — Alexander
• 2011Werner - Eiskalt! — Hermann Seidel
• 13 Hours: Race Against Time — Alexander Legard
• Interpol — Schwartz
• A French Village — Heinrich
• 2009Inglourious Basterds — SGT. Rachtman
• 2009My Words, My Lies - My Love — Riegler
• 2009Phantom Pain — Chief doctor
• 2009This Is Love
• 2008At a Glance — Svensson
• 2008Dicke Liebe — Richard
• 2008Ett enklare liv — Schulman
• 2008Fallen from the Sky — Hans
• Inspector De Luca — Silvestri
• 2008L'Occupant
• 2008Lady Blood — Henri Latour
• 2007Email to Bill Gates — Dr. Wolfgang Gardner
• 2006Casino Royale — Gettler
• Der Kriminalist — Peter Klaaßen
• 2006OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies — Moeller
• 2004Feuer in der Nacht — Mr. Kramer
• Le cinque giornate di Milano — Weber
• 2004Wolfpack — Colonel Steiner
• 2003MA 2412 - Die Staatsdiener
• Jean Moulin — Klaus Barbie
• 2002La victoire des vaincus — Le capitaine
• 2002Le Puits — Jürgen
• 2002Safe Conduct — Richard Pottier
• 2002The Nest — Winfred
• Largo Winch — Vladimir Ilityitch Zoltak
• 2000The Man Who Cried — German Officer Pianist
• First On The Rope — Alpiniste Allemand
• 1998Taxi — German Gangster #1
• 1997Life Is Beautiful — German Lieutenant at Station
• 1996Anna Oz — L'Inconnu
• Dans un grand vent de fleurs
• 1995Les Miserables — Le caporal allemand du Jura
• 1995The Horseman on the Roof — Franz
• Inspector Rex — Johann Sedlacek
• 1994Naked like a fish in the water — The Prisoner
• 1993Caccia alle mosche — Riccardo
• 1991The Sect — Truck Driver
• Scene of the Crime — Nikolaus Graf
• L'Automne — Richard
• Piccolina bella — Giuseppe

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2025Terence Hill, Bud Spencer… & me — Self
• 2008Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo — Self