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).
His younger brother Frank is known as musician FM Einheit (ex-Einstürzende Neubauten).
| 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 | |||
| Abwärts | Otto | Carl Schenkel | ||
| Pogo 1104 | Rick | Wigbert Wicker | TV miniseries | |
| Moving Targets | Strotzki | Volker Vogeler | ||
| 1987 | Richie | TV film | ||
| Sandrowski | Schimanski-film | |||
| 1988 | The Cat | Britz | Dominik Graf | |
| 1991 | Hermann Pacholke | |||
| 1992 | Cosimas Lexikon | Klaus Borgmann | ||
| 1996 | Mario | |||
| 1999 | The Cry of the Butterfly | Tom | ||
| Bang Boom Bang | Kalle Grabowski | |||
| 2000 | Fußball ist unser Leben | Mike | ||
| 2001 | Hyde | Oskar Roehler | ||
| 2002 | If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer | Kalle | ||
| 2004 | Cowgirl | Peter Blessing | ||
| 2006 | Goldene Zeiten | Bullet Harry Grabowski | ||
| 2009 | Ron | Benjamin Eicher, | ||