Richard Sammel Biography
Richard Sammel (born 13 October 1960) is a German actor best known for his role as Thomas Eichhorst on the FX television series The Strain (2014–2017). In 2012, he won “Best Actor” at the Syracuse International Film Festival for his performance in Ruggero Dipaola’s Apartment in Athens.
Sammel is an internationally known actor who is has acted in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish fluently. Richard has been a star in over forty films and sixty television films filmed in different locations like Sweden, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, England, Balkans, Canada, South Africa and the United States. He has worked with many directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Luc Besson, Martin Campbell, Bertrand Tavernier, Claude Lelouche, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Roberto Begnini, Dario Argento, McG and Michel Hazanavicius.
Sammel recently starred in “A Day Like a Week”, a supernatural thriller alongside Armand Assante. He has just returned for the seventh season of “The French Village”. He has been having a leading role in this hugely polular French TV series from its beginning.
Sammel is attracted to roles that require physical play, rhythm and timing reflecting his dance training and those that require a deep emotional inner life reflecting his intense training in method acting.
Richard Sammel Career
Sammel began his professional acting career in 1981 on stage in Hildesheim, Germany. From 1983, he worked in France, as a musician, dancer, and actor where his breakthrough came in 1987, with an acclaimed performance in Catch, by the Company Nelson Dumont.
Richard Sammel PhotoBeginning in 1989, he worked in Rome with theatre director Giorgio Barberio Corsetti and met Susan Strasberg, who helped him in securing his film debut, the lead role in Il Piacere Delle Carni, for director Barbara Barni. In 1993, Sammel moved to Paris and played the lead role in the musical film version of the Brecht-Eisler opera The Lindberghs Flight. An indelible performance in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds in 2009 garnered Sammel international recognition.
His other film credits include Les Miserable du XX Siècle for director Claude Lelouche; Life is Beautiful for director Roberto Begnini; the original Taxi written by Luc Besson; Casino Royale directed by Martin Campbell; Beauty and the Beast alongside Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux for director Christophe Gans; and most recently McG’s Three Days to Kill opposite Kevin Costner.
Richard Sammel Young
Richard was born in Heidelberg, Germany. He studied music, especially the violin, and then went on to follow his true passion, which was acting. He studied both music and acting in Hildesheim, Germany; acting and directing in Aix en Provence; and acting with both Susan Strasberg and Francesca de Sapio in Rome. He is drawn to roles that require physical play, rhythm and timing, a reflection of his dance training; and those that require a deep emotional inner life, a reflection of his intense training in method acting. He lives in Paris and Berlin.
Richard Sammel The Strain
The Strain is an American horror drama television series that was aired on FX from July 13, 2014, to September 17, 2017. The series was created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, based on their novel trilogy of the same name. Carlton Cuse serves as executive producer and showrunner. Del Toro and Hogan wrote the pilot episode, “Night Zero”, which del Toro directed. A thirteen-episode first season was ordered on November 19, 2013. The pilot episode premiered at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, in early June 2014.
On August 6, 2014, FX renewed The Strain for a 13-episode second season. The episode premiered on July 12, 2015. On August 7, 2015, FX renewed The Strain for a 10-episode third season which premiered on August 28, 2016. FX renewed the series for a fourth and final season on September 27, 2016, which premiered on July 16, 2017. During the course of the series, 46 episodes of The Strain aired over four seasons.
The show centres around Dr Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the CDC’s New York-based Canary Project, who is called upon to investigate an aeroplane landing wherein everyone aboard is dead. What his team discovers is a viral outbreak that has similarities to an ancient strain of vampirism. The virus starts to spread and Goodweather works with his team and a group of the city’s residents to wage a war to save humanity.
Richard Sammel Casino Royale
Adolph Gettler played by Sammel was a fictional operative of the considerable criminal organization. He potrayed the rogue character in the 2006 James Bond film. The literary character first appeared in the 1953 Ian Fleming novel Casino Royale. The Adolph Gettler character later appeared in the 2008 video game Quantum of Solace which integrated scenes from the 2006 James Bond film.
Richard Sammel Inglourious Basterds
The German drama and action movie is about Germany’s occupation of France where in their first year, allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine played by Brad Pitt assembles a team of Jewish soldiers to commit violent acts of retribution against the Nazis, including the taking of their scalps. He joins forces with a German actress and undercover agent, Bridget Von Hammersmark to bring down the leaders of the Third Reich. They meet Shosanna Dreyfus, a theater owner who vows to seek revenge on Nazis, execution of her family.
Richard Sammel Taxi
Sammel is featured in the 1998 film, Taxi as a German Gangster leader. The film is directed by Gerald Pires and written by Luc Besson.
Richard Sammel Gate to Heaven Karabakh
Richard will star in a new English-language film, “Gate to Heaven”. The film, Gate to Heaven, is about Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh). It was produced by Jivan Avetisyan, an Armenian filmmaker.
Richard Sammel Age
Sammel was born on October 13, 1960, in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is 59 years old as of October 2019.
Richard Sammel Family
Sammel was born and raised in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. His family details are still under review.
Richard Sammel Wife / Girlfriend
Sammel currently lives in Paris and Berlin with his girlfriend and his son. He also has two daughters. The identity of his girlfriend is not yet disclosed.
Richard Sammel Height
Sammel has a height of 1.79 meters.
Richard Sammel Movies and TV Shows
- The Name of the Rose (TV Show)
- The Strain (TV Show)
- 3 Days To Kill (Movie)
- Inspector de Luca (TV Show)
- Inspector De Luca (TV Show)
- Inglourious Basterds (Movie)
- Casino Royale (Movie)
- Oss 117: Cairo, Nest Of Spies (Movie)
- Safe Conduct (Movie)
- The Nest (Movie)
- The Man Who Cried (Movie)
- Life Is Beautiful (Movie)
- The Horseman On The Roof (Movie)
- Inglourious Basterds (TV Show)
The Strain official Trailer
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