---
name: "Daniel Richter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-richter"
fi1m_id: "daniel-richter"
imdb_id: "nm0725220"
tmdb_id: 248
wikidata_id: "Q5218578"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 June 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:04:13.751317+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Daniel Richter

## Identity

Daniel Richter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-richter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-richter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0725220
- **TMDB ID:** 248
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5218578
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Richter_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5218578, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725220/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/248

Actor. Born 15 June 1939 in Darien, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 June 1939, Darien, Connecticut, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Richter_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5218578, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725220/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/248

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*2001: A Space Odyssey*](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md) (92)

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## Biography

Daniel Richter (born 15 June 1939) is an American mime, actor and choreographer. He is best known for playing Moonwatcher, the leader of a tribe of ape-men, and for choreographing the "Dawn of Man" sequence in Stanley Kubrick's *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968). At the time of his casting he was working as a mime in London.

After the film Richter appeared in *The Revolutionary* (1970). He later worked with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, appearing in their 1972 video for *Imagine*. He published the memoir *Moonwatcher's Memoir: A Diary of 2001: A Space Odyssey* in 2002 and a second memoir, *The Dream Is Over*, in 2012. Richter is the son of cartoonist Mischa Richter and an experienced mountaineer who has climbed more than 500 peaks in North America.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, danrichter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968), Fi1m 92, as Moonwatcher — [page](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Museum of Modern Art Show* (1971), Sound
- *Up Your Legs Forever* (1971), Assistant Director
- *The Revolutionary* (1970), Actor
- *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968), as Moonwatcher — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/daniel-richter