Biography
Richard Sammel is a German actor born on 13 October 1960 in Heidelberg. He began his career on stage in Hildesheim in 1981 and has since worked extensively in theatre, film and television across Europe and beyond.
He trained in music and drama in Germany, acting and directing in France, and method acting in Italy. His film credits include roles in Life Is Beautiful (1997), Taxi (1998), Casino Royale (2006), Inglourious Basterds (2009) as Sergeant Werner Rachtman, 3 Days to Kill (2014) and Spencer (2021) as Prince Philip. On television he is known for The Strain (2014–2017) as Thomas Eichhorst and Andor (2022–2025) as Carro Rylanz. He received a Saturn Award nomination for best supporting actor on television for The Strain.
Sammel is fluent in German, English, French and Italian, and has lived in Berlin and Paris.
