Olivier Richters

Olivier Richters (born 5 September 1989) is a Dutch bodybuilder and actor who stands at 218 cm.

In 2021, Richters portrayed Ursa in the 2021 film Black Widow in a minor role.

He also appeared in The King's Man and Louis Wain in 2021, and in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in 2023.

Richters also holds the record for the "tallest professional bodybuilder" as of 2021, 12.7 cm taller than Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.

In March 2013, Richters and his two siblings founded Muscle Meat, a company which provides athletes with resources and foods supplements.

He was on the cover of the November 2018 Netherlands' edition of Men's Health, and the subject of a documentary by the magazine.

Richters claimed his inspiration was Richard Kiel, the actor of equal height who had portrayed the henchman Jaws in two James Bond films.

Due to his size, Richters maintains a regimen of 5,000 calorie intake for filming, and 6,500 to 7,000 calories for all other purposes, within a 24 hour period.

The intake is spread out in seven meals, with one of them at 3:00 a.m., and consists of carbs, up to 1000 grams of various meats and vegetables, in addition to an oat shake, made of "ultra-fine oats, blended with a whey scoop".

In his interview with Adil Ray at Good Morning Britain, Richters maintained that he is "pushed" to keep up with his diet.

Richters was born with pectus excavatum, causing the bones of his ribcage to grow in such a way to squeeze the cardiac muscle.

CT-scans revealed his heart was 20% smaller than it should have been.

He underwent a procedure involving breaking the ribs and allowing the heart and lungs to continue growing, something made possible due to his still young age at the time, and extending his lifespan.

Richters spent six months recovering (two under morphine, his third month was spent learning to gain basic mobility - walking, cycling and swimming - and his fourth month saw a return to weightlifting).

According to The Times, Richters' stature is the result of the natural growth process and does not suffer from gigantism, a condition where a tumor would normally affect the pituitary gland, causing abnormal height growth.

A DNA test revealed he was 48.2% Scandinavian.

In a documentary by Joost Lammers, on 9 September 2020, Richters announced he had tested positive for COVID-19 after a visit to his mother-in-law.