Wissenswertes

He has played the Lakota Sioux chief Sitting Bull in three otherwise unrelated productions: Witness to Yesterday (1973), Crazy Horse (1996) and Begrabt mein Herz am Wounded Knee (2007).

Of all the characters he has portrayed, Sitting Bull is his favorite.

His father was born in Switzerland and his mother was Jewish and immigrated to Canada in 1923 from Poland.

Was a skilled amateur chef and a lifelong athlete who was a champion diver and boxer in his youth.

Has conducted acting workshops in Toronto at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and at York University.

Taught acting seminars at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and at York University in Toronto.

Lived in Montreal until moving to Toronto, Ontario, where he resided from 1967 until 1995. Was living in Dallas, Texas when he died.

His name means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase".

Father, with Joan Karasevich, of three daughters.

Studied at The National Theatre School of Canada.

Graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1966.