Trivia

German dubbing voice of "Timon" in El rey león (1994), Hank Azaria in La jaula de los pájaros (1996), Joe Pantoliano in Matrix (1999) and "Mike Wazowski" in Monsters, Inc. (2001).

Fled East Germany with his family in 1953.

His son Kolja was born in 2001.

Lives in Berlin with his longtime companion Barbara Ferun.

Has four siblings: Michael, Georgina, Marina and Janina Richter.

Made his TV debut in a play by Ephraim Kishon at the age of nine.

Also a successful stage actor in roles such as Moses in the stage version of Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (2003).

He does not belong to any religious community, but professes spiritual inclinations. However, in a short 2016 documentary he explored his Jewish heritage.

His father, Georg, was a Communist, and his mother, Eva, was a Jew who survived the Third Reich under a false Aryan identity.

Read the audiobook of 'Life of Pi's German translation, and voiced older Pi in the German dub of the film.

He likes classical and jazz music.

In the 80's he co-wrote a satirical book with his mother. It was titled "The German Jew" and published in 1989.

He didn't care much for the music performed on 'Disco'.

German voice of Count Duckula in the animated series of the same name.