He played the German Ambassador in the long-running "Ambassador's
Reception" Ferrero Roche advert, uttering the famous line "Excellente!".
His grandfather was Fritz Sachsse, a naval Lieutenant Commander who was captured and kept as a prisoner of war in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, at the end of the First World War.
In February 2006, he appeared as a famous Germanic architect character in US
TV spots for Kohler (upperscale plumbing & fixtures supplier; ads have
been running for at least a year).
