Trivia

Lives with his longtime companion Martina and their daughter in a small village near Potsdam.

His hobbies are biking and canoing.

Considers Berlin Is in Germany (2001) his best movie.

His elementary school teacher sent him to a children's theater, where he made his stage debut at the age of six.

Graduated from the School of Drama "Hans Otto" in Leipzig.

Was trained as a stage director at the Karl-Marx-Stadt Opera.