Trivia

Got a 3-minute standing ovation when he received the Honorary German Film Award.

Announced to be the recipient of the German award "Goldene Kamera" (Golden Camera) for his outstanding career achievement. (January 2011)

Member of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2006.

Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Turned down the offer to play Prof. Klaus Brinkmann in The Black Forest Hospital (1985).