- Worked with Brad Pitt to help him with the Austrian (Vienna) accent of his character in Seven Years in Tibet (1997).
- Went to the same English school in Alexandria, Egypt, as King Hussein of Jordania and actor Omar Sharif.
- When he first came to Germany he was told that he would have to get rid of his Austrian Vienna accent before he'd get acting work in German productions.
- Fluent speaker of Arabic, French, English and German.
- Studied and graduated in chemistry before turning towards drama and acting.
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