- Emigrated from Germany to the USA in 1953.
- Was apprenticed at the San Francisco City Ballet.
- Was nominated for three Tony Awards: as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) in 1980 for a revival of "Oklahoma!", in 1983 for "Cats", and as Best Actor (Musical), in 1992 for "Crazy for You".
- Appearing as "King Arthur" on Broadway in "Spamalot". (May 2006)
- Graduated from the University of Washington.
- Trained at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts.
- He was awarded the 2011 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Madness of George III" at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
- He was nominated for a 2012 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for "The March" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
- Chicago, IL: Title role in The Madness of George III at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. (May 2011)
- Three-time Tony Award nominee for "Oklahoma!", "Cats", and "Crazy for You".
- He was nominated for a 2014 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Principal Actor in a Play for "Cyrano De Bergerac" at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
- Appearing in Nora Ephron's "Imaginary Friends" at the Globe Theatres in San Diego. (September 2002)
- He was awarded the 1986 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Ghetto" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- His cousin is actress Andrea Groener.
- Playing the title role in the Antaeus Company's "King Lear" at Deaf West Theater, North Hollywood, CA. (July 2010)
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