- 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).
- He was considered for Dr. Bukovsky in Lifeforce (1985).
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