| date of birth | 1940 |
| height | 6.04 |
| hair colour | salt-and-pepper |
| eye colour | blue-grey |
| languages | German (fluent), Dutch/Flemish (native speaker), English (fluent), French, Russian |
| singing | rock - bass-baritone |
| instruments | drums |
| sports | ice hockey, golf, Tennis - dance rock'n'roll |
| driving licence | car |
| residence | ROTTERDAM |
| education |
TONEELSCHOOL AMSTERDAM, NIEDERLANDE |
| 2000 | ACCOLADE for artistic achievement by Her Majesty, Queen of the Netherlands |
| GOLDEN GATE AWARD International Film Festival San Francisco for "The rest is silence" | |
| 1996 | GOUDEN TELEVISIER RING of the Netherlands for "Oppassen!!! - Double Trouble" |
| 1991 | GOUDEN HART AWARD of Rotterdam for lifetime achievement |
| 1984 | GOUDEN TELEVISIER RING of the Netherlands for "Zeg 'ns Aaa - Say Ah" |
| 2025 | THE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM IS DOWN | Ruben Östlund | AVRO |
| 2013 | VOORBIJ DE BLAUWE VUURTOREN | Rolf van Eijk | AVRO |
| 2010 | SOMMER IN ORANGE | Marcus H. Rosenmüller | MAJESTIC |
| 1983 | TE DEK OM LOS TE LOPEN | Guido Pieters | N.N. |
| 1975 | SHERLOCK JONES | Nicolai van der Heyde | N.N. |
| 2019 | DIE CHEFIN - TRUGBILD | Michael Schneider | ZDF |
| 2014 | HELEN DORN - UNTER KONTROLLE | Matti Geschonneck | ZDF |
| 2013 | EIN SOMMER IN AMSTERDAM | Karola Meeder | ZDF |
| SCHIMANSKI - LOVERBOY | Kasper Heidelbach | ARD | |
| 2012 | ENGEL DER GERECHTIGKEIT | Sigi Rothemund | ZDF |
