Born in Germany, raised in Canada, trained with the National Theatre School in Montreal.
He is one of the founding members of The MET Theatre since 1974 and continues to be on the Board of Directors.
His father was a career soldier in the German army. After World War II he moved his family to Saskatchewan, Canada.
Met his wife, Allaire Paterson-Koslo, at The MET Theatre in Hollywood, when he produced a one-woman show, "Purple Breasts", a critically acclaimed play she co-wrote and starred in.
Profiled in "Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget" by Justin Humphreys (BearManor Media).
Speaks perfect German.