A Capetonian of Greek, Italian, British, Ashkenazi, and Anatolian descent,[6][7][8] his grandfather was a racing driver who placed and won medals at the 1955 Monte Carlo Rally.

[1] Fluent in Afrikaans and Greek, he graduated from Camps Bay High School, immigrated from South Africa to the United States when he was offered an international tennis scholarship by the University of West Alabama.

[9][10] Following two decades of Lort contract theater in New York, his prime-time debut came in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as a Bosnian–Muslim fundamentalist.

Directed by Academy Award winner Juan Jose Campanella and also starring Bradley Cooper, the episode was nominated for an Emmy.

Further television credits include FBI, Law & Order: Criminal Intent opposite Annabella Sciorra, The Sopranos, as Dan 'Schaffy' Schaffner in Jim Breuer's pilot Pulp Comics on Comedy Central and recurring as Antonio on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

He portrayed Joe Masseria in the mini-series The Making of the Mob: New York for AMC and David Sarnoff in American Genius for National Geographic.

[29] A longtime voice over artist, his Video game credits include: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Call of Duty: Mobile,Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Mass Effect 2, Army of Two: The 40th Day, a role in the live-action simulated video game Red Alert 3, and Midnight Club.