From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Karl Markovics born August 29 1963 is an Austrian actor He starred as Salomon Sorowitsch in Stefan Ruzowitzkys 2007 film The Counterfeiters which was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year Prior to that his most notable appearances have been in the highlyacclaimed Austrian Viennese black comedy Komm süßer Tod 2001 his role as farright terrorist Franz Fuchs in the 2007 TV movie Franz Fuchs Ein Patriot and in the police drama television series Inspector Rex His character from Inspector Rex had his own spinoff series Stockinger Markovics remains a frequent stage actor and in April 2010 played the nonsinging role of Samiel in Counterfeitersdirector Ruzowitzkys first opera production Der Freischütz at Viennas Theater an der Wien Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Markovics licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia