Founded "Hand-in-Hand," an organization supporting Civil War orphans in
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina together with his Tatort (1970) co-stars
Udo Wachtveitl and Michael Fitz. The trio also frequently appears on stage as the
"Miro-Nemec-Band".
Studied music at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum in
Salzburg.
After growing up in Croatia, he was sent to relatives in Germany at the
age of 12.