- He is Métis (Swiss-German and Mohawk).
- His father was of Swiss descent and his mother was of English-Mohawk descent.
- He has played the Lakota Sioux chief Sitting Bull in three otherwise unrelated productions: Witness to Yesterday (1973), Crazy Horse (1996) and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007).
- Of all the characters he has portrayed, Sitting Bull is his favorite.
- Was a skilled amateur chef and a lifelong athlete who was a champion diver and boxer in his youth.
- He was of Teutonic, Germanic and Mohawk ancestry.
- Has conducted acting workshops in Toronto at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and at York University.
- Lived in Montreal until moving to Toronto, Ontario, where he resided from 1967 until 1995. Was living in Dallas, Texas when he died.
- Taught acting seminars at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and at York University in Toronto.
- His name means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase".
- Father, with Joan Karasevich, of three daughters.
- Studied at The National Theatre School of Canada.
- Graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1966.
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