- Graduated from the Westphalian Drama School in Bochum (1965).
- After becoming a popular stage actor at the Staatstheater Stuttgart under director Claus Peymann, he was an ensemble member at the Kammerspiele in Munich for over twenty years.
- Father of five children: Christoph Zapatka (born in 1966), Florian Zapatka (born in 1966, son of his second wife Margarete; adopted), Katharina Zapatka (born in 1970), Fabian Zapatka (born in 1978) and Sarah Zapatka (born in 1982).
- Reader of "Captain Ahab" in the German audio book version of "Moby Dick".
- Born to a journalist and a housewife, he grew up in Cloppenburg, Germany.
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