Rex, chien flic
Markovics became known to a wider audience when he played Ernst Stockinger, appearing in the Austrian crime show "Inspector Rex", and then later in the spin-off series "Stockinger". Roles followed with parts in "Hinterholz 8", "Late Show" and – as the main character acting alongside Julia Stemberger - in Geboren in Absurdistan, as well as in "Komm, süßer Tod. Markovics performed in many TV and theater productions, including those at Viennese theaters Theater in der Josefstadt and Wiener Volkstheater, where in 2005 he directed his first play production, The Bald Singer, by Eugène Ionesco.