He was once a co-owner of Columbus Cafe and very close with Panarellas Reastaurant owner Nikola Rebraca and Pavle Stanimirović and Chef Mario Zambelli in New York City along with Charlie Herman Paul's brother and Russian American Mikhail Baryshnikov.Located on Columbus Avenue near Lincoln Center many celebrities used to visit Columbus Café and Panarellas in the late 1980's-early 1990's.
In 2009's Crazy Heart, Herman played the manager of Jeff Bridges' character.
