Jochen Nickel (born 10 April 1959) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than 160 films and TV series since 1988.
Life Nickel, a trained road builder, came to the stage in 1981 and was a member of the theater group Theaterpathologisches Institut in Hattingen and Lünen until 1987. He gave his television debut in 1988 in the Breakfast for Enemies by Norbert Kerkhey and Jochen Baier. In 1993 he was seen in Joseph Vilsmaiers anti-war film Stalingrad as Unteroffizier Rohleder. In the same year, Nickel had a supporting role in Schindler's List as Hauptscharführer Wilhelm Kunde. Numerous roles in film and television followed, where he often played the role of villains, robbers or striking Ruhrpott characters, but also comedic roles are not uncommon.
He was in a relationship with Sonja Kirchberger from 2001 to 2012 and lives in Witten.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1990Moon 44Scooter BaileySpielerTaxifahrer1991Fahrlehrer1992FixerTrainer1993StalingradCpl. Manfred 'Rollo' RohlederMaking Up!Party Tier (Party Animal)The Last BorderBeggarSchindler's ListHauptscharführer Wilhelm Kunde1994The High CrusadeSoldier in Love / Saracen1995One of My Oldest FriendsManuelDer LeihmannRockerBrother of SleepKöhler MichelLennox1996The Killer's MotherLu MehligGefährliche Orte – BombenlegerDurchgebratenLukas1997Still MovinWilly FreezeComedian HarmonistsHehlerTrickserBingoTV filmFrankfurt MillenniumMannie1998Trains'n'RosesLothar1999Gomez – Kopf oder ZahlBang Boom BangFrankyAbsolute GigantenSnakeGangsterKubelWaschen, schneiden, legenTrucker2000PopoDouble PackHorstIn JulyLeo2001Planet AlexGeschäftsmannHonoluluHorstLeo & ClairePaul SteinheilAuf Herz und NierenFialkaMindstormHans Martina2002Elephant HeartAxel Stemper2003Der Fluch des schwarzen SchwansOliverNeuFundLandRobert2004Edelweiss PiratesJosef HoegenSuper MonkeyDoctor2005Wahrheit oder PflichtBernd SchmelzerFelix – Ein Hase auf WeltreiseYeti / ButlerVoice2006Gödeke MichelsTV film2010We Are the NightBewährungshelfer2011Vater FrankWerner – Eiskalt!Herbert2013Dear CourtneyKnochenThe Beautiful SpyWalther LuthmannTV film2014BocksprüngeBarmann2016Gut zu VögelnMerlins PapaFranks Onkel2018Warum?Waltrauts Mann
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