Jochen Nickel

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Jochen Nickel
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Nickel in 2012
Born (1959-04-10) 10 April 1959 (age 64)
OccupationActor
Years active1981–present

Jochen Nickel (born 10 April 1959) is a German actor. [1] [2] He has appeared in more than 160 films and TV series since 1988.

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Moon 44 Scooter Bailey
SpielerTaxifahrer
1991 Manta – Der Film  [ de ]Fahrlehrer
1992 Happy Birthday, Turk!  [ de ]Fixer
North Curve  [ de ]Trainer
1993 Stalingrad Cpl. Manfred 'Rollo' Rohleder
Making Up! Party Tier (Party Animal)
The Last Border Beggar
Schindler's List Hauptscharführer Wilhelm Kunde
1994 The High Crusade Soldier in Love / Saracen
1995One of My Oldest FriendsManuel
Der LeihmannRocker
Brother of Sleep Köhler Michel
Heaven or Bust  [ de ]Lennox
1996The Killer's MotherLu Mehlig
Gefährliche Orte – Bombenleger
DurchgebratenLukas
1997Still MovinWilly Freeze
Comedian Harmonists Hehler
TrickserBingoTV film
Frankfurt Millennium Mannie
1998 Trains'n'Roses Lothar
1999Gomez – Kopf oder Zahl
Bang Boom Bang Franky
Absolute Giganten Snake
GangsterKubel
Waschen, schneiden, legenTrucker
2000 Highway Society  [ fi ]Popo
Double PackHorst
In July Leo
2001Planet AlexGeschäftsmann
HonoluluHorst
Leo & Claire Paul Steinheil
Auf Herz und NierenFialka
Mindstorm Hans Martina
2002Elephant HeartAxel Stemper
2003Der Fluch des schwarzen SchwansOliver
NeuFundLandRobert
2004 Edelweiss Pirates Josef Hoegen
Super MonkeyDoctor
2005Wahrheit oder PflichtBernd Schmelzer
Felix – Ein Hase auf WeltreiseYeti / ButlerVoice
2006 A Pirate's Heart  [ de ] Gödeke Michels TV film
2010 We Are the Night Bewährungshelfer
2011 The Crocodiles: All for One  [ de ]Vater Frank
Werner – Eiskalt!Herbert
2013Dear CourtneyKnochen
The Beautiful Spy Walther LuthmannTV film
2014BocksprüngeBarmann
2016 Gut zu Vögeln Merlins Papa
Radio Heimat  [ de ]Franks Onkel
2018Warum?Waltrauts Mann

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References

  1. "Schauspieler Jochen Nickel: Darum lebt er vegan". 8 July 2016.
  2. "Jochen Nickel - Infos und Filme".